[April Update] UK RPG Conventions Listings

This is the April update for the UK RPG conventions for 2019 and far beyond. 

There are several date clashes especially on Saturday 6th April 2019. 

Each has a website (though a few have Facebook pages) for information and details. 

If you know of any that have been missed please mention them in the comments below. 

Conpulsion 2019, Teviot Row House, Edinburgh, Scotland. 

Friday 5th - Sunday 7th April 2019

http://conpulsion.org/

https://www.facebook.com/conpulsion/

TringCon 2019, Marsworth Millennium Hall, 1 Vicarage Road, Marsworth, Herts, HP23 4LR.

Saturday 6th April 2019, 9:00am - 9:00pm

http://tringcon.org

UNCON 5.0, Heart Centre, St Georges School, Westwood Road, Broadstairs, Kent. CT10 2LH

Saturday 6th - Sunday 7th April 2019

https://m.facebook.com/Uncon-Tabletop-Convention-133304054023566/

Seven Hills 2019, Garrison Hotel, 635 Penistone Road, Sheffield, S6 2GB
Saturday 6th - Sunday 7th April 2019

http://7hills.org.uk/

National Student Gaming & Roleplaying Championships 2019, Glasgow University Gaming Society, Glasgow University, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ

Friday 12th - Sunday 14th April 2019

https://nsgrc.co.uk/

D6 Con 2019, The Rugby Hotel, 22-23 Sheep Street, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV21 3BX

Saturday 13th April 2019, 09:00am - 11:00pm

https://m.facebook.com/events/2196514887337456

DevaCon III, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Trinity St, Chester CH1 2BD

Saturday 27th April 2019, 10.00am - 11.00pm

https://devaconblog.wordpress.com

ConTRAPtion 2019, Chatsworth Hotel, The Steyne, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 3DU

Friday 3rd - Sunday 5th May 2019

https://warhorn.net/events/contraption-2019

North Star 2019, Garrison Hotel, 635 Penistone Road, Sheffield, S6 2GB
Saturday 11th - Sunday 12th May 2019 

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

30th Beer & Pretzels, Burton Town Hall, King Edward Place, Burton upon Trent, DE14 2EB

Saturday 18th - Sunday 19th May 2019

https://www.spiritgames.co.uk

UK Games Expo 2019, NEC, North Ave, Marston Green, Birmingham B40 1NT & Hilton, Pendigo Way, Marston Green, Birmingham B40 1PP

Friday 31st May - Sunday 2nd June 2019

http://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk

Summer StabCon 2019, Britannia Hotel Stockport, Dialstone Ln, Stockport, SK2 6AG

Friday 5th - Sunday 7th July 2019

https://m.facebook.com/groups/21195645768

LongCon 2019, Garrison Hotel, 635 Penistone Road, Sheffield, S6 2GB
Saturday 6th - Sunday 7th July 2019

https://www.thedodd.com/longcon-home

PaizoCon UK 2019

, Bournville College, 1 Longbridge Lane, Birmingham B31 2TW 

Friday 2nd - Sunday 4th August 2019

http://www.paizocon.co.uk

Grand Tribunal 2019, Gas Green Community Centre, Baker Street, Cheltenham GL51 9HQ

Friday 16th - Sunday 18th August 2019

http://www.grandtribunal.org/wiki/Main_Page

ShadowCon XIII, Northfields Community Centre, 71A Northcroft Road, West Wali g, London, W13 9SS

Saturday 24th - Sunday 25th August 2019

http://www.shadowwarriors.co.uk

Tabletop Scotland 2019, Dewars Centre, Glover Street, Perth, Scotland PH2 0TH

Saturday 24th - Sunday 25th August 2019

http://tabletopscotland.co.uk/

GamesCon 2019, Emsworth Community Centre, PO10 7DD

Saturday 31st August 2019, 09:00am - 10:00pm

https://gamescon.co.uk/visitor-info/

Concrete Cow 19 1/2, The Old Bath House, 205 Stratford Road, Wolverton, Milton Keynes MK12 5RL

