Thursday 3 November 2016

Playtest UK @ Museum of Childhood 17th November 2016


Playtest UK will be at the V&A Museum of Childhood, Bethnal Green, London to run an evening gaming event on Thursday 17th November between 6.30pm and 9pm .

The bar opens at 6.30pm and the event costs £7.

Here is a link to the Playtest UK meetup page: https://www.meetup.com/Playtest/events/235311233/
 
Here is the webpage to buy tickets: http://www.vam.ac.uk/moc/events/games-design-night-playtest-uk/

(The event is to tie in with their 'Game Plan - Board Games Rediscovered' exhibition which is running from 8th October 2016 - 23rd April 2017.)

The evening will have two strands:

1st strand: Publishers prototype showcase

Publishers will be showcasing a published game and it's original prototype, as inspired by Matt Leacock's original Pandemic prototype, which is featured in the exhibition.

The featured games and publishers are:
Tatsu by John Yianni, Ominoes by Andrew Harman, In a Bind by Behrooz Shahriari, Glimpse by Dr Mike Pambos and Safebreaker by Dave Cousins
2nd strand: Game Design Jam

Teams of games designers will try to design a game inspired by the Museum of Childhood and their new exhibition.

All game design materials will be provided, just bring your ideas and amazing creativity. There will be cool prizes.

No comments:

Post a Comment