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If you still think board games are for kids or boring nights with Monopoly and Risk… well, welcome to the modern age: the world of tabletop gaming is alive, massive, and packed with more conventions than Dante had circles of hell. If you love the smell of fresh cardboard, buying games in languages you don’t speak, and spending hours pretending to be an accountant elf or a medieval farmer—this is your scene.
The holy land of board gaming. Four days where enormous German warehouses turn into a giant playground of cardboard and dreams. You can try, buy, worship, and drool over pretty much every game in existence—except the one you really wanted, which sold out three minutes after the doors opened. You’ll find fresh releases, suitcase-toting nerds, and obscure titles you’ll forget by the time you leave the building. Essen is the con for die-hard gamers who know the difference between Euro and Ameritrash without blinking.
The Woodstock of Italian tabletop gaming. At Play, you sweat, play, and spend hours explaining rules to people who aren’t listening—or pretending to listen to people who think they’re explaining. A paradise for those who love testing games without buying them… and for those who buy games they’ll never test. Toss in cosplay, tournaments, epic lines, and mortadella sandwiches as fuel for dungeon-crawling marathons, and you’ve got the full experience.
Where games meet the red carpet. In Cannes—yes, that Cannes—you’ll find fancy glasses, serious jurors, and the As d’Or: France’s highest honor for board games. It’s like the Oscars, but with more dice and fewer wardrobe malfunctions. If you win, you sell. If you lose, you tell everyone your game was “too avant-garde.” Classic.
UK Games Expo – Birmingham (UK)
Where tea meets dice rolls. The UKGE is the UK’s biggest gaming event—a perfect blend of British composure and dungeon master excitement. You’ll find every type of game imaginable, served with that posh British flair, even if you’re playing “Zombies vs Orcs on Mars.” Bonus: the pubs near the venue serve real beer, not just mana potions.
Lucca Comics & Games – Lucca (Italy)
This is more than a convention—it’s a medieval city turned fantasy kingdom. In Lucca, you stroll among knights, wizards, Pikachu, and stormtroopers while testing new games inside ancient city walls. The Games pavilion is a universe of its own, where you play, you spend, you faint from the heat, and you scream “I’ll just get one!” while blatantly lying. If you make it home without an overloaded backpack and an empty wallet, you’re probably a robot.
The final boss of all conventions. Gen Con calls itself “The Best Four Days in Gaming”—and it’s not a slogan, it’s a threat. Thousands of events, non-stop gaming, oceans of people, and fans waking up at 6 a.m. just to get into a tournament for a game they’ve never even played. It’s like the Rio Carnival of board games—but with more dragons and less samba.
In short: there’s something for every taste, every time zone, every wallet. Because when passion calls, the event answers—loud and proud. So, the real question is: which one are you going to?
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