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Our volunteer demographic survey: an important tool for tracking representation As part of Glasgow in 2024’s volunteer recruitment process, we are requesting that all bid and convention volunteers who feel comfortable doing so fill out an optional, anonymous demographics survey. This is something which past Worldcons have aspired to do, but not necessarily early enough […]

I like dice! I really like custom dice. I was super excited back when Dublin 2019: An Irish Worldcon produced custom dice featuring its logo. However, the Dublin dice were d6s. I thought it would have been cool to have a D20 with the Dublin logo on the 19 side. Unfortunately, while lots of places

If you’ve ever been interested in creating your own resin dice, I’ve put together this guide from my trail and errors. Mostly, to help you try to avoid the pitfalls I’ve run into. I am Grace Worm, a 3rd year PhD candidate at the University of Glasgow where I research social science in Tamora Pierce’s

Since the success of actual play shows like Critical Role and The Adventure Zone, it is now easier than ever to find a regular D&D game to get involved with without any terrible schedule conflicts – you just have to find the right group on Spotify! If you want to get into D&D as a

Most of you will have heard of Dungeons & Dragons or Pathfinder. But there is far more to the world of tabletop RPGs than those ubiquitous giants, and our resident expert is here to introduce you to some more unusual games you may want to try this RPG month. BUNNIES & BURROWS Celebrating its 45th

It is traditionally considered bad form for a bid to announce its initial convention rates prior to being selected, as this may influence the selection process. After all, we want people to choose the bid that will run the best, rather than the cheapest, Worldcon. However, as Glasgow 2024 is running as an uncontested bid,

The Glasgow in 2024 Craft Team is going to bring an in-person community craft project to Reclamation, this year’s Eastercon. We’re very excited and hope you’ll be able to join us, but even if you can’t, this blog post is going to tell you all about the project and how you can contribute from afar.