ABS @abs.ventures · 25/09/2026Excited to be at the @scotgamedev.bsky.social Games Day today in #Dundee, come say hi, would love to chat! #Scottish #Games #Scotland #GameDev 0133
ABS @abs.ventures · 23/09/2026A wonderful #equinox #wildswim with a #wildswan watching on, very tranquil but not long before this was delighted to get to join the Stirling University Wild Swimming crew for a dip! #Swimming #Scotland 040
ABS @abs.ventures · 20/09/2026Screening this morning of threadinburgh.scot/2025/11/27/t... as part of www.colonyofartists.co.uk amazing film (follow Threadinburgh link to watch on National Library of Scotland websit) & poignant talk from @threadinburgh.scot afterwards! Still time to see some art this afternoon too! #Edinburgh 120
ABS @abs.ventures · 09/09/2026I'll be running some of my 'A Wandering for Wondering: Wyrd Walks to Adventure Playfully and Make Playful Adventures' game/creature/treasure design workshops at www.whisperingwoodsfayre.co.uk this weekend! Come along! Fun for young and old! #StayWyrd #Games #Scotland #Scottish #Fantasy 041
ABS @abs.ventures · 04/09/2026Also the latest in my #Folklore, #ritual, #seasonal year in #Scotland series using the #Liminal #RPG ruleset. Up to April - time to 'Hunt the #Gowk'... - if you fancy an #UrbanFantasy/#FolkHorror steeple chase around #Edinburgh with more than meets the eye then you're in luck. #Scottish #TTRPG 030
ABS @abs.ventures · 04/09/2026On Sunday I'm running Blasphemers in the Borderlands a @chaosium.bsky.social #CallOfCthulhu medieval horror scenario created with the History & #Games Lab @ Edinburgh University Gianluca Racagni & Eline Scheerlinck 100
ABS @abs.ventures · 04/09/2026I'll be @tabletopscot.bsky.social all weekend running #Games & helping @cymerafestival.co.uk stand (Thanks TTS for inviting us!) ! Come say hi and chat about our upcoming #Cymera Loves #Romantasy Festival www.cymerafestival.co.uk/the-festival or running/playing some #Games at our festival in June! 161
ABS @abs.ventures · 02/09/2026TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR REBEL COUNTRY: A SQUADRON OF ROGUES! The Empire has unveiled its ambitions for the water-rich planet of Al Bas. Some among the native populace wish to resist. Play in this #Megagame inspired by Star Wars: Andor! Info/Tickets abs.ventures/a-squadron-o... or link in Bio! #Games 091
ABS @abs.ventures · 02/09/2026I'm making a #StarWars themed #megagame with @sonof0neeye.bsky.social exploring what it means to rebel & resist... but also how the power of the dark side can corrupt. Nov 7th at the beautiful Queen Charlotte Rooms #Leith #Edinburgh details/tickets here abs.ventures/a-squadron-o... #Games #Scotland 020
ABS @abs.ventures · 30/08/2026Amazing day recently running Control for #CrisisMars #Megagame @arworkshop.bsky.social ably abetted by @octoorchid.bsky.social & @sonof0neeye.bsky.social Stay tuned for some more #Megagame action soon with #ASquadronOfRogues #Games in #Edinburgh on November 7th, save the date, more info incoming! 051
ABS @abs.ventures · 30/08/2026When one tires of ET on the Atari 2600 one tires of life.. @mikedrucker.bsky.social www.edfringe.com/tickets/what... and pals really putting the shit into Shit Arcade. Still a couple of shows to go if #games and #comedy are your thing! #Edinburgh #Fringe #VideoGames www.edfringe.com/tickets/what... 020
ABS @abs.ventures · 30/08/2026They really put the fun into Fungasm, still time to catch the last show of Save or Smash tonight at the #Edinburgh #Fringe #Gameshow #Comedy www.edfringe.com/tickets/what... 010
