S.P.I.E.S.
2025-08-23 16:00 - 18:00 (Europe/London) | Rifle Range
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 on this mission, you just don’t know who else the agency sent in…Thankfully, due to budget cuts, you’ll likely have the same Pseudonym.
The Secret Pseudonyms of the International Espionage Society (SPIES for short) is a Mega Social Wordplay game for 20+ Players.
The main theme surrounding this game is to strike up conversations with fellow Spies, dropping hints to your Pseudonym to work out if you’re in the same Agency.
Be the Agency with the most Intel from collecting Data and completing Missions
You will need a phone to play SPIES.
You must arrive on time, anyone arriving more than 10 mins after start time will not be allowed in.
Come join the discord to learn more and find out about when/where games are being run:
https://discord.com/invite/zwDJxGWYe5

Beginner RPG Session - Treasure of the Broken Hoard
2025-08-23 16:00 - 18:00, 2025-08-23 20:00 - 22:00 | Willows3/RPG Glade
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 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 10am in the RPG Glade) and talk to the GMs advertising their games there, peruse our discord server for games organised there, or visit the RPG Glade and chat to one of our friendly glade hosts.

[5 spaces available]
RPG Glade Table Number: 1

Beginner RPG Session - Treasure of the Broken Hoard
2025-08-23 16:00 - 18:00, 2025-08-23 20:00 - 22:00 | Willows3/RPG Glade
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 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 10am in the RPG Glade) and talk to the GMs advertising their games there, peruse our discord server for games organised there, or visit the RPG Glade and chat to one of our friendly glade hosts.

[5 spaces available]
RPG Glade Table Number: 2

RPG: Off the Rails
2025-08-23 16:00 - 19:00 | Willows3/RPG Glade
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 with the chances to be free. Now it’s up to you and your fellow mercenaries to find your way off this train and to freedom. The only question is how to do this…
(premade characters will be provided)
Content warning: violence, blood and torture

[6 spaces available]
RPG Glade Table Number: 3

Sea Shanties
2025-08-23 16:30 - 19:30 | 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 for those with sensory issues as it may include loud music and crowd participation. Lyrics may include suggestive or adult themes, including reference to drinking, death, historical violence (e.g., piracy, sailing hardships) and historical language, including profanity.
[Note: please bring chairs if you would like them as this marquee is set up as tables only during the day]

Starship Bridge Simulator (2 hours game slot)
2025-08-23 17:00 - 19:00 | 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

Strange Traitors - Round Table
2025-08-23 18:00 - 19:00 | Stage
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!
Last year a solo Traitor took the win, can the Faithful fight back? This year we’re going to be hosting the evening Round Table sessions on the main stage for even more drama.
18+
If you sign up for this you must be contactable via discord due to how some aspects of the game work. If you do not post in the Traitors channel on the discord before the Festival you may be removed from the game
Please do not apply if you have played this version of Traitors before

[24 spaces available for players]
(Audience don’t need to sign up)

Note: signing up for one Strange Traitors event signs you up for the whole series:
Schedule
Friday evening: Meet at the Arena after the Welcome Meet (approximately 7.30pm)
Saturday morning: 9am at the Main Campfire
Saturday evening: 6pm at the Stage
Sunday morning: 9am at the Main Campfire
Sunday evening: 6pm at the Stage

Blood on the Clocktower - Experimental HomeBrew!
2025-08-23 18:00 - 20:30 | Cub Glade/SD Glade
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

[24 spaces available]
Players should have reasonable experience of Blood on the Clocktower

Social Deduction Glade: Areas 3 & 4

RPG: Mothership
2025-08-23 18:00 - 22:00 | Willows3/RPG Glade
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 promptly.

[6 spaces available]
RPG Glade Table Number: 4

Stage Show: Damsels in Dicestress
2025-08-23 19:00 - 20:30 | 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 and humour, that would have Jane Austen turning in her grave.

Megagame - Raven Banner
2025-08-23 19:00 - 22:00 | Arena Marquee
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 Megagame for up to 16 players that recreates the 9th century Viking Invasion of England and the establishment of Danelaw. The game is suitable for players new to this type of game and requires no prior historical knowledge of the period.

