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Beginner Social Deduction

Beginner Blood on the Clocktower

Cub Glade/SD Glade
Attendance: 12 / 12

Blood 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 keeping your own secret information protected, to work out who is on your team and/or work towards your team's goal. This could involving lying on… Read More »Beginner Blood on the Clocktower

Beginner RPG Sessions

Beginner RPG Session – Treasure of the Broken Hoard

Willows3/RPG Glade
Attendance: 5 / 5

A famous relic hunter seeks adventurers to help her find caches of treasure hidden by the now-defeated followers of the Cult of the Dragon. Her maps and notes may lead the way to great wealth—or a terrible death. And do other parties have designs on the treasure as well? These beginner RPG sessions are run… Read More »Beginner RPG Session – Treasure of the Broken Hoard

Beginner RPG Sessions

Beginner RPG Session – Treasure of the Broken Hoard

Willows3/RPG Glade
Attendance: 4 / 5

A famous relic hunter seeks adventurers to help her find caches of treasure hidden by the now-defeated followers of the Cult of the Dragon. Her maps and notes may lead the way to great wealth—or a terrible death. And do other parties have designs on the treasure as well? These beginner RPG sessions are run… Read More »Beginner RPG Session – Treasure of the Broken Hoard

Campfire Storytelling with Jon

Campfire Storytelling with Jon

Main Campfire

Huddle close in the firelight for more tales of wonder! Age-old myths and brand-new yarns, from far afield and right on the doorstep: Jon is a Brighton-based storyteller with a captivating delivery and love of stories that connect past, present and future, our surroundings and ourselves. He performs regularly around the country in clubs, schools,… Read More »Campfire Storytelling with Jon

RPG: Slugblaster – Turbo X

Willows3/RPG Glade
Attendance: 4 / 4

System: Slugblaster from Myth Works In the small town of Hillview, teenage hoverboarders sneak into other dimensions to explore, film tricks, go viral, and get away from the problems at home. It’s dangerous. It’s stupid. It’s got parent groups in a panic. And it’s the coolest thing ever. This is Slugblaster. A table-top rpg about… Read More »RPG: Slugblaster – Turbo X

Strange Traitors 2025

Strange Traitors – Mourning Briefing

Main Campfire
Attendance: 24 / 24

The Traitors was once again the unmissable TV event of the year, with a celebrity version due to air in September. But the real high profile spin-off is Strange Traitors, back again for it's third year and promising to be bigger and better than ever! More players, more murders and more challenges than ever before!… Read More »Strange Traitors – Mourning Briefing

Site Shop Open

Site Shop Open

Site Shop

The 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 tickets for Buzz Active activities can also be bought here Card accepted

Checkout Library and Info Point open

Checkout Library and Info Point open

Kipling Lodge (Small Lodge)

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 heavy; there is also a Games Stash of lots of other games in the Activity Centre

The Genius Game

The Genius Game

Helvellyn Marquee
Attendance: 12 / 12

Inspired by Korean gameshows "The Genius" and "The Devil's Plan", this will be a series of games/challenges, testing your intelligence, negotiation, strategy, tactics, and social skills. The two losers of each game will face off in a short two-player death-match, and one will be eliminated. At the end of the final day, one player will… Read More »The Genius Game

Low Ropes Playtime for Kids

Low Ropes Course

Supervised playtime on the low ropes course for ages 5-13

Starship Bridge Simulator

Starship Bridge Simulator (1 hour game slot)

The Lodge (AV Lodge)
Attendance: 6 / 6

A fully functional Starship Bridge Simulator LARP/Computer game   Children must be accompanied. Note: under 11s will need their accompanying adult to assist them at their station rather than signing up separately

RPG Meetup

RPG Meetup – Come along to find an RPG to play or pitch a game to find players!

