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Video and Board Games
Gaming Scotland (
Facebook) -
Gaming Scotland is a community of gamers who get together regularly to play computer games across a local area network.
The Gamer Club -
Private members club. Four rooms dedicated to board games, tabletop and D&D adventures, arcade games, retro video gaming and PC/VR games. Relax in exclusive comfortable surroundings in Glasgow city centre and let the games begin!
Press Start -
Press Start is an open access, peer-reviewed student journal that publishes the best undergraduate and (post)graduate research from across the multidisciplinary subject of game studies. The Editorial Board and reviewers are comprised of students and recent graduates.
Esports
Skelp Esports -
Skelp Gaming is Scotland's premier esports organisation, boasting some of the best talent in the country and hosting some of the best online/LAN tournaments too.
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Scottish Esports Hub -
Scottish Esports Hub is a not for profit social enterprise based around esports careers advice, wellbeing and networking.
Gaming Bars
NQ64 Arcade Bar -
Neon splattered drinking dens full of retro arcade games and classic consoles. We take as much pride in our drinks selection as we do in our games.
Enjoy the perfect combo of sipping on game-themed cocktails or craft beers, whilst button bashing to victory against your mates.
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Gaming Cafes
R-Cade Glasgow -
In January 2018 we opened our doors to the public with just a handful of games and a truck load of ideas. We offered everyone the chance to experience retro video games the way they were intended; on original hardware with proper old school televisions. At the same time we wanted to bring back local multiplayer video game experiences to the masses too as the onslaught of online gaming had taken over the younger generation.
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Gaming Podcasts
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Consolevania -
Consolevania is a videogame comedy show from Glasgow, Scotland, and it's the best and longest running videogame comedy show in the world. Founded by Rab Florence and Ryan Macleod, and now joined by Gerry McLaughlin (and sometimes Kenny Swanston), Consolevania is the old-school made new. Reviews, skits, weird storylines, all wrapped up in our influential lo-fi mixtape style - it's no wonder that 8 out of 10 people have called Consolevania “The best and longest running videogame show in the world,” like we mentioned earlier.
Gaming Nights
GlesGames -
GlesGames is a bimonthly event which focuses on local multiplayer video games in Glasgow. From retro to modern, we provide a unique gaming experience.
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Roll Wi' It -
Se are a small group of board game enthusiasts and dungeon masters who want to bring the fun of board gaming to a wide audience of people. We offer a service of Game Nights For Hire, we bring the games and the equipment and teach you the ropes! We have a huge variety of all things nerdy.
Burn to Fight -
Play the newest fighters and the old favourites. Train up for monthly tournaments. Take your skills to the next level every Wednesday and Friday 3PM-9:30PM at The Summoners
WednesdaysAre3D (W3D) -
The only community of fighting game players in Scotland dedicated to learning Tekken. Weekly Tekken 7 sessions are on Wednesdays [16:00-22:00] at Max XP Gaming
Glasgow Phoenix Wargames Club -
A friendly gaming club that meets in Partick Burgh Hall on Tuesday evenings. Most weeks will have both board games and tabletop games taking place. Visitors and new members are welcome.
Gaming Groups
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Board Games Players Glasgow (Facebook) -
The aim of this group is to bring together the board gaming community in Glasgow.
To try and make it easier to organise games, find out where people meet in various days of the week and so on.
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Versus Scotland (
Facebook,
Twitter) -
Scotland's biggest annual fighting games event. Versus-Scotland is keen to get online VS fighters together to play a variety of games in a variety of formats all over Scotland.
Dungeons and Dragons Glasgow -
Aimed at helping people get together, to play some Dungeons & Dragons, roleplaying or general table top games.
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Unplugged Games (
Facebook) -
Friendly group on the South Side of Glasgow which meets every month to play board, card and table top games of all descriptions. We are a family friendly club, so whether you're a veteran game geek or just discovering the hobby, we'd love to see you at one of our events!
West End Games -
We are an online retailer and gaming community operating in Glasgow, Scotland. We offer a friendly and personable service, with a focus on community and creating quality interactions.
