The Dukes of Highland

11/08/2024

In NY attending the Joint Conference on serious games. Absolutely fascinating seeing how games are used in learning and experimentation.

11/05/2024

Next years schedule releasing sooooon!

10/10/2024

October Newsletter - ICF survey feedback -

As I type this, I literally have no plans set in stone for next year. I have several thoughts and some discussions in the works with partners, but nothing concrete. We’ve come a long way in 3 years and achieved quite a lot in that time. We’ve run 14 games, with 644 players and 92 facilitator pos...

10/08/2024

It came from the skies!!! Batch 2

10/06/2024

It came from… The Skies!!! Pictures (batch 1)

09/28/2024

This might be my favorite picture of the day… Japans Foreign minister having to step out the UN to take a very important call. What is he saying? Answers below…

09/18/2024

Sold out for It came from the Skies!!! Super pumped for the game. Can't wait to see everyone.

09/12/2024

Pregame surveys for It came from… are out. Check your inboxes or junk mail folders.

08/22/2024

August Newsletter Correction -

I made a boo boo. The button to the ticket page didn’t work so here’s the URL to take you straight there: https://www.dukesofhighland.net/store/p/icf2024

08/22/2024

August Newsletter -

Tickets for It came from… The Skies!!! are now on sale! The event is scheduled for September 28th with registration opening at 10:00am and an official start time of 10:30. The game ends by 5pm and we’ll go to a local pub for the afterparty where we tell each other the stories of the day. As I wr...

08/20/2024

08/04/2024

Gen Con is a-ending :( It has been amazing, I’m exhausted, more pictures coming soon.

08/03/2024

Megagames are a-happening at Gen Con. Amazing to see so many passionate game organizers, designers, volunteers and players all in one place.

07/31/2024

https://mailchi.mp/df34d3869868/it-came-from-the-skies-tickets-now-on-sale

It came from… The Skies!!! is our love letter to the famous Watch the Skies megagame, designed by Jim Wallman and made famous by Shut up and sit down in this video.

07/25/2024

I just learned about SimSoc. Has anyone got any experience with it?

07/18/2024

July Newsletter - the one before Gen Con -

Gen Con is right around the space-time corner, waiting for us like an angry, unspeakable elder God. It’s going to be huge and I think there’s already rumblings that the convention as a whole will sell out. Technically they sold out a couple of years ago but then they expanded their footprint and...

06/10/2024

June Newsletter - Happy Pride Month! -

If there’s anything The Dukes can be proud of (outside of putting on awesome games), is that it’s being a safe space for our LGBQTIA+ friends.

06/03/2024

Another fantastic event for the books. It belongs in a museum was this past Saturday where 38 players and 11 control collected artifacts from all across the globe (and beyond) and the museums displayed them for the world to see. Glad there were no rampaging monsters in this game.... Oh wait.