List All Pages
uk-freeforms mailing list
uk-freeforms is a mailing list dedicated to, er, freeforms in the UK. We're a friendly bunch, so if you're interested by some of the stuff you see here, do sign up.
(We...
Set in 1914 at the outbreak of the first World War, All at Sea is set aboard the American cruise liner, the Libertania, is in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean when its Captain is murdered…
All at...
An Ecumenical Matter is set in the diocese of Peaky-in-the-Sea, following the tragic death of Father Francis. As Father Francis was going to be promoted to the position of Bishop of the Diocese of...
Authors of the various freeforms.
Graham Arnold
Nickey Barnard
Tracy Bose
Simon Bray
Jerry Elsmore
Russell Harris
David Hall
Steve Hatherley
Mo Holkar
Kevin Jacklin
Heidi Kaye
Sue Lee
Tony...
Boots For The Glory Of Russia is set in revolutionary Russia at a meeting of the Executive Committee (Soviet) of the Danilov Boot Factory.
Basic information
Number of players: 9 (2 female, 7...
Carry on at Camp David is set at Camp David, the US President’s official rural retreat. President David Nixody has broken off trade negotiations to hold a reception in honour of astronaut Buzz...
CJR played in his first freeform at the excellent Fallcon in 2000, but had already written one based one the old wargames style "committee games" by then. Despite legendary bad luck, frequent...
Please change this page according to your needs
This wiki was started by Steve Hatherley.
If you would like to get in touch with Steve, you can either do so by joining the uk-freeforms yahoo group, or use use this form on his website.
Lady Amanda Cudham, Chairwoman and Benefactress of Cudham Riding Club, died tragically last week, following a fall from her horse. The police suspect Lady Cudham’s death was no accident, but...
It is 1785, and Abel "Blackheart" Read , the Caribbean's most nefarious pirate, has been captured and hung. Tonight, the Libra, departs from Tortuga on its journey to St. Augustine, Florida. For...
Set in 1939, Death on the Gambia follows a tramp riverboat as it sails along the River Gambia in Africa. Aboard are a curious mixture of passengers - a big game hunter, a missionary, a doctor, a...
Newspaper Headline
The Millennium Dome was raided earlier today by an intrepid armed gang, who used a JCB to break in and steal the De Beers diamonds worth an estimated 220 million pounds. They...
By Sue Lee
Set in a hotel in the middle of the desert, with dreadfully named characters like Red Kneck, Paul McQueen, Chuck and Cookie Straw and their little dog, this attempts to pull in every...
The Epic Experience is a loose collective that writes and runs freeforms.
Core members:
Mel Dymond Harper
Mo Holkar
Occasional members:
Graham Harper
Emma O'Connell
Former member:
Wendy...
Games conventions and other places in the UK where freeforms are run.
2009
Tales of Pendragon, February 2008 in Retford, Nottinghamshire.
Peaky Friday 27th March to Sunday 29th March 2009 in...
Freeform Games LLP is a business that publishes and sells freeform murder mystery games.
Partners
Steve Hatherley
Mo Holkar
Games
(This is a partial list - there are more!)
A Dead Man's Chest -...
Organisations, businesses and informal groups all writing and running freeforms in the UK.
Epic Experience
Freeform Games LLP
Murder Mystery Games Ltd
Mystery In Mind
Peaky
uk-freeforms
Wilde...
Halloween Lies is set at a post-award horror-movie party in modern day Hollywood. The game is filled with actors, directors, producers and other movie-types.
Halloween Lies is published by Freeform...
Hollywood Lies is set at a post-award party in modern day Hollywood. The game is filled with actors, directors, producers and other movie-types.
Hollywood Lies is published by Freeform Games and is...
It is the turn of the century and you are currently in the small English coastal town of Picton. For your own personal reasons you are in the manor house that overlooks the cliffs. This old English...
House of the Four Doors
A Freeform set in the world of Ars Magica
It's twelve years since the events of Road to Blackthorn, and now 1233. This year the freeform finds us in the Rhine Tribunal, at...
