UK Games Expo

Hall 1 at the NEC Birmingham during UK Games Expo 2023

UK Games Expo
Genre
FrequencyAnnually
Venue
Coordinates52°27′12″N 1°43′10″W / 52.45333°N 1.71944°W / 52.45333; -1.71944
Founded2007
Founder
  • Richard Denning
  • Tony Hyams[1]
Next event30 May - 1 June 2025
Attendance65,000
Organised byUK Games Expo Ltd
WebsiteUK Games Expo

UK Games Expo (UKGE) is tabletop-game convention and trade fair held annually at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) and the Hilton Birmingham Metropole.

UK Games Expo (UKGE) is the largest Hobby Games Convention in the UK [2] First held in 2007 the event is now held annually at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham and currently hosts over 39,000 guests.

UKGE features a range of exhibitors, events, open games, demos and tournaments including the UK Carcassonne Championship, and the UK Agricola Championship.[3]

All forms of tabletop games are represented at the event including board games, roleplaying games, card games and war games. Organisers each year also hold the UKGE Awards which are voted on by attendees of the event.

  1. ^ Young, Graham (3 June 2016). "Tenth anniversary UK Games Expo opens at NEC". BirminghamLive. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference TTG numbers was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "National Catan, Carcassonne, Pandemic, Splendor and 7 Wonders Duel tournaments to be held at UK Games Expo". Tabletop Gaming. Warners Group Publications Plc. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2021.