The Owlbear and the Wizard’s Staff 2024, St. Patrick’s Irish Club, Riverside Walk, Adelaide Road, Leamington Spa, CV32 5A.

Friday 13th -Sunday 15th September 2024.

https://warhorn.net/events/the-owlbear-and-wizard-s-staff-2024

So I had pledged to run my Alien RPG Star Trek crossover scenario at RPG convention The Owlbear and the Wizard’s Staff in ( Read more... )

A Gamers Gaming Getaway 2022 Con Report

A Gamers Gaming Getaway (AGGG) 2022, Blackwells Adventure Centre, Near Bromsgrove, B60 1PY

Thursday 17th - Sunday 20th November 2022

https://gamersgaminggetaway.nicepage.io/

So it was with some trepidation that I set off for Bromsgrove early Saturday morning by train.

I had submitted a couple of tabletop RPGs to ( Read more... )

Mug & Game Games Day 2022 Con Report

Mug & Game Games Day 2022, St John's Community Centre, Buxton Old Road, Congleton CW12 2ES

Saturday 24th September 2022, 10:00 - 18:00.

https://facebook.com/events/s/mug-game-games-day-2022/802463940924061/

So my day started with an early trip to the railway station. I was catching the direct 07:46 train to Crewe ( Read more... )

North Star V, Garrison Hotel, 635 Penistone Road, Sheffield, S6 2GB

Saturday 25th - Sunday 26th June 2022

http://www.northstarcon.org.uk/

So getting to North Star V in Sheffield has proven very difficult, even before setting off for the event on the day.

A national railway strike has certainly thrown a spanner in the works as there are fewer trains ( Read more... )

UK Games Expo 2022 Con Report Part 2

I was up early Saturday morning to give my dogs a quick walk before heading back to Birmingham and the Hilton Hotel. I wore my Skynet logo t-shirt this time, a subtle clue about the first Alien RPG scenario I was running.

Trains were running well so I got to the hotel in plenty of time to make breakfast. The ( Read more... )

UK Games Expo 2022 Con Report

UK Games Expo 2022, NEC, North Ave, Marston Green, Birmingham B40 1NT & Hilton, Pendigo Way, Marston Green, Birmingham B40 1PP

Friday 3rd - Sunday 5th June 2022

http://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk

TL:DR I put 37 players through six games of either Alien or Tales from the Loop at the biggest convention in the UK and had a great ( Read more... )

AireCon 2022, Harrogate International Centre, King's Rd, Harrogate HG1 5LA

Friday 11th - Sunday 13th March 2022

https://airecon.uk

Again this a convention that I haven’t attended before but I had heard good things. It seems a theme of my RPG Convention Calendar this year. AireCon is mainly a board game convention it does offer a few RPGs. It is sort ( Read more... )

Dudley Bug Ball 2022, Dudley Town Hall St. James's Road, Dudley DY1 1HP

Saturday 26th - Sunday 27th February 2022

https://b-m.facebook.com/events/4551765188168869

I have never been to this convention, I never been to Dudley before, but I had heard good things so I decided to run a few games there.

I was a little worried as there wasn’t a great deal of ( Read more... )

Furnace XVI, Garrison Hotel, 635 Penistone Road, Sheffield, S6 2GB

Saturday 9th - Sunday 10th October 2021

http://furnace.org.uk

TLDR: I ran three different Fria Ligan games for a total of 13 players at Furnace XVI in Sheffield. A combination of fantastic games, mood lighting, great players, a ( Read more... )

UK Games Expo 2021, NEC, North Ave, Marston Green, Birmingham B40 1NT

Friday 30th July - Sunday 1st August 2021

http://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk

TLDR: I ran four Fria Ligan games for a total of 27 players at UK Games Expo 2021. It went very well.

So I was in two minds about heading out to a proper face-to-face convention to run my games. I have been ( Read more... )