Dates: Sat 18 – Sun 19 October 2014
Venue: Garrison Hotel, 635 Penistone Road, Sheffield, S6 2GB
Website: furnace.org.uk
Inspired by collaborative tabletop games, and brainstormed character creation methods. you might want to label it as Jeepform but that could be a bit of a leap of faith. In a Noir setting, with every stereotype I can squeeze in you will create characters in a structured manner and then …
A rusty/Terran/alien/ancient/unreliable/cutting-edge (delete as appropriate) space station in deep space/orbiting a dead world/guarding an alien planet (delete as appropriate). You’re a team of Earthers/natives/aliens/robots (delete as appropriate) charged with handing it over/taking it over/scuttling it/repairing it (delete as appropriate). But as ancient forces/political factions/hostile aliens (delete as appropriate) unexpectedly come …
It’s the year 2100. You are the crew of the Interesting Times, a cargo vessel based in the asteroid belt, a vast no-man’s land with bases of many different nations and corporations. In your latest job, the British Royal Space Navy wants you to poke your nose into a corporate …
Lockhaven burns. Gwendolyn, leader of the Mouse Guard, rots in a weasel prison. Across the territories, weasels run wild, and the only cities that remain safe have taken to extreme measures to protect the mice within their walls. Treachery and greed have finally upset the tightrope-balance of the mouse civilization, …
Josiah Goodleigh was an industrialist and philanthropist, who tragically died recently. He left behind a daughter, Emily, who is the sole heir to his sizeable fortune. Unfortunately, the legacy is not without its troubles. The patents to the two inventions which formed the basis of Josiah’s fortunes are being challenged …
“So this is District 42, oh its got a name eh? “Dirt Town?” Well sure as cack it should be, bloody dust everywhere. Poor you and your friends that have to live here. I hear there’s constant gang trouble ever since good old Imperial Sterling Inc. pulled off world in …
O Masters, O Noble Persons, O Brothers, know you that in the time of the Caliph Harun-Al-Rashid, there lived on the golden shore of Persia a man of adventure called Sinbad the Sailor. Strange and wondrous were the tales told of him and his voyages. Join me as we recount …
To British Institution Secret Intelligence Division, Thatched House Tavern, London -(STOP)- Princess Beatrice abducted by Submarine Pirates 26 Aug 1866 -(STOP)- British Navy unable to reach necessary depths to attempt rescue -(STOP)- Immediately assemble team to locate Prince Dakkar, son of the Hindu Raja of Bundelkund, his submersible vessel the …
The wedding seemed like a good excuse for a party weekend, even if it was ‘oop North’ in Sheffield. The venue’s kind of quaint, some kind of old garrison prison-house converted to a hotel. It’s in a bit of run down a run down area (they’ve got a Morrisons, for …
Previously on Napalm Jones…’Following the defeat of the Karotechia in Middleriver, Torchwood inadvertently created a tear in the space time vortex, which was detected by the Daleks. A cloaked invasion of Middleriver began… The Daleks now control of Middleriver, using the Infected as their ‘attack dogs’. The human populace is …
Toki wa Sengoku – an age of warring states. The world is stained by hundreds of years of continuous war, with no end in sight. This is but one tale of many in the land called Tenra … a tale of war, loss, and struggle … a tale of pain …
The Year of our Lord is 1216. All of England is aware of King John the First’s public shortcomings as a king. His unsuccessful wars to retrieve English lands in France, paid for by an ever increasing tax burden on his people. How his impiety and refusal to play along …