This was the timetable for The Smoke 2020. For the next run of the festival it will probably be fairly similar.

Thursday 9th January 2020

• 1800: Larp for Social Effect (fringe event)
  • 2200: finishes

Friday 10th January 2020

• 1800: doors open
  • registration
• 1945: opening ceremony
  • 2000: buffet food
  • introductory party
• 0000: close

Saturday 11th January 2020

• 1000: doors open, GMs can start setting up their rooms
• 1100–1400: larp slot 1
• 1400–1500: lunch downstairs in the café
  • 1400: lunchtime talk upstairs
• 1500–1900: larp slot 2
• 1900: food downstairs in the café
  • 1900: dinnertime talk upstairs
  • followed by party
• 0000: close

Sunday 12th January 2020

• 1000: doors open, GMs can start setting up their rooms
• 1100–1400: larp slot 3
• 1400–1500: lunch downstairs in the café
• 1500–1900: larp slot 4
• 1900: food downstairs in the café
  • dinnertime talk upstairs
  • 2100: closing ceremony
  • 2130: official close of The Smoke
  • followed by unofficial wind-down party
• 2300: close

Mornings

It’s important to note, if you’re not familiar with London, that it can take a long time to travel around the city. If you’re not staying close to Broadgate, then you’ll need to make sure you allow enough travel time to be with us in good time for starting at 1100 in the mornings. We won’t be able to delay gamestarts.

Larp slots

Here’s a handy rough graphic of which larps are in which slot, in which room: