City Conquest

20 factions

Each team picks a faction: a group with its own story, strengths and characters.

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  Yeomen Warders

  “Guarding the ravens”

  The Yeomen Warders, the 'Beefeaters', have guarded the Tower of London since Tudor times, and its ravens too.

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  Black Cab Drivers

  “We know every street”

  To drive a black cab you must pass 'The Knowledge': memorising 25,000 London streets. It takes years.

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  Globe Players

  “All the world's a stage”

  Shakespeare's company played at the Globe on the Thames; today the rebuilt Globe still plays in the open air.

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  Thames Watermen

  “Row against the tide”

  For centuries watermen rowed Londoners across the Thames; since 1715 they race for Doggett's Coat and Badge.

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  Pearly Kings and Queens

  “A button for every good deed”

  London's Pearly Kings and Queens wear suits covered in pearl buttons and collect for charity, a tradition since the 1870s.

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  Suffragettes

  “Deeds, not words”

  The suffragettes fought for women's votes in the early 1900s, marching on Parliament Square in purple, white and green.

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  Scotland Yard Detectives

  “Every clue counts”

  The Metropolitan Police began at Great Scotland Yard off Whitehall in 1829; its detectives became world famous.

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  City Guild Merchants

  “Strength in the guild”

  The City of London's livery companies, from the Mercers to the Fishmongers, have run trades for 800 years.

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  Chimney Sweeps

  “Up the flue and over the roofs”

  Victorian London had thousands of chimneys and sweeps climbing over the rooftops with brushes and sooty smiles.

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  Coffee-House Wits

  “News travels by coffee”

  In 1700s London the coffee houses were where news, science and insurance happened: Lloyd's began in one.

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  Tube Diggers

  “Mind the gap”

  In 1863 London opened the world's first underground railway; the tunnellers dug under the streets with shields and shovels.

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  Foot Guards

  “Never move a muscle”

  In red tunics and bearskin caps the Foot Guards change guard at the palaces; the ceremony starts at Friary Court.

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  King's Road Punks

  “Do it yourself”

  In the 1970s punk exploded on the King's Road in Chelsea: safety pins, mohawks and homemade everything.

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  Covent Garden Traders

  “Fresh, fresh, fresh!”

  Covent Garden was London's fruit and flower market for 300 years; the traders called out their prices across the piazza.

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  Fire Watchers of 1666

  “From the ashes, a new city”

  The Great Fire of 1666 burned for four days; the Monument marks where it began, and London was rebuilt in brick and stone.

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  Wren's Architects

  “Look around you”

  After the fire Christopher Wren built St Paul's Cathedral and more than fifty churches; his epitaph says: look around you.

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  Map and Compass Explorers

  “Off the edge of the map”

  London sent explorers and mapmakers everywhere; the Royal Geographical Society still keeps their maps and compasses.

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  Music Hall Stars

  “Give us a song!”

  Victorian music halls filled London with songs, comedy and acrobats; the whole audience sang along.

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  Tea Clipper Crew

  “First tea home wins”

  Fast clipper ships like the Cutty Sark raced each year to bring the new tea harvest to London first.

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  St James's Park Keepers

  “The pelicans are on our side”

  St James's Park has had pelicans since 1664, a gift to Charles II; the keepers feed them every afternoon.

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Two ways to play

Without a game master

You play on your own. The organiser opens the game master page, chooses the default language and the playing time, and starts the game. From then on everything runs by itself on every phone: the zones, the chests, the merchant and the final count.

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With a game master

Someone leads the game from the game master page: follows every team live with its points and zones, sends messages to all teams, adds 15 minutes or stops the game, gives a team a power-up or puts a chest right next to it, and looks at the photos and videos. The game master never sees the answers.

€199.00 including 5 teams, €19.95 per extra team

The organiser sets up the game on the game master page (the default language and the playing time) and starts it for all teams.

Every player can pick and switch the language on their own phone.