ABS @abs.ventures · 16/08/2026On a related #VideoGames note really looking forward to @georgeosborn.bsky.social at the @edbookfest.bsky.social tomorrow www.edbookfest.co.uk/events/georg... #Edinburgh #Games #Politics #Books 021
ABS @abs.ventures · 16/08/2026#Edinburgh #Fringe tip for those that like #Games or #Comedy www.edfringe.com/tickets/what... Shit Arcade satisfyingly did exactly it what it says on the tin, ably hosted by @mikedrucker.bsky.social and with a suitable dose of encouraging audience participation #VideoGames 030
ABS @abs.ventures · 16/08/2026Despite almost being caught out by being a week early I still got to see old mate The #Burryman recently, final year for the incumbent Andrew, 15 years, a great innings www.theguardian.com/environment/... #Scotland #Folklore also got to meet the amazing @docrowe.bsky.social and see a Burry tattoo! 0103
ABS @abs.ventures · 12/08/2026Enjoyed viewing the #eclipse on #CaltonHill #Edinburgh, the #Colander really helped! #Scotland #SolarEclipse 080
ABS @abs.ventures · 20/07/2026A crappy (not terrible) few days then on this still, hot night in Hillside central #Edinburgh a beautiful #TwitTwoo I've not heard since lockdown days a #TawnyOwl (Merlin Bird ID app) & all of a sudden everything seems a little better. Hoping it's OK & not displaced from the Arthur's Seat fire #Owl 050
ABS @abs.ventures · 24/06/2026Today @uofgfantasy.bsky.social giant @kierongillen.bsky.social DIE RPG, Master @friede.bsky.social, New Forms, New Meanings: The European Goblin Escalates aka Goblin Mode is the Best Mode, Doomsbury Editor, Biblically accurate plagiarism, 3 goblins in a Temu coat + Fool @oliverklangmead.bsky.social 0102
ABS @abs.ventures · 23/06/2026In #Glasgow this week for @uofgfantasy.bsky.social #Fantasy 's Present Pasts Conference, I'm leading a workshop on Thu AM, A Wandering for Wondering: Ways to Adventure Playfully and Make Playful Adventures a wee walk aboot campus unveiling some fun join us for a chill daunder! tinyurl.com/yp6x8tkh 0113
ABS @abs.ventures · 22/06/2026Hey the @cymerafestival.co.uk #Games strand was amazing this year (I organise it and sit on the Festival board so maybe biased :) did a wee highlights write up here abs.ventures/cymera-2026/ And if you would like to pitch a game/talk/workshop please reach out, we return on 4th-6th of June 2027! 061
ABS @abs.ventures · 22/06/2026#Leith is for Everyone #Edinburgh is for Everyone support your community and stand up to racism and islamophobia however you can #solidarity together we can defeat fascism www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... 0154
ABS @abs.ventures · 06/06/2026It's @rookeryp.bsky.social live from @cymerafestival.co.uk chatting narrative and games and all inbetween with @rtorrubia.com @sunyidean.com @justinleeanderson.com @marcorinaldi.bsky.social Lindsay & @andyleask.bsky.social you can watch along now/catch up later www.youtube.com/live/cLLbbed... 073
ABS @abs.ventures · 05/06/2026Annual reminder if you're at @cymerafestival.co.uk and fancying a lovely brunch/lunch with great veg/vegan options BBL cafe 65 Pleasance is just up the road open til 3pm each day, also nearby is Palmyra for great schwarma & falafel & Black Medicine for Coffee #Cymera #Edinburgh #Scotland #Food 2135
ABS @abs.ventures · 02/06/2026Was lucky enough to help playtest the upcoming History & Games Lab & @chaosium.bsky.social #CallOfCthluhu #TTPRG Horror in the Cisterns adventure recently - more details here www.chaosium.com/blognext-mon... no spoilers but had a lot of fun & we learned a lot, in fact so much we lost some SAN! 010
ABS @abs.ventures · 30/05/2026Pup Hildegard inspecting famed Black dog/Barghest scorch marks that Black Shuck made on door at church in Blythburgh. She's sending some good pup Black dog warding energy your way! Plus thought you'd appreciate the pic! 120
ABS @abs.ventures · 23/05/2026Also the latest in my #Folklore, #ritual, #seasonal year in #Scotland series using the #Liminal #RPG ruleset. Up to April - time to 'Hunt the #Gowk'... - if you fancy an #UrbanFantasy/#FolkHorror steeple chase around #Edinburgh with more than meets the eye then you're in luck #Scottish #RPG #TTRPG 110
ABS @abs.ventures · 23/05/2026I'm running Blasphemers in the Borderlands a @chaosium.bsky.social #CallOfCthulhu medieval horror scenario created with the History & #Games Lab @ Edinburgh University - also have a very exciting CoC Actual Play from @marcorinaldi.bsky.social @narrativedamagerpg.bsky.social feat. guest authors! 100
ABS @abs.ventures · 23/05/2026June 5-7th @cymerafestival.co.uk is back & once again I've helped curate our exciting #Games strand, to sign up to play shorturl.at/FEOrc (I'm running 2 games!) shorturl.at/ob2EC has the Workshops & #game related events. Free/low priced ticket options for most, message me if price a barrier. #TTRPG 187
ABS @abs.ventures · 21/05/2026My mind still 'whorling' (pastry pun ahoy) from Creative Tech Scotland Gathering last week, #CTSG was amazing as usual, my wee snapshots cannot do it justice but ctsg.scot/2026/program... will give you the flavour! So many interesting talks and folks. (Cinnamon) roll on next year! #Tech #Scotland 040
ABS @abs.ventures · 21/05/2026 accessibility.day 'Today is the 15th Global Accessibility Awareness Day! ...The purpose of #GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access/inclusion and people with different disabilities.' Who can you talk to today about #Accessibility ? #TheFutureIsAccessible 030
ABS @abs.ventures · 09/05/2026Really excited to be attending jubenshacon.com First English language #Jubensha convention, looking forward to listening, learning, playing and helping inform my #GameDesign practice. Games so far are amazing! What is Jubensha? Well I'll know more soon but jubensha.co.uk/pages/what-i... a good start 020
ABS @abs.ventures · 08/05/2026The Big Telly Jam #Dundee was an appropriately anarchic mashup day, #game designers, #artists & more. Delighted to attend, met old #friends, made new ones, lots of creative fun! Grateful to Arcadia & @biomecollective.bsky.social & all the organisations who provided support, more of these please! 030
ABS @abs.ventures · 07/05/2026Don't forget to #vote today, Hilde is recommending @scottishgreens.org both votes #Greens, polls open until 10pm, as long as you're registered you don't need any ID or polling card and you can hand your postal vote in if you've not posted it yet. Let's Demand Better! #Scottish #Election #Scotland 070
ABS @abs.ventures · 26/04/2026One more sleep until the #Games #Accessibility #Conference online and free! Tickets still available www.gaconf.com for more info, a welcoming community and trove of #GamesAccessibility info! @gaconf.bsky.social #GAConf See you there! 020
ABS @abs.ventures · 26/04/2026Been doing some volunteering at the amazing #FiendsInTheFurrows #FolkHorror #Film #Festival in #Leith #Edinburgh it's the final day fiendsinthefurrows.com/programme--t... still some tickets available for last minute Fiends! #Scotland #Scottish #FilmFestival 131
ABS @abs.ventures · 20/04/2026Your #Vote really does matter, now more than ever. Today is the last day to www.gov.uk/register-to-... for the upcoming #elections, it is really quick and easy to do online, make sure your voice is heard, we all need to do what we can for a better future for everyone! 158
