Join Narrative Damage for a spooky live play Call of Cthulhu adventure especially written for Cymera, called 'Under A Yellow Moon'. Set in 1890s Edinburgh, it features some of your favourite authors as the investigators.

When a visiting professor from Miskatonic University turns up dead, a motley group of investigators are put into a race against time to find his killer. Why was he murdered? And what happened to the manuscript he brought with him? Join our players (all authors attending Cymera!) as they attempt to follow the clues, uncover dark secrets - or go mad trying!

Narrative Damage is an actual play and interview TTRPG podcast where writers put down the pens and let the dice tell the story. For this adventure our Keeper is Marco Rinaldi, co-host of Narrative Damage. Connect to Marco on Bluesky and Instagram

Our intrepid cast are:

• Annabel Campbell @annabelcwrites.bsky.social on Bluesky and @annabelcwrites on Instagram    

• Ben Anning - @benedictanning.bsky.social on Bluesky    

• Dave Goodman @davegoodman.bsky.social on Bluesky and @davegoodmanauthor on Instagram

• Ian Green - @ianthegreen.bsky.social on Bluesky and @ianiangreen on Instagram

• Nick Binge @bingewriting.bsky.social on Bluesky and @nickbinge on Instagram

Follow Narrative Damage on Instagram and Bluesky and watch on YouTube or listen on your favourite podcast app.

About the event

Venue: Highland Room/Games space

Running time: 180 minutes

This event is free, no ticket required

Join our experienced board game loving host and choose together a game you want to play.

They will guide you through the setup and play ensuring a good time had by all!

We suggest asking them about Dune Imperium, Terraforming Mars or Wildlands if you fancy a genre themed game but feel free to browse and select together from our extensive Board Game Library courtesy of Blackwells Books

Game- TBC - Your choice!

Content Warnings: Game Choice Dependent - Players will have the opportunity to select games to suit

2 to 6 Players (game choice dependent)

We will be asking everyone to use safety tools, at the very minimum the X-card at games played in our space and ask all who join us to familiarise themselves with our code of conduct and other policies to ensure a diverse, accessible and safe space for all.

Join our experienced, board game loving host and choose together a game you want to play.

They will guide you through the setup and play ensuring a good time had by all!

We suggest asking them about Dune Imperium, Terraforming Mars or Wildlands if you fancy a genre themed game but feel free to browse and select together from our extensive Board Game Library courtesy of Blackwells Books

Game- TBC - Your choice!

Content Warnings: Game Choice Dependent - Players will have the opportunity to select games to suit

2 to 6 Players (game choice dependent)

We will be asking everyone to use safety tools, at the very minimum the X-card at games played in our space and ask all who join us to familiarise themselves with our code of conduct and other policies to ensure a diverse, accessible and safe space for all.

Join our experienced, board game loving host and choose together a game you want to play.

They will guide you through the setup and play ensuring a good time had by all!

We suggest asking them about Dune Imperium, Terraforming Mars or Wildlands if you fancy a genre themed game but feel free to browse and select together from our extensive Board Game Library courtesy of Blackwells Books

Game- TBC - Your choice!

Content Warnings: Game Choice Dependent - Players will have the opportunity to select games to suit

2 to 6 Players (game choice dependent)

We will be asking everyone to use safety tools, at the very minimum the X-card at games played in our space and ask all who join us to familiarise themselves with our code of conduct and other policies to ensure a diverse, accessible and safe space for all.

The Cymera festival is in full swing, but something odd is happening in the games hall. A cry goes out. A storyteller is dead and it can only mean one thing. A demon walks among you. It’s down to a plucky band of attendees to hunt the demon. Will good triumph or will impish evil succeed?   

Blood on the Clocktower is a social deduction game from The Pandemonium Institute. Players are opposing teams of Good and Evil, overseen by a Storyteller. The goal of the game is to successfully deduce and execute the demons before they outnumber the townsfolk. Each player receives a token with their unique character. Good players share information to solve the mystery of who has the demon token, while evil players lie about who they are and what they know. Good wins if they can find and execute the demon during the ‘day’ phase. Evil wins by killing players in the ‘night’ phase, sowing distrust and evading detection until the final two players. 

 Games will be beginner friendly running the Trouble Brewing introductory script.

Trigger warnings 

Death, talk or murder/execution, the game mechanics revolve around deceit and mistrust.

Game- System: https://bloodontheclocktower.com/

Your GM

Fiona Leslie is an Edinburgh-based author. Her first novel, an urban fantasy exploring the history and urban myths of Edinburgh, is currently out on submission, and hopefully, she will have news to report soon! She is also a moderator of the Edinburgh SFF Writers' group and ‌part of a guild of Blood on the Clocktower Storytellers that run games in association with Ancient Robot Games.   

Find her online @biblo_fi/ bibliofi.bsky.social  

Running time: 120 minutes +

Price: from £0

Venue: Munro Room

This event takes place in person. Please note the Munro Room is not wheelchair accessible.

Join our experienced, board game loving host and choose together a game you want to play.

They will guide you through the setup and play ensuring a good time had by all!

We suggest asking them about Dune Imperium, Terraforming Mars or Wildlands if you fancy a genre themed game but feel free to browse and select together from our extensive Board Game Library courtesy of Blackwells Books

Game- TBC - Your choice!

Content Warnings: Game Choice Dependent - Players will have the opportunity to select games to suit

2 to 6 Players (game choice dependent)

We will be asking everyone to use safety tools, at the very minimum the X-card at games played in our space and ask all who join us to familiarise themselves with our code of conduct and other policies to ensure a diverse, accessible and safe space for all.