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A list of games will appear here over the next few months, and ticket holders will be able to sign up to those games. Games will typically fit into either a 2-hour slot, or a 3-hour slot. The programme page will list the timing of those slots.

Right now you can see a list of Story Guides who will be running those games.

If you are considering running a game, please fill in this form - thank-you.

Signing Up For Games

We know some people really want to play in some games, so as of 2013 we are allowing some advance sign ups. 1 or 2 spaces in each game (2 for games with more than 5 players) will be reserved for sign ups on the weekend for people who did not get round to signing up before or who missed out in the pre-booking. We know there are several more games still to be offered, but those we have so far are below.

Here is how sign-up works

• Everyone who is running a game gets to reserve a space in one game of their choice first. It's only fair. Just email CJ or mailing list to state what game to list you for. It's one sign up regardless of the number of games you are running. Please try to do this by Wednesday 30 July.

• Then on Friday 1st August at 5pm BST, sign ups are open. At 5pm the organisers will email the mailing list, and you can email up to three choices to the list, first come first served, and we will book you in for those games if there are spaces.

• Remaining spaces will be allocated on the day. :)

• Oversubscribed games from Saturday may be re-run on Sunday, depending on availability

List of Games

• At the Certamen Circle by Andrew Sceats
• An Invitation to Dinner by Mark Steedman - replaced by Mystery in Novgorod
• The Hazel Grove by Anna Jones
• The Last of the Druids by Anna Jones
• Letsby Avenue by Andrew Oakley - a boy's idyllic life in Salzburg may not be what it appears
• So Long at the Fair by Andrew Sceats
• Magus by Nathan Hook.
• The Maid of Norway by Leif Olav Jøsang - King Erik Magnusson's only daugter, last living heir to the Scottish throne is being shipped from the Royal Håkonshallen in Bergen to Scotland to marry the son of Edward Longshanks, heir to the throne of England.
• Modest Misses in the Meadow by Anders Håkon Gaut
• So Long at the Fair by Andrew Sceats
• Mystery in Novgorod by Mark Steedman

General resources

• Free bulk printing service : Double-sided A4 and booklet colour laser printing done in advance for anyone running a game.

• Media:Arm5-template-characters.pdf : Five template characters taken directly from the Ars Magica 5th Edition ruleset. Includes Bjornaer, Bonisagus, Flambeau, Merinita and Tytalus. The Bonisagus template has been tweaked from the ruleset original, in order to act as a healer. One character per 2 sides of A4. The second side is optional and merely includes a detailed summary of what each of the characters' spells do. These are low-level characters, ideal for introductory games or beginner players, or as fall-back pre-generated characters for use in short games, such as at conventions. Compiled and edited by Andrew Oakley for Ars Magica Grand Tribunal UK convention 2012.

Also available is Media:Arm5-template-characters.doc , the editable Microsoft Word document that is the source for the PDF.

• Media:Arm5-simple-character-sheet.pdf : Pitt Murman's excellent simplified Ars Magica 5th Edition blank character sheet. Compressed down to two sides of A4, this not only saves paper, but is easier to navigate around than the 4-page official character sheets.

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