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The Strange Games Festival 2025 – a long August bank holiday weekend of games and camping. Board games, Role-playing games, Blood on the Clocktower, Werewolf, marquees, food stalls, and much more. Please check your spam folder if you do not receive your ticket after buying. Tickets are sold per person. A ticket includes entry to… Read More »The Strange Games Festival 2025
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Reception will be open from 2pm on Friday 22nd August 2025. Please do not arrive before this time unless you have a volunteer role that requires it. 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 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
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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! 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 – The First Night These beginner RPG sessions are run by our friendly Festival volunteers and are intended to introduce new players to the wonderful world of Role-Playing Games. If you are a regular player, please sign up instead to one of the other games that will be running throughout the Festival, attend the morning RPG meetups (held at… Read More »Beginner RPG Sessions 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 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 These beginner RPG sessions are run by our friendly Festival volunteers and are intended to introduce new players to the wonderful world of Role-Playing Games. If you are a regular player, please sign up instead to one of the other games that will be running throughout the Festival, attend the morning RPG meetups (held at… Read More »Beginner RPG Sessions 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 |
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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 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 These beginner RPG sessions are run by our friendly Festival volunteers and are intended to introduce new players to the wonderful world of Role-Playing Games. If you are a regular player, please sign up instead to one of the other games that will be running throughout the Festival, attend the morning RPG meetups (held at… Read More »Beginner RPG Sessions 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
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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 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 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.
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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 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 – Round Table 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
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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!
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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
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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 These beginner RPG sessions are run by our friendly Festival volunteers and are intended to introduce new players to the wonderful world of Role-Playing Games. If you are a regular player, please sign up instead to one of the other games that will be running throughout the Festival, attend the morning RPG meetups (held at… Read More »Beginner RPG Sessions These beginner RPG sessions are run by our friendly Festival volunteers and are intended to introduce new players to the wonderful world of Role-Playing Games. If you are a regular player, please sign up instead to one of the other games that will be running throughout the Festival, attend the morning RPG meetups (held at… Read More »Beginner RPG Sessions
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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 These beginner RPG sessions are run by our friendly Festival volunteers and are intended to introduce new players to the wonderful world of Role-Playing Games. If you are a regular player, please sign up instead to one of the other games that will be running throughout the Festival, attend the morning RPG meetups (held at… Read More »Beginner RPG Sessions
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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 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 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 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 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 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 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. 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 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
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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 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! 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
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Come along and see what exciting new games are on the horizon! Featuring: Gibson Games Trolls Toll : Simplicity meets strategy in this fabled-faery-tale of hopeless heroes and some very magical apples. Will you manage to traverse the traps, battle the brutes and cross the Troll's bridge in one piece, or fade into the forgotten tales… Read More »Playtest & Demo Session 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
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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 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 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 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. 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 |
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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 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!
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We'll be projecting a movie on the main stage after dusk. Film to be confirmed - feel free to suggest game-themed films in Discord!
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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
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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 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 – Round Table 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 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 These beginner RPG sessions are run by our friendly Festival volunteers and are intended to introduce new players to the wonderful world of Role-Playing Games. If you are a regular player, please sign up instead to one of the other games that will be running throughout the Festival, attend the morning RPG meetups (held at… Read More »Beginner RPG Sessions 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 These beginner RPG sessions are run by our friendly Festival volunteers and are intended to introduce new players to the wonderful world of Role-Playing Games. If you are a regular player, please sign up instead to one of the other games that will be running throughout the Festival, attend the morning RPG meetups (held at… Read More »Beginner RPG Sessions 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 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 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 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
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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 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
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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!
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In the beginning, God created the Heavens and the Earth. Just before that, though, a very interesting argument had just ended. Different aspects of the mind of God had incarnated long before the start of time, with the intention of making their opinions heard. Gabriel, Michael and Uriel formed a power block and refused to… Read More »Megagame – Archangels
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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 |
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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 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 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 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 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
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Come along, pick a house, and show your mettle at a combination of mental, physical and practical games.
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