Full Board Gaming 2026 Convention Report

The Full Board Gaming convention is in its third year, and once again I headed a couple of hours up the road to Torquay to join the 130-odd people escaping the winter blues.

The Full Board Gaming convention is in its third year, and once again I headed a couple of hours up the road to Torquay to join the 130-odd people escaping the winter blues.

November is a special time of the year for me. The beginning of the year unwinding, the countdown to the Christmas break begins, and best of all - it's Gridcon!

Another year, and another trip to the Midlands to visit the shining lights and celebration of tabletop excess that is the UK Games Expo

With Baycon being in the southwest, and with me living one county over in Cornwall, you'd be forgiven for thinking it's pretty much automatic for me to attend every year. Shamefully enough, this was my first time attending.

I got back from 2024's event yesterday, so while it's all still fresh in my head, let me tell you all about it because it was good. It was really good.

t's the Christmas that comes in the middle of the year. It's the UKGE, and once again I went and I had an amazing time.

Over the first weekend of June 2023 the NEC in Birmingham, UK played host to the UK Games Expo once again, and it was fantastic.

No matter which demographic you fall into, you’ll be made to feel welcome, and I’ll wager you a bratwurst from the food trucks that you leave with more friends than you arrived with.

GridCon is an annual board game convention held in the South-West of the UK. It just so happens that I a) live a couple of hours down the road from it, and b) am a Patreon supporter of the organiser, Paul Grogan, so there was no way I wasn't going back again this year.

As I write this I sit here with sore feet, aching legs, and a hoarse throat. And you know what? I couldn't be happier.