Willows3/RPG Glade

On Saturday and Sunday morning we will be having a gathering of RPG lovers to help players and GMs find each other for any games to be played that day. From 10am, GMs will have the chance to pitch a game they would like to run that day and afterwards, players will have the opportunity… Read More »RPG Meetup – Come along to find an RPG to play or pitch a game to find players!

Beginner Social Deduction

Beginner Werewolf

Cub Glade/SD Glade
Attendance: 6 / 12

Werewolf 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 secret information protected, to work out who is on your team and/or work towards your team's goal. This could involving lying on your part. These… Read More »Beginner Werewolf

Beginner Social Deduction

Beginner Blood on the Clocktower

Cub Glade/SD Glade
Attendance: 11 / 12

Blood 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 keeping your own secret information protected, to work out who is on your team and/or work towards your team's goal. This could involving lying on… Read More »Beginner Blood on the Clocktower

S.P.I.E.S.

S.P.I.E.S.

Rifle Range
Attendance: 19 / ∞

Wanna make some new friends? This is the perfect Ice-Breaker to talk about random stuff with random people! You find yourself at the International Espionage Society's yearly convention for the world's greatest Spies. Time is short, so you need to mingle and get as much Intel from them as possible. Don't worry, you're not alone… Read More »S.P.I.E.S.

Board Game Meetup Point

Board Game Meetup Point

Activity Centre

Looking for new friends to play a game with? Want to arrange a particularly meaty board game this weekend? Just want to chat board games with like-minded folk?   Then come along to the meeting point by the Activity Centre whiteboard and get talking!   Note: this event is a sandbox, self-directed meeting time for… Read More »Board Game Meetup Point

Megagame – Den of Wolves: New Eden

Arena Marquee
Attendance: 21 / 21

In this game you will play a member of a space fleet, survivors of a massive attack from the nation of Wolf - decimating and subjugating the other settled worlds. Together you will be trying to survive in space, flee further Wolf attacks and find a new home for your people - a New Eden.… Read More »Megagame – Den of Wolves: New Eden

Starship Bridge Simulator

Starship Bridge Simulator (1 hour game slot)

The Lodge (AV Lodge)
Attendance: 5 / 6

A fully functional Starship Bridge Simulator LARP/Computer game   Children must be accompanied. Note: under 11s will need their accompanying adult to assist them at their station rather than signing up separately

Playtest & Demo Session

Shackleton Lodge (Big Lodge)

Come along and see what exciting new games are on the horizon! Featuring: Bean Counters (Gibson Games) – Chaotic Game for 3+ Players. Welcome to the new employees of Bean Counters Inc., Your job? Count beans. How? Frantically. Why? Enough questions. In this fast-paced, laugh-out-loud card game, you’ll need to play, count, and slam your… Read More »Playtest & Demo Session

RPG: Heart: The City Beneath – Drowned

Chapel
Attendance: 4 / 4

System: Heart: The City Beneath by Rowan, Rook & Decard Under the chaotic city of Spire lies a roiling, unreal mass of fantasy and flesh known as the Heart, a city beneath the city. Heart: The City Beneath is a roleplaying game about delving into a nightmare undercity that will give you everything you’ve ever… Read More »RPG: Heart: The City Beneath – Drowned

Human TwinTinBots

Human TwinTinBots

Arena
Attendance: 12 / 12

Human-sized version of the programming board game "Twin Tin Bots" in which players are themselves the robots moving around a massive board, ‘zapping’ opposing robots and collecting crystals for victory. Each game lasts up to 1.5h (depending how quickly players take their moves) and is played in teams of 3 - one programmer guiding two… Read More »Human TwinTinBots

The Strange Games Quiz!

Stage

Test your nerdy knowledge at the annual Strange Games quiz! Do you know your Catan from your Carcassonne? Form a team of up to 5 people and join us to battle it out for the glory of being crowned the Geekiest Gamers!

