Necromancer's United is an R&D funded by Arts Council Wales to make innovative and exciting game theatre for and inspired by young people, delivered by a diverse creative team: me, the brilliant dramaturg, Jeremy Linnell, our amazing outreach officer Liam Wallace and a fantastic film maker, Hugo Dupin. With the help of the National Theatre Wales I ran a series of workshops creating game theatre with young people. I was impressed by how poignant their pieces were. A story about zombies was an accurate depiction of the anti-vax movement. I discovered betrayal within one’s team sparked excitement in all groups I worked with. “It was really fun to play! I didn’t trust anyone, but in a good way!” The game mechanic most popular focuses on power dynamics in groups where everybody wants their team to do well, but personally wants to contribute the least. This conflict creates great narrative tension. It also shows parallels to how we have dealt with the pandemic: We want everybody else to stick to the rules, but I’m allowed exceptions when seeing loved ones, traveling, having parties. While I don't want the story to be about the pandemic, having the game structure mirror those social dynamics will make this piece particularly poignant in a world still dealing with Covid19. With the funding for the R&D from Arts Council Wales, we wrote a script that not only supports this game mechanic, but elevates it. We then successfully tested this prototype piece of game theatre across several game tests with young people in from all over Wales. Set in a necromancer's dungeon, the audience are hired cultists in training. Their aim: work their way up through the ranks to become the next High Necromancer.