Roger BW's Blog: "Airecon in 2023"

https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2023/04/Airecon_in_2023.html

#RPG #Games #BoardGames #Airecon

@vivdunstan Anecdotal: #Eastercon seems to have had a lot more infections per member than #Airecon (about 6 infections, most of whom I ended up having played with, though I didn't get it). Poor ventilation, I suspect; Airecon was in big rooms, and last time I was at the SEC (the SECC in those days) it was cavernous, so that would be a point in its favour. But at least in England basically nobody is masking now (except me, it feels like). They listen to popular media rather than, say, epidemiologists…

It’s @BGStatsApp day! 32 plays of 20 games is more than I expected. March is usually a good month but this year it didn’t seem like we got through as many games at #AireCon as we usually do, but most of them were pretty good.

I’m continuing enjoying playing through #WelcomeToTheMoon and #Everdell is a new fave.

And at the other end I need to remember that I rarely enjoy the likes of #Secrets and #CockroachPoker - bluffing is not my thing!

#BoardGames #BGStats

Reflections on #airecon 2023. Looking forward to the #ttrpg track in 2024!

https://farhavens.blogspot.com/2023/03/airecon-2023.html

We enjoyed #Orichalcum at #AireCon this morning, though I don’t think I’d ever have managed to recall the name of it I hadn’t noticed it was a Bruno Cathala design so I had something to search on. Bags of components, nice ones, rules and gameplay were pretty straightforward but reasonably strategic. Suspect it’d probably be better at 3 or 4 players though.

And we rounded off a weekend of #BoardGames with a couple of rounds of #Sagrada but I forgot to take a pic of the lovely dice windows.

We had another good day of #BoardGames at #AireCon.

#Framework - a good Uwe Rosenberg game I’d never heard of but was a nice puzzle, I got thrashed.

#AFewAcresOfSnow - a deck builder that is a few years old but still good. War games aren’t really my thing, and I got thrashed again but enjoyed the game.

#LunaCapital building a city on the moon 🌙 totally my thing - I liked trying to lay it out nicely but it seemed to end a bit prematurely. Won this one though!

#SentinelsOfTheMultiverse at #Airecon.

#RallymanDirt (my contributor copy) at #Airecon.

Karen’s checking out her Bring and Buy purchases!

#airecon #airecon2023 #boardgames https://instagr.am/p/Cppl6R5sIw7/

#Damask at #Airecon.

What do we need before Airecon today? Lots of energy, so we visited @nomadcafe31 this morning after recommendations from @dierolling

#breakfast #yummy #airecon #airecon2023 #boardgames https://instagr.am/p/CppPnEdMRBa/

A good first day of #AireCon starting with getting here safely on a snowy day!

We got to play #Everdell at last which we loved, it seemed very slow at first but quickly accelerated. The teen had all the resources coming in but I got the most points 😃 Definitely one we want to play again.

Other hits were #InTheFootstepsOfDarwin and #WaggleDance.

#BoardGames

Lots of fun as usual playing with @stuffbybez!

#airecon #airecon2023 #boardgames https://instagr.am/p/CpnF_fjN5kS/

We’ve made it to Airecon!

#airecon #airecon2023 #boardgames https://instagr.am/p/CpmxMBlsbm7/

For anyone coming to #Harrogate for #AireCon this weekend, you will be able to find me on the #AllRolledUp stand, which is L11.

We will have dice, gaming accessories, dice bags/rolls, RPGs and board games.

Plus, the event has a ton of traders, organised games, open gaming, an RPG zone, a Bring & Buy area, a Family Zone, and a bunch of street food vans.

And, looking outside now, there might be a bit of snow.

https://www.airecon.co.uk/

February wasn’t the best gaming month and I didn’t manage to fill the 3x3 grid even but it was perfectly pleasant and I have no complaints. My top two #WelcomeToTheMoon and #Clever4Ever were both new to me. Loving them both.

March should be much busier as it includes the #AireCon board game con. One of the highlights of my year. 🎉 🎲 🃏

#BGStats #BoardGames

Harrogate hosts #AireCon over the 9th - 12th March, with games for every taste, including board, card, RPG, and more.

The RPG track looks awesome, so if you can make it book yourself in for a session—they look great.

https://www.airecon.co.uk/rpgs