Archive for the ‘RPGs’ Category

Victory Girls

In the devastated London of 1963, people do what they can to survive. Cruelty, compassion, ambition, and loyalty collide as things start to go horribly wrong for police, politicians, scientists, and civilians alike. In the murky world of prostitution, slavery, and terrorism, you can never be sure who your friends are.

‘Victory Girls’ is a game [...]

Talking Shop

Conpulsion has a number of guests, and one thing guests love to do is talk, so we’ve given them a room and a list of things to talk about!

Saturday Lunchtime 2-3. Malcolm Craig and others on “Games, politics, and the real world”
Saturday Afternoon 3-4. Avengers on “Plot movement vs awesomeness in game design [...]

RPG Schedule Finalised

Below is the finalised Conpulsion 2010 RPG schedule. Enjoy.

Friday

evening

1

More than meets the eye

2

Car Parks – A Mysteries of the Supermarket Game

Saturday
morning
afternoon
evening

Writing Room
Exalted meets Harry Potter
A Man of the People

Writing Room

Time Cube

Committee Room
Doctor Who: Fall Of A Star
Talks & Panels
Neighbourhood Watch

Committee Room
Star Wars: Iron Cloud Squadron
Talks & Panels

Loft Bar
Death in the Desert
Cash Tills – A [...]

Buffy Versus Godzilla

We’re gonna need a bigger boat.

When everyone in a Japanese coastal town disappears, a local Vampire Slayer calls for backup. Something is stirring in the waters, heading for Tokyo. Something… BIG.

Suitable for new or experienced players.

GM: Craig Oxbrow

System: Buffy

Intended Ages: All

Exalted meets Harry Potter

Students at the heptagram have to save the world

Unlike most during calibration who spend the week celebrating the turning of the year you are staying at the heptagram on the Isle of voices to study the strange occult phenomena that occur at this time. But why are the teachers acting so strange? Who are the [...]

The Four Cats and Young Claus

In an Alchemical Baroque fairytale world, four cats have to save their town.

In an “alchemical baroque” world of ghosts and fairies, muskets and cannon, trolls and witches, cats can of course be wise creatures, as shrewd as most humans and more aware of the invisible world – although when that awareness tells them that All [...]

We Had Faces

Film Noir meets occult horror, Unknown Armies style

It was supposed to be a simple deal: in, out and sell the goods. Sure, it wasn’t exactly legal or risk-free, but it wasn’t supposed to get you killed.

The world is now a much more confusing and frightening place. Your memories of the last few days are a [...]

Blackout

A group of teenagers uncover an ancient horror at the height of the London Blitz.

You’ve survived a month of the Blitz so far. Bombs and incendiaries have changed the Stepney you know into a strange and frightening place. The adults who cared for you are dead, injured or distant, and it’s up to you, your [...]

Star Wars: Iron Cloud Squadron

Play a rebel cell striking back against the empire in the aftermath of the destruction of Alderaan

The story will be set orbiting the gas giant Wayland. The unusually high level of gasious metal in the planet makes it an excelent place for shipyards and a dozen major and hundreds of minor docks ring the world [...]

The Nightmare Shild

A Dr Who game of secrets and hidden horror

The TARDIS materialises in what looks like just another English town. There’s something wrong; the place looks nearly deserted, decaying and anyone to be seen looks terrified and even the sunlight seems subdued.

Something is wrong, something defiantly feels wrong…

GM: Mathew Knighton

System: Dr Who

Intended Ages: All