Saturday 14th September 2019, 9:00am - 11:00pm

https://www.mk-rpg.org.uk/Concrete_Cow

The Owlbear and the Wizard’s Staff II: Warwickshire RPG Mini-Con 2019, The Band Factory, Unit 13, Althorpe Street, Leamington Spa, CV31 2AU

Saturday 21st September 2019, 9:00am - 10:00pm

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-owlbear-and-the-wizards-staff-ii-warwickshire-rpg-mini-con-tickets-55534516233

Wyntercon VI, Eastbourne Sports Park, Ecat House, Cross Levels WY, Eastbourne, BN21 2UF

Saturday 28th - Sunday 29th September 2019

https://www.wyntercon.org

DragonDaze 2019, Newport Centre, 1 Kingsway, Newport NP20 1UH

Saturday 5th October 2018, 10:00am - 5:00pm

http://www.dragondaze.com

Furnace 2019, Garrison Hotel, 635 Penistone Road, Sheffield, S6 2GB

Saturday 12th - Sunday 13th October 2019

http://furnace.org.uk

JenCon Seven, Garrison Hotel, 635 Penistone Road, Sheffield, S6 2GB

Saturday 26th - Sunday 27th October 2019

http://www.paizocon.co.uk/index.php/10-newsflash/143-jencon-phwoar

Dragonmeet 2019, Novotel London West, Hammersmith, London, UK

​Saturday 30th November 2019, 9.00am - Midnight

https://www.dragonmeet.co.uk

ConTingency 2020, Searles Leisure Resort, South Beach, Hunstanton, Norfolk. PE36 5BB
Wednesday 22nd - Monday 27th January 2020.

http://www.con-tingency.uk/

Dudley Bug Ball 2020, Station Hotel, Castle Hill, Dudley, DY1 4RA

Saturday 22nd - Sunday 23rd February 2020

https://b-m.facebook.com/Dudley-Bug-Ball-Games-Convention-328010347608331/

Revelation 2020, Garrison Hotel, 635 Penistone Road, Sheffield, S6 2GB
Saturday 22nd - Sunday 23rd February 2020

http://revelationgames.org.uk/

AireCon 2020, Harrogate International Centre, King's Rd, Harrogate HG1 5LA

Friday 13th - Sunday 15th March 2020

https://airecon.uk

Continuum 2020, John Foster Hall, Manor Road, Leicester, LE2 2LG
Friday 7th - Monday 10th August 2020

http://continuumconvention.co.uk/

Continuum 2021, John Foster Hall, Manor Road, Leicester, LE2 2LG
Friday 6th - Monday 9th August 2021

http://continuumconvention.co.uk/

Continuum 2022, John Foster Hall, Manor Road, Leicester, LE2 2LG
Friday 5th - Monday 8th August 2022

http://continuumconvention.co.uk/

My Things from the Flood game at Seven Hills

My Saturday night game at Seven Hills Convention in Sheffield.

Computer Cassettes and Crash-Test Marionettes
Things from the Flood RPG
Saturday evening slot.
For up to seven players. Newbies welcome!
If the 1980’s was the decade of technological wonders and renewed optimism then the 1990’s was full of crass commercialism and cynical skepticism. Delivering the World Wide Web, Microsoft Windows, Sony PlayStations, Grunge music, and Cool Britannia, the Teens have more pressure and responsibilities. The only way to blow off steam is at a rave or just to get away from everyone and visit the Isolation Zones in the flooded Land of the Loop. Amongst the rusting hulks and abandoned buildings are old wonders to be discovered and away from prying eyes the Teens feel free. So what if it is dangerous?
Tags: Player-led, Sci-Fi (Alt-History), Nostalgia Play, No Pre-gens, Rules-lite, Newbie Friendly, Macabre, Musical Accompaniment.




