Board Gaming Convention

Maidenhead, UK

HandyCon January

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What is HandyCon?

HandyCon is an biannual board gaming convention held every January and August in Maidenhead, UK with an emphasis on playing lots of board games, meeting fellow gamers and having a lot of board game related fun. We have various tournaments, events, demos, a games library and plenty more going on.

For the full schedule and more details about what we have planned, please see the respective pages for HandyCon January and HandyCon August.

Where is HandyCon?

Holiday Inn Maidenhead, Manor Lane, Berkshire, Maidenhead, SL6 2RA

For more details on travel, parking and food and drink, see the respective pages for HandyCon January and HandyCon August.

What's On

Open Gaming

What HandyCon is all about! Bring along your shiny new hotness or dig out your old favourites and prepare to game the weekend away with your fellow board gamers. Play party games, heavy strategy games, 18xx or anything in between. You can schedule and find games before and during the event using our (entirely optional) Game Finder system:
Game Finder

Tournaments

Each HandyCon we run a few tournaments for a variety of different games. Some may require prior knowledge of the rules, whilst others are relatively simple to pick up and play.


If you are interested in running a tournament at HandyCon, please get in touch with us for details.

Demos

There are demos of various games running throughout the weekend. You can find more details on who is demoing at HandyCon and how to sign up by visiting the pages for HandyCon January and HandyCon August.

Playtesting

Play yet to be released games and give your feedback to designers! For more information about the games available for playtesting, or if you are a designer and have a game you would like to playtest at HandyCon, please see the relevant pages for HandyCon January and HandyCon August.

Games Library

In addition to bringing along your own games we also provide a selection of games in ever growing our library.


The games library is open to all HandyCon attendees free of charge for the duration of the convention.

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Events

Convention games (such as Two Rooms and a Boom), raffles, mini-games challenges and more! Please see the pages for HandyCon January and HandyCon August for a full list of events. If you are interested in running an event at HandCon, get in touch with us for more details.

Bring & Buy

Fallen out of love with an old favourite? Never taken that Kickstarter out of shrink? Bring along your unwanted games to the Bring and Buy! Get paid real cash monies and free up some shelf space for all the bargains to be had.


See the respective pages for HandyCon January and HandyCon August for more info on how the Bring & Buy operates.

Supporting Charity

Each year we choose a charity to support with donations from attendees, events and the bring and buy. See the relevant pages for HandyCon January and HandyCon August for more information about the charities we will be supporting.

Latest News

HandyCon 6 – Thanks & Feedback

Huge thanks to all HandyCon 6 attendees, exhibitors, playtesters, volunteers and crew for another wonderful HandyCon! Now is your time to give us your feedback so we can continue to make HandyCon

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12th August 2019

HandyCon 6 – Awards!

Every year we run the HandyCon awards to recognise people and games we love. If you’d like to enter and possibly win some prizes please get an entry form from

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10th August 2019

Saturday Sold Out

Saturday is now sold out. We are no longer selling single, two or three day tickets that include Saturday. These tickets are not available online or on the door. Please

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9th August 2019
Parking

HandyCon 6 – Parking Info

Car Parking: The hotel as roughly 200 car parking spaces, available on a first come, first served basis. There is an automated parking management system in the hotel car park

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6th August 2019

HandyCon 6 – Food & Drink

Food: The hotel menus for HandyCon 6 are now available to view online: – HandyCon 5 Standard Menu – HandyCon 5 Gluten Free Menu – HandyCon 5 Vegan Menu There

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5th August 2019