Hi there!
Hope you are all well and have enjoyed the holidays. I've added some more smilies and there is a waving one there as Judy asked for! I wanted to find a way to add emojis too but the folks behind PHPBB seem a bit hmm... not too accommodating. So as far as I know, the only way to use modern emojis in the forum is to use your phone or iPad/tablet or laptop that has an emoji keyboard built-in. My Macbook has them on the touch bar, very handy.
I'll test here to see what they look like... (but didn't Tommy try this recently too?)
And the waving one accessible if you click "view more smilies".
I love the touch bar on my laptop (with emojis, for example!) and will miss it deeply when I upgrade my computer.