UK RPG Convention Calendar

Introduction

This is a list of conventions and events, taking place in the British Isles, with at least some significant role-playing games element. I try to keep it current, but I make absolutely no guarantees about anything I mention. I reserve the right not to include events that appear to be only very marginally relevant to RPG'ing, and I have a bias in favour of 'tabletop' RPGs. While Covid lockdowns are disrupting the face-to-face convention scene, I'll also try to list some online events here, but I'm afraid that my information on those may be patchy.

RSS Feed: Neil Blumfield has kindly set up an RSS feed based on this site, the URL for which is http://feed43.com/british-rpg-convention-list.xml. I should say that I've not tried this out myself, especially since this page changed its URL.

Calendar File Form: Roger Bell West has set up a site which converts this page to standard calendar file format, and updates that file periodically. See http://firedrake.org/infobot/ics/conventions.ics for this. Or - I'm told that by using webcal://firedrake.org/infobot/ics/conventions.ics instead, you should be able to "subscribe" to this calendar. Again, I haven't looked at this since this page changed URL.

Organisers Note:

If you want your convention listed here, e-mail me with a date and URL.

Advice on Organising Conventions:

I once saved the text of a Usenet discussion on the art of UK RPG convention organisation; it's on this site as ConOrganising.txt. It's probably partly out of date these days. Anyone interested in the subject might also do very well to look at the notes on the subject published by the organisers of Concrete Cow.

Linking to this Page:

This page was created as a public service, and I'm happy for it to be used as widely as possible (so long as I don't get blamed for anything). Anyone creating or maintaining another RPG-related page is welcome to include a link to this URL.

Donations

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The Events

December 2021

18th December: TwinConRPG 2021 "The North London RPG And Board Games Convention" at St Andrew's CofE Primary School, The Green, Totteridge, N20 8NX, 09:30-20:00. "Welcome to Twincon, a role playing and board games convention. Whether you like D&D, Cthulhu, Pathfinder, Traveller, Arkham, Mansions, Descent, Tainted Grail or others, you can enjoy a day of board games and RPG-ing in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere." Full-length and mini games, boardgames, bring and buy... Tickets are available at £3 on the door or, if you want to book a place on a game, then it's still £3 for an advanced ticket. See https://TwinConRPG.com/ for more details including a list of games that will be running.

January 2022

19th-23rd January: Contingency, I'm told, but there's nothing online yet. Watch http://www.con-tingency.uk/ for more news.

February 2022

26th-27th February: Revelation, I'm told, but there's nothing online yet. Watch http://revelationgames.org.uk/ for more news.

June 2022

3rd-5th June: UK Games Expo 2022, at The NEC Birmingham. Dates have been announced for this, Britain's biggest general games convention, but maybe not much more yet. Watch https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/ for more information.

25th-26th June: North Star, at The Garrison Hotel, Sheffield. "Come and play out amazing stories amongst the stars for a full weekend of tabletop SF RPGs." Watch http://northstarcon.org.uk/ for more information.

August 2022

5th-8th August: Continuum 2022, at John Foster Hall, Manor Road, Leicester, LE2 2LG. This event is planning ahead, or so I'm told -- see http://continuumconvention.co.uk/ for more details as they become available.

December 2022

3rd December: Dragonmeet, at The Novotel Hammersmith, London. There aren't many details of this regular major one-day con yet, but "tickets and game submissions will be going live on Monday 06/06, the day after UK Games Expo finishes, and we'll be releasing bookings for games on the 01/11". Watch https://www.dragonmeet.co.uk/ for more details as they emerge.

Regular Events

The London Indie RPG Meetup Minicon ("Play small press/indie RPGs") runs one Saturday a month. For location and other details, see http://www.meetup.com/London-Indie-RPG-Meetup-Group or e-mail londonindierpg@gmail.com.

Megagames

These are giant wargame/simulation games, taking most of a day or more, often with some element of role-playing. Many are run in London, others elsewhere. For more explanation, see https://www.megagameassembly.com/; there's a calendar of upcoming megagames in the UK (and elsewhere in Europe) at https://www.megagameassembly.com/uk-europe-megagames.

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