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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.
+This is the archive of the Grand Tribunal Wiki. It is no longer maintained, and contains outdated, incorrect information.
-Our '''2026''' event takes place from '''Fri 14 to Sun 16 August 2026, Cheltenham, UK'''.
+For the current site, visit: [https://grandtribunal.org grandtribunal.org]
-−
-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.
-−
-==Buy Tickets==
-−
-You can buy tickets for our 2026 event right here.
-−
-{| class="wikitable"
-| style="text-align: center;" |
-−
-<shtml version="2" keyname="admin" hash="3e9ed5a8a616b8c1b98f958ccaa2db822bfef070755a32b0ac4f796c5c5ce07b"><form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post" target="_top"><input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick"><input type="hidden" name="business" value="chrisjensenromer@hotmail.com"><input type="hidden" name="lc" value="GB"><input type="hidden" name="button_subtype" value="services"><input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="0"><input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="GBP"><input type="hidden" name="bn" value="PP-BuyNowBF:btn_buynowCC_LG.gif:NonHostedGuest"><input type="hidden" name="item_name" id="item_name" value="1x Waged">
-<table><tr><td><input type="hidden" name="on0" value="Select tickets:">Select tickets:</td></tr><tr><td><select name="os0" onChange="document.getElementById('item_name').value=this.value;">
-<option value="1x Waged">1x Waged £20</option>
-<option value="2x Waged">2x Waged £40</option>
-<option value="4x Troupe Deal">4x Troupe Deal £60</option>
-<option value="1x Unwaged">1x Unwaged £10</option>
-<option value="1x Local Grog">1x Local Grog £10</option>
-</select> </td></tr></table>
-<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="GBP">
-<input type="hidden" name="option_select0" value="1x Waged"><input type="hidden" name="option_amount0" value="20">
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-<input type="hidden" name="option_index" value="0">
-<input type="image" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/GB/i/btn/btn_buynowCC_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="PayPal – The safer, easier way to pay online.">
-<img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_GB/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1">
-</form></shtml>
-−
-| style="text-align: left;" |
-<nfm>
-* Your PayPal receipt '''is''' your ticket
-* Buy four tickets for the price of three!
-* Grogs - local residents living in Gloucestershire - get a discount provided they agree to help out
-* Find out [[Tickets|more about tickets]] (including discretionary free tickets)
-</nfm>
-|}
 ==Contact==

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	Join the [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Grand-Tribunal-Ars-Magica-Convention-UK/138381449536238 Facebook page] for the latest information.		Join the [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Grand-Tribunal-Ars-Magica-Convention-UK/138381449536238 Facebook page] for the latest information.
−
−	~~==Unspamming - Deleted Pages==~~
−
−	Hello. I'm Andrew Oakley and I run this Wiki-based website. '''Please tell me if you have edited our site since 2023; let me know your real name, user name or one of the page names.''' Email: [mailto:andrew@aoakley.com andrew@aoakley.com]
−
−	I am currently (Aug-Sept 2025) trying to clear down over 20,000 (twenty thousand) spam pages. My first attempt also deleted legitimate pages. It seems that some Ars Magica folks have been using our site to host info on their campaigns - that's absolutely fine and the kind of freeloading that I totally want to encourage.
−
−	~~Please spread this message far and wide among the AM community, and anyone else you think might have edited our site.~~
−
−	~~Closing date for informing me is probably next weekend Sat 30 Aug 2025. At that point, deletion will be permanent (not strictly true, but an absolute pain to recover from backups).~~
−
−	~~Automatic new user creation is currently suspended as spam bots have worked out how to defeat our CAPTCHA. Email me direct andrew@aoakley.com if you want an account on our site.~~
−
−	The spam is problematic not only because of the size of the database (up from 200MB in 2023, to 1.1GB today) but due to traffic from search engines and AI bots trying to index the site. As a result it's been crashing (taking down all sites on my server) every 2-36 hours, requiring a manual restart.
−
−	~~'''My rule is:''' Any page changed by someone other than the following users since 1 Sept 2023 is probably spam:~~
−	~~<br/>Andrew Oakley ;~~
−	~~CJ.23 ;~~
−	~~Cjr.23 ;~~
−	~~RenataExBonisagus ;~~
−	~~James ;~~
−	~~BBQ Jack ;~~
−	~~Philipjenkins ;~~
−	~~Harpoc ;~~
−	~~Blackliger ;~~
−
−	~~This section will be removed sometime after 31 Aug 2025.~~

	==Buy Tickets==		==Buy Tickets==

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 Hello. I'm Andrew Oakley and I run this Wiki-based website. '''Please tell me if you have edited our site since 2023; let me know your real name, user name or one of the page names.''' Email: [mailto:andrew&#064;aoakley.com andrew&#064;aoakley.com]
-I am currently trying to clear down over 20,000 (twenty thousand) spam pages. My first attempt also deleted legitimate pages. It seems that some Ars Magica folks have been using our site to host info on their campaigns - that's absolutely fine and the kind of freeloading that I totally want to encourage.
+I am currently (Aug-Sept 2025) trying to clear down over 20,000 (twenty thousand) spam pages. My first attempt also deleted legitimate pages. It seems that some Ars Magica folks have been using our site to host info on their campaigns - that's absolutely fine and the kind of freeloading that I totally want to encourage.
 Please spread this message far and wide among the AM community, and anyone else you think might have edited our site.