Human TwinTinBots

Human TwinTinBots

Arena
Attendance: 11 / 12

Human-sized version of the programming board game "Twin Tin Bots" in which players are themselves the robots moving around a massive board, ‘zapping’ opposing robots and collecting crystals for victory. Each game lasts up to 1.5h (depending how quickly players take their moves) and is played in teams of 3 - one programmer guiding two… Read More »Human TwinTinBots

S.P.I.E.S.

S.P.I.E.S.

Rifle Range
Attendance: 4 / ∞

Wanna make some new friends? This is the perfect Ice-Breaker to talk about random stuff with random people! You find yourself at the International Espionage Society's yearly convention for the world's greatest Spies. Time is short, so you need to mingle and get as much Intel from them as possible. Don't worry, you're not alone… Read More »S.P.I.E.S.

RPG: Adventure Skeletons

Willows3/RPG Glade
Attendance: 4 / 4

You’re a skeleton, bored of guarding the dungeon for some wizard, and you decide that you should go on an adventure instead. You’re having a great time in the human dungeon (or “village,” as they insist on calling it) but people keep hitting you and your bits keep falling off. A chill comedy RPG using… Read More »RPG: Adventure Skeletons

RPG: Daggerheart

Willows3/RPG Glade

Daggerheart introductory scenario Daggerheart is a system created by the Critical Role team, intended as a light, fast, simple alternative to D&D for high adventure in fantasy settings. This is a run-through of the quickstart rules with pregenerated characters, intended to teach players the system and give them a fast introduction to how playing the… Read More »RPG: Daggerheart

RPG: The Sinister Secret of Peacock Point

Willows3/RPG Glade
Attendance: 6 / 7

Shadowdark RPG (Old school adventure tropes) The Sinister Secret of Peacock Point Something is wrong at Peacock Point Lighthouse! The beacon has gone dark and ships are in peril. The Mayor of Nanlet has dispatched a party of intrepid adventurers along the thief infested coast road to investigate and relight the beacon before either the… Read More »RPG: The Sinister Secret of Peacock Point

Board Game Meetup Point

Board Game Meetup Point

Activity Centre

Looking for new friends to play a game with? Want to arrange a particularly meaty board game this weekend? Just want to chat board games with like-minded folk?   Then come along to the meeting point by the Activity Centre whiteboard and get talking!   Note: this event is a sandbox, self-directed meeting time for… Read More »Board Game Meetup Point

RPG: The Wild Sea

Willows3/RPG Glade
Attendance: 4 / 5

The Wild Sea - a RPG using a modified Forged in the Dark system. A narrative-driven tabletop roleplaying game set in a sprawling, post-apocalyptic world overrun by a vast, endless forest of towering, tangled trees. Set hundreds of years after a magical cataclysm known as The Verdancy, the world’s surface has been swallowed by wild,… Read More »RPG: The Wild Sea

Starship Bridge Simulator

Starship Bridge Simulator (1 hour game slot)

The Lodge (AV Lodge)
Attendance: 6 / 6

A fully functional Starship Bridge Simulator LARP/Computer game   Children must be accompanied. Note: under 11s will need their accompanying adult to assist them at their station rather than signing up separately

The Unicorn Cup!

The Unicorn Cup!

Arena
Attendance: 10 / 10

Dost thou wish to be entertained?! To be crowned the champion of all champions?! Then yee simply must join us for a weekend of medieval madness, to enlist and bear witness to... The Unicorn Cup! There will be silly races, dressing up, games, prizes and JOUSTING (on very tiny 'horses"). Cometh one and all, to… Read More »The Unicorn Cup!

