Demons, werewolves, traitors, and the forces of good and evil will battle it out at York St John University in August, when the campus will host Demons Wake, billed as Europe's largest social deduction gaming convention.
The event will bring together veterans and novices of hidden role gaming for a weekend of mystery, deception, and strategy.
The three-day convention is sponsored by York St John University and investigate.games, a research group at the university focused on interactive gaming.
Social deduction games, like Blood on the Clocktower and Werewolf (and comparable to television show The Traitors), involve players taking on roles to either identify the spy among them or hoodwink and betray their fellow gamers.
The convention will also feature a script writing contest, a board game library, local traders, and panels and Q&As with industry experts, including former The Traitors players Ivan Brett and Zack Davies.
Matt Coward-Gibbs, senior lecturer in sociology and criminology at York St John University and the technical director of investigate.games, said: "Hosting Demons Wake on the York St John University campus is a fantastic opportunity to put tabletop games research into practice.
"The tabletop games community is very vibrant, diverse, and growing rapidly, and creating more welcoming and accessible spaces is vital to its continued success.
"Demons Wake sits at the core of investigate.games’ mission to have a positive and research-led impact on local and wider communities.
"Plus, we are always up for playing some games!"
The event will take place from Friday, August 8, to Sunday, August 10.
Tickets for Demons Wake will be available for mailing list members from midday on Friday, March 21.
General sale will begin at 12pm on Saturday, March 22.
Full details can be found on the Demons Wake website.
To learn more about the investigate.games research group at York St John University, please visit https://investigate.games/
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