Today we’re celebrating the one-year anniversary of the release of the TV adaptation of Good Omens!

To join in the group watch of Episode 6, just press play on the episode at 7pm BST (find your time zone here) and tweet with the hashtag #HappyArmaversary.

One hour later, join us on Zoom for the after-party. The Zoom meeting will be open from 18:55. so that you can use the text chat only during the episode watch if you would rather chat there than on Twitter.

Once the episode finishes, we will take a short break, and then the schedule for the night is as follows:

20:10: An announcement from the organisers

Then: A game of Good Omens Bingo, with a prize!

Followed by: Premiere of Good Omens Pass the Brush Challenge, presented by Tricksy Spirit Cosplay, Andrea Felix and Sunni.

Until late: Cards Against Armageddon and group hangouts

We will have the full range of breakout rooms that were available for the #WrongBirthday party, and will again make everyone a co-host of the meeting so that you can move around between rooms.

However, a quirk of Zoom is that co-hosts cannot play Bingo; we will therefore have a note up on screen from 20:00 asking that anyone who does not want to play Bingo raises their hand (using the button on the Zoom menu). We will make those people co-hosts first; everyone else will be made a co-host at the end of the Bingo game.

Once you have been made a co-host, you will need to accept the invitation to join one (randomly allocated) breakout room; once you have done that, clicking on the “breakout rooms” button will enable you to see the full list of rooms and move freely between them.

You can join through a web browser or on mobile, but we recommend being on a computer or laptop and downloading the software for full functionality, including the ability to move between breakout rooms. If this isn’t possible for you, you can still join in, you’ll just have to ask us to move you around.

As for our other events this month, we’re hosting this event free of charge, but if you would like to donate to Alzheimer’s Research UK in memory of Sir Terry Pratchett our Justgiving page is still taking donations until midnight tonight. Thank you to everyone who has donated so far to this excellent cause; at the time of writing we’re thrilled to say we’ve raised £2,952!

Look out for a lovely big helly hellhound, because today is the actual 30th birthday of Good Omens!

To join in the group watch of Episode 1, just press play on the episode at 8pm BST (find your time zone here) and tweet with the hashtag #WrongBirthday.

One hour later, join us on Zoom for the after-party.

Note: you do not need to arrive at 9pm sharp; in fact, it would be easier for us if arrivals are staggered a little, so feel free to take a break after the episode to grab drinks and snacks before making your way over.

You can join through a web browser or on mobile, but we recommend being on a computer or laptop and downloading the software for full functionality, including the ability to move between breakout rooms. If this isn’t possible for you, you can still join in, you’ll just have to ask us to move you around.

Unlike last weekend, we won’t be organising games, but there will be a range of breakout rooms that you can move between, and we have set up some for specific topics that have been requested on the signup forms. If there’s a room you would like to see that you haven’t requested yet, please do so before the watch starts as we can’t rename the rooms once the party has begun (this is one of those awkward Zoom limitations that Crowley invented).

As for last weekend, we’re hosting this event free of charge, but if you would like to donate to Alzheimer’s Research UK in memory of Sir Terry Pratchett our Justgiving page is still taking donations. Thank you to everyone who has donated so far to this excellent cause.

We look forward to seeing you all later!

Welcome to Purgatory…

On Saturday 8th August, The Ineffable Con would like to welcome you to our Purgatory Party, celebrating 66ish days until The Ineffable Con 2!

By popular request, we will be kicking off with a quiz and a game of bingo. Some old favourites, as well as some new games, will then be available to play in breakout rooms throughout the evening, as well as spaces to listen to fic readings and chat.

We will make everyone co-hosts after the quiz and bingo. A quirk of Zoom is that co-hosts cannot play bingo; we will have a note on screen from 20:00 BST asking anyone who does not want to join the quiz or bingo to raise their hand (using the button on the Zoom menu). We will make those people co-hosts first; everyone else will be made a co-host at the end of the bingo game.

Once you have been made a co-host, you will need to accept the invitation to join one (randomly allocated) breakout room; once you have done that, clicking on the “breakout rooms” button will enable you to see the full list of rooms and move freely between them. Please don’t worry if it’s your first time with us – everything will be explained as we go!

You can join through a web browser or on mobile, but we recommend being on a computer or laptop and downloading the software for full functionality, including the ability to move between breakout rooms. If this isn’t possible for you, you can still join in, you’ll just have to ask us to move you around..

We’re hosting this event free of charge, but if you would like to donate to The Ineffable Con’s Tickety Boo Scheme, to help those in need of financial assistance to attend The Ineffable Con 2, you can find out more and do so on our website. Any funds not used for providing assistance with tickets will be donated to Alzheimer’s Research UK in memory of Sir Terry Pratchett.

