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Each year, the convention pulls approximately 2,000 people from around the world to compete to be named champion of their favorite games. The 100 best-attended games from the previous convention (the “Century”) are scheduled, with additional games added by vote of BPA members and through sponsorships.
This is a list of noteworthy gaming conventions [nb 1] from around the world. This list is sectioned by location, and each gaming convention includes the dates during which it is typically held. Dates listed are approximate or traditional time periods for each convention.
The convention offers over 100+ board game tournaments, many demos and play tests; plus, 24-hour gaming, live auction of games and related paraphernalia, an auction store, and a vendor's room. Specific characteristics include: 24 hour open gaming area, with library of 500 games, no added cost for all attendees.
The convention began in 2009, as a follow up to the Gathering of Strangers [27] board game days that were held at the University of Utah.The first few years were held also at the U of U campus Officer's Club, [28] but as attendance grew, they moved to the Royal Garden Inn, [29] then to the Sheraton, [30] and finally to the Davis Conference Center, where it has been held since 2014.
BoardGameGeek was founded in January 2000 by Scott Alden and Derk Solko, [6] and marked its 20th anniversary on 20 January 2020. [7]Since 2005, BoardGameGeek hosts an annual board game convention, BGG.CON, that has a focus on playing games, and where winners of the Golden Geek Awards are announced.
The largest gaming convention, Spiel, is a trade fair held in Essen, Germany that focuses on German-style board games and RPGs. A similarly large event is Festival Ludique International de Parthenay (FLIP), a games festival held over twelve days in France. The annual Gamescom in Cologne is the world's leading expo for video games. [1] While ...
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Game On Expo is a multimedia gaming convention that began in August 2015, and is the largest gaming and anime convention in Arizona. It covers all types of gaming from video games and arcades to board games and tabletop games.