Werewolf in the Dark!
2024-07-19 12:00, 2024-08-23 22:00 - 23:30 (Europe/London) | Rifle Range
The 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 daylight phase, vote to eliminate a player you suspect of killing others at night. The childhood intensity of Hide-and-go-Seek? During the night phase, everyone hides in pitch black darkness
Only the Werewolf can double tap you, eliminating you.
A never-ending night only the dead can cure!
Don’t get too cozy in your hiding spot, as a Werewolf can win in a single night.
You must venture out and find a body to end the terrifying night phase.
Dozens of roles with unique abilities
Many different monster types
Many different “villager” roles
No need for a host, everyone plays
Elimination is only the beginning!
Eaten by a monster? Eliminated by vote? No worries. Everyone comes back as one of many different types of “ghosts” to enhance the game.

Note: the meeting point to begin the game will be the Rifle Range but the game will be played in the campsite woodlands
This game is played in the dark over uneven ground – your safety is your own responsibility at all times and under 18s must be accompanied

Strange Games Festival Opens!!
2024-08-23 14:00 | Bushy Wood Activity Centre, Main Road, Hailsham, BN27 3LZ, United Kingdom

The Strange Games Festival 2024
2024-08-23 14:00 - 2024-08-26 16:00 | Bushy Wood Activity Centre, Main Road, Hailsham, BN27 3LZ, United Kingdom
The 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 more.
Please note: refunds are only considered on event cancellation, substantial alteration or by special exception determined by the organisers at their sole discretion.

Site Shop Open
2024-08-23 14:01 - 20:00, 2024-08-24 09:00 - 20:00 | 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 & Info Point Open
2024-08-23 14:01 - 23:00, 2024-08-24 09:00 - 23:00
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

Uno Tournament: Weekend-long & Festival-wide
2024-08-23 14:30 - 2024-08-26 13:00 | Bushy Wood Activity Centre, Main Road, Hailsham, BN27 3LZ, United Kingdom
Welcome 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 muscles, and show off your undying love for all things board games? Join our epic Uno tournament happening right under your noses at the Strange Games Festival. Here’s the scoop:
Tournament Overview:
•Team Spirit: You’ll be split into four mighty teams. Pick your colour, channel your inner warrior, and defend it with all the gusto you can muster!
– Blue: The Battleships
– Orange: The Rooks
– Green: The Snakes
– Yellow: The Jokers
• Awesome Swag: the first 400 of you lucky folks will get a bag with a piece of coloured ribbon and 4 wooden beads. We’ve got 100 per colour of these beauties just for you.
• Get Your Gear: During registration, snag your bead bag and a pack of Uno. Uno supplies are limited (only about 100 packs), so don’t be greedy—one per party, please! We’ve placed extra packs around key locations in case we run out. It’s like a card-themed Easter egg hunt!
How to Play:
• Challenge Accepted: All weekend long, challenge your fellow Festival-goers to games, wagering your precious, precious beads.
• Learn Uno (Or Else): If you don’t know how to play Uno, you’ve been missing out on a childhood treat! Note: You’ll receive Uno Flip packs, but feel free to stick to regular Uno rules if the Flip version sounds too wild.
• Bead Wagering: Decide how many beads to bet before each game. Winner takes all, so bet wisely and with the boldness of a bead-hungry beast!
The Grand Finale:
• Bead Count: During Simon’s Monday speech, it’s bead-counting time. Each team will dump their beads into their colour’s bucket. May the best team win!
• Ultimate Prize: The top bead hoarder wins the prestigious grand Uno Prize and a lifetime of Festival fame. Yes, you heard it right—the GRAND UNO PRIZE! Imagine the glory, the accolades, and the endless bragging rights. This isn’t just a prize; it’s a beacon of your strategic genius and competitive spirit.
Important Rules (Listen Up!):
• No Stacking: Stacking +2 and +4 cards in Uno? Nope, not happening. Official rules are crystal clear—if you get slapped with a +4, you draw 4 and lose your turn. No sneaky adding +2s to make someone draw 6!
• Team Tactics: Feel free to team up with your fellow colours, but beware of games swarming with opposing colours. You might find yourself under a barrage of +4s!
• Alternative Bead Usage: Want to bribe someone to fetch your emotional support socks from your team or snag a slice of their pizza? Go ahead! We encourage all sorts of bead-bartering shenanigans.
Stay Engaged:
• Share the Fun: Post your tournament exploits in Discord and on social media with #StrangeGamesFestival. You might get featured on the website and become a Festival legend!
Get ready for a weekend of laughter, strategy, and bead-winning glory. Let the games begin!

