GridCon 6 (2025) Report
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!
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Board game reviews and previews
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Board game reviews and previews
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UK Games Expo 2025 Convention Report
Another year, and another trip to the Midlands to visit the shining lights and celebration of tabletop excess that is the UK Games Expo
Baycon 2025 Convention Report
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.
GridCon 5 (2024) Convention Report
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.
UK Games Expo 2024 Convention Report
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.
UK Games Expo 2023 – Convention Report
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.
Airecon 2023 Convention Report
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 3 (2022) Convention Report
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.
UK Games Expo 2022 – Show Report
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.
Conventional Medicine
During a bit of downtime at AireCon, I grabbed some food, and sat at the edge of the Open Gaming area. As I looked around the hall, it dawned on me. A room filled with hundreds of people playing games, all with one thing in common