The Gothic Game - A Brief History
The Gothic game was invented in 1966 by Robert Wynne-Simmons and Nigel Andrews, on a lazy weekend in Petersham, Surrey, England. It was first played later that year in the basement of a convent in Assisi, Italy.
It was a forerunner of the role-playing board games, and was designed to be the most vindictive board game yet made. When faced with total aggression and open savagery on the board it is hard to be so aggressive with your opponents in reality, and the game provokes more laughter and less anger than other games, while providing an appropriate antedote to the horrors of life.
The game was played privately on hand-made boards for many years until it was produced professionally in 1992 and marketed in a limited edition. Copies are now hard to come by, but it is hoped that it will be more widely marketed in the future.
It has provided the basis for a forthcoming musical, presently in development.
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Listen to Gothic Game Musical sample Mp3 : 649kb