Megagame – Wyrten Bridge

Arena Marquee
Attendance: 19 / 20

Welcome to Wyrten Bridge, a small village on the River Arun. Everyone around you appears to be human, but the Veil between worlds has fallen and there are Gods and river nix fae amongst you. Part-LARP, and part-megagame, join the Godstouched Universe for a few hours and see what happens when magic returns to the… Read More »Megagame – Wyrten Bridge

Starship Bridge Simulator

Starship Bridge Simulator (1 hour game slot)

The Lodge (AV Lodge)
Attendance: 6 / 6

A fully functional Starship Bridge Simulator LARP/Computer game   Children must be accompanied. Note: under 11s will need their accompanying adult to assist them at their station rather than signing up separately

Beginner Social Deduction

Beginner Werewolf

Cub Glade/SD Glade
Attendance: 12 / 12

Werewolf 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 secret information protected, to work out who is on your team and/or work towards your team's goal. This could involving lying on your part. These… Read More »Beginner Werewolf

S.P.I.E.S.

S.P.I.E.S.

Rifle Range
Attendance: 12 / ∞

Wanna make some new friends? This is the perfect Ice-Breaker to talk about random stuff with random people! You find yourself at the International Espionage Society's yearly convention for the world's greatest Spies. Time is short, so you need to mingle and get as much Intel from them as possible. Don't worry, you're not alone… Read More »S.P.I.E.S.

Beginner RPG Sessions

Beginner RPG Session – Treasure of the Broken Hoard

Willows3/RPG Glade
Attendance: 4 / 5

A famous relic hunter seeks adventurers to help her find caches of treasure hidden by the now-defeated followers of the Cult of the Dragon. Her maps and notes may lead the way to great wealth—or a terrible death. And do other parties have designs on the treasure as well? These beginner RPG sessions are run… Read More »Beginner RPG Session – Treasure of the Broken Hoard

Beginner RPG Sessions

Beginner RPG Session – Treasure of the Broken Hoard

Willows3/RPG Glade
Attendance: 2 / 5

A famous relic hunter seeks adventurers to help her find caches of treasure hidden by the now-defeated followers of the Cult of the Dragon. Her maps and notes may lead the way to great wealth—or a terrible death. And do other parties have designs on the treasure as well? These beginner RPG sessions are run… Read More »Beginner RPG Session – Treasure of the Broken Hoard

RPG: Off the Rails

Willows3/RPG Glade
Attendance: 6 / 6

Starfinder 2e system, Off the Rails Somehow, someway you and your fellow mercenaries have found yourself on the wrong side of the law. You're now being transported to a maximum security prison for a crime you may/may not have done. But, as you are traveling aboard a space train to The Dark Citadel, opportunity strikes… Read More »RPG: Off the Rails

Sea Shanties

Helvellyn Marquee

Hoist the sails and raise your voices! Dive into an evening of rollicking tunes, hearty singalongs, and nautical cheer. We've managed to commandeer a space for songs old and new so whether you're a seasoned sailor or landlubber, all are welcome to join the chorus.     Participant notes: the session may not be ideal… Read More »Sea Shanties

Blood on the Clocktower – Experimental HomeBrew!

Cub Glade/SD Glade
Attendance: 24 / 24

This is a special, homebrew, experimental Blood on the Clocktower Game Mode that borrows elements from another great social deduction game, Two Rooms and a Boom. Two regular Blood on the Clocktower towns will be constructed, managed by at least two Storytellers   Players should have reasonable experience of Blood on the Clocktower   Social… Read More »Blood on the Clocktower – Experimental HomeBrew!

RPG: Mothership

Willows3/RPG Glade
Attendance: 6 / 6

A highly accessible sci-fi horror RPG (roleplaying game) suitable for complete beginners. You and your crew try to survive in the most inhospitable environment in the universe: outer space! Everything you need including dice and character sheets, will be provided - just bring yourself. No preparation or character creation required before the session. Please arrive… Read More »RPG: Mothership

Stage Show: Damsels in Dicestress

Stage

Bridgerton meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Charlie's Angles in this brand new D&D one shot set amidst the blood, guts and ballgowns of Regency England, by award winning, all queer actual play company, Damsels in Dicestress. Join a ragtag group of scandalous scoundrels and promising young ladies on a demonic adventure full of horror… Read More »Stage Show: Damsels in Dicestress

