Welcome to the 2024
Whether as part of a team or as a solo developer, design a board game prototype. You'll then have the chance to playtest and network with fellow analogue game enthusiasts at this year's Staffs Con.
Is there a theme?
Nope! As long as it's a board game that follows the rules of the jam, that's all that matters! Of course, if you want to playtest your game and still have time to enjoy Staffs Con then try and limit your gameplay experience to be 15 minutes or less (either in the form of a small game, or a demo of a larger system.)
Are there any rules?
- Submission must be an analogue game.
- Content of the submission must be appropriate/SFW for play at a university event such as Staffs Con.
- If you want your game playtested/reviewed at Staffs Con, a team member must be present at the event, with a physical copy of your game.
- Make sure you bring your physical copy of the game to Staffs Con with enough time for your game to be played/reviewed.
What about Staffs Con?
Staffs Con 2024 will be taking place at the Catalyst building on Saturday the 29th June from 9am-1pm then 2pm-6pm. Table 9 (Tyler's table) is specifically for submissions to the Staffs Analogue Games Jam.
There is a variety of tables with many board games and TTRPGs being run all day. Even if you don't submit to the jam, there's plenty to do for all the analogue enthusiasts among you:
Table 1 (9am-1pm) – Dungeons and Dragons
Table 1 (2-6pm) – Dungeons and Dragons: The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh. Desolate and abandoned, the evil alchemist’s mansion stands alone on the hill, looking out towards the sea. Mysterious lights and ghostly hauntings have kept away the people of Saltmarsh – despite rumours of a fabulous, forgotten treasure… Sample the world’s greatest roleplaying game with a glimpse of this classic adventure from 1981. Adventure for characters levels 1-3. Pre-gens provided.
Table 2 – (9am-1pm) - Deadlands: It is 1880 and history is not our own. After the bloody battle of Gettysburg the dead from both sides rose to wage war on the living. Since then the frontier has been ravaged by demons, dogmen, haunts and horrors from every nightmare. Into this darkness ride heroes. Men, women even kids and old timers take up iron to face the night! Saddle up and join our posse and head off into the howling deserts and crawling canyons of the weird west to discover what happened to the townsfolk of Brimstone! Welcome to the Deadlands. Pre-gens provided.
Table 2 (2-6pm) - Call of Cthulhu: The Lightless Beacon - Dare to uncover the eerie secrets of a desolate lighthouse in our adaptation of the classic Call of Cthulhu scenario, "The Lightless Beacon." Join us for an investigation, while you navigate the storm-ravaged island and delve into its hidden mysteries. Pre-gens provided.
Table 3 (9am-1pm and 2-6pm) - Bolt Action: In collaboration with Stoke Wargames Group learn to play the multi award-winning WWII skirmish game using infantry, armour, artillery and 28mm miniatures on realistic terrain.
Table 4 (9am-1pm) – Traveller: High and Dry… The perfect introductory adventure for Traveller, full of exploration, character interaction and a truly explosive finale! Pre- gens provided.
Table 4 (2-6pm) - Dungeons and Dragons: Big trouble in little Waterdeep… The Undead are wreaking havoc in the City Of the Dead graveyard in Waterdeep. Can you survive, stop the horde and unravel the origin of this outbreak without becoming infected? Adventure for characters levels 1-3. Pre-gens provided.
Table 5 (9am-1pm) – Dread: A luxury cruise is caught in a storm, leaving it adrift in the fog. However, something stirs in the dark and the deep, can you get the ship going again and survive? Pre-gens provided.
Table 5 (2-6pm) - Paranoia: Dive into the chaos at the Bouncy Bubble Beverage factory! Can you outsmart the saboteur amidst malfunctioning machinery and dubious orders from The Computer? A thrilling adventure for all clearance Trouble-shooters. Pre-gens provided.
Table 7-8 (9am-1pm and 2-6pm) - Misc. Board games
Table 9 (9am-1pm and 2-6pm) – ANALOGUE JAM GAMES