Scottish Pathfinders Society (
Facebook) -
The Scottish Pathfinders Society is Scotlands pioneer Pathfinder Society. Currently based out of Geek Retreat and Avant Garde, in the heart of Glasgow, we run Pathfinder Society Organised Play fortnightly for fresh faced and veteran roleplayers alike.
Student Groups
Meetups
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West End Boardgames -
I started West End Boardgames back in 2015. We've been meeting up regularly ever since to play a whole variety of different boardgames, from eurogame classics like Catan and Carcassone to the latest releases like Five Tribes and Dead of Winter. We currently meet at Curler's Rest and have a regular attendance of folk of different backgrounds and ages. So if some good old fashioned socialising over boardgames is your thing, come on down!
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Gaming Sites
The Giant Brain -
The Giant Brain is an independent tabletop game review site based in Scotland. We are also the home of the Brainwaves podcast, a fortnightly cast bringing you the best in tabletop gaming news.
Shops
Gamer Sheek -
Merchandise from your favourite tv / movie & video game franchises, Buchanan Galleries
ComiCrazy -
Welcome to Comicrazy, home to a vast selection of Graphic Novels, Manga, Board Games, Card Games, Table Top Games and more must haves for your collection at fantastic prices.
Anime Gallery -
Unit 339 ST enoch centre, 55 St enoch Square , Glasgow
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Kerds and Cosplay -
The best card game shop in Glasgow for Cardfight!! Vanguard, Future Card Buddyfight and Weiss Schwarz. Weekly tournaments and free tutorials and deck help.
Geek-Aboo -
Glasgow's Independent Geek Shop - Stocking all things Comics, Figures, Toys, Gifts and Games. For all levels of Geekery! Opened in June 2013, Geek-aboo sells all things comics, gaming, larp, rare collectables, movie/film merchandise, replicas, anime/manga, Marvel/DC Comics and everything in between.
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Static Games -
A1 Comics's sister shop Static Games, taking the gaming world by storm in epic proportions. Static Games incorporates Miniatures gaming, Board gaming, RPG books, Card gaming and everything in between.
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Glasgow Gaming Market -
The Glasgow Gaming Market returns to the Glasgow Club Bellahouston after the successful launch event in 2019!
Kuda PC -
Kuda PC focuses on building gaming, audio / video / graphics workstations, flight and racing simulators, servers and office PCs.
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Comics
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ComiCrazy -
Welcome to Comicrazy, home to a vast selection of Graphic Novels, Manga, Board Games, Card Games, Table Top Games and more must haves for your collection at fantastic prices.
Models
Events
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KupoCon - Final Fantasy Fan Event (Feb 2020)
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Charities
Developers
The Scottish Games Network -
The Scottish Games Network is an umbrella organisation which brings together everything relevant to the interactive entertainment sector in Scotland.
Covering academia, business, culture and consumer issues, the Scottish Games Network is a focal point and community for the rapidly evolving industry.
Blazing Griffin -
Founded in 2011 as a game development studio, the company has grown from a team of three to a group of companies spanning game development, film production and end-to-end post-production with around 40 staff based in Glasgow.
Focus Games: The White Studios -
Focus Games was founded in 2004. Our design studio is in Glasgow and we do all our own development work in this studio. We have developed over 60 game-based resources to improve training, education and engagement in health and social care. The NHS is our biggest client.
Tsumanga Studios -
Tsumanga Studios is a game publisher and producer based in Glasgow, Scotland. We have created 4 hit Winx Club games since 2013, resulting in over 15,000,000 installs and 2,500,000 Monthly Active Users.
Ludometrics -
Ludometrics makes short games for people who don't have much spare time. The games take all sorts of forms, but that's the basic aim: you can play them quickly, in short bursts, over a long period of time. Ludometrics was founded on May 20, 2010 (which also happens to be World Metrology Day), and is based in Glasgow, Scotland.
