Strange Games Festival

Den of Wolves 2024
2024-10-26 09:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London) | Brighthelm Centre, North Road, Brighton, BN1 1YD, United Kingdom
Get Questing and Strange Games present, Den of Wolves, the sci-fi megagame.

In the 27th Century, humanity has spread across multiple planets, governed by the Interstellar Council. Eighteen days ago, the secretive Wolf-1061 launched a devastating attack, crippling the Council’s military through cyber-attacks, espionage, and sabotage. The battleship ICSS Aegis escaped the chaos, leading the “Survivor Fleet” of civilian vessels. Now, they must secure resources, maintain order, and defend against the relentless forces of Wolf.
Saturday 26th of October 2024, 9am – 5pm, The Brighthelm Centre, North Road, Brighton, BN1 1YD
Open up the fleet map to see available positions, and let us know in your booking if there’s a position you’d prefer, or if you’re coming in a team. We’ll do our best to assign you as requested.
Book your tickets now!

Farewell Meet
2024-08-26 13:00 - 13:30 | Arena
Join us for a recap of the best bits of the weekend and the traditional enormous group photo!

UK Starship Bridge Simulator
2024-08-26 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-08-26 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-08-25 17:00 - 18:00, 2024-08-25 16:00 - 17:00, 2024-08-25 15:00 - 16:00 | 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

Daily Update with Simon
2024-08-26 10:00 - 10:05 | Village Square
Come find out the latest news and what’s on today

Site Shop Open
2024-08-26 09:00 - 16:00 | 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
2024-08-26 09:00 - 16:00
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

D&D Adventurers League: Divining Evil
2024-08-26 09:00 - 13:00 | Willows3/RPG Glade
The D&D Adventurers League is the official organized play system of D&D. It allows your character to travel from one game table to another–across the world and even through digital play–all while keeping your character’s progress and loot intact.
This is the Adventurers League module DDAL10-03:
A gruesome murder sends you into the frozen wastes in search of answers. Will you find what you seek, or will your journey simply create more questions?
This adventure is designed for 1st to 4th level characters. Characters outside of this level range can’t participate in this adventure.
You can pick up a character at the Festival or if you would like to make your own, all characters created for Adventurers League must follow specific guidelines, which can be found in the D&D Adventurers League Player’s Guide.

[5 spaces available]
Content warning: mild horror & combat, 14+
RPG Glade Table Number: 3

D&D Adventurers League: Gnashing Teeth
2024-08-26 09:00 - 13:00 | Willows3/RPG Glade
The D&D Adventurers League is the official organized play system of D&D. It allows your character to travel from one game table to another–across the world and even through digital play–all while keeping your character’s progress and loot intact.
This is the Adventurers League module DDAL10-02:
The goliaths of Wyrmdoom Crag are a proud, but thankfully, generous people. Having provided you with shelter from the deadly wilds of Icewind Dale, they’ve asked you to look into the strange things that’ve been happening in and around their home.
This adventure is designed for 1st to 4th level characters. Characters outside of this level range can’t participate in this adventure.
You can pick up a character at the Festival or if you would like to make your own, all characters created for Adventurers League must follow specific guidelines, which can be found in the D&D Adventurers League Player’s Guide.

[5 spaces available]
Content warning: mild horror & combat, 14+
RPG Glade Table Number: 2

D&D Adventurers League: Gnashing Teeth
2024-08-26 09:00 - 13:00 | Willows3/RPG Glade
The D&D Adventurers League is the official organized play system of D&D. It allows your character to travel from one game table to another–across the world and even through digital play–all while keeping your character’s progress and loot intact.
This is the Adventurers League module DDAL10-02:
The goliaths of Wyrmdoom Crag are a proud, but thankfully, generous people. Having provided you with shelter from the deadly wilds of Icewind Dale, they’ve asked you to look into the strange things that’ve been happening in and around their home.
This adventure is designed for 1st to 4th level characters. Characters outside of this level range can’t participate in this adventure.
You can pick up a character at the Festival or if you would like to make your own, all characters created for Adventurers League must follow specific guidelines, which can be found in the D&D Adventurers League Player’s Guide.

[5 spaces available]
Content warning: mild horror & combat, 14+
RPG Glade Table Number: 1

New Friends & New Players Meeting Point
2024-08-26 09:00 - 12:00 | 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

Movie night! - Gremlins
2024-08-25 22:00 - 23:30 | Stage
Come and chill out on the arena as we project a movie on the main stage after dusk (but in this case, not after midnight).
Three rules. No bright lights. Don’t get it wet. And, whatever you do, don’t feed the stage after midnight!

Campfire Storytelling with Jon
2024-08-25 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

Beginners' Social Deduction - Mafia
2024-08-25 20:00 - 22:00, 2024-08-25 16:00 - 18:00 | 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]

1UP Retro Gaming
2024-08-25 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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Website: www.1upcafe.co.uk

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

Two Villages Werewolf Game
2024-08-25 19:00 - 22:00 | Cub Glade/SD Glade
Two villages each competing with the other while fighting the shadow.