New Friends & New Players Meeting Point
2024-08-23 16:00 - 19:00, 2024-08-24 09:00 - 21:00 | Activity Centre
Whether 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 to the meeting point in the Activity Centre on the hour during this window and our friendly Board Games Host will assist forming groups and suggesting games

Deep Woods Adventure - Beginner Games
2024-08-23 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-08-24 10:00 - 11:00 | Activity Centre
A 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 of the push-your-luck game ‘Deep Sea Adventure’, played in the woods.
Want to play? The game will be set up and available all weekend, including instructions. Find it on the footpath that is near the old lake, at the far end of Willows 4 past the campfire (look for a line with brightly-coloured rags attached).
Three ‘beginners’ games will also be run at the start of the Festival:
6pm Friday – please arrive at the Activity Centre by 5.55pm
10am Saturday – please arrive at the Activity Ccentre by 9.55am
11am Saturday – please arrive at the Activity Centre by 10.55am
Please turn up promptly as we will leave the Activity Centre at the advertised time or before if we have enough players
Come along to the ‘new friends’ meeting point in the Activity Centre just before this time if you’d like to play – don’t be late! We need 3-6 players for the game to run.
Unfortunately, we won’t be able to take more than this, but there should be others there to play something else if not!

Suitable for: 3-7 players (including a ‘GM’), 45-60 mins. Even better played in the dusk/dark (8pm is a good start time if so), but do bring torches as the path is unlit and uneven in places.
Accessibility: The game involves walking on an unlit woodland footpath, which is across one of the camping fields. It can be a little uneven in places and may be unsuitable for wheelchair users, depending on your mobility. The game also needs the majority of players to tell colours apart and to tie/untie loose knots, however the GM or a volunteer can support with this without impacting the running of the game.
Children: Older children used to playing boardgames can play this game, if their adult is also playing. There are also some suggested variations to the rules that you might find helpful if you want to play a ‘family game’ with children.

[6 spaces available]

Welcome Meet
2024-08-23 19:00 - 19:30 | Arena
The 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 mandatory but is heartily recommended!

1UP Retro Gaming
2024-08-23 19:00 - 23:00 | 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 for weekend access)
Fancy taking your friends on at Mario Kart, Smash Bros. or Golden Eye, or fighting it out on our Street Fighter arcade machine? If the answer is yes then head on down! The friendly 1UP crew will also be serving up a themed menu of super smoothies, milkshakes, soft drinks, and delicious cakey treats for your indulgence throughout the evening.
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Hear more about this event on our Strange Games Festival Radio YouTube Podcast

Strange Traitors: Series 2
2024-08-23 19:30 - 20:30, 2024-08-24 09:00 - 10:00 | Main Campfire
Last 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 £100k prize or Claudia Winkleman.
Designed to happen alongside whatever else you’re doing at the festival. Traitors have infiltrated the Faithful. Can the Faithful work together to identify and banish them before the Traitors murder them in their sleep?
We’ll meet every morning (or ‘mourning’!), where the survivors find out who got murdered in the night. And every evening at the Round Table to decide who to banish.
There’s also daily missions which give the Traitors assassination opportunities, and the Faithful clues to the Traitor’s identities. If you keep your eyes open there might even be ways to earn advantages for round tables. This year the round tables will be able to be watched by any festival attendees and there may be some ‘confessional’ style interviews for Strange Games Radio.
Once signed-up, players must post in the Traitors Public discord channel on the Strange Games discord before 21/08/2024 to get added to the Traitors In Game channel and for other pregame admin reasons. Failure to do this may result in players being replaced.
Adults only
Please do not apply if you played last year as we have limited spaces and high demand.
Hear more about this event on our Strange Games Festival Radio YouTube Podcast

[16 spaces available]
Note: these events are linked in a series so you don’t need to sign up to each individually

PlayCulture
2024-08-23 19:30 - 23:00 | Willows3 Campfire
PlayCulture 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 of what will be on offer:
Seektag is like competitive hide and seek! In Indie mode you get points for spotting other players without getting seen, and in Gauntlet mode you have to evade guards to tag zones like a ninja team!
Zombies is a large-scale app-supported infectious outdoor tag game! Evade zombies, pick up health packs, become the final survivor! If you’re caught, you turn into a zombie and join the hunt!
PirateGold is a dastardly treacherous outdoor team game! Marooned on an island that conceals a bounty of treasures, the aim of the game is to set sail with as much plunder as possible. Assemble a rich crew, beg, steal, borrow, or do whatever it takes!
There will be rolling games during this window; please see the PlayCulture board in the Village Square for game times and further details
Under 18s should be accompanied by a responsible adult
The PlayCulture app can be downloaded here: playculture.com/app

Hear more about this event on our Strange Games Festival Radio YouTube Podcast

Mini-MegaGame: Heist!
2024-08-23 19:30 - 23:30 | 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 one of two teams – either the misfit thieves, trying to manage the confusion within the bank and keep their team together, or the authorities, working on securing the outside of the bank and gaining key information, while managing their own internal politics.

Doors open right after the Welcome Meet finishes (approximately 7.15pm). The first to arrive will be the criminal mastermind, who will orchestrate a bonus set up turn.