#TalesfromtheLoop
#ThingsfromtheFlood
#SevenHills

My Tales from the Loop game at Seven Hills

My Tales from the Loop game in an running at Seven Hills convention in Sheffield.


Heatwaves and Rain-Guns
Tales from the Loop RPG
Saturday morning slot.
For up to seven players. Newbies welcome!
The long summer days never seem to end and weather is hot and sunny. The adults are always moaning it is too hot and sweaty; they have stopped us using the hose pipes when we play in the garden. So we’re on our bikes and off the lakeside to swim. But who is that guy on the grav-hover motorcycle and why does he keep following us around?
Tags: Player-led, Sci-Fi (Alt-History), Nostalgia Play, No Pre-gens, Rules-lite, Newbie Friendly, Musical Accompaniment.



#TalesfromtheLoop
#SevenHills

Dice Cup Nottingham Tales... Game 3

I managed to run the second part of my Tales from the Loop scenario Atomic Butterflies and Feral Buddleia’  at Nottingham’s The Dice Cup board game cafe. We had to have a long break due to me, well, breaking my leg.

NOTE: Spoilers for the Scenario continue.

I have only one of the players from before as the others couldn’t make it at the last minute but I had four new players join. Three of those players hadn’t played roleplaying games before so I had some pressure there then. Two of the new players were arriving late too so that halted to game to some extent.

We had some great player characters created though.
We had a Troublemaker called Ricky Wilde, carries his Zippo lighter with pride and has a side deal selling cigarettes to the children at school. He was anxious due to the school kids finding out his mum was a Erotic Dancer!
Our Hick was Jeremy Reynolds, who carries his multitool and drives his tractor. He was the eldest of seven siblings and he had to do a lot of work on the farm.
Matilda is our Bookworm with her magnifying glass.
We were joined by a Popular Kid, Louise with her ever-present can of hairspray.
Last but not least was the return of Victor, the Weirdo with his pad of paper and pencils.

I had to run the scenario from a different starting point as the players last time hadn’t gone to all of the locations nor had they concluded any of the plot threads.
I started with the original character, Victor, having phoned all the Kids to join him in the Mystery. We had scenes from their home life to begin, learning about the Kids situations as they were called to assemble at the Hideout.

I started with the Kids encountering the dodgy Lepidopterist in the street, on their way to their Hideout. He offered them money for them to catch the ‘blue and green’ butterflies if they encountered them. At once the players picked up that he was no good and decided to give themselves fake names from the offset. Also Ricky decided to sneak up on him and steal his wallet from his back pocket. The player rolled on Ricky’s SNEAK and got three successes by rolling three 6’s on a roll of 8 dice. Ricky discovered not only wads of British Stirling in the wallet but other currencies too, especially the Russian Ruble. He also had a CCCP membership card, could he be a Russian spy?!
Ricky dropped the wallet at the Lepidopterist’s feet and took his ‘job offer’.

They also noticed poor Tracy Edwards was putting up ‘Missing’ posters on the lampposts. Her Golden Labrador, lady, has gone missing for a couple of days and she was clearly upset. The Kids tried to console her and offered to keep a look out and took a handful of posters too.

They headed back to their Hideout to get briefed by Victor on the Mystery and to see the captured Atomic Butterfly. Jeremy checked over the mechanical butterfly with his TICKER skill using his Multitool to assist him. He rolled two successes and was able to open up the butterfly and discover not only about how the butterfly works but also the fact that it is powered by an Atomic Battery. The Atomic Battery is very unstable a would explode if hit by metal or by electrical power.  The explosion would be small but very intense, vaporising anything within a half metre diameter.
He also learnt that the Atomic Butterflies were laying the seeds of the Feral Buddleia that Victor informed them about.

After that the Kids decided to investigate and search the Lepidopterist’s Hut and what followed for the rest of the Mystery was multiple counts of arson, breaking and entering, theft of firearms, damage to property, and revelation of Government Top Secrets.

This was the only group that actually took apart the Atomic Butterflies to render them useless.

A great game and the new players, both experienced and new, enjoyed themselves and were very involved in the game. The mad fools are also happy to play again soon so expect another few games and reports to follow!

The worst bit is I forgot again to take a photo to the group, next time I will take more photos.

Thanks again go to the staff at The Dice Cup Who we’re very friendly and helpful.

#TalesfromtheLoop
#TheDiceCup

Dates for Next Year’s AireCon

Next year’s AireCon has been announced.

AireCon 2020
Friday 13th - Sunday 15th March 2020.

[March Update] UK RPG Conventions

This is the March update for the UK RPG conventions for 2019 and far beyond.

There are several date clashes especially on Saturday 6th April 2019.

Each has a website (though a few have Facebook pages) for information and details.

If you know of any that have been missed please mention them in the comments below.



Convergence UK 2019, Element Games, Hallam Business Centre, Hallam Street, Stockport SK2 6PT
Friday 1st - Sunday 3rd March 2019
http://www.convergenceuk.co.uk

AireCon 2019, Harrogate International Centre, King's Rd, Harrogate HG1 5LA
Friday 8th - Sunday 10th March 2019
https://airecon.uk

Conclave 2019, Skylark Hotel, Aviation Way, Southend-on-Sea Essex SS2 6UN
Saturday 16th - Sunday 17th March 2019
https://m.facebook.com/groups/295413090899485/

Concrete Cow 19, The Old Bath House, 205 Stratford Road, Wolverton, Milton Keynes MK12 5RL
Saturday 16th March 2019, 9:00am - 11:00pm
https://www.mk-rpg.org.uk/Concrete_Cow

Glorantha Games 2019, Geek Retreat, 38 The Priory Queensway, Birmingham. B4 7LA
Saturday 30th March 2019
https://www.facebook.com/groups/113179238364649g3/

Conpulsion 2019, Teviot Row House, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Friday 5th - Sunday 7th April 2019
http://conpulsion.org/
https://www.facebook.com/conpulsion/

TringCon 2019, Marsworth Millennium Hall, 1 Vicarage Road, Marsworth, Herts, HP23 4LR.
Saturday 6th April 2019, 9:00am - 9:00pm
http://tringcon.org

UNCON 5.0, Heart Centre, St Georges School, Westwood Road, Broadstairs, Kent. CT10 2LH
Saturday 6th - Sunday 7th April 2019
https://m.facebook.com/Uncon-Tabletop-Convention-133304054023566/

Seven Hills 2019, Garrison Hotel, 635 Penistone Road, Sheffield, S6 2GB
Saturday 6th - Sunday 7th April 2019
http://7hills.org.uk/

National Student Gaming & Roleplaying Championships 2019, Glasgow University Gaming Society, Glasgow University, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ
Friday 12th - Sunday 14th April 2019
https://nsgrc.co.uk/

D6 Con 2019, The Rugby Hotel, 22-23 Sheep Street, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV21 3BX
Saturday 13th April 2019, 09:00am - 11:00pm
https://m.facebook.com/events/2196514887337456

DevaCon III, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Trinity St, Chester CH1 2BD
Saturday 27th April 2019, 10.00am - 11.00pm
https://devaconblog.wordpress.com

ConTRAPtion 2019, Chatsworth Hotel, The Steyne, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 3DU
Friday 3rd - Sunday 5th May 2019
https://warhorn.net/events/contraption-2019

North Star 2019, Garrison Hotel, 635 Penistone Road, Sheffield, S6 2GB
Saturday 11th - Sunday 12th May 2019
http://www.northstarcon.org.uk/

