Entry includes:
- Jubensha games to play (some require an additional fee)
- Talks by expert designers
- Workshops
Info
Schedule
Day 1 (Fri 8th May) has one slot:
- 6pm to 9pm: Playing jubensha
Feel free to arrive early or hang out at the Theatre Deli bar!
Day 2 (Sat 9th May) has three slots.
- 10am to 2pm: Playing jubensha
- 2pm to 5:30pm: Talks + playing jubensha
- 5:30pm to 9pm: Playing jubensha
More details coming soon – sign up to the newsletter!
Games you can play
Incog Games
- Spy of the Year
Chronic Insanity
- All Falls Down: Sorroborough
- Seven Strikes
- Cognito
- Here, You Scream: New Delphi
- More TBC
Suspense Studio
- Game Over
- The Sandcastle
- TBC
Games last 2-3 hours and accommodate 5-7 players. Most need to be booked in advance directly with organisers (links coming soon, sign up to the newsletter!) and require an extra fee of £15-30 per person (see below).
Boxed jubensha games will also be available to buy.
If you’d like to present a game, email contact@jubenshacon.com with details. We can host prototype or work-in-progress games, though we will not charge players for them.
Game fees
Traditionally, most jubensha games have a dedicated host who explains the rules, makes sure players don’t get stuck, and role plays as characters throughout the game. Hosted games will be £25-30 per person.
We’ll also have “host-lite” games costing £15 per person, and one unhosted game that will be free to play.
Talks and workshops
We’ll have talks about the design, production, and business of making jubensha from UK and international creators. We’ll also have talks from people from jubensha-adjacent fields like larp and escape rooms.
Talks will be 10-20 minutes long, excluding Q&As. Some will be presented in person, and others will be pre-recorded or via video call. We hope to make talks available online afterwards, but we can’t guarantee it.
Workshops will include industry-only playtests for aspiring jubensha designers looking for publishers, and a live jubensha demo with special guests.
If you’d like to give a talk, email contact@jubenshacon.com.
Location
We’re on the second floor of the Theatre Deli at 107 Leadenhall Street, London, EC3A 4AF (map).
It’s just 5-10 minutes walk from Aldgate, Liverpool Street, Bank, and Monument tube stations.
Theatre Deli has step-free access, quiet spaces, and an accessibility guide. For more information or any specific requests, contact reception@theatredeli.co.uk or call 020 3735 3771.
Food and drink
Food and drink isn’t included in your ticket, but Theatre Deli has a bar with snacks on the ground floor and you can get tap water for free on the second floor kitchen.
There are also several cafes and grocery stores within walking distance, and you can bring your own food and drink to eat in the bar.
Discounted tickets and financial support
We can provide discounted tickets if cost is a barrier.
We also have a limited fund to support travel and accommodation. We will prioritise artists, designers, and creatives of all backgrounds.
Email contact@jubenshacon.com with your details for more information.
About the organisers
Jubensha Con 2026 is organised and produced by Adrian Hon, and co-organised by Arlo Howard, Chronic Insanity, and Suspense Studio.
Adrian Hon was co-founder and CEO of Six to Start from 2007 to 2024, where he designed Zombies, Run!, the world’s most successful mobile fitness game with over ten million players. Previously, he designed Perplex City. He’s Artistic Associate at the Traverse Theatre and is currently writing a book about the history and future of immersive experience.
Arlo Howard (they/them) is an international award winning, non-binary creator working at the intersection of theatre and games. They combine play and theatricality to inspire curiosity and spark change. Their work spans full-building immersive takeovers, intimate one-on-one experiences, pop-up escape rooms, board games and city-wide adventures. Arlo has worked with clients such as Lenovo Meta, Amazon, Google, and Dropout. They recently worked on “The Burnt City” with Punchdrunk and are the director/creator of Immy Award winning “The Order of the Golden Scribe”..
Chronic Insanity is a Nottingham based immersive and interactive theatre company that creates and facilitates live events in a variety of traditional, found, and digital spaces. They make work accessibly, affordably, sustainably, and inclusively, seeking to change the definition of what theatre can be by playing with form, genre, medium, and technology. They can often be found running the UK’s first dedicated digital theatre literary department, staging at least 12 shows every 12 months, and being one of the first companies to bring multiple Jubensha to the UK.
Suspense Studio (KMS Games) is a Singapore-based creator of original English Jubensha games (剧本杀, literally “script murder”). Pick your characters, read your scripts, uncover hidden secrets, and navigate a web of lies in our murder mystery social deduction games designed for a global audience. Featured in People Make Games and the Financial Times, Suspense Studio brings the thrill of East Asia’s popular ‘Jubensha’ to players everywhere!
Photo credits
From top:
- Courtesy Suspense Studio
- Taken at PAX Unplugged 2024 and photographed by Kiko