Megagame – Raven Banner

Arena Marquee
Attendance: 16 / 16

For decades Danish raiders have been pillaging the coasts of England, but recently the "Great Heathen Army" conquered the northernmost kingdom of Northumbria. As a Saxon aristocrat or Danish raider you will be fighting and negotiating to ensure the best future for yourselves in this chaotic and violent era. The Raven Banner is a small… Read More »Megagame – Raven Banner

Beginner RPG Sessions

Beginner RPG Session – Treasure of the Broken Hoard

Willows3/RPG Glade
Attendance: 1 / 5

A famous relic hunter seeks adventurers to help her find caches of treasure hidden by the now-defeated followers of the Cult of the Dragon. Her maps and notes may lead the way to great wealth—or a terrible death. And do other parties have designs on the treasure as well? These beginner RPG sessions are run… Read More »Beginner RPG Session – Treasure of the Broken Hoard

Beginner RPG Sessions

Beginner RPG Session – Treasure of the Broken Hoard

Willows3/RPG Glade
Attendance: 4 / 5

A famous relic hunter seeks adventurers to help her find caches of treasure hidden by the now-defeated followers of the Cult of the Dragon. Her maps and notes may lead the way to great wealth—or a terrible death. And do other parties have designs on the treasure as well? These beginner RPG sessions are run… Read More »Beginner RPG Session – Treasure of the Broken Hoard

Campfire Storytelling with Jon

Campfire Storytelling with Jon

Main Campfire

Huddle close in the firelight for more tales of wonder! Age-old myths and brand-new yarns, from far afield and right on the doorstep: Jon is a Brighton-based storyteller with a captivating delivery and love of stories that connect past, present and future, our surroundings and ourselves. He performs regularly around the country in clubs, schools,… Read More »Campfire Storytelling with Jon

Stage Show: Role-Playing James

Stage

Adventurers wanted for magical journey through a mythical realm, all told with the power of improvisational comedy, overly large dice, and the power of imagination (due to budgetary cuts). Have you ever wanted to be a powerful mage and throw fireballs at cultists? Or a cunning thief, stealing the key to the vault from a… Read More »Stage Show: Role-Playing James

Strange Traitors 2025

Strange Traitors – Mourning Briefing

Main Campfire
Attendance: 24 / 24

The Traitors was once again the unmissable TV event of the year, with a celebrity version due to air in September. But the real high profile spin-off is Strange Traitors, back again for it's third year and promising to be bigger and better than ever! More players, more murders and more challenges than ever before!… Read More »Strange Traitors – Mourning Briefing

The Genius Game

The Genius Game

Arena Marquee
Attendance: 12 / 12

Inspired by Korean gameshows "The Genius" and "The Devil's Plan", this will be a series of games/challenges, testing your intelligence, negotiation, strategy, tactics, and social skills. The two losers of each game will face off in a short two-player death-match, and one will be eliminated. At the end of the final day, one player will… Read More »The Genius Game

Site Shop Open

Site Shop Open

Site Shop

The 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 tickets for Buzz Active activities can also be bought here Card accepted

Checkout Library and Info Point open

Checkout Library and Info Point open

Kipling Lodge (Small Lodge)

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 heavy; there is also a Games Stash of lots of other games in the Activity Centre

Starship Bridge Simulator

Starship Bridge Simulator (1 hour game slot)

The Lodge (AV Lodge)
Attendance: 6 / 6

A fully functional Starship Bridge Simulator LARP/Computer game   Children must be accompanied. Note: under 11s will need their accompanying adult to assist them at their station rather than signing up separately

RPG Meetup

RPG Meetup – Come along to find an RPG to play or pitch a game to find players!

Willows3/RPG Glade

On Saturday and Sunday morning we will be having a gathering of RPG lovers to help players and GMs find each other for any games to be played that day. From 10am, GMs will have the chance to pitch a game they would like to run that day and afterwards, players will have the opportunity… Read More »RPG Meetup – Come along to find an RPG to play or pitch a game to find players!

