The year is 1297. You’ve overheard the grown-ups talking about massive changes to the social structure. Realpolitik is no longer what it used to be in Good Old France. That doesn’t really tell you anything. After all, you are only 8 years old. But young minds can ponder too. Maybe there is a connection to those deadly brass soldiers who travel about in the fiefdom? They are probably looking for anything that smells of magic and the supernatural. Presumably they were the ones who got rid of Old-Genette-in-the-Forest. She was the one all the adults went to whenever anything serious was bothering them, and then denying her very existence afterwards. (Adults are weird).

Old-Genette-in-the-Forest isn’t the only who’s been disappeared by the brass men. An eternity ago—at least two summers!—those brass bullies came to the neighboring village, Jacquesville, and since then the place has been completely devoid of sages. There used to live people with real magic there. The kind of people who could fly. And turn into frogs. Or turn other people into frogs. Whichever way is most sagely. But now, however, no one has seen any of the sages for a long time. All of that aside. The brass men aren't your biggest problem at the moment anyway. You recently bargained (read: nagged) your parents for permission to take Grumpy-Vincenç by yourselves to Miller Yon, but when you return from a well-deserved break by the stream, you notice that the stupid donkey has run off and now it's getting dark! This story will be played using the Ars Magica roleplaying system, which is as backwards and Byzantine as the Middle Ages it is set in. For the character, it is easy to die, and for the player, applying the rules of the game is an insurmountable ordeal that brings about despair and hopelessness. Highly recommended!

Des temps turbulents

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Cjr23:

2025-08-12T15:57:18Z

2025-07-08T20:31:23Z

Cjr23: /* Saturday */

Kwaidan - Night at Ningyō Ridge

2025-07-08T20:27:46Z

Cjr23: Created page with "Kwaidan - Night at Ningyō Ridge by Kyrie. (3 to 6 players). It is 1867 and Japan straddles two worlds. Tradition and Progress. Peace and War. Magic and Industry. The future..."

Kwaidan - Night at Ningyō Ridge by Kyrie. (3 to 6 players).

It is 1867 and Japan straddles two worlds. Tradition and Progress. Peace and War. Magic and Industry. The future is coming, but the old world and its denizens won't go quietly. A disparate band of travellers find themselves at an old inn one rainy spring night, unaware of the horrors that will come to pass before the sun rises again.

2025-07-08T20:10:11Z

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Grand Tribunal is the European convention for [http://www.atlas-games.com/ Atlas Games'] [http://www.atlas-games.com/arm5/ Ars Magica] role-playing game.

Our '''2025''' event takes place from '''Fri 15 to Sun 17 August 2025, Cheltenham, UK'''.

In French: [[Page Principale]] / In German: [[Das Grand Tribunal]] / In Spanish [[Grand Tribunal]]

Join the [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Grand-Tribunal-Ars-Magica-Convention-UK/138381449536238 Facebook page] for the latest information.

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==About==

Grand Tribunal is a roleplaying, freeform and boardgame convention dedicated to the games and settings of '''Atlas Games'''

The convention is of especial interest to fans of ''Ars Magica'', and also ''Unknown Armies'', ''Over the Edge'', ''Rune'' and other Atlas Games rpgs. We also have some freeform larp games, but a large ''Ars Magica'' themed game suitable for everyone, and some smaller freeforms (in fact the first 'Nordic style' larp run in the UK took place at Grand Tribunal in 2007).

To add a game to the programme please [https://forms.gle/nJn3jLZh4mFqAejW8 - fill in this form.]

Grand Tribunal is a small, intimate and friendly event, and while it attracts a number of Ars Magica and RPG authors, it is very accessible to even casual gamers.

This is a wiki-based website; we encourage attendees to [[editing|add your own content - find out how]].