[30 spaces available]
Social Deduction Glade Areas 1&2

D&D Adventurers League EPIC: Terror in Ten Towns
2024-08-25 18:00 - 22:00 | Willows3/RPG Glade
The D&D Adventurers League is the official organized play system of D&D. It allows your character to travel from one game table to another–across the world and even through digital play–all while keeping your character’s progress and loot intact.
This is the Adventurers League module DDEP10-01 (EPIC):
This epic adventure is a multi-table event, with several groups of players and DMs all working collaboratively to complete the adventure. This is sure to be an experience to remember!
As a beastly army approaches Ten-Towns from the south, heroes take the lead in fortifications and defence. But can the heroes’ optimistic hard work overcome the worst enemy—the towns’ distrust of one another?
This adventure is designed for 1st to 4th level characters. Characters outside of this level range can’t participate in this adventure.
You can pick up a character at the Festival or if you would like to make your own, all characters created for Adventurers League must follow specific guidelines, which can be found in the D&D Adventurers League Player’s Guide.

[30 spaces available]
Content warning: mild horror & combat, 14+
RPG Glade Table Numbers: 1 to 6

Strange Traitors: Series 2
2024-08-25 18:00 - 20:00 | 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

House Games
2024-08-25 17:30 - 19:00 | Arena
Come along, pick a house, and show your mettle at a combination of mental, physical and practical games.

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

Questiny Demo: New Dungeon crawling adventure- Meet the creator and play!
2024-08-25 16:00 - 18:00 | Village Square
Co-operative, dungeon crawling adventure for 1-4 players
All has been well in Labyrinthia, a beautiful and peaceful land, protected by the Wizard Council – guardians of the sacred artefact….. SOUND THE ALARMS, RING THE BELLS, THE ARTEFACT HAS BEEN STOLEN! Alokor the Dark Mystic has surrendered to the cruel Goblin Queen’s will and stolen it, without it life in Labyrinth could be plunged into eternal darkness… forever!
SO BEGINS our epic quest! Our heroes must travel to the Shadow Tower in the deep dark mountains of Labyrinthia. Will they manage to navigate the twisting, turning Labyrinth, gather potions, outwit faeries, find legendary weapons, avoid the swinging axes and battle the Goblin Queen’s armies to reclaim the sacred artefact and restore peace to the realm?!… Keep your wits sharp and your weapons sharper, there are rumours of something far worse than goblins brooding in the dungeons of the Shadow Tower..
Message from the creator: “Questiny is my love-letter to 80s fantasy adventures and so is a highly thematic, co-operative dungeon crawler for 2-4 players, which is super easy to learn! With it’s unfolding narratives, enemy movement mechanics and modular board there is plenty of adventure to feast upon and no two quests will ever be the same.. come and join us to find out if you can conquer your Questiny!
See photos and videos of the game in action on Instagram @questinyboardgame and join the mailing list at www.questinyboardgame.com
[4 spaces available]

Beginners' Social Deduction - Werewolf
2024-08-25 16:00 - 18:00 | 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 - Blood on the Clocktower
2024-08-25 16:00 - 18:00 | 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]

Among Cultists
2024-08-25 15:30 - 18:30 | Activity Centre
Become a member of M, a secret society! 4-8 investigators try to prevent the arrival of a big evil in University… but watch out: evil cultists are already among us!
AMONG CULTISTS, a unique social deduction experience, inspired by the masterpiece AMONG US from Innersloth!
Combining board game elements with traditional social deduction, players are either Investigators or Cultists and move around the board, triggering events, actions and encounters. Investigators have 10 rounds to reach the necessary victory points or vote out all the Cultists. The Cultists have 10 rounds to sabotage or kill the Investigators.

[This event is closed for signups – please check the relevant thread in Discord]

Human-sized Twin Tin Bots
2024-08-25 15:30 - 17:00 | Arena
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 robots around a life-size game board (players can swap roles mid-game)
No player restrictions but the game requires a lot of standing up.

[12 spaces available]
If you sign up, please make sure you turn up on time (or cancel your spot well ahead of time) – the game may break if there aren’t enough people!

Weather permitting.

D&D Adventurers League: Ice Road Trackers (Unsure Footing and Chilled Drinks)
2024-08-25 15:00 - 17:00 | Willows3/RPG Glade
The D&D Adventurers League is the official organized play system of D&D. It allows your character to travel from one game table to another–across the world and even through digital play–all while keeping your character’s progress and loot intact.
This is the Adventurers League module DDAL10-00a&b:
A trek toward Icewind Dale turns deadly when an avalanche blocks the heroes’ passage through the Spine of the World. Rescued by a menagerie of strange creatures, the heroes are asked to return the favor in exchange for answers about what’s happening in the cold and frozen North.
This is the best starting point for playing Adventurers League at the Festival as this adventure is designed for level 1 & 2 characters. Characters outside of this level range can’t participate in this adventure.
You can pick up a character at the Festival or if you would like to make your own, all characters created for Adventurers League must follow specific guidelines, which can be found in the D&D Adventurers League Player’s Guide.

[5 spaces available]
Beginner-friendly, 14+
Content warning: mild horror & combat
RPG Glade Table Number: 1

Star Wars TTRPG
2024-08-25 14:00 - 19:00 | Willows3/RPG Glade
Prepare to shoot first in the high stakes game of Edge of Empire, you’re not a jedi and the force probably still has your old address. No my unfortunate friend, you’re a smuggler or an out of favour politico sitting on the edge of the empire’s control trying to avoid the dangers of criminal groups or local security. Join me on a short one-shot introduction to the amazing Star Wars RPG that they never seem to print new copies of, and they stopped making dice for. I have a bad feeling about this.
[5 spaces available]
PG13
RPG Glade Table Number: 7
