Interviewing Wingshan Huntley

By Alex White

- 4 minutes read - 693 words
Come and read about Sirens’ Oath, an eco-fantasy adventure inspired by mermaid lore!

Please tell me a bit about yourselves

I’m Wingshan Huntley, an artist, curator, and game designer based in Nottingham. My background is in visual arts and creative community-building, and I’ve spent years supporting artists across the UK. I’m also part of the family business Warp Miniatures, where my husband Alex sculpts fantastical miniatures for our game ArcWorlde and for digital platforms like Patreon and MyMiniFactory.

Twisted Spire is my own venture. It’s a space to explore the emotional, mythic, and magical side of tabletop games. I bring together worldbuilding, ritual, and narrative-led design with a strong sense of aesthetic and accessibility.

A black circle, inside which is a white circle and a mermaid entwined around a spire. She is looking up at a black moon

What do you like best about designing games?

I love how games can hold space for transformation. There’s something powerful about gathering with others to inhabit new roles, speak from unfamiliar places, and explore difficult or beautiful truths through play. Designing games lets me create those shared moments of meaning, connection, and sometimes catharsis, especially for players who might not have seen themselves in fantasy before.

As a practising witch and storyteller, I’m also drawn to rituals. Games, especially roleplaying games, can become modern rituals. They let us cast spells with words, make choices that echo, and imagine futures beyond what we know.

What are you working on at the moment, and what excites you about it?

Right now I’m launching Sirens’ Oath: Tides Turning, the debut game from Twisted Spire. It’s a short-form roleplaying game for 3 to 5 players, where you play a coven of mermaid witches deciding the fate of a drowning city.

The game is built around conversation, emotion, and collective decision-making. There’s no Game Master, just rituals, rich prompts, and a single six-sided die to guide the tides. It’s supported by a set of beautiful miniatures sculpted by Alex, designed as talismans in your play. They’re visually striking but also beginner friendly for people new to painting.

What excites me most is that this game invites players to show up fully with imagination, tenderness, and rage. It’s intimate, transformative, and very different from what most people expect from a miniatures-based game.

On the left hand side there is an arched panel, with a mermaid on a rock looking into the eyes of a skull she is holding. On the right hand side are five unpainted mermaid miniatures and the phrase 'A short-form ritual tabletop roleplaying game with myth, miniatures, and mermaid rage'

Can you tell me more about Siren's Oath?

The heart of Sirens’ Oath is conversation. Players speak in turn, guided by ritual prompts, to shape their characters and the world they’re trying to change. Each playthrough is different. Depending on your choices, the city may be saved, reborn, or drowned entirely. Sirens in the game are vessels for fierce emotions… part memory, part myth, part magic. The game draws from ecofeminism, folklore, and lived experience. It was designed to centre narrative agency.

It’s rules-light but emotionally deep, with no prep needed. You can play in an evening with friends, at a retreat, or even solo with a journal and a candle. It’s a love letter to worldbuilding as a form of healing and rebellion.

What experience(s) are you trying to give to players?

I want players to feel a sense of power and possibility, like they’ve just performed a spell with friends. The fun comes from speaking your truth through character, making bold emotional choices, and watching a world shift around what you say.

There’s joy in painting your miniature, in stepping into your siren’s voice, and in choosing what to protect or let go. It’s a very different kind of fun, less about winning and more about weaving something together that feels meaningful.

Is there anything you would like to promote right now?

Yes. Sirens’ Oath: Tides Turning is currently at preview stage on Gamefound. We will launch on the platform alongside My Mini Factory FronTiers around mid-August.

This is the first project from Twisted Spire and includes a full game zine, a set of sculpted miniatures, and stretch goals designed for narrative lovers, beginner painters, and witchy gamers alike.

If you love myth, rage, beauty, and storytelling, this is a game worth exploring.

Where should people go to follow you, and to find your products?

You can follow me on Instagram at @twisted.spire or on Bluesky @twistedspiregames.bsky.social where I share behind-the-scenes updates.

Our miniatures and STLs are on MyMiniFactory, and the Sirens’ Oath campaign preview is live on Gamefound: https://gamefound.com/en/projects/twisted-spire/sirens-oath-tides-turning

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