Beginner Social Deduction

Beginner Werewolf

Cub Glade/SD Glade
Attendance: 5 / 12

Werewolf 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 secret information protected, to work out who is on your team and/or work towards your team's goal. This could involving lying on your part. These… Read More »Beginner Werewolf

Beginner Social Deduction

Beginner Blood on the Clocktower

Cub Glade/SD Glade
Attendance: 12 / 12

Blood 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 keeping your own secret information protected, to work out who is on your team and/or work towards your team's goal. This could involving lying on… Read More »Beginner Blood on the Clocktower

Mega SPIES – Role Assignment Open

Stage
Attendance: 17 / ∞

What's this? One of the biggest games of the festival...JUST GOT BIGGER?! Wanna make some new friends? This is the perfect Ice-Breaker to talk about random stuff with random people! In Mega SPIES, you sign up for the game in the morning and then go off and enjoy the festival, at any time in which… Read More »Mega SPIES – Role Assignment Open

Board Game Meetup Point

Board Game Meetup Point

Activity Centre

Looking for new friends to play a game with? Want to arrange a particularly meaty board game this weekend? Just want to chat board games with like-minded folk?   Then come along to the meeting point by the Activity Centre whiteboard and get talking!   Note: this event is a sandbox, self-directed meeting time for… Read More »Board Game Meetup Point

RPG (for kids): Goblin Quest

Willows3/RPG Glade

A Game of Fatal Ineptitude with hilarious consequences   Under 18s only   RPG Glade Table Number: 9

Starship Bridge Simulator

Starship Bridge Simulator (1 hour game slot)

The Lodge (AV Lodge)
Attendance: 6 / 6

A fully functional Starship Bridge Simulator LARP/Computer game   Children must be accompanied. Note: under 11s will need their accompanying adult to assist them at their station rather than signing up separately

Puzzle Party!

Helvellyn Marquee

Puzzle Party Games will be hosting FREE to play Escape Rooms all day (11am-6pm), come and find us at the Helvellyn Marquee There are a variety of Escape Rooms and themes to try, with a range of difficulties. We will also have a range of stand alone puzzles ranging from simple to fiendish and some… Read More »Puzzle Party!

The Sunday Market

Village Square

The Sunday Market takes place in the main square from 12pm-2pm (on Sunday!), with a wide range of unique handcrafted, geek or games related items available from our community's talented members. Available to buy: 'Indie' boardgames Unique graffiti-style and boardgame themed t-shirts Board game accessories Handmade crafts and original art including ceramics, art prints, woven… Read More »The Sunday Market

Dune Imperium – 3v3 game

Activity Centre
Attendance: 6 / 6

Dune Imperium, the board game, at max player count with team mode expansion! Experienced players ideal.    

RPG: Girl By Moonlight – In A Maze of Dreams

Willows3/RPG Glade
Attendance: 4 / 4

System: Girl By Moonlight by Evil Hat Productions A game about the tragic struggles and defiant triumphs of a group of magical girls resisting an oppressive society. Girl by Moonlight explores the heartbreak of denying who you really are, and the transcendent power of relationships and community. I will be running the jumpstart scenario for… Read More »RPG: Girl By Moonlight – In A Maze of Dreams

RPG: Freebooters on the Frontier

Willows3/RPG Glade
Attendance: 3 / 5

Join a band of ill-advised peasants as they seek to storm the local redoubt of a depraved aristocrat. Marvel at the decadence of his stately home, wonder at the magical intricacies of his furbelows, gasp as his various defences make mincemeat of your fellows. Root out the evil at the heart of the local aristocracy… Read More »RPG: Freebooters on the Frontier

RPG: The Waking of Willowby Hall

Willows3/RPG Glade
Attendance: 7 / 7

Shadowdark RPG (Old school adventures) The Waking of Willowby Hall Willowby Hall has stood alone in a clearing in the woods outside of town for longer than anyone can remember. The once proud manor is now a deserted ruin about which the locals spin colourful tales of magic and hauntings. Hired by a local merchant… Read More »RPG: The Waking of Willowby Hall