Rewatch: #SaunteringVaguelyConwards
We’re celebrating one month until The Ineffable Con 2 with an episodes 1-6 rewatch on Twitter on Saturday 19th September! 

You do not need to be attending the convention to participate in either the rewatch or the Principality Challenge!

The schedule for Saturday 19th September is as follows:

14:45 BST     The winner of the first #PrincipalityChallenge (see below) is revealed!
15:00 BST     Episode 1: In the Beginning
16:00 BST     Episode 2: The Book
17:00 BST     Short break
17:30 BST     Episode 3: Hard Times
18:30 BST     Episode 4: Saturday Morning Funtime
19:30 BST     Break
20:30 BST     Episode 5: The Doomsday Option
21:30 BST     Episode 6: The Very Last Day of the Rest of Their Lives
22:30 BST     The winner of the in-rewatch #PrincipalityChallenge (see below) is revealed!

If you have not participated in a Twitter rewatch before, some hints and tips:

• You will need to have a Twitter account – regrettably, we will not be running the rewatch or this round of the Principality Challenge on other platforms (The Principality Challenge will also feature at The Ineffable Con 2!)
• To be visible to other participants, every Tweet you send needs to feature #SaunteringVaguelyConwards
• For each episode, press “play” on your device of choice at the stated time – and don’t skip the title sequence!
• We find filtering for the hashtag, #SaunteringVaguelyConwards, in the “Search” function is the best way to see all participants in the app itself. You might also consider Tweetdeck, or similar, to see all relevant Tweets together

Launch of the Principality Challenge
The best way to describe the Principality Challenge is like Taskmaster, but with one of our favourite Tweeting angels, @Mr_AZ_Fell!

Using the hashtag #PrincipalityChallenge on Twitter, Mr Fell invites you to submit an entry for the following challenge:
“Deliver a message to Crowley as part of an everyday mortal television programme. Bonus points for the biggest change in tone.”
You may participate in teams of up to four (or more, but there will be four prizes available!) and your submissions for the first challenge must reach us, via the hashtag, before 12:00 BST on Saturday 19th September. Video submissions should be no more than 2:20 minutes long, which is Twitter’s limit. Submissions should be suitable for all ages, abide by Twitter’s user agreement and contain no flashing lights, please!

During #SaunteringVaguelyConwards, Mr Fell will be providing another series of challenges, again with prizes available, so do keep an eye on the hashtag – we’re very much looking forward to seeing your creations!

We hope that there’s some “temptation accomplished” here and we remain at your disposal for any questions – we can’t wait to see what you come up with! 

(Cover image by Wisesnail can be found in the TIC2 Zine)

If you attended TIC2, you can log in to view the event.

For the second iteration of The Ineffable Con, we are heading online for an entirely virtual convention experience!

Our goal is to bring you everything that made last year’s convention special, without having to leave your home. As well as making the convention pandemic-proof, we hope this will enable us to include people who would not have been able to travel to a physical convention.

Alongside the scheduled events, we have lots more to do:

• A virtual exhibit hall featuring fanart and fanmade merchandise available to view and order.
• The Principality Challenge: challenges to be released during the convention with prizes to be won! If you’re looking for something to keep you busy in the lead-up to the convention, you can check out the Purgatory Challenge.
• A Good Omens Scavenger Hunt, playable in teams of up to four players, with prizes to be won (if you like escape rooms, this one is for you!).
• Games: If you’re a fan of Only Connect, you might enjoy our Good Omens connecting walls, which will be available to play throughout the convention (and if you have no idea what this means, all will be explained!). We also have instructions for playing custom Cards Against Armageddon and Taboo games in small groups online, or you can join a group game of these and other offerings on the Friday and Saturday evenings.
• Arts and Crafts: Like to have something to do with your hands while watching panels? We’ll have colouring pages and crafts available to download and print at home.
• The Ineffable Con 2 Zine: Featuring more than 50 works of brand new fanfiction and art, the zine will be available to download in a variety of formats to read at your leisure.

(Cover image by Wisesnail)

Children’s parties were obviously places where any angel with an ounce of common sense should fear to tread.”

Good Omens, Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

The ineffable community has been a ray of light in 2020 for many people, our hosts included. As such, what better way to celebrate than to join fellow ineffables for a night of games, chat and general merriment?

We will kick off at 19:00 GMT with a quiz, hosted by Pamela (@AppleSeedsGO on Twitter) before opening breakout rooms to share a variety of games and chat, until 02:00 GMT. 

If you’d like to host a game, you can sign up here.