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The Bear Untamed

by Terry Martin

19 Sep 2026

Pembroke House

Game fee is £35.00

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A SERIOUS GAME, DESIGNED NOT JUST TO ENTERTAIN BUT ALSO TO PROVOKE THOUGHT ABOUT INTERNATIONAL TENSIONS IN THE NEAR FUTURE. The Bear Untamed is about a Baltic crisis in 2029. It will explore what might happen as Europe tries to restrain a resurgent Russia at a time when America is withdrawing from Europe and NATO’s solidity is threatened as never before.

Two Brush Strokes

by Dave Boundy

14 Nov 2026

St. John's Hall URC Orpington

Game fee is £35.00

The Megagame of China in 1929. This is a political and operational game involving warlords, nationalists, communists, Soviet Russians and Japanese. You will be a very senior figure making hard military, economic and political decisions.

Designer's Comments

The first 30 Years War megagame

This game covered the start of the Thirty Years War in Europe, from 1618 onwards. As well as the usual dynastic, political and military struggles there was the added element of religion. By this time the Calvinists had split off from the main stream of Protestantism so there was a three-way struggle with Catholicism. In the first run of the game, players were rather to ready, despite their briefings making clear their hatred of the other religious alignments, too make deals. The solution to this came from a discussion in, appropriately, Prague (where the historical war had started). Players would gain or lose ‘god points’ by doing things that their god would approve / disapprove of. The relative standing were displayed on the ‘god chart’ which ran from a view of heaven down to the fiery depths of hell. Good or bad things happened to you depending on your relative proximity to each location. Great was the struggle to be nearest to heaven!