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This is a calendar of upcoming pervasive games around the world - both individual games, and larger, organised events. If you're planning to run a game in your area, in whatever context, you're welcome to add it to the list with a date, time and location. (If you want some advice for running your own gaming event, we've got a [[Sandpit howto]] and a [[smaller event howto]].)
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This is a calendar of upcoming pervasive games around the world - both individual games, and larger, organised events. If you're planning to run a game or an event in your area, in whatever context, let us know on the [[Talk:Events|talk page]] or ping @ludocity on Twitter.
  
If you want to keep up to date, there's an [http://ludocity.org/index.php?title=Events&feed=rss&action=history RSS feed of this page's updates]. There's also an [[Events/History|archive of past events]], if you want to see what you've missed.
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This calendar is also available as an [http://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/02pa2um9fvgp8mirtcjrku5dd8%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic RSS feed] and an [http://www.google.com/calendar/ical/02pa2um9fvgp8mirtcjrku5dd8%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics iCal calendar] (which you can [http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?answer=37100 subscribe to in Google Calendar]).
  
==February 2010==
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===Friday 12th===
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==Festivals and recurring events==
  
* '''Survivor Sports''' in London, England
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*[http://2.8hourslater.com/ 2.8 Hours Later] (UK-wide)
:The apocalypse has happened, the lights are off, and the last survivors are holed up in a sports center in the tunnels under London Bridge. With 50,000 years to kill until it's safe to go outside and an oddball stock of equipment, it's time to play some Survivor Sports.
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*[https://www.facebook.com/groups/496677353748745/ Sandbox] (San Francisco, monthly)
:We'll play Ninja Dodgeball - hurl glow-in-the-dark balls and track opposing players by their glow-sticks. We'll play Riotball with a beachball, a single goal, and very few rules. We'll play Nightstalker. We'll play sports that everyone's an expert at, with half-light and things that glow.
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*[[Come Out and Play|Come Out and Play festival]] (New York/San Francisco, annually)
:http://www.fire-hazard.net/events/7
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*[http://popupplayground.com.au/ Fresh Air] (Melbourne, annually)
 
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*[[Igfest]] (Bristol, every other year)
===Monday 15th===
 
 
 
* '''BARG pub meet''' in Birmingham, England
 
: A social session at The Lamp Tavern pub, Digbeth, to plan various events for later in the year.
 
: On the agenda are:
 
:: Street-based shenanigans for Feb 27th
 
:: Brutalist games to celebrate Central Library before it gets demolished
 
:: Someone mentioned something about Boggle with alphabetti spaghetti
 
: In the Lillie Langtry function room from 7pm.
 
: We're optimistically hoping people will bring pancakes...
 
:http://barg.org.uk/make/pub_meet_monday_15th_of_february/
 
 
 
 
 
===Monday 22nd===
 
 
 
* '''Sandpit''' at the Southbank Centre, London
 
:The next Sandpit will be FREE, and will take place on 22 February 2010 at the Southbank Centre, in the Spirit Level at Royal Festival Hall. This month artists and designers have created games around the theme of “Maps and Territories”, so there’ll be exploration, discovery, confusion, lies, and trying to remember which way is north. Sneak and follow, deduce and scurry, analyse and draw; think about maps, follow them or create them.
 
:http://sandpit.hideandseekfest.co.uk/southbank-sandpit-maps-and-territories/
 
 
 
===Thursday 25th===
 
 
 
* '''Kill Screen''' at CrashSpace Los Angeles, CA
 
:This will be our first attempt at a gaming night and we will be playing some simple games so come out and join us.  We don't know what we are doing so everyone should fit right.  We will be playing some easy table-top stuff to get in the mood and then maybe branching out into some more exploratory fields of gaming.  We will then start chatting about what types of games we want to get into for the next coming months. 
 
:http://crashspace.org 
 
 
 
==June 2010==
 
 
 
===Friday 4th - Sunday 6th===
 
 
 
* '''[[Come Out And Play]]''' in Brooklyn, New York
 
:Headquartered at [http://www.brooklynlyceum.com/ the Lyceum], submissions opening soon. More details to follow.
 
 
 
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Revision as of 16:39, 3 March 2015

This is a calendar of upcoming pervasive games around the world - both individual games, and larger, organised events. If you're planning to run a game or an event in your area, in whatever context, let us know on the talk page or ping @ludocity on Twitter.

This calendar is also available as an RSS feed and an iCal calendar (which you can subscribe to in Google Calendar).

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Festivals and recurring events