The Strange Games Festival 2024
Bushy Wood Activity Centre Main Road, HailshamThe Strange Games Festival 2024 – a long August bank holiday weekend of games and camping. Board games, Role-playing games, Werewolf, Blood on the Clocktower, marquees, food stalls, and much… Read More »The Strange Games Festival 2024
Site Shop Open
Site ShopThe site shop will be open and sells cold drinks, sweets, chocolate, biscuits, marshmallows (and wooden sticks!), popcorn, milk and logs (as well as various camping essentials) Phone charging and… Read More »Site Shop Open
Checkout Library & Info Point Open
Speak to our friendly info point volunteers and borrow from our large library of boardgames (play for free, return same day) These are games we think are particularly fancy or… Read More »Checkout Library & Info Point Open
Uno Tournament: Weekend-long & Festival-wide
Bushy Wood Activity Centre Main Road, HailshamWelcome to the Bead-Filled Bonanza at the Strange Games Festival! Hey there, game enthusiasts! Ready to dive headfirst into a bead-packed adventure that will tickle your brain, flex your strategic… Read More »Uno Tournament: Weekend-long & Festival-wide
New Friends & New Players Meeting Point
Activity CentreWhether you’d like to meet new friends to play with (perhaps you’re attending the festival alone?) or you’re brand new to board games and want to learn something new, come… Read More »New Friends & New Players Meeting Point
Deep Woods Adventure – Beginner Games
Activity CentreA group of travellers, lost in the forest, search for clues to find a way to safety… Deep Woods Adventure is a Strange Games special - a home-brewed, 'lifesize' version… Read More »Deep Woods Adventure – Beginner Games
Welcome Meet
ArenaThe official opening meet of the festival! Come gather on the arena to be officially welcomed and find out more about things you can expect over the weekend. Attendance isn’t… Read More »Welcome Meet
1UP Retro Gaming
The Lodge (AV Lodge)Level up in the 1UP Retro Gaming Zone between 7pm-11pm every night, where you will find a trove of nostalgic retro video games and consoles to play (£2 per person… Read More »1UP Retro Gaming
Strange Traitors: Series 2
Main CampfireLast year we had attempted assassinations, clandestine conversations and a faithful win at the final five. For 2024 we're running another festival long version of The Traitors, but without the… Read More »Strange Traitors: Series 2
PlayCulture
Willows3 CampfirePlayCulture create exciting, tactical, sneaky outdoor games that make you feel like a kid again! PlayCulture games are app-supported and take place physically in the real world. Here's a taste… Read More »PlayCulture
Mini-MegaGame: Heist!
Arena Marquee'Heist!' is an asymmetric crime caper that puts players in the roles of both a heist crew inside a bank, and the authorities outside trying to stop them. Players join… Read More »Mini-MegaGame: Heist!
Call of Cthulhu, 7th Edition
Willows3/RPG GladeThe session will see a group of adventurers become unlikely investigators after their holiday aboard the Orient Express is derailed by horror and intrigue following the death of a fellow… Read More »Call of Cthulhu, 7th Edition
The Waking of Whilloby Hall
Willows3/RPG GladeA dead wizard's mansion, a golden goose, an angry giant. And you. Join a rag tag group of adventurers to Persidion the Perfidious' Magical Manse of Mayhem, where things have… Read More »The Waking of Whilloby Hall
Deep Woods Adventure (Self-Serve Game Available)
Meadow CampfireA group of travellers, lost in the forest, search for clues to find a way to safety… Deep Woods Adventure is a Strange Games special - a home-brewed, 'lifesize' version… Read More »Deep Woods Adventure (Self-Serve Game Available)
Beginners’ Social Deduction – Blood on the Clocktower
Cub GladeBlood on the Clocktower is a very popular social deduction game played through rounds of conversations. Through these rounds you will interact with other players to determine their secrets, while… Read More »Beginners’ Social Deduction – Blood on the Clocktower
Beginners’ Social Deduction – Werewolf
Cub GladeWerewolf is a very popular social deduction game played through rounds of conversations. Through these rounds you will interact with other players to determine their secrets, while keeping your own… Read More »Beginners’ Social Deduction – Werewolf
Beginners’ Social Deduction – Mafia
Cub GladeMafia is a very popular social deduction game played through rounds of conversations. Through these rounds you will interact with other players to determine their secrets, while keeping your own… Read More »Beginners’ Social Deduction – Mafia
Pandemic: Catastrophe
Activity CentreAn unofficial, scaled up version of the classic boardgame Pandemic, with a projected board. 13 players, time limits, chaos.
Campfire Storytelling with Jon
Main CampfireEver wondered how the hills were made? Where the sun goes at night? Who built that empty house on the edge of town? Let Jon show you…! Jon is a… Read More »Campfire Storytelling with Jon
Werewolf in the Dark!
Rifle RangeThe unforgettable game that combines the classical game of Werewolf with hide-and-go-seek, Werewolf in the Dark! The social deduction of Werewolf Who among the villagers is the Werewolf? During the… Read More »Werewolf in the Dark!