Games Workshop Research Day 2025

We are pleased to announce that our second annual Games Workshop Research Day is taking place on Saturday 11th October 2025!

For its second outing the event will run all day from 9:30 until 20:30 and has three parts. The morning will be dedicated to talks about Games Workshop’s games, the afternoon will be a ‘playable exhibition’ in which we pair gaming with presentations, and the day will conclude with a social evening of sporting mayhem as we come together to watch Blood Bowl played live.

SCHEDULE

9:30-9:45 Registration

9:45-13:00 Talks

Listen to talks about Games Workshop's games and worlds from academics and community members.

13:00-13:45 Lunch break

13:45-14:45 ‘Games Workshop’s Player Communities’ - roundtable discussion

15:00-17:30 Playable Exhibition

Join us to play and discuss Games Workshop’s games at our playable exhibition.

18:00-20:30 – Blood Bowl live!

In collaboration with , Manchester’s oldest and best Blood Bowl league, we’ll end the day by watching a Blood Bowl match, with commentary from and , and filmed by Geek Pride’s .

Join us at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation in Manchester for a day of talks and gaming.

Host or Publisher Manchester Centre for Linguistics Research