On Thursday 24 September I took a day trip1 to London to attend the 2026 MCV/Develop Women in Games Awards ceremony for which I was a finalist in the “Campaigner” category, having been nominated for it by some of my comrades from IWGB Game Workers. I was not expecting to be a finalist when they asked if they could put my name forward, and I certainly was not expecting to be called up on stage to accept the “Games Campaigner 2026” award.
I’m not a big proponent (or consumer) of award-y things like these but I see the utility and I’m grateful for the opportunity to represent the union.
The crowd of attendees was an interesting mix and I wish I’d had time to talk to more people. The games industry has a lot of cool women in it and it felt restorative to spend an afternoon surrounded by some of them.
This was a very questionable decision as I absolutely could have stayed overnight somewhere in London. ↩
A couple weeks ago I took a trip to Livingston United Parish Church for my 2nd ever Spearhead tournament. The first was at about the same time last year, in the same place, also hosted by West Calder Wargamers. It consisted of 4 games played over the course of the afternoon, with a break for pizza after the second round. I took Crixxit’s Kill-Pack, the new Skaven Spearhead featuring all the new Clans Eshin models, which I got painted up earlier in the Summer. (I haven’t hobby-blogged about them yet because of busyness, and getting used to my new phone’s camera, but hopefully I’ll get around to it soon.)
All my new colleagues seem pretty cool. I have had a busy time finding my feet and getting up to speed, but thanks to them I’ve received all the support I need.
I’m working remotely, which is weird, but last week I made my first trip to the office in Poland and that helped everything feel more real. I’ll be making more such visits over the coming months and am hoping to pick up lots of Polish vocab!
Left to Right: Rittak, Nitch, Zikkit, Krittatok and Tik-Tik.
Just painted up Zikkit’s Tunnelpack from Warhammer Underworlds: Embergard. They’re the first Skaven I’ve painted in about 7 years, the last being the original Skaven Underworlds warband, Spiteclaw’s Swarm. Since then I’ve evolved a lot as a painter and gained access to new materials, like Contrast paints.
Cailean bugged me to write about the union for years and finally I had the time, motivation and freedom to actually do so. I’m glad I got around to it because I put my heart into it and, thankfully, people seem to like it.
I beat the anti-capitalist drum a bit at the end. Sorry, sorry, sorry. I was trying to write for the audience.
Left to Right: Rittak, Nitch, Zikkit, Krittatok and Tik-Tik.