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	Thanks to Pitt Murman for hosting the Grand Tribunal wiki from 2007-2012. From 2013, the site is hosted by Andrew Oakley.		Thanks to Pitt Murman for hosting the Grand Tribunal wiki from 2007-2012. From 2013, the site is hosted by Andrew Oakley.
		+
		+	Note that archives more than a year old, may be extremely terse, may be missing navigation, and definitely won't be editable. This is to mitigate against search bots and AI crawlers. The text should all be there, though.

	* [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]		* [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]

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 ==Unspamming - Deleted Pages==
-Hello. I'm Andrew Oakley and I run this Wiki-based website for Grand Tribunal UK ( https://www.grandtribunal.org ). '''Please tell me if you have edited our site since 2023; let me know your real name, user name or one of the page names.''' Email: [mailto:andrew&#064;aoakley.com andrew&#064;aoakley.com]
+Hello. I'm Andrew Oakley and I run this Wiki-based website. '''Please tell me if you have edited our site since 2023; let me know your real name, user name or one of the page names.''' Email: [mailto:andrew&#064;aoakley.com andrew&#064;aoakley.com]
 I am currently trying to clear down over 20,000 (twenty thousand) spam pages. My first attempt also deleted legitimate pages. It seems that some Ars Magica folks have been using our site to host info on their campaigns - that's absolutely fine and the kind of freeloading that I totally want to encourage.

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	Join the [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Grand-Tribunal-Ars-Magica-Convention-UK/138381449536238 Facebook page] for the latest information.		Join the [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Grand-Tribunal-Ars-Magica-Convention-UK/138381449536238 Facebook page] for the latest information.
		+
		+	==Unspamming - Deleted Pages==
		+
		+	Hello. I'm Andrew Oakley and I run this Wiki-based website for Grand Tribunal UK ( https://www.grandtribunal.org ). '''Please tell me if you have edited our site since 2023; let me know your real name, user name or one of the page names.''' Email: [mailto:andrew@aoakley.com andrew@aoakley.com]
		+
		+	I am currently trying to clear down over 20,000 (twenty thousand) spam pages. My first attempt also deleted legitimate pages. It seems that some Ars Magica folks have been using our site to host info on their campaigns - that's absolutely fine and the kind of freeloading that I totally want to encourage.
		+
		+	Please spread this message far and wide among the AM community, and anyone else you think might have edited our site.
		+
		+	Closing date for informing me is probably next weekend Sat 30 Aug 2025. At that point, deletion will be permanent (not strictly true, but an absolute pain to recover from backups).
		+
		+	Automatic new user creation is currently suspended as spam bots have worked out how to defeat our CAPTCHA. Email me direct andrew@aoakley.com if you want an account on our site.
		+
		+	The spam is problematic not only because of the size of the database (up from 200MB in 2023, to 1.1GB today) but due to traffic from search engines and AI bots trying to index the site. As a result it's been crashing (taking down all sites on my server) every 2-36 hours, requiring a manual restart.
		+
		+	'''My rule is:''' Any page changed by someone other than the following users since 1 Sept 2023 is probably spam:
		+	<br/>Andrew Oakley ;
		+	CJ.23 ;
		+	Cjr.23 ;
		+	RenataExBonisagus ;
		+	James ;
		+	BBQ Jack ;
		+	Philipjenkins ;
		+	Harpoc ;
		+	Blackliger ;
		+
		+	This section will be removed sometime after 31 Aug 2025.

	==Buy Tickets==		==Buy Tickets==

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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'''.
+Our '''2026''' event takes place from '''Fri 14 to Sun 16 August 2026, Cheltenham, UK'''.
 In French: [[Page Principale]] / In German: [[Das Grand Tribunal]] / In Spanish [[Grand Tribunal]]
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 ==Buy Tickets==
-You can buy tickets for our 2025 event right here.
+You can buy tickets for our 2026 event right here.
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 The convention is of special 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.]
+To add a game to the programme just email CJ.
 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]].
 ==Practical information==
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 [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://twitter.com/search/realtime?q=%23gt26uk 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

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 * [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]
+* [http://www.grandtribunal.org/2025 2025 Grand Tribunal UK] - [http://www.grandtribunal.org/2024 2024] - [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===

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 ==About==
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 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).
+The convention is of special 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.

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 ==Sponsors==
-In 2025 Grand Tribunal 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!
+In 2025 Grand Tribunal 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==