
The History and Games Society @EdinburghUni is dedicated to examining and critically playing historical games
Edinburgh, Scotland
Joined April 2021
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If you want to join us for our first game night of the semester on the 27th of September you can now register here eventbrite.co.uk/e/games-nig…
Our monthly game night dates have been decided, with our first being in 9 days!
We will be playing a collection of games of different types, genres, mediums, and themes. We even playtest student projects! If you couldn't make welcome week, this is a great intro! See you there!
Come visit us in person or online this week to meet other members, socialise, and learn more about what we do at the History and Game society!
Register for the online event at this link:
eventbrite.co.uk/e/history-a…
We also now have an Instagram! Find us there @ediunihandgsoc
Hello everyone! We are back with an exciting announcement for you all! The History and Games Lab will be hosting a series of seminars starting this month and carrying on into May. Head to our FB page for the links! The first seminar is on February 16th, hope to see you all there!
Hello all! We are excited to announce the first of this semester's monthly game nights!
This one will be held online on Wednesday the 26th @ 7pm and hosted on our discord server - discord.gg/WrCpSt9j! Hope to see you there!
After our EGM last Friday, HGS would like to welcome the newest member of our committee: Nicky Munson! Nicky is our new Communications Officer! Read about Nicky below and come meet Nicky and the rest of the committee in today's society meeting at 5pm.
@HandGLab
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The Zoom link has been sent out to all members! See you tonight at 6PM GMT to vote in the newest member of the HGS committee!
@HandGLab @HCAatEdinburgh
All members are invited to our upcoming EGM on 10 December at 6pm GMT on Zoom! Fully matriculated UoE members are welcome to stand as candidate for the post of Communications Officer and all members are invited to participate in voting at the EGM.
@HandGLab @HCAatEdinburgh
There was a large selection of games available and some of the games played included Marrying Mr Darcy, Raiders of Scythia, Dante Alighieri Comedia Inferno card game, and Skull!
@HandGLab @HCAatEdinburgh
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A big thank you to those who made it for our first in-person game evening last night! It was a lot of fun to try out some games in person and some great discussions were had! Here are some photos from the evening!
@HandGLab @HCAatEdinburgh
#wherehistorymeetsgames
In collaboration with the History and Games Lab @HandGLab, HGS invites anyone interested in history, games, or history-themed games to join us. If you have any history-themed games, bring them along for all to play and discuss! Tickets via Evenbrite: tinyurl.com/hgsgamenight
A reminder that we are holding an EGM on the 27th of October at 16.30pm on Zoom. All members are encouraged to vote and fully matriculated UoE members are encouraged to stand for either of the 2 posts available: Secretary for the society and Communications Officer.
@HandGLab
Get your FREE ticket to our game night this Friday 22nd October at 5.30pm! Head over to the link below - event is open to all! Discord link will be sent out 30min before the event! Event details below.
eventbrite.co.uk/e/history-a…
@HandGLab @HCAatEdinburgh
#wherehistorymeetsgames
TODAY IS THE DAY
Our first official society meeting takes place today at 16.30 on Zoom! Bring your ideas, thoughts and hopes for the society to the meeting today and share them with the committee and fellow members of the society. The Zoom link has been sent to all members!
If you're a student at @EdinburghUni who is passionate about history and games, and looking to put your stamp on the society, stand as a candidate for one of the available posts and join us on 27 October!
Voting is available to all society members!
@HCAatEdinburgh @HandGLab
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