Sandpit #3
Sandpit #3 - Spying and Lying
Wednesday 16th April 2008
We’re activating our sleeper agents and recruiting some fresh sandbaggers to put on an evening of games themed around detection, surveillance, disguise and general sneaking around. Expect to see players in false moustaches swapping codewords and envelopes with trenchcoated spies, seeking out suspicious faces in the crowd, tuning into numbers stations and smuggling unlikely objects past the border guards.
Come along to Shunt on Wednesday the 16th of April. Games start from around seven o’clock, and fedoras and trenchcoats are strictly optional. Entry to Shunt is £5 for the night; the games themselves are all free. If you’ve not been to Shunt before, access is through an unmarked door in the wall of Joiner Street, in the section which actually runs through the lower level of London Bridge station. We are not making this up.
(If you don’t mind blowing your cover on a social network, you can mark yourself as attending the Facebook or Upcoming version of the event.)
Schedule
Some Sandpit games need to be booked in advance, because they have limited places or because we need to know how many players there’ll be.
If these games are full, don’t despair! We’ll also be running games of Spywolf, Paper Telephone, 1000 Blank White Cards, Nomic, Mao, Dadaist Pursuit, the Book Game and more throughout the night, with no need to book. And once you’re at the Sandpit you can put your name on a waiting list for any of the games below - there are always some last-minute cancellations and spaces to fill.
Make Your Own Moustache
Take inspiration from the moustached millions of the past, and create your own. From Gethan Dick.
7:30-9:00, ten minutes per game. Unlimited places.
Trap Street
Maps aren’t always honest; try to separate the lies apart from the truths, and create some of your own.
7:30-11:00, ten minutes per game. Unlimited places.
Dossier
Track down the agency’s chosen faces in the crowd, decide who you can trust, and submit your field report. From Kevan Davis.
Briefing at 8:00-8:10, debriefing at 10:15-10:30. (You can play other games in between.) 20 places.
Checkpoint
A journey through Shunt for smugglers and border guards. From Andy Field.
8:00 onwards, can play it between (or during) other games. 40 places.
Confabulous
Team-based competitive theatre: make sure you get your share of the limelight, and don’t get stuck with unsaid lines at the end.
8:30-9:00. 10 places.
Manila
Trenchcoats, passphrases and mysterious strangers. From Sheer Lunacy.
8:45-10:15. 30 places.
Off With Your Head
A deductive, social card game with sharp edges. From Minkette.
9:00-9:30. 12 places.
Numbers Station Bingo
The true purpose behind numbers stations, by Kevan Davis. You can also play an online version of this game.
9:45-10:00. 15 places.
Ongoing games
Spywolf, Paper Telephone, 1000 Blank White Cards, The Book Game, Nomic, Mao, Dadaist Pursuit and maybe Wiretap. No registration required, just grab a ruleset and find some players.
7:30 - midnight. Unlimited places.
Previous events
Sandpit #1 was held on the 13th of February 2008, with a social gaming theme. Amongst other things, we played The Gossip Game and Mudlarking with Francis Barking.
Sandpit #2 was held on the 20th of March 2008 with a “Listening” theme. Games included Holla-Lulu, HipSync, Thoughtcrime, Freemasons and Francis Barking’s Crazy Golf, with a lot of Paper Telephone, Nomic and The Hat Game going on in the background.
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