Swancon 50 says "Tin Duck Nominations Open
We are now accepting nominations for the best works of Western Australia Speculative Fiction and Spec Fic related creative endeavors from the calendar year of 2025.

Nominations from any past or present member of Swancon are invited from now until 11.59pm (WA time) on April 30 for both fan and professional works in the following cateories:

Fiction - Long Form

Fiction - Short Form

Non-fiction

Artwork

Production

Game

For the purposes of the Tin Duck awards ‘Production’ is given to mean any work that has been produced but does not specifically fit into any of the other existing categories. Any collected work, zine, journal, audio or audio visual work, event, or collection or series of such items may be considered a production.

Visit tinducks.sf.org.au for full eligibility criteria and further information.

New Category - Best WA Game
Due to the large number or outstanding games being produced currently in WA and the long history that Swancon has with the WA gaming community we are pleased to be introducing the new category of best game.

List of Eligible Works
Not sure what to nominate? We’ve got you. The tin Duck admins have put together a list of WA SF works released in 2025 for your consideration.

Got something to add to the list? We a would love to add more eligible works to our list - if something is missing you can let use know either by filling in the form at the bottom of the list page or sending us an email to tinducks@sf.org.au."

If you have published a game in WA and need me to nominate it please let me know.

#WesternAustralia #ScienceFiction #BoardGame #VideoGame #Swancon #Swancon50

It’s #boardgames today and we are trying “Monster Horrified”. It’s a cooperative game where you basically all do a #monsterdon film. We select random monsters to fight, random archetype characters, and try to kill the monsters before they kill us or the innocent civilians.

We fought

• Dracula
• The Creature from the Black Lagoon
• The Invisible Man

We were

• Scientist
• Explorer
• Mayor
• Professor
• Courier

We haven’t won or lost yet. I have been particularly inconsequential. Although I did kill Dracula I have mostly been fang fodder.

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/282524/horrified

#games #gamenight #boardgame

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Top down photo of the game board. It’s a simplified map with about 20 spaces labeled with iconic buildings like museum, institute, lagoon, docks, etc.

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Close up picture of a purple figurine like the Creature with its webbed hands up. Next to it is the token for the player who is the Mayor. It’s an older woman in a wheelchair.

That one person you do not want to play Wingspan with

😅
#boardgame #boardgames #caturday

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A black cat sat at a table looking intently at the boardgame of wingspan which is set up on the table (and which is all about birds)