A DUNGEONS & Dragons boss is locked in a £150k court battle with her ex-husband after allegations he “inappropriately cuddled” another woman at their “geeky club”.
Arcadia Games, a 20-room venue just off The Strand, London, is a boutique Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) club which opened in May.
The club was founded by company boss Raonaid Adrianna Ryn, 36, with help from her ex-husband Alexander Forsyth, 41, and his new actress wife Madeleine Wilson, 35.
But the once-friendly business partners have since turned on each other in spectacular fashion, court documents revealed.
Ms Ryn claims that her ex-husband Mr Forsyth drew complaints from a member of bar staff and from a female dungeon master about “inappropriate” behaviour and unsolicited “cuddling”.
Another allegation levelled at Mr Forsyth claims he sat “partly in the lap” of a female dungeon master, a court heard.
But Mr Forsyth denies the allegations, insisting the complaints were “confected” by Ms Ryn and her new partner Keiran Farr in a plot to oust him and take over the company.
He and Ms Wilson claim they were wrongly thrown out of the business and locked out of the premises, despite investing more than £46,000 and providing £10,000 worth of furniture and gaming equipment.
The hostile row even saw cops called after a confrontation between the two couples at the club earlier this year.
Now, the company – Arcadia Games Ltd, of which Ms Ryn is now sole director – has launched a £100,000 claim against Mr Forsyth and Ms Wilson.
But Forsyth and Wilson have responded with a £56,000 counterclaim of their own.
D&D, was created by Gary Gygax ad Dave Arneson in 1974, but has enjoyed a recent surge in popularity after featuring centrally in the Netflix show Stranger Things.
Arcadia club, which opened to the public in May, bills itself as a “safe and inclusive haven” for London’s tabletop gaming community.
It offers hosted sessions of Dungeons & Dragons alongside a cocktail “tavern” and daytime co-working space for “tabletop roleplaying geeks, board game obsessives and creatives of all stripes.”
Members at Arcadia can pay up to £300-a-month for workspace plus unlimited games of D&D, some of which are hosted by Ms Ryn.
The company’s code of conduct bans “non-consensual touching” and “sexual objectification”, urging members to respect each other’s boundaries both “in and out of character”.
In court documents, Arcadia’s lawyers allege two breaches of those rules by Mr Forsyth in May this year.
The first complaint came from a bar worker who said he commented on her outfit and career in a way that made her uncomfortable, before messaging her about his and Ms Wilson’s involvement in “kink clubs”.
A second report on Mr Forsyth alleged: “On 23 May 2025, Ms Ryn received a further report of alleged wrongdoing by Alexander Forsyth.
“He was alleged to have burst into one of the private games rooms, sat on the arm of the games master’s chair so that he was partly in her lap and cuddled her in front of a table of customers.”
In their defence to the claim, lawyers for consultant Mr Forsyth and 6’4″ actress and stunt-woman Ms Wilson paint a different picture.
Mr Forsyth and Ms Wilson say both incidents were fabricated as part of a “hostile takeover” plan by Ms Ryn and Mr Farr.
The couples allege that when they tried to return to work, they were “unlawfully prevented” from entering the building.
The couple’s lawyers say that on May 28, Ms Ryn “made a false 999 call reporting the risk of a disturbance at the venue”.
They added: “Ms Ryn and Keiran Farr were acutely hostile…when they arrived at the venue. Keiran Farr hired a locksmith who changed the locks”.
Ms Ryn, meanwhile, accuses Mr Forsyth of locking her out of the company’s financial systems and taking around £32,000 from its accounts, allegedly causing losses of roughly £100,000.
Her legal team say he deliberately damaged the firm’s finances by allowing debts to mount despite available funds, harming Arcadia’s reputation and credit rating.
WARRING COUPLES
Mr Forsyth and Ms Wilson insist the money was a legitimate director’s loan to protect the business and that they own 46 per cent of the shares, having put in £46,000 of their own cash.
They also say that around £10,000 worth of furnishings and equipment at the club are their property, which Ms Ryn and Mr Farr “wrongfully took possession of…by changing the locks”.
Forsyth’s and Wilson’s lawyers say that any money they took from the business “was a director’s loan…to safeguard a portion of this sum and protect the company account”.
“Any losses to the business have been cause by Ms Ryn and Mr Farr’s unlawful actions,” their lawyers state.
But Ms Ryn maintains that she is the sole shareholder and has always owned the company outright.
The warring couples were due to face off at Central London County Court earlier this month, with Ms Ryn seeking to stop her ex and his wife accessing company records.
However, after tense negotiations at the door of the court, they agreed to a temporary settlement and to attempt mediation over the coming weeks.
If that fails, the bitter row will return to court next year.
