John is afraid, Alison is in Portugal, and Liz is an absolute unit.

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• Smofcon Europe
• COVID round-up
  • World Fantasy Convention
    • The person who got COVID Tweeted
  • Novacon
    • Alan Bellingham
    • Tony Cullen
    • Dave Lally
    • Caroline Mullan
    • Colette Reap
    • Nicholas Whyte
• Worldcon site selection
  • Deadline on 14 December for returning PDF ballots
  • PDF ballots are available here
  • Future Convention Q&As from Worldcon/Eurocon/Smofcon bids
• Join the BSFA
• Picks
  • Liz: Did Alison already have Hades or can I have Hades?
    • Roguelikes vs Roguelites
  • John: Playing board games with friends
    • Sushi Go Party!
    • Escape from the Aliens in Outer Space
    • Zombie Dice
    • EXIT: The Game: Advent Calendar: The Mystery of the Ice Cave
  • Alison: The Man in the High Castle (Amazon Prime)
    • Based on the Philip K. Dick book (paperback, ebook, Kindle)
• Music credits
  • Our theme music is Fanfare for Space by Kevin MacLeod, used under a CC BY 4.0 license