UK Games Expo

UK annual game convention

UK Games Expo (UKGE) is convention and trade fair. It is held every year at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) and the Hilton Birmingham Metropole. It is mostly for Tabletop RPGs.

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
Established2007
Founder
  • Richard Denning
  • Tony Hyams[1]
Organized byUK Games Expo Ltd
Website
UK Games Expo

Judges Choice Award

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Year Best Board Game (Euro) Best Board Game (Strategic) Best Card Game Best Strategic Card Game Best Roleplaying Game
2023[2] Earth - Inside Up Games New Eden - Schmidt Viking Raiders - Neowