Gametable proposes a second round of STSMs, beginning today and until the 2nd of April, 2026. All the other grants calls are always open, subject to availability of funds.

Link to Grant page via linktree or below. Please read the calls thoroughly when applying.

Applications close soon for the Game based learning Training School held in UCC from the 25-27 May 2026
It will introduce key concepts in heritage and heritage games and provides hands-on training in practical tools and methods for teaching and learning with games.

Application in Linktree or below!

Although Christmas has passed We want to share the Christmas calendar of the Revue d'etudes anciennes portraits of women which has featured an ancient gamer close to our hearts, Margaris!

Check the linktree or link below for her history by gametable member Véronique Dasen!

We are glad to announce that the calls for our grant scheme have been published on our website.
Find there all information about the application process for:
-ITC Conference Grant
-Short Term Scientific Missions
-Dissemination Grants
-Young Researchers and Innovators Conference Grant

Link below

We have had a GameTable session accepted at CAA 2026 in Vienna (Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology).

Submit a paper for our session, S32: 'Replay: Computational Heritage of Games'
Call for papers open until October 26th, 2025
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Join us for The Interactive Pasts Conference 4: The Fellowship of Past and Play 8–10 October at the Leiden University Faculty of Archaeology and on Twitch! Playful workshops, exciting talks, two great panels, and a games exhibit await! See thread below for links!

Interested in how to use AI with archaeological methods to study games? Come listen to GameTable Vice Chair Walter Crist talk about some examples for the Archaeological Institute of America Central Arizona Society Lecture Series, Thursday, September 25 at 1800 MST!

Zoom in Linktree!

Exciting Announcement: The Call for Papers for the special issue of the ACM Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage: Computational Techniques for Games Heritage is now LIVE! This is a really well-suited venue for computationally-focused work that studies traditional and heritage games!

Digital Approaches to a Qing Chinese Boardgame. Online lecture by Prof. Elisabeth Kaske from the University of Leipzig.
Part of the Ludic Languages of Asia lecture series hosted by Jacob Schmidt-Madsen at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin.
Sept 24th - 10:00 - 11:00 CET

Our webinar Series' continues! We will be updating with times, dates and links closer to the time of the talks in this thread and in the linktree so be sure to check back!

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In-person workshop focusing on primary textual sources for the study of traditional Asian games. Hosted by Jacob Schmidt-Madsen (WG2) at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin on Sep 10-12.

Link to event in linktree in bio!
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Dr Tim Penn hosted Prof Amy C. Smith and PhD researcher Ilaria Truzzi (among others) for a training school in Athens, funded by @gametablenetwork.bsky.social. The programme focused on methods for collecting data on gameboards and related floor markings, and included onsite training sessions.

A new batch of seminar videos from our working groups have been uploaded to the GameTable youtube!

Link to Channel: www.youtube.com/@GameTableNe...

Tonight the WG4 seminar series continues with:
Playing and calculating on lines in Ancient Greece
Véronique Dasen & Jérôme Gavin

Zoom link in blog post: gametable.network/news/news-wg...

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Applications for the WG4: Mathematics in Games Summer training school in Glasgow are open!

Dates: 30/6/25 - 03/7/2025
Location: University of Glasgow

Closing date for applications: 31st March

More info and application link in the linktree in bio

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Our hybrid meeting in Rome for WG5 kicking off this morning being lead by Barbara Carè and Dorina Moullu!

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Welcome to the blusky account for the Game Table Network!
This is the official blusky for COST Action CA22145 where we will post updates and resources relating to our objectives and deliverables!

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