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Dec 4, 2019

The Story of the World's Most Important Corpse: 'Funeral Games' - Megagame Makers (30/11

320BCE, somewhere near the Egyptian coast. A cluster of silhouettes appear in the moonlight, walking over the crest a large sand dune. A...

May 24, 2019

Dating, Cthulhu & SATs: 'Trope High' - Pennine Megagames (18/05/19)

It's 1am. I should be studying for finals, but instead I'm hiding in a bush in the campus quad, setting up a hidden video-camera with my...

Sep 5, 2018

Game of Thrones 3: Now With Added Dragons: 'Everybody Dies 3: Playing With Fire' - Pennine M

Last weekend I made the drive up to Leeds for 'Everybody Dies 3: Playing With Fire', the third run of Pennine Megagames' games set in the...

Aug 22, 2017

The Exciting Adventures of a Governor of the Caribbean: 'Pirate Republic' - Pennine Megagame

On Saturday, I put on my best tricorn and headed down to Manchester for 'Pirate Republic', the game of pirates, privateers, governors and...

May 30, 2017

Aliens, A.I. and Share Prices: 'Watch The Skies: a Corporate Conspiracy' - Crisis Games (27/

Recently, I returned to the now fairly well-known game of 'Watch The Skies!'. Specifically, 'Watch The Skies: a Corporate Conspiracy' run...

Apr 25, 2017

Game of Thrones 2: This Time It's Personal: Everybody Dies Harder - Pennine Megagames (22/04/17)

Last weekend, I had the exciting opportunity to take part in the sequel to Everybody Dies, the Song of Ice & Fire/Game of Thrones...

Apr 11, 2017

A Day in the Life of the Sultan: Foxes and Devils - Megagame Makers (08/04/17)

On Saturday I attended “Foxes and Devils”: a megagame by Brian Cameron about The Reformation in 16th Century Europe, and all the different p

Dec 10, 2016

A Matrix Game - 'A Reckoning of Vultures' - Rex Brynen and Tom Mouat (04/12/16)

On Sunday I was invited to “A Reckoning of Vultures”: a Matrix game designed by Tom Mouat and Rex Brynen [1]. The game is set in the...

Nov 17, 2016

Game of Thrones the Megagame: Everybody Dies - Megagame Makers (12/11/16)

On Saturday I travelled to London to be the Regional Control for the Riverlands in 'Everybody Dies', the Game of Thrones Megagame (of...

Aug 23, 2016

Dungeons of Yendor - Pennine Megagames (20/08/16)

On August the 20th I was at Pennine Megagames' 'Dungeons of Yendor' as one of the Control team. Dungeons of Yendor was the latest in a...

Jul 14, 2016

'Watch The Skies: (Reloaded!)' - Telford Megagame (09/07/16)

Last Saturday I attended a game of 'Watch The Skies!', hosted by Telford Boardgamers, as one of the umpire roles for the human teams....

Jul 8, 2016

Why A Megagames Blog?

Would it be awfully trite to say “Why not?”?. The answer is yes. So instead I am forced to actually write down some reasons. 1. I like to...