I recently had the honour to be tasked with donating most of the 2023 Spiel des Jahres, Kinderspiel des Jahres and Kennerspiel des Jahres nominations and longlist titles to good causes on behalf of Spiel des Jahres.
I visited the show last year as a member of the press.
Playing games is often a very social activity, even though I don't want to neglect the many solo gamers that play an important part in our hobby.
Yes, it's time for my annual list of the best games of the year.
Another year has gone by and a lot has happened, both, in the world at large as well as in the board game hobby.
The UK Games Expo is the largest hobby games convention in the United Kingdom.
The last UK Games Expo I attended was 2019.
My last board game convention was Airecon 2020 and it was the last event of its kind in the UK - and as it turned out, there wasn't going to be another in-person UK board game convention until 2021.
So, the convention season for 2020 has drawn to a close, and it’s obviously been a very different set of experiences compared to The Before Times.
It feels like a long time ago now, but thinking back to AireCon, which took place last month, still puts a smile on my face.