The Secret Experiment (
Twitter) -
The Secret Experiment works with video-game studios on originating IP and delivering stand-out worlds, characters and dialogue for titles that we love. We make our own occasional games (like our BAFTA-winning release Beckett), while also working across other mediums (theatre, film, comics) when a projects inspires us.
No Code Studio -
We are a small development studio making critically acclaimed and award winning games since 2015. A tight knit team of ex-AAA veterans and graduates alike, building BAFTA winning titles such as Stories Untold (2017) and Observation (2019) with regular publisher Devolver Digital.
Electra Games -
Shelby Smith is a multi-disciplinary artist creating immersive video games with a focus on thoughtful and unconventional narratives and aesthetics. Her specialised interests include visual and aesthetical development, spatial cinematography and immersive audio/visual design for the moving image.
Calum Rodger -
Poet from Scotland who likes making poems about games dabbling in making games about poems.
Courses
NQ Computing and Esports (Level 6) at
Glasgow Clyde College -
Esports is one of the most exciting areas in the entertainment and computing world at the moment. This course will allow you to develop your skills and social media reach as a gamer, allowing you to grow your portfolio and gaming audience whilst pitting your wits against likeminded others. The Computing and IT aspect of the course also allows you to prepare for progression to HND level courses within the College.
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Games and Gaming Lab (
alt link) at
Glasgow University -
The Lab promotes cross-disciplinary Arts Research into Games and Gaming, from Tabletop to Electronic media, from Children to Adults, and across time periods from Ancient to Modern, Fantasy, and Futuristic.
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Games in Glasgow
Games set in Glasgow.
The Cone Game -
The Cone Game is a persistent online world - every cone that is placed updates in real-time worldwide. That's right - every cone you see has been placed by another player and it’s your job to reach them! You play as one of the many cones that have been placed atop the head of the Duke of Wellington's statue in Glasgow, Scotland - Now it's your chance to prove you're the very best one!
Other
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Press Start -
Press Start is an open access, peer-reviewed student journal that publishes the best undergraduate and postgraduate research, essays and dissertations from across the multidisciplinary subject of Game Studies.
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VR
VR Simulators (
Facebook,
Twitter) -
VR Simulators Glasgow and Leeds are Europe’s first 5D virtual reality racing centres. As well as using the latest in virtual reality technology, we also provide motion seats and wind generation technology that gives true immersion by offering a representation of a full racing experience. Enjoy the thrills and endure the spills of racing on your choice of dozens of tracks, and in any of our wide range of realistically reimagined cars that include road cars, track cars, and Formula 1. Whether you want a day out with the family, corporate team building event, birthday party, or want a unique stag idea, VR Simulators will make your day like no other.
VR Party Arena -
Our experiences are great fun with an added edge of jump scares. Ideal for Stag, Hen parties and for corporate team building, or just for fun with friends.
ImmotionVR -
Within our VR Experience centres you will find a range of VR Experiences which creates immersive and competitive gameplay and unique cinematic VR experiences. Who is it for? Virtual Reality brings people together and is great for all ages and all abilities. Our guests from ages 8 to 80 enjoy the thrill of experiencing virtual reality. New to VR? Don’t worry, ImmotionVR’s friendly team will be on hand to make sure everyone is having a blast!
Web Comics
Bridge
Chess
People
Matthew Bar -
I’m a lecturer with an interest in learning, teaching and video games, based at the University of Glasgow where I previously convened the university’s first game studies course and was the founding editor for Press Start, a student-led, peer-reviewed game studies journal.
Defunct
Hypespotting -
The UK’s largest and most hype fighting game event returns to Glasgow (last updated April 2017)
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Physmo -
Physmo is an independent game developer based in Scotland. Currently Developing: Mos Speedrun 2
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Firebrand Games -
Firebrand Games is an independent publisher and developer of video games and interactive entertainment. We have been in the UK since our founding in 2006 in Glasgow, Scotland and the USA in Merritt Island, Florida since 2007.
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Gaming Area -
We sell a full range of technology and entertainment products. Including video games, DVDs and Blu-ray movies and music CDs. Consoles and many more. We repair all console types and other electronics at 84 Union Street