Calendar File Form: Roger Bell_West has set up a site which converts this page to standard calendar file format, and updates that file periodically. See http://firedrake.org/infobot/ics/conventions.ics for this. Or - I'm told that by using webcal://firedrake.org/infobot/ics/conventions.ics instead, you should be able to "subscribe" to this calendar. Note that I haven't looked at this since this page changed URL.
If you want your convention listed here, e-mail me with a date, URL, and any information that you want mentioned here, up to a couple of short paragraphs' worth.
31st January-2nd February: Warpcon 35, at University College Cork, Ireland. "University College Cork's annual gaming convention" - a long-established and well-regarded Irish event, including plenty of RPGs, I believe. Unfortunately, their Web page is on (bleeurgh) Facebook; see https://www.facebook.com/WARPCON/.
22nd-23rd February: Revelation, at The Garrison Hotel, Sheffield."Revelation is a Powered by the Apocalypse and Forged in the Dark tabletop roleplaying game convention... The convention welcomes Powered by the Apocalypse and Forged in the Dark games along with close cousins such as Ironsworn, Candela Obscura or story games." Just a Facebook (yukkh) page for this one: https://www.facebook.com/groups/revelationgaming - a bit thin on details at the time of writing, but I'm sure more will be added in due course.
13th-16th March: Airecon, at Harrogate Convention Centre. Described as a general "analog gaming festival", but definitely including RPGs, along with a bring and buy, exhibitors, and so on. Ticket prices depend on attendee age and number of days attending. See https://www.airecon.co.uk/home for full details.
5th-6th April: Seven Hills: Generations, at The Garrison Hotel, Sheffield. "Seven Hills is an annual tabletop roleplaying games convention. Born in Sheffield UK in 2014 as one of the annual Garrison Conventions, it offers games inspired by a different theme each year. The theme for 2025 is Generations." Membership appears to be £30. See https://7hills.org.uk/ for full details.
12th April: SALUTE 52, at the London ExCel. Purely a wargames event, but a very big one with a lot of traders, so I'll give it a mention. See https://southlondonwarlords.co.uk/next-salute.
10th-11th May: North Star, at The Garrison Hotel, Sheffield. "Come and play out amazing stories amongst the stars for a full weekend of tabletop Science Fiction RPGs. Avoid Imperial entanglements, set phasers to stun, survive the dark between the stars, or join the crew of the Free Trader Beowulf; whatever path you choose, enjoy some time away in other worlds and new realities for a full weekend." Membership is £15/day. See https://northstarcon.org.uk/ for full details.
30th May-1st June: UK Games Expo 2025, at (I assume) The NEC (Halls 1,2, & 3) and the Hilton Metropole Hotel, Birmingham. Britain's biggest general games convention, with lots of RPG sessions (generally run in the Hilton) among other features. Prices depends on ages, number of days, etc., and aside from the Hilton, there are several convenient hotels for accommodation (though those fill up quite fast). Just an initial announcement so far, but watch the Web site at https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/ for further developments.
28th-29th June: Longcon, at The Garrison Hotel, Sheffield. "An RPG convention for all weekend games. ... Welcome to Longcon, a tabletop roleplaying games convention for long form games that will last all weekend. Fancy a change from high pace 3 hour slots where you finish and want more? Longcon is for you. The organisation of the convention will be a little different, as the all weekend format needs to support people making good choices and organising groups that will play well over the full weekend." Membership rates don't seem to have been set at the time of writing. Watch https://longcon.ttrpg.uk/ for more information as it emerges.
25th-28th July: Continuum 2025, at Cranfield Management Development Centre. Not many details have been announced for this year's version of this established convention as yet, and no memberships are being sold, but we have the dates and location, and the organisers say "we are pleased to confirm that accommodation prices and the cost of attending the Convention will stay the same as 2024.". Watch https://continuumconvention.co.uk/ for more information as it emerges.
15th-17th August: Grand Tribunal, in Cheltenham (I believe that they use a couple of sites around the town.) "Grand Tribunal is the European convention for Atlas Games' Ars Magica role-playing game. ... Grand Tribunal is a roleplaying, freeform and boardgame convention dedicated to the games and settings of Atlas Games. The convention is of especial interest to fans of Ars Magica, and also Unknown Armies, Over the Edge, Rune and other Atlas Games rpgs. We also have some freeform larp games, but a large Ars Magica themed game suitable for everyone, and some smaller freeforms (in fact the first 'Nordic style' larp run in the UK took place at Grand Tribunal in 2007). ... Grand Tribunal is a small, intimate and friendly event, and while it attracts a number of Ars Magica and RPG authors, it is very accessible to even casual gamers." Tickets are £20 waged, £10 unwaged, with some group and other discounts available. See http://www.grandtribunal.org/wiki/Main_Page for more information.
23rd-24th August: ShadowCon XIX 2025, at Northfields Community Centre, Northfields, London, W13 9SS. An event with some history ("Celebrating over 30 years of gaming"), run by the Shadow Warriors, a West London-based club. Lots of games are promised; price is quoted as "£5 per slot". See https://www.shadowwarriors.co.uk/shadoccon-uk-2025/ for more information, while sign-ups are through https://warhorn.net/events/shadowcon-uk-2025.
11th-12th October: Furnace Games Convention XX, at The Garrison Hotel, Sheffield. "Furnace is an annual tabletop roleplaying game convention ... If you love tabletop RPGs then you'll love Furnace." Registration will open in 2025: watch https://furnace.org.uk/ for more details as they emerge.
24th-27th October: Gaelcon 37, at Crowne Plaza Dublin Airport Northwood Park, Dublin 9. "The Irish Games Association hosts Ireland's oldest independent gaming convention, Gaelcon." No prices listed yet; watch https://iga.ie/gaelcon/ for updates.
29th November: Dragonmeet, at London ExCel. Certainly Britain's biggest one-day RPG convention, with a long history, in a new and larger venue. Only the date and basic times ("Gaming 09:00 - 22:00; Trade Halll 10:00 - 18:00") have been announced so far, but more will doubtless follow. Watch https://dragonmeet.co.uk/ for more information as it comes.
