The biggest convention the United Kingdom has to offer is surprisingly easy to get to. The United Kingdom Games Expo (UKGE) is centrally located at the National Exhibition Center (NEC) east of Birmingham. It’s in the same area as Birmingham’s International...
Is it a con? A festival? Both? Whatever you call it, it’s amazing. Located in Hobro, Denmark (pronounced closer to ‘hobo’ – the ‘r’ is silent, but the ‘b’ has a slight explosion of air) and held annually since 1992, Fastaval’s 5 days of scenarios and...
Airecon – welcome to the real world. It’s been months since the last real-world con I’ve had the pleasure of attending. Airecon is sold as the second-largest board game convention in England (first is UKGE, or simply the ‘Games Expo’ to...
Even during a pandemic, Essen Spiel remains the biggest board game convention in the world. While I don’t have exact numbers offhand, it’s safe to say tens of thousands of people descended on the convention grounds in Essen to get their board game fix. I...
During the award ceremony towards the end of the ceremony, one of the organizers for the UK Gaming Expo (UKGE) thanked the crowd for their help in keeping people safe, and for participating in the “first show in the world to come back” post-pandemic. Cue...
Well, that was a full weekend… Two virtual conventions, both replacements for physical events… Better still, being on two different time zones and being virtual events means it was easy to switch back and forth between them. UKGE’s ‘Virtually...
