If you are in the South East and after a full weekend of gaming, pencil in 14 to 16 August 2026. The Canterbury Gaming Convention returns to the University of Kent for three days of board games, card games and roleplaying, run by the Dice & Destiny crew.
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See how it worksThe convention spreads across two venues at the university, opening on Friday evening with a quiz night and a Magic: The Gathering chaos draft before the main hall runs all day Saturday and into Sunday. Expect an extensive board game library and demos, traders, tournaments, a bring-and-buy for offloading unplayed shelf-fillers, playtest tables, a giant games zone, a Lego zone and a miniature painting area. There is even discounted on-site accommodation for anyone travelling in, and tickets are handled through TicketSource.
Conventions like this are one of the easiest ways to meet local players and stumble into your next regular group. A weekend library of hundreds of games is a lot more fun with a table already sorted, so if you are heading to Canterbury, organise a meetup at the show and let your people find each other in the hall.
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