Ryan Sweet

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Researcher and lecturer of Victorian literature, culture, and disability. Co-creator of the new role-and-move strategy board game Legless in London (www.leglessinlondon.com). All views my own.

A corner of the board of Legless in London the board game with the title of the game and the text “Winner / Best Board or Tabletop Game for Impact / Games for Change Awards 2025”. Also features the Focus Games Ltd and Swansea Uni logos.
A corner of the board of the game Legless in London, showing various location squares and a map of Victorian London. To the left of the board is the title of the game and the text “FINALIST” and “BEST BOARD OR TABLETOP GAME FOR IMPACT / GAMES FOR CHANGE AWARDS 2025”.
Two people playing the board game Legless in London. A young woman with glasses points at a location on the board while a second person to her right looks on.
The University of Plymouth sign on a plot of grass with grey historical buildings in the background.
A Swansea University staff card being loosely held in a white person’s left hand.
People laughing and joking as they read the scenarios in Legless in London, the board game.
Lots of people in a board game cafe playing Legless in London.
Several people gathered around a table playing the board game Legless in London. Several players are smiling and one is taking a sip from a beer.
A group of people playing the board game Legless in London. Several are smiling and laughing.
A man and a woman playing Legless in London, the board game. The man reads from the risk booklet as the woman sat opposite him laughs. On the table in front of them is the board with cards and money around it.
People playing Legless In London.
4 men smiling and enjoying the board game Legless in London. On the table is the board, mapping Victorian London, and several cards, including character cards, street event cards, and artificial leg cards.
2 copies of the board game Legless in London on a kitchen worktop. In the background are some tulips. On the front of the box are three Victorian figures (2 women and a man), the title of the game, the Victorian London skyline, and various prosthetics.
Legless in London the board game.
Two people playing the board game Legless in London. Both are white with short hair. One has dark hair and the other is fair. The one with blonder hair is wearing glasses. Both are smiling. One player reaches to the board where there is a dice and various tokens. Around the board are location cards, character cards, artificial limb cards, and street event cards.
The Legless in London board game board with the box in the background. On the board there are lots of squares and locations including a country estate and veterans’ home. The corresponding cards for these two locations appear in the foreground.
The setup for the board game Legless in London. The camera pans from a character card for Billy Waters, an African-American busker, who lost his leg while serving in the Royal Navy, to the board. On the board, is the Victorian London street with lots of locations, including a Townhouse, Theatre, Gin Palace, and Docks.
A group of people playing the board game Legless in London. One player explains one of their character’s victory conditions while another rolls the dice.
A mixed group of people playing the board game Legless in London. One player rolls for a risk event but sneakily uses an alternative dice with many extra faces (and higher scores). Everyone bursts out into laughter.
Lots of people in a board game cafe playing the board game Legless in London.
A group of young people playing the board game Legless in London.
A group of young people debating whether blocking should be allowed while playing the tabletop game Legless in London.
2 people (a white man and white woman) playing the board game Legless in London. The man rolls the dice for a risk but is unlucky with the result.
Inside the box of the board game Legless in London. There are two booklets, and one has the text “Rules Booklet” on it. On show are also decks of cards that say “Characters” and “Street Events”. There are also square tokens, pawns, and paper money in small plastic bags. The inside of the box provides details of accessibility features, including information about the game app.
A white male with dark hair and a short beard holding a copy of the board game Legless in London. He is wearing a white t-shirt. On the box of the game are three figures wearing nineteenth-century clothing and several images of Victorian prostheses.
Two people playing the board game Legless in London in a bar.
A tall white man with short sandy hair and a ginger beard holding 7 copies of the board game Legless in London. His mouth is open with an excited expression.
A character card from the board game Legless in London for Silas Wegg. Silas is a middle-aged man, wearing dark green trousers, a dark green trench coat, a light green vest, and a top hat. He’s looking towards the viewer with a sulky expression and hands in pockets. The card shows health points down the left, backstory and start square in the middle, and victory conditions at the bottom.
A poster showing an image of a female doctor with wavy brown hair and glasses sitting in a wheelchair with a stethoscope hanging over her shoulder.
The Legless in London board game box on a carpet with someone’s knees in the foreground. The box is a light yellow and it has historical figures and artificial legs on the front of it along with the game title.
The box of the board game Legless and London resting on the top-left edge of the board of the same game. On the light yellow-brown box is the title of the game and three cartoon Victorian figures. In the background of the box are various Victorian prosthetic legs. On the board there are lots of squares and various locations, including a sickroom, a veterans' home, and a county estate.