Expo Ahoy!

It's that time of year. UK Games Expo, the biggest tabletop gaming event in the UK is just a few weeks away (the 2nd to 4th of June at the Birmingham NEC), and I'm getting a bit excited.

As I have done for the last few years, I will be there for the whole event, working pretty much full time at the Playtest Zone, where we will be providing tables for game designers to get feedback from regular gamers who can just rock up and join a game. There will be somewhere between 15 and 20 tables on the go, with games played on them most of the time, so plenty of opportunity to come and play something. I know there are some players who always come over to join in, and a good number who just stay and move table to table. Unpublished games are definitely A Thing.

The Playtest Zone at UKGE 2022

If you're reading this and you are a designer who wants to come and test your game, at the time of writing there are a few slots available to book, and you can go here for the information you need to get registered. If you just want to check out the games and play something, come and find us - I don't yet know where we'll be, but there'll be a pretty big area marked on the map in the show program. Or just come along and say hello - it'll be great to see you.

So am I playtesting something? Well, I'm mostly there to help other folk, but I'm planning to bring my City State Co-op game along, and I have a slot booked for the last spell of Saturday, from 16:30, so please do drop by if you are free.

Are you going along to UK Games Expo this year? If so, please let me know what you are planning to get up to. Hopefully I'll get to at least say hello at some point.