Lots of wonderful people have had an awesome day already at our Day Zero, pre-con day, with others attending the Hachette retailers' day in another room and having an amazing time. As I speak, the library is being finished, the Bring & Buy is being constructed, banners are being assembled, and the skywriting plane is taxiing to the runway. At 9 am tomorrow we open the doors and welcome you all for another festival of gaming, which sources are already calling 'the best board g

Day Zero at Handycon is a special time that we have been able to include as a pre-con for all attendees to settle in, catch up, and get ready for the main event on Friday. It’s a chance to enjoy some gaming before the convention officially begins and, because we noticed lots of people were turning up on Thursday lunchtime anyway, we have been able to get access to just the main room early. No Frills, No Library, No Bring & Buy, just you and the games you choose to play. We've

Join us for our founding weekend at the new venue: Staverton Park Hotel and Golf Club, 30th October to 1st November 2026, and help shape the future of Handycon. As some of you know, from Monday 17th August 2026, after the completion of Handycon August, the Delta Marriott Hotel in Milton Keynes closes its doors, and we are forced to move. This was not a snap decision. We looked at lots of hotels and had site visits to ten different ones, spending well over 24 hours on the roa

Some of you may already have heard from the Delta Hotels by Marriott Milton Keynes regarding the cancellation of hotel room bookings for later this year. Unfortunately, we can confirm that the hotel has recently been sold and will be closing on Monday 17th August, the day after HandyCon August. At this stage, there are no plans for it to reopen as a hotel. HandyCon August is going ahead as planned First and most importantly, HandyCon August is not affected. The convention wil