==Sponsors==

In 2025 Grand Tribunals was generously supported by contributions from [https://www.atlas-games.com/ - Atlas Games], [https://www.chaosium.com - Chaosium], and [https://www.pelgranepress.com - Pelgrane Press], three of the preeminent RPG companies in the business. We would like to acknowledge the support of all three and their enthusiasm for helping small conventions flourish!

==Practical information==

* [[Tickets]] - how much it costs (quick answer: very cheap) and what's included
* [[Venue]] - directions, maps, facilities, accommodation, transport and disabled access
* [[Programme]] - session times, early arrival meet & greet, restaurant and pub times
* [[Games]] - the individual games being run, who is running them, and how to sign up to play
* [[People]] - staff, attendees - introduce yourself
* [[Ethos]] - policies, guidelines, collections of thoughts
* [[Charity Raffle]]- the famous raffle and prizes you can win
* [[Retail]] - while we don't have a retailer present this year you can advance order for deliver to the convention

===Keep in touch===

[mailto:grandtribunalsubscribe@groups.io grandtribunalsubscribe@groups.io] is our email list where we do most of the organising, and where you can talk directly to the organisers and attendees
* [http://twitter.com/search/realtime?q=%23gt25uk Hashtag #gt25uk on Twitter] is especially useful for minute-by-minute updates during the event itself
* [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Grand-Tribunal-Ars-Magica-Convention-UK/138381449536238 Find us on Facebook], like us and spread the word
* [[Mobile]] devices such as smartphones should automatically see the mobile version of this website/wiki, but you can find out how to control which version you see

===Archives and colleagues===

Thanks to Pitt Murman for hosting the Grand Tribunal wiki from 2007-2012. From 2013, the site is hosted by Andrew Oakley.

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20210618062155/http://gt12.ekkaia.org/page/About 2012 Grand Tribunal UK] (partial graphics) - [https://web.archive.org/web/20210614204700/http://gt11.ekkaia.org/page/About 2011] - [https://web.archive.org/web/20210624120652/http://gt10.ekkaia.org/page/About 2010] - [https://web.archive.org/web/20130721223833/http://gt09.ekkaia.org/page/About 2009] - [https://web.archive.org/web/20080509055245/http://gt08.ekkaia.org/page/About 2008] - [https://web.archive.org/web/20081121131231/http://gt07.ekkaia.org/page/About 2007]
* [http://www.grandtribunal.org/2024 2024 Grand Tribunal UK] - [http://www.grandtribunal.org/2023 2023] - [http://www.grandtribunal.org/2022 2022] - [http://www.grandtribunal.org/2021 2021] - [http://www.grandtribunal.org/2020 2020] - [http://www.grandtribunal.org/2019 2019] - [http://www.grandtribunal.org/2018 2018] - [http://www.grandtribunal.org/2017 2017] - [http://www.grandtribunal.org/2016 2016] - [http://www.grandtribunal.org/2015 2015] - [http://www.grandtribunal.org/2014 2014] - [http://www.grandtribunal.org/2013 2013]

===Further credits===

* Thanks to [http://www.atlas-games.com/ Atlas Games] for the [http://www.atlas-games.com/arm5/ Ars Magica] game and letting us use their intellectual property
* Thanks to [http://www.gasgreen.org.uk/index_files/Page611.html Gas Green Community Centre] for allowing us to use their venue
* Thanks to Karl Trygve Kalleberg for use of the grandtribunal.org domain name.

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== Cheltenham Freeforms ==

This wiki is also host to '''Cheltenham Freeforms''', a non-contact live-action roleplaying group who frequently use [[Venue|Gas Green]] as their venue. Many of the people who participate in Cheltenham Freeforms also participate in Grand Tribunal UK.

* [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cheltenham-Freeforms/183701808435320 Cheltenham Freeforms on Facebook], the primary source of information
* [[Cheltenham Freeforms|Cheltenham Freeforms on this wiki]], a repository of supporting files for those events

== UK LARP History ==

A tentative research piece by [[CJ]]
* [http://www.grandtribunal.org/wiki/UK_LARP_history UK LARP Timeline]