Tis the season for disturbing gameplay, apparently. After last month when I played the Cheka, the brutal Bolshevik secret police, last weekend I ended up on Saddam Hussein’s council.
Reports and Reviews
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Sometimes at megagames, you play characters with whom you identify completely. They are you, but in another life. And sometimes you’re heading up the secret police for the Soviets during …
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Sci-fi is very in fashion at megagames at the moment. I attended the amazing Crisis in Elysium last month. We had four sci-fi games pitched for the Pennines 2018 Calendar …
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Some megagames, you check the cast list and the character you’ve been given is a resounding meh. You often don’t know who they are or why they’re important, because you …
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I don’t think there’s any historical setting which is more ridiculously accessible than that of pirates. Even if you don’t know the name of a single real pirate, or the …
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On Saturday 1st July, over 600 people around the world played the same megagame. The game was based at 11 different locations around Europe and North America, with each location …
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One of the many issues with running Megagames in real world settings (or even well-established fictional settings) is that people have preconceptions. I came up against the issue in my …
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(gritty, New York, film noir accent) The mean streets of Big City, USA, are no place for an honest person to make a living. The stench of corruption and scandal …
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We’re back into megagaming season, so expect to see a fair few more After Action Reports from me over the next few months. The first of which is… Foxes and …
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As of Wednesday, I have been playing megagames for three years. I’m incredulous about this. Megagaming is such a huge part of my life. It’s crazy that three years and …