School of History, Classics & Archaeology

Gaming With History: First Annual Walter Scott Roundtable on the Middle Ages and Popular Culture *INCLUDE*

Event details

Meet game developers and gamers, enjoy free drinks and canapes and then play games set in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance! As well as the round table discussion event members of the South East Scotland Wargames Club will be on hand to explain all the games available. Blackwell's bookshop will also offer discount vouchers for their games and a special offer on Osprey's titles.  

The event is free but ticketed, and tickets should be reserved through Eventbrite.

Sponsor

The event is sponsored by the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, the School of History, Classics and Anchaeology and the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies of the University of Edinburgh.

Oct 04 2016 -

Gaming With History: First Annual Walter Scott Roundtable on the Middle Ages and Popular Culture *INCLUDE*

Meet game developers and gamers and find out how the games industry makes use of history, what role it plays in shaping historical knowledge and how it can be interacted with. A round table event with Daniel Faulconbridge (editor of Wargames Illustrated), Daniel Mersey (author of games such as Lion Rampant and Dragon Rampant) and Gianluca Raccagni (Lecturer in Medieval History, University of Edinburgh).

Blackwell Bookshop Edinburgh
South Bridge
53-62 South Bridge
Edinburgh
EH1 1YS