ABS @abs.ventures · 18/04/2026One of the most rewarding things I do is #volunteer as a #Steward for the #BeltaneFireSociety last chance to sign up is tomorrow, 19th, join us for a great #community and a front row seat! More info beltane.org/2026/02/18/a... and sign up shorturl.at/rlQGH #Beltane #Edinburgh #Scotland #Festival 1124
ABS @abs.ventures · 13/04/2026Just stopped by the #LeithWalk #Police Box to see the @collegefungames.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy team, check out the #LessMiserables demo on steam #IndieGames #Games #Leith #Edinburgh #Scotland 0124
ABS @abs.ventures · 11/04/2026At @conpulsion.bsky.social #TTRPG convention in #Edinburgh all weekend! Running #CallOfCthulhu this afternoon and #Liminal tomorrow afternoon playing and attending talks around that, hopefully see some of you there! #Scotland #Conpulsion #Games #RPG #LARP #Megagames 011
ABS @abs.ventures · 23/03/2026Looking forward to the #Edinburgh @gamestalkslive.bsky.social later tomorrow, please say hi if you see me! There are also #Dundee and #Glasgow events over the next couple of days too, #Scottish #Games #Scotland #VideoGames #GamesTalksLive www.gamestalks.live for tickets and more info 031
ABS @abs.ventures · 11/03/2026Really looking forward to this talk from the #History & #Games Lab at #Edinburgh University tomorrow on #RPG #ActualPlay by @friede.bsky.social free and online, info at historyandgames.shca.ed.ac.uk/events/ 051
ABS @abs.ventures · 05/03/2026Had a great time at the @scottishgames.bsky.social #HelloWorld #Games event in #Glasgow this week, some insightful talks, made some new friends, met some old ones and saw a lot of cool stuff! Thanks @brianbaglow.bsky.social #Scottish #GameDev #Scotland 0112
ABS @abs.ventures · 16/02/2026I love #WildSwimming in the #Scottish #burns #rivers #lochs & #seas & I love a good #LitterPick so will see you at the #ScottishParliament for a manifesto launch for @sascampaigns.bsky.social tomorrow! Calling on our #Scotland #MSPs to end #Pollution #Sewage www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/holyrood-h... 020
ABS @abs.ventures · 20/01/2026Tomorrow is the launch of LEVEL UP #SCOTLAND: The National #Games Action Plan see you in #Edinburgh in the AM and there is also another event in #Dundee in the #PM more info at the @scottishgames.bsky.social website scottishgames.net/2026/01/14/l... 121
ABS @abs.ventures · 07/01/2026Thought provoking & fun show by #DavidOxley in #edinburgh on for next couple of days, #free tickets/info davidoxley.art/2025/11/18/b... in particular sphaerosymphony.com with #PieraMorlacchi was fascinating, dynamic music from air pollution data also #bubble #dance !#art #creative #tech #Scotland 040
ABS @abs.ventures · 04/12/2025Looking forward to helping staff the Post #Apocalyptic #Christmas #Party tomorrow hosted by our creative pals @ghostsociety.bsky.social @ #BarntonBunker info and tickets www.ghostsociety.co.uk/post-apocaly... #Edinburgh #Scotland #nuclear #Bunker #Hohoholocaust 020
ABS @abs.ventures · 04/12/2025En route to the Crossover with Creative Tech Scotland Gathering put on The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s Innovation Studio, in partnership with the Creative Tech Scotland Gathering, looking forward to it! #CTSG 020
ABS @abs.ventures · 28/11/2025Looking forward to #Dragonmeet tomorrow! Message me if you're around & fancy a catchup, I'm there until late, will be @mongoosepublishing.bsky.social seminar @ 12.30, @gonzohistory.bsky.social & @lostpages.co.uk #Magic 14.30 @kennethhite.bsky.social & @robindlaws.bsky.social 17.30 #TTRPG #Games 160