Board Game Meetup Point

Board Game Meetup Point

Activity Centre

Looking for new friends to play a game with? Want to arrange a particularly meaty board game this weekend? Just want to chat board games with like-minded folk?   Then come along to the meeting point by the Activity Centre whiteboard and get talking!   Note: this event is a sandbox, self-directed meeting time for… Read More »Board Game Meetup Point

Megagame – Crisis: Mars

Megagame – Crisis: Mars

Arena Marquee
Attendance: 18 / 18

The year is 2241 and humanity has colonised the inner solar system with space stations and mining in the asteroid belt, and a colony and terraforming project on Mars. In recent years a growing movement on Mars is pushing for independence from the Unified Nations of Earth and they have just gained a majority in… Read More »Megagame – Crisis: Mars

The Unicorn Cup!

The Unicorn Cup!

Arena
Attendance: 3 / 10

Dost thou wish to be entertained?! To be crowned the champion of all champions?! Then yee simply must join us for a weekend of medieval madness, to enlist and bear witness to... The Unicorn Cup! There will be silly races, dressing up, games, prizes and JOUSTING (on very tiny 'horses"). Cometh one and all, to… Read More »The Unicorn Cup!

RPG: Alice is Missing

Chapel
Attendance: 4 / 4

Alice is Missing - a silent, immersive tabletop roleplaying game of mystery, loss, and emotional storytelling. The game is played entirely through text messages, either via phones or messaging apps. Players take on the roles of teenagers searching for their missing friend, Alice Briarwood. Over the course of the game, players uncover secrets, explore relationships,… Read More »RPG: Alice is Missing

Beginner Social Deduction

Beginner Blood on the Clocktower

Cub Glade/SD Glade
Attendance: 3 / 12

Blood 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 keeping your own secret information protected, to work out who is on your team and/or work towards your team's goal. This could involving lying on… Read More »Beginner Blood on the Clocktower

Beginner RPG Sessions

Beginner RPG Session – Treasure of the Broken Hoard

Willows3/RPG Glade
Attendance: 3 / 5

A famous relic hunter seeks adventurers to help her find caches of treasure hidden by the now-defeated followers of the Cult of the Dragon. Her maps and notes may lead the way to great wealth—or a terrible death. And do other parties have designs on the treasure as well? These beginner RPG sessions are run… Read More »Beginner RPG Session – Treasure of the Broken Hoard

Beginner RPG Sessions

Beginner RPG Session – Treasure of the Broken Hoard

Willows3/RPG Glade
Attendance: 4 / 5

A famous relic hunter seeks adventurers to help her find caches of treasure hidden by the now-defeated followers of the Cult of the Dragon. Her maps and notes may lead the way to great wealth—or a terrible death. And do other parties have designs on the treasure as well? These beginner RPG sessions are run… Read More »Beginner RPG Session – Treasure of the Broken Hoard

RPG Multitable Event – Assault on Singularity Base

Willows3/RPG Glade
Attendance: 35 / 36

Assault on Singularity Base - Cypher System “Even now, the Imperium works to create a weapon so terrible that no force can stand against them. With this yoke, they will enslave all sentients to a singular cause - the expansion of tyranny among the stars. You have your orders. We alone resist. Fight for freedom.… Read More »RPG Multitable Event – Assault on Singularity Base

RPG: Mothership

Willows3/RPG Glade
Attendance: 6 / 6

A highly accessible sci-fi horror RPG (roleplaying game) suitable for complete beginners. You and your crew try to survive in the most inhospitable environment in the universe: outer space! Everything you need including dice and character sheets, will be provided - just bring yourself. No preparation or character creation required before the session. Please arrive… Read More »RPG: Mothership

