May 25, 2012

UK Games Expo 2012

UK Games Expo aims to be the premier event in the UK where all aspects of the gaming hobby are represented under one roof:

  • Miniature Games
  • Card Games
  • Boardgames
  • Role-playing Games
  • Online & LAN Games

The goal is to raise the profile of gaming as a hobby that will appeal to families and the general public as well as the enthusiast.

The intention is to create a show along the lines of the US and German games conventions where families and gamers can come and play many new and different games available from the industry’s leading manufacturers and publishers as well as participate in the many events taking place during the convention:

  • Tournaments and Championships in the most popular game systems
  • Newest games and releases
  • Large trade fair
  • Computer LAN and Online Gaming
  • Authors and artists
  • Participation and Demonstration Games

ukgamesexpo.co.uk

Start: May 25, 2012
End: May 27, 2012
Venue: The Clarendon Suites, Stirling Road (off Hagley Road)
Address:
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Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom, B16 9SB

June 2, 2012

Shadow Con VI

Shadow Warriors are happy to announce that their weekend convention, Shadow Con will return in 2012. Shadow Con will be held over the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Bank Holiday Weekend.

Saturday 2nd June 2012 – Sunday 3rd June 2012

We are planning to run:-

Cthulhu
Beat To Quarters
Duty and Honour
Pathfinder
Warhammer (WFRP)
Hero Clix
Wings of War

There will be a variety of board games available throughout the Convention, including the Giant Settlers of Catan game.

For more information, please visit our website

shadow-warriors.co.uk/Shadow_Con6.htm

Start: June 2, 2012
End: June 3, 2012
Venue: Northfields Community Centre
Address:
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Northfields, West London, United Kingdom, W13 9SS

June 22, 2012

Q-Con XIX

Q-Con is the annual Gaming & Anime Convention hosted by QUB Dragonslayers, the Queen’s University Belfast Gaming and Anime Society.

q-con.org.uk

Start: June 22, 2012
End: June 24, 2012
Venue: Queen's Students' Union
Address:
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Queen's University, Belfast, United Kingdom

July 20, 2012

Continuum 2012

20-23 July 2012
John Foster Hall, Leicester

continuum.uk.net

Start: July 20, 2012
End: July 23, 2012
Venue: John Foster Hall
Address:
Leicester, United Kingdom

September 8, 2012

Concrete Cow 12½

Milton Keynes RPG Club are holding another of their games days on 8 September 2012.

WHO?
We’re Milton Keynes RPG Club. Find out more about us at www.mk-rpg.org.uk.

WHEN?
Saturday 8 September 2012. Doors open at 9.00am, first games start at 10.00am. We’ll finish at 11.00pm.

WHAT?
Any roleplaying or board game. You want to play it, bring it along and run it. Previously we’ve had on offer 3:16, Amber, Call of Cthulhu, Cold City, Dead of Night, Dogs in the Vineyard, GURPS, Gwenthia, HeroQuest, Hollow Earth Expedition, Hot War, Landston, Mouse Guard, Mythic Russia, Primetime Adventures, Savage Worlds, Spycraft, Tekumel, Trail of Cthulhu, Transhuman Space, True20, Vampire, and some more that I’ve forgotten. Latest updates will be posted on the Concrete Cow website.

A full list of games on offer is on the Concrete Cow games page.

WHO’LL BE THERE?
We’ll be inviting some Guests of Honour and traders. More details when we have them!

And, of course, there’s all the fantastic games you’ll bring along and run. If you let us know what you’re planning to run, we’ll put it on the Concrete Cow games page.

(Note that for child protection reasons, under-16s will need to be accompanied by an adult at Concrete Cow.)

WHERE?
The Old Bath House, Wolverton, in the north-west corner of Milton Keynes. The full address is

The Old Bath House
205 Stratford Road
Wolverton
Milton Keynes
MK12 5RL

Maps are available on MK Web, Google Maps, and Streetmap.co.uk.

Directions for drivers are on the directions page.

Regular trains to Milton Keynes run from London Euston station. The nearest station to the con is Wolverton (one stop north of Milton Keynes Central), about five minutes’ walk away.

HOW MUCH?
£5.00, payable on the door. This’ll cover the cost of hiring the hall.

For more information, visit our Yahoo group, email concrete-cow-owner@yahoogroups.com, or ask here!

Start: September 8, 2012 9:00 am
End: September 8, 2012 11:00 pm
Venue: The Old Bath House
Address:
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205 Stratford Road Wolverton, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom, MK12 5RL
Cost: £5.0

October 13, 2012

Furnace

Furnace is an annual roleplaying convention in Sheffield, around October, which is held in a converted gaol. Each year for six years 70+ people have come and enjoyed a relaxed friendly and yet game packed weekend amongst the seven hills of Sheffield.

In 2011 it was UK Role Players’ Con of the Year!

Start: October 13, 2012
End: October 14, 2012
Venue: Garrison Hotel
Address:
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635 Penistone Road, Sheffield, United Kingdom, S6 2GB

November 22, 2012

Fabulous Consequences

Conception has passed and it’s time to move onto Consequences, of the most Fabulous kind…

November 22–25, 2012, Naish Holiday Village

The website is now up and running;

ishtari.co.uk/consequences

so please register :)

If you have a game that you want to run then please bid it, we want lots of lovely games for all the lovely people to play. The first submission deadline is April the 13th.

Start: November 22, 2012
End: November 25, 2012
Venue: Naish Holiday Village
Address:
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Christchurch Road, New Milton, Hampshire, United Kingdom, BH25 7RE