[16 spaces available]
Over 18s only

Campfire Storytelling with Jon
2025-08-23 21:00 - 22:00 | 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, online, and at festivals including the Brighton Festival Our Place programme and Fringe.
Praise for past gigs:
“This is wildly ambitious exuberant storytelling” – Brighton Source
“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

Stage Show: Role-Playing James
2025-08-23 21:00 - 22:00 | 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 distracted guard? Or perhaps a courageous warrior, cleaving invading hoards down with your gigantic axe? Well through the power of roleplaying you can be all of these things.
Join ex comedian, turned games master James Bennison (The James Master if you will) as he takes you on a completely improvised and brand new adventure where you are the heroes!
“…a rollercoaster ride of unexpected twists, hilarious mishaps, and genuine moments of heroism” – ★★★★ 1/2 – Sussex World

Strange Traitors - Mourning Briefing
2025-08-24 09:00 - 10:00 | Main Campfire

The Genius Game
2025-08-24 09:00 - 14:00 | Arena Marquee
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 be crowned the 2025 Strange Games Genius winner.
To play this game, you must commit to playing to the end, and therefore be available each day from 10am to 1pm, Saturday to Monday. Having said that, this game features player elimination, so you may be knocked out much sooner. There may also be some challenges between days, however, how much time you spend on these will be up to you, we only require your full attention during actual game time.
To play, you will need Discord on your phone, as you may need to communicate with each other between sessions.
If you would like to spectate, you are welcome to, whether you’ve been knocked out, or are simply interested in watching.
This game is recommended for smart people who are good at comprehending new rules, and also comfortable interacting with, and possibly lying to or betraying, other people.
We are strictly limited to 12 places, so please ensure to sign-up, and cancel your spot if you can’t make it.

[12 spaces available]
Over 16s only

Note: signing up for one Genius Game event signs you up for the whole series:
Schedule
Saturday: 10am-1pm in the Helvellyn Marquee
Sunday: 10am-1pm in Arena (Megagame) Marquee
Monday: 10am-1pm in the Helvellyn Marquee

Site Shop Open
2025-08-24 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 and Info Point open
2025-08-24 09:00 - 23:00 | 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

Daily Update with Simon
2025-08-24 09:50 - 10:00 | Village Square
Come to the Village Square and find out the latest news, including updates about what’s on today!

Starship Bridge Simulator (1 hour game slot)
2025-08-24 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-08-24 11:00 - 12:00 | The Lodge (AV Lodge)

RPG Meetup - Come along to find an RPG to play or pitch a game to find players!
2025-08-24 10:00 - 11:00 | 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 to ask questions and sign up to the games, organising a time to play later on. This is also a great chance for people who don’t know many people to come and make some friends who are into Role-Playing Games.

RPG Glade Table Numbers: 1 & 2

Beginner Werewolf
2025-08-24 10:00 - 12:00 | 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 available spaces]
Social Deduction Area: 1

Beginner Blood on the Clocktower
2025-08-24 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 available spaces]
Social Deduction Area: 2

Mega SPIES - Role Assignment Open
2025-08-24 10:00 - 12:00 | Stage
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 you encounter another spy, strike up a conversation and see if you can gain some intel or complete a mission.
You have the whole day to try and gather as much Intel as you can.
Collect your roles and badges from Nicky in the Arena between 10am-12pm
Full rules explanation and briefing on the stage in the Arena at 11am – Not compulsory but advised.
Winners announced at the all hands meeting on Monday at 1pm on the Arena

You need a phone to be able to play SPIES
All players must be signed up before 12pm to take part
The game itself will last from 12pm-12am, but you do not need to be an active participant all throughout.
You should wear your SPIES badge during the whole day (You may take it off for short periods if you do not wish to be bothered by other SPIES)
Please return your badge to the stage at some point before or at the all hands meet on the Monday
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What is SPIES?
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 on this mission, you just don’t know who else the agency sent in…Thankfully, due to budget cuts, you’ll likely have the same Pseudonym.
The Secret Pseudonyms of the International Espionage Society (SPIES for short) is a Mega Social Wordplay game for 20+ Players.
The main theme surrounding this game is to strike up conversations with fellow Spies, dropping hints to your Pseudonym to work out if you’re in the same Agency.
Be the Agency with the most Intel from collecting Data and completing Missions
Come join the discord to learn more and find out about when/where games are being run:
https://discord.com/invite/zwDJxGWYe5

Archery Sessions Available
2025-08-24 10:00 - 18:00 | Site Shop
Archery sessions will be run by the site during this time window
You can get tickets and arrange your time at the site shop (which is open 9am-8pm daily)

This activity is run by the site as fundraising for the Scouts.
Suggested donations for the tickets are £8 for an adult and £6 for a child (under 18)

Board Game Meetup Point
2025-08-24 10:30 - 11:00 | 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 you to find each other and as such may not be hosted

RPG (for kids): Goblin Quest
2025-08-24 10:30 - 13:30 | Willows3/RPG Glade
A Game of Fatal Ineptitude with hilarious consequences

[6 spaces available]
Under 18s only

RPG Glade Table Number: 9

Puzzle Party!
2025-08-24 11:00 - 18:00 | 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 Wooden Games.
If demand dictates, we could even run a little demo and tear down to show the process of designing and building an Escape room, Maybe 3pm?

For more information check out the website here: www.puzzleparty.games

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