If you are allowed to edit pages in this Site, simply click on edit button at the bottom of the page. This will open an editor with a toolbar pallette with options.
To create a link to a new page,...
Join!
So you want to become a member of this site and contribute? Tell us why and apply now!
Or, if you already know a "secret password", go for it!
Set in 1916 in London during the first World War, Last Flight of the Albatross is set in a London apartment where a secret seance is convened to learn the truth about a German airship brought down...
Set in 1923 in a hotel, nominally in Dudley, the players represent characters who have gathered for the reading of the will of a missing Colonel lost in an Amazon expedition.
Lost Souls was written...
Marlowe 2020 is a potentially violent drama set in a stylized "dark future" setting, similar to novels like "Snow Crash", "Neuromancer" and "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep"; or movies like...
Midsummer Mischief is set in the 1930s world of the leisured upper-class as immortalised by P G Wodehouse. It is set at Blandings, a house in Shropshire where events are leading up to the annual...
Mo Holkar has been playing freeforms since some time in the early 90s, and running them almost as long, mostly as part of the Epic Experience.
He also runs Freeform Games LLP with Steve Hatherley,...
Peaky - Freeform Writing Weekends
Since 2001, 20-ish enthusiastic members of the uk-freeforms mailing list meet over a weekend (Friday to Sunday) to write a freeform. Or more accurately, three...
Railways & Respectability
* Number of players: 19 men 13 women = 32 total
* Setting: Regency party
* Time to run: 4 hours (including setup and debrief - actual game lasts for about 3.5 hours)
*...
Freeform articles and other resources
These are links to freeform articles that we've found on the Internet. There are lots of LARPing articles around, but few are really appropriate for freeforms....
Spoilers Test
+ show spoilers
- hide spoilers
He's actually a ghost!
- hide spoilers
Welcome page
About uk-freeforms
The Freeforms
Authors
Groups
Events
Resources
Glossary
FAQ
Page tags
Add a new page
edit this panel
Members:
Moderators
Admins
Steve Hatherley played in his first freeform (Home of the Bold) in 1992 and has been hooked ever since. He also runs Freeform Games LLP with Mo Holkar, bringing freeform-style games to the general...
Following the suspicious death of Baroness Audry von Munchen, the fabulous von Munchen relics are to be auctioned off to the highest bidder. In the absence of a legal heir, it looks like all the...
Freeform Plotline Compilation for Authors
A compilation of possible freeform plotlines from the uk-freeform list:
Items
Someone has an item, someone else wants it
Change-Chains
item...
The Buffy the Vampire Slayer Party Freeform is a 25 player freeform set in the world of the Buffy and Angel tv shows, created by Joss Whedon. Our original plan was to write this in a day, and while...
UK Freeforms
These are freeforms that have been written in the UK, in alphabetical order.
A Dead Man's Chest - pirates in the Caribbean. For 12 to 16 players.
After the Triumph
A Time for...
It’s New Year’s Eve, 1899. George Sweet, the 5th Earl of Coddingham, has lead a wicked and dissolute life. His past is finally catching up with him and, eager to keep out of reach of the law,...
Set in the city of Troy and the surrounding plains during the final year of the Greek Siege.
Welcome to a time when the capricious and whimsical Gods and Goddesses of Mount Olympus sport with the...
Set in the city of Troy and the surrounding plains during the final year of the Greek Siege.
Welcome to a time when the capricious and whimsical Gods and Goddesses of Mount Olympus sport with the...
Contribute to this wiki
Join uk-freeforms
Contact us
Admin
How to Edit Pages
Site members
Page Tags
Recent changes
List all pages
Site Manager
Victoria Junction
All change please!!
Written at Peaky 2009 by Nickey Barnard, Jerry Elsmore, Alex Jones, Sue Lee, Tym Norris and Mark Steedman
The sleepy junction station at Temple Normaton, where...
What is a Freeform?
Freeforms are similar to Murder Mystery parties - but you commit the murder yourself. Freeforms are a little like plays - but without a script or audience. Freeforms are rather...