Puzzled Pint

Helvellyn Marquee

Puzzled Pint is a monthly puzzle tradition running around the world for 15 years, in London for over 12 and in Brighton since February. Imagine a team pub quiz but replace all the questions with puzzles: word puzzles, picture puzzles, logic puzzles, ciphers, figure-the-rules-out puzzles, maybe some physical puzzles. Then dial the competitiveness right down;… Read More »Puzzled Pint

Megagame – Crisis: Mars

Megagame – Crisis: Mars

Arena Marquee
Attendance: 15 / 18

The year is 2241 and humanity has colonised the inner solar system with space stations and mining in the asteroid belt, and a colony and terraforming project on Mars. In recent years a growing movement on Mars is pushing for independence from the Unified Nations of Earth and they have just gained a majority in… Read More »Megagame – Crisis: Mars

The Night of the Three Villages: Multi-Village Werewolf with Christian Zoli

Cub Glade/SD Glade
Attendance: 58 / 60

The Night of the Three Villages Welcome to the grand finale of the Strange Games Festival social deduction games! Get ready for an unprecedented experience: The Night of the Three Villages, a one-of-a-kind social deduction game that will close our festival in epic style. On Sunday, August 24, at 7:00 PM, up to 60 players… Read More »The Night of the Three Villages: Multi-Village Werewolf with Christian Zoli

Campfire Storytelling with Jon

Campfire Storytelling with Jon

Main Campfire

Huddle close in the firelight for more tales of wonder! Age-old myths and brand-new yarns, from far afield and right on the doorstep: Jon is a Brighton-based storyteller with a captivating delivery and love of stories that connect past, present and future, our surroundings and ourselves. He performs regularly around the country in clubs, schools,… Read More »Campfire Storytelling with Jon

Movie: “Game Night”

Stage

We'll be projecting a movie on the main stage after dusk! This year, by popular vote: Game Night   Game Night  A group of friends who meet regularly for game nights find themselves entangled in a real-life mystery when the shady brother of one of them is seemingly kidnapped by dangerous gangsters. BBFC Rated: 15

The Genius Game

The Genius Game

Helvellyn Marquee
Attendance: 12 / 12

Inspired by Korean gameshows "The Genius" and "The Devil's Plan", this will be a series of games/challenges, testing your intelligence, negotiation, strategy, tactics, and social skills. The two losers of each game will face off in a short two-player death-match, and one will be eliminated. At the end of the final day, one player will… Read More »The Genius Game

Checkout Library and Info Point open

Checkout Library and Info Point open

Kipling Lodge (Small Lodge)

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 heavy; there is also a Games Stash of lots of other games in the Activity Centre

Site Shop Open

Site Shop Open

Site Shop

The 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 tickets for Buzz Active activities can also be bought here Card accepted

Starship Bridge Simulator

Starship Bridge Simulator (1 hour game slot)

The Lodge (AV Lodge)
Attendance: 6 / 6

A fully functional Starship Bridge Simulator LARP/Computer game   Children must be accompanied. Note: under 11s will need their accompanying adult to assist them at their station rather than signing up separately

Board Game Meetup Point

Board Game Meetup Point

Activity Centre

Looking for new friends to play a game with? Want to arrange a particularly meaty board game this weekend? Just want to chat board games with like-minded folk?   Then come along to the meeting point by the Activity Centre whiteboard and get talking!   Note: this event is a sandbox, self-directed meeting time for… Read More »Board Game Meetup Point

Starship Bridge Simulator

Starship Bridge Simulator (1 hour game slot)

The Lodge (AV Lodge)
Attendance: 5 / 6

A fully functional Starship Bridge Simulator LARP/Computer game   Children must be accompanied. Note: under 11s will need their accompanying adult to assist them at their station rather than signing up separately

House Games

Arena

Come along, pick a house, and show your mettle at a combination of mental, physical and practical games.

Farewell Meet

Arena

Join us for a recap of the best bits of the weekend and the traditional enormous group photo!