[10 spaces available]

Call of Cthulhu, 7th Edition
2024-08-23 19:30 - 23:30 | Willows3/RPG Glade
The 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 passenger under mysterious circumstances.

Content warnings: Mild content warnings for death and possible drug references.
[5 spaces available]
RPG Glade Table Number: 1

The Waking of Whilloby Hall
2024-08-23 19:30 - 23:30 | Willows3/RPG Glade
A 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 already begun to go wrong. Outwit a goose; hide from a giant; possibly raise the dead. Many may dare Whilloby Hall: fewer may leave alive, though none can say they had an uneventful time.
An intentionally chaotic Old-School Adventure where you’ll play a group of low-level adventurers dealing with problems way above their pay grade. Expect silly deaths, much mayhem and random tables. Uses Powered by the Apocalypse (Freebooters on the Frontier specifically) – no prior experience needed (Much like the adventurers themselves)
[6 spaces available]
16+
RPG Glade Table Number: 2

Deep Woods Adventure (Self-Serve Game Available)
2024-08-23 19:30 - 2024-08-26 15:00 | Meadow Campfire
A 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 of the push-your-luck game ‘Deep Sea Adventure’, played in the woods.
Want to play? The game will be set up and available all weekend, including instructions. Find it on the footpath that is near the old lake, at the far end of Willows 4 past the campfire (look for a line with brightly-coloured rags attached).
Three ‘beginners’ games will also be run at the start of the festival:
6pm Friday
10am Saturday
11am Saturday
Suitable for: 3-7 players (including a ‘GM’), 45-60 mins. Even better played in the dusk/dark (8pm is a good start time if so), but do bring torches as the path is unlit and uneven in places.
Accessibility: The game involves walking on an unlit woodland footpath, which is across one of the camping fields. It can be a little uneven in places and may be unsuitable for wheelchair users, depending on your mobility. The game also needs the majority of players to tell colours apart and to tie/untie loose knots, however the GM or a volunteer can support with this without impacting the running of the game.
Children: Older children used to playing boardgames can play this game, if their adult is also playing. There are also some suggested variations to the rules that you might find helpful if you want to play a ‘family game’ with children.

Beginners' Social Deduction - Blood on the Clocktower
2024-08-23 20:00 - 22:00, 2024-08-24 10:00 - 12:00 | Cub Glade/SD Glade
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 your part.
These beginner Blood on the Clocktower sessions are run by our friendly Festival volunteers and are intended to introduce new players to the wonderful world of social deduction gaming.
If you are a regular player, please sign up instead to one of the other games that will be running throughout the Festival or visit the Social Deduction Glade and chat to our friendly glade host there.
[12 spaces available]

Beginners' Social Deduction - Werewolf
2024-08-23 20:00 - 22:00 | Cub Glade/SD Glade
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 beginner Werewolf sessions are run by our friendly Festival volunteers and are intended to introduce new players to the wonderful world of social deduction gaming.
If you are a regular player, please sign up instead to one of the other games that will be running throughout the Festival or visit the Social Deduction Glade and chat to our friendly glade host there.
[12 spaces available]

Beginners' Social Deduction - Mafia
2024-08-23 20:00 - 22:00 | Cub Glade/SD Glade
Mafia 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 beginner Mafia sessions are run by our friendly Festival volunteers and are intended to introduce new players to the wonderful world of social deduction gaming.
If you are a regular player, please sign up instead to one of the other games that will be running throughout the Festival or visit the Social Deduction Glade and chat to our friendly glade host there.
[10 spaces available]

Pandemic: Catastrophe
2024-08-23 20:00 - 22:00 | Activity Centre
An unofficial, scaled up version of the classic boardgame Pandemic, with a projected board. 13 players, time limits, chaos.

[13 spaces available]

Campfire Storytelling with Jon
2024-08-23 21:00 - 22:00 | Main Campfire
Ever 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 Brighton-based storyteller known for his captivating delivery and love of roots: folktales and myths that connect our history and our present, our surroundings and ourselves. He performs regularly at festivals, in schools, online, and his shows have appeared in the Brighton Festival Our Place programme and Fringe.
Praise for past gigs:
“You really brought those stories to life… I want to go and visit those places now!” – Guesthouse Storytellers, Newhaven
“our boys became totally engrossed… fantastic” – Into the Trees Festival
“great tales told with obvious love. It was an enthralling evening.” – Audience member, The Mabinogion

Daily Update with Simon
2024-08-24 10:00 - 10:05 | Village Square
Come find out the latest news and what’s on today

UK Starship Bridge Simulator
2024-08-24 10:00 - 11:00 | The Lodge (AV Lodge)
A fully functional Starship Bridge Simulator LARP/Computer game

[6 available spaces]
Children must be accompanied. Note: under 11s will need their accompanying adult to assist them at their station rather than signing up separately
