Edinburgh History & Games Society

22/03/2023

THE FIRST CRUSADE: A MEGAGAME
Staff, students, alumni of the University of Edinburgh, and their guests are all invited to join our megagame on the First Crusade, which will take place on April 4 from 17:00 to 21:00 BST in Teaching Room 05 of the Old College, South Bridge, EH8 9YL.
A megagame is a large-scale simulation that contains elements of role-playing games, tabletop games, and wargames.
You will be able to select one of 22 characters, who were chosen among crusader, Byzantine, Armenian, Syrian, and Fatimid leaders. We will then send you a simple characters sheet reporting the characteristics and goals of your character, and a brief outline of the very simple rules.
There is no requirement to follow the historical developments of the First crusade, and there are no formal teams. Each player will be free to respond to events as they happen around them, while engaging with their ultimate goals. For example, individual crusaders can reach open or secret agreements with Byzantine, Armenian, Syrian and Fatimid characters, and so on.
The megagame is based on simple rules that will be facilitates by referees.
The event is free but ticketed because we only have 22 spaces, and you will be able to select your character when you register.
You can register by using the Eventbrite link below:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-first-crusade-a-megagame-tickets-593692559427?fbclid=IwAR0TSgzCDaXRZOJo29mBmL9T8-CSydxOXH-MRLS6r9kEHBS-ACOJIYfBXec

Replay the First Crusade by role-playing one of its protagonists from among Crusaders, Byzantines, Armenians, Syrian warlords, or Fatimids.

19/03/2023

This is a free hybrid event that takes place both in person (see the venue) and online (on Zoom).

23/02/2023

Dear all,

Our next games night/jam will take place on Tuesday February 28 between 6 and 9 pm. The venue is Teaching Room 06 in the Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh.

The event is open to students, staff, and alumni of the University of Edinburgh, and their guests.

Play one of the games from our library, bring your own, or propose, discuss or playtest your own game design projects.

The event is free, but please register by using this Eventbrite link:

This event is open to students, staff, alumni and their friends. Play our games, bring your own, or discuss and playtest projects.

14/02/2023

Come join us on Thursday 16 at 5.30 pm in the Old College, Teaching Room 10 for our next event 'Playing and Designing Historically Inspired Role-Playing Games'.

Acclaimed author James Holloway will give a short talk about his experience in playing and designing historically inspired Role-Playing Games. Afterwards, we will playtest a one-shot scenario for Call of Cthulhu RPG set in the Crusader States, which James designed especially for us.

The event is free but ticketed:

Join us to play historically-inspired role-playing games and to talk about their design with acclaimed author James Holloway.

05/02/2023

Join us on Tuesday 7 March 18-21 GMT to play and design role-playing games scenarios inspired by history, historical fantasy, or science fiction inspired by history. The venue is Old College, Teaching Room 07.
You can sign-up for free via Eventbrite:

Join us to play and design role-playing games scenarios inspired by history, historical fantasy, or science fiction inspired by history.

24/01/2023

21/11/2022

Tomorrow is games night!!! Come and join us between 5:30 and 9pm. The venue is Teaching Room 07 in the Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh.
You can register for free following this link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/games-nightjam-tickets-453017817487?fbclid=IwAR3k6hZP0LjEEZWaOrmHQIlcBgqblJyQlyknYPA6W6d0vm5BjRNlhPNOfC4

This event is open to students, staff, alumni and friends. Play our games, bring your own, or propose, discuss or playtest your projects.