Iain // Unpopular Mechanics
@unmech.bsky.social
He/ him 🏴
Board games & sustainability mostly!
Bots: @netrunner-card-gen.bsky.social
Board games & sustainability mostly!
Bots: @netrunner-card-gen.bsky.social
Pubrunner! Got to reintroduce a friend to netrunner with the starter decks last night, and he's continued to trounce me: we're at 0 and 4 wins 😆
Properly have the netrunner bug again. Love this game
Properly have the netrunner bug again. Love this game
November 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Pubrunner! Got to reintroduce a friend to netrunner with the starter decks last night, and he's continued to trounce me: we're at 0 and 4 wins 😆
Properly have the netrunner bug again. Love this game
Properly have the netrunner bug again. Love this game
I popped in to Cogito Books in Hexham and saw a copy of @timclare.bsky.social 's Game Changers. First ten pages are great!
September 27, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I popped in to Cogito Books in Hexham and saw a copy of @timclare.bsky.social 's Game Changers. First ten pages are great!
A demo of Personal Demons by @tettix.bsky.social - absolutely adored the spatial puzzle of making matching circles via the corners of cards placed in a grid, and using completed circles to summon larger demons. Fab all round!
September 20, 2025 at 9:25 AM
A demo of Personal Demons by @tettix.bsky.social - absolutely adored the spatial puzzle of making matching circles via the corners of cards placed in a grid, and using completed circles to summon larger demons. Fab all round!
I stayed up late on Friday making a genestealer for my malstrain-corrupted Van Saar gang. First model in the gang, very excited! Likely going to add more cabling/ tendrils & a more raggedy hood & cloak
September 14, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I stayed up late on Friday making a genestealer for my malstrain-corrupted Van Saar gang. First model in the gang, very excited! Likely going to add more cabling/ tendrils & a more raggedy hood & cloak
Crushed it at Moana Sorry! this morning 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
August 31, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Crushed it at Moana Sorry! this morning 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
Playing Barenpark with 4 and I think my park is about to undergo a hostile takeover
July 27, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Playing Barenpark with 4 and I think my park is about to undergo a hostile takeover
Please keep an eye put for this wee dude
July 12, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Please keep an eye put for this wee dude
I'm very curious this steam sale about 9 Kings, which popped up and is a card combo based roguelike strategy thing, and Wartales, where you get a wee band of mercs who level up and get eastern by wolves/ open a tavern (I think)
June 29, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I'm very curious this steam sale about 9 Kings, which popped up and is a card combo based roguelike strategy thing, and Wartales, where you get a wee band of mercs who level up and get eastern by wolves/ open a tavern (I think)
Was resoundingly crushed by 3 at a learning game of Quacks. He had an innovative strategy (peek in the bag while picking your token) and a brutal lack of mercy
June 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Was resoundingly crushed by 3 at a learning game of Quacks. He had an innovative strategy (peek in the bag while picking your token) and a brutal lack of mercy
Not sure! Has a kennerspiele 2018 award printed on the box. Best photos I've got (scone/ excited child not included)
June 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Not sure! Has a kennerspiele 2018 award printed on the box. Best photos I've got (scone/ excited child not included)
Also @ithayla.bsky.social they have great stock!
June 16, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Also @ithayla.bsky.social they have great stock!
Popped in to @ancientrobotgames.bsky.social
Beautiful, light space! Equally nice inside, fab selection too. Fully booked, can't wait to pop back.
Picked up Quacks of Quedlinburg & Castle Combo 🥳🥳
Beautiful, light space! Equally nice inside, fab selection too. Fully booked, can't wait to pop back.
Picked up Quacks of Quedlinburg & Castle Combo 🥳🥳
June 16, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Popped in to @ancientrobotgames.bsky.social
Beautiful, light space! Equally nice inside, fab selection too. Fully booked, can't wait to pop back.
Picked up Quacks of Quedlinburg & Castle Combo 🥳🥳
Beautiful, light space! Equally nice inside, fab selection too. Fully booked, can't wait to pop back.
