7th October 2026 – One Shot Wednesday

A one shot is a specialised style of running a game where the whole story is told in a single evening. Anyone can play and it’s a great way to get involved!

These are all geared towards new players, so pre-made (or pre-generated) characters will be provided and all you need is something to make notes with.

Bringing in the sheaves
Game Moderator: Lizzy
System: Cairn
Theme: folk horror, spooky vibes, no gore
Blurb: The end of the harvest season has arrived; the time has come to give thanks and celebrate, but not everyone is putting up bunting this year. You have travelled the dangerous road, with a small caravan of people you met on the way, and found a sombre village under attack by creatures from the forest that surrounds them. Will you help this isolated community in its time of need, or does the forest inspire as much fear in you as it does in them?

5/6 slots taken

Dead In The Spacelane
Game Moderator: Tom
System: Dread (no dice, just a Jenga tower!)
Theme: pulpy sci-fi horror
Blurb: Your crew found a seemingly-abandoned space hulk, docked, and began exploring. Then everything went to hell.

3/6 slots taken

PX Poker night
Game Moderator: Grim
System: Delta Green
Theme: 90s thriller movie?
Blurb: “The U.S Air Force recruits many heroic figures. Ace Fighters. Badass pilots. Cool astronauts. You are none of those. It’s 1998 and you are stationed at AFB Platte, Bum-fuck-nowhere Nebraska, in your bum-fuck-nowhere careers. One disciplinary hearing away from a dishonourary discharge, your professional lives are full of boredom. Apart from tonight. Every Friday is poker night, a chance to win money from your colleagues and superiors. Every week has been like this for months.
What could possible go wrong? Who is that driving towards the Base?

4/5 slots taken

The Alluvium Affair
Game Moderator: Ben
System: Blades ’68 (Expansion to Blades in the Dark)
Themes: Action and Weird Science
Blurb: You come to driving a car mid-air at what counts for sunrise. In the backseat another one of your crew is clutching the stolen container of alluvium, the precious existence warping liquid fuel. Reality just changed, your hand-off and your buyer no longer exist, and in hot pursuit behind you are some very angry people keen to get ‘their’ stolen merchandise back. Welcome to Doskvol!

3/5 slots taken

The Breaking of the Mask
Game Moderator: Chris
System: Vampire 6th Edition Playtest
Themes: Investigation, Urban Fantasy-Horror
Blurb: Your domain is in trouble. Slowly, mortals are vanishing. Those who turn up are found savaged, dismembered, and ripped asunder. There’s no obvious connection between the victims. Now, the disappearances are drawing heat. Law enforcement is closing in, hunter activity is growing, and rival kindred circle your territory like hungry vultures. Can your coterie patch the cracks in the the Masquerade before the dam finally breaks? Would you like to find out?

6/6 game full


The Stuff
Game Moderator: Neil
System: D&D 5.5e
Themes: Horror; Mystery; Weird
Blurb: Essential supplies were needed at the Nexus Laboratory, located in a remote part of the frozen tundra. The package was light, and the pay was good, so it seemed like an easy job. Now, trudging through the snowy wastes as the sun sets behind you, you are regretting your decision. Finally, just visible through a building snowstorm, the bulky, doomed roof of the laboratory comes into sight. You breathe a sigh of relief. The job is nearly over. Once you arrive, you’ll be able to deliver the package, warm your feet by the fire, and head home in the morning. Right? Right?

5/5 game full

Welcome home
Game Moderator: Jon
System: D&D 5.5e
Theme: Investigation, horror.
Blurb: The adventuring life isnt all slaying dragons and rescuing nobles, drunken nights in taverns soon take their toll on the old coin purse. Sometimes when a job falls in your lap you just have to say yes. Especially when you are offered 20 gold just to “check out an old house I inherited” how hard could that be…

6/6 game full