30th Beer & Pretzels, Burton Town Hall, King Edward Place, Burton upon Trent, DE14 2EB
Saturday 18th - Sunday 19th May 2019
https://www.spiritgames.co.uk

UK Games Expo 2019, NEC, North Ave, Marston Green, Birmingham B40 1NT & Hilton, Pendigo Way, Marston Green, Birmingham B40 1PP
Friday 31st May - Sunday 2nd June 2019
http://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk

Summer StabCon 2019, Britannia Hotel Stockport, Dialstone Ln, Stockport, SK2 6AG
Friday 5th - Sunday 7th July 2019
https://m.facebook.com/groups/21195645768

PaizoCon UK 2019, Bournville College, 1 Longbridge Lane, Birmingham B31 2TW
Friday 2nd - Sunday 4th August 2019
http://www.paizocon.co.uk

Grand Tribunal 2019, Gas Green Community Centre, Baker Street, Cheltenham GL51 9HQ
Friday 16th - Sunday 18th August 2019
http://www.grandtribunal.org/wiki/Main_Page

ShadowCon XIII, Northfields Community Centre, 71A Northcroft Road, West Wali g, London, W13 9SS
Saturday 24th - Sunday 25th August 2019
http://www.shadowwarriors.co.uk

Tabletop Scotland 2019, Dewars Centre, Glover Street, Perth, Scotland PH2 0TH
Saturday 24th - Sunday 25th August 2019
http://tabletopscotland.co.uk/

GamesCon 2019, Emsworth Community Centre, PO10 7DD
Saturday 31st August 2019, 09:00am - 10:00pm
https://gamescon.co.uk/visitor-info/

The Owlbear and the Wizard’s Staff II: Warwickshire RPG Mini-Con 2019, The Band Factory, Unit 13, Althorpe Street, Leamington Spa, CV31 2AU
Saturday 21st September 2019, 9:00am - 10:00pm
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-owlbear-and-the-wizards-staff-ii-warwickshire-rpg-mini-con-tickets-55534516233

DragonDaze 2019, Newport Centre, 1 Kingsway, Newport NP20 1UH
Saturday 5th October 2018, 10:00am - 5:00pm
http://www.dragondaze.com

Furnace 2019, Garrison Hotel, 635 Penistone Road, Sheffield, S6 2GB
Saturday 12th - Sunday 13th October 2019
http://furnace.org.uk

JenCon Seven, Garrison Hotel, 635 Penistone Road, Sheffield, S6 2GB
Saturday 26th - Sunday 27th October 2019
http://www.paizocon.co.uk/index.php/10-newsflash/143-jencon-phwoar

Dragonmeet 2019, Novotel London West, Hammersmith, London, UK
​Saturday 30th November 2019, 9.00am - Midnight
https://www.dragonmeet.co.uk

ConTingency 2020, Searles Leisure Resort, South Beach, Hunstanton, Norfolk. PE36 5BB
Wednesday 22nd - Monday 27th January 2020.
http://www.con-tingency.uk/

Dudley Bug Ball 2020, Station Hotel, Castle Hill, Dudley, DY1 4RA
Saturday 22nd - Sunday 23rd February 2020
https://b-m.facebook.com/Dudley-Bug-Ball-Games-Convention-328010347608331/

Revelation 2020, Garrison Hotel, 635 Penistone Road, Sheffield, S6 2GB
Saturday 22nd - Sunday 23rd February 2020
http://revelationgames.org.uk/

Continuum 2020, John Foster Hall, Manor Road, Leicester, LE2 2LG
Friday 7th - Monday 10th August 2020
http://continuumconvention.co.uk/

Continuum 2021, John Foster Hall, Manor Road, Leicester, LE2 2LG
Friday 6th - Monday 9th August 2021
http://continuumconvention.co.uk/

Continuum 2022, John Foster Hall, Manor Road, Leicester, LE2 2LG
Friday 5th - Monday 8th August 2022
http://continuumconvention.co.uk/