Picked up Quacks of Quedlinburg & Castle Combo 🥳🥳
I've got the boarding actions walls (for necromunda) and a dream that they fit nicely. Halfway there!
June 16, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I've got the boarding actions walls (for necromunda) and a dream that they fit nicely. Halfway there!
Massive fan of FFG releasing print & play content for Twilight Imperium 4 in a fun wee booklet. This latest release has fundamentally different setup; neutral factions on the board, exploration via adding tiles as you go, and a combat-based scenario where you get VP for battling. Great experiments!
June 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Massive fan of FFG releasing print & play content for Twilight Imperium 4 in a fun wee booklet. This latest release has fundamentally different setup; neutral factions on the board, exploration via adding tiles as you go, and a combat-based scenario where you get VP for battling. Great experiments!
Slapchop! It's incredibly quick, allowed me to paint the above to a quality I'm happy with despite busy evenings with toddler bedtime & chores.
Full steps:
Spray one colour
-> drybrush grey
-> add one layer of contrast paint.
If I'm feeling really fancy then I do some more drybrushing
Full steps:
Spray one colour
-> drybrush grey
-> add one layer of contrast paint.
If I'm feeling really fancy then I do some more drybrushing
June 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Slapchop! It's incredibly quick, allowed me to paint the above to a quality I'm happy with despite busy evenings with toddler bedtime & chores.
Full steps:
Spray one colour
-> drybrush grey
-> add one layer of contrast paint.
If I'm feeling really fancy then I do some more drybrushing
Full steps:
Spray one colour
-> drybrush grey
-> add one layer of contrast paint.
If I'm feeling really fancy then I do some more drybrushing
Comic book shop was sold out of @kierongillen.bsky.social 's The Power Fantasy, but unpacked a delivery and got one out for us!
Sat under a tree to read it and a bird poo'd on me. Swings & roundabouts
Sat under a tree to read it and a bird poo'd on me. Swings & roundabouts
May 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Comic book shop was sold out of @kierongillen.bsky.social 's The Power Fantasy, but unpacked a delivery and got one out for us!
Sat under a tree to read it and a bird poo'd on me. Swings & roundabouts
Sat under a tree to read it and a bird poo'd on me. Swings & roundabouts
Me & 3 have our own version of Ahoy where we roll dice, rescue crew from matching islands and my ship gets blown up a lot. I treasure it so much.
May 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Me & 3 have our own version of Ahoy where we roll dice, rescue crew from matching islands and my ship gets blown up a lot. I treasure it so much.
What hast thou dunst
April 25, 2025 at 2:17 PM
What hast thou dunst
Here's version 0.1! Last night's work: cards get images. Amazing how some placeholder art suddenly makes the prototype look like a real thing.
April 9, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Here's version 0.1! Last night's work: cards get images. Amazing how some placeholder art suddenly makes the prototype look like a real thing.
On a similar note: we were given a secondhand cot. Not safe for new baby to get the mattress, so our cat gets the absolute luxury of his own mattress!
April 5, 2025 at 7:26 PM
On a similar note: we were given a secondhand cot. Not safe for new baby to get the mattress, so our cat gets the absolute luxury of his own mattress!
Baby box! Makes me proud to be Scottish. Absolutely adore that all expecting parents get one, and it's filled with both useful and lovely things.
April 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Baby box! Makes me proud to be Scottish. Absolutely adore that all expecting parents get one, and it's filled with both useful and lovely things.
Descended from apex predators.
Shouts at me when he gets claws stuck in the sofa
Shouts at me when he gets claws stuck in the sofa
March 30, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Descended from apex predators.
Shouts at me when he gets claws stuck in the sofa
Shouts at me when he gets claws stuck in the sofa
Even with big tubs of doom when you shoogle them :(
March 26, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Even with big tubs of doom when you shoogle them :(
Learning game of Ahoy and my opponent says he gets to blow up my ships if he rolls a 3, 5 or 6. Also he put coins on the islands and says we get a coin for rescuing the creatures there.
March 10, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Learning game of Ahoy and my opponent says he gets to blow up my ships if he rolls a 3, 5 or 6. Also he put coins on the islands and says we get a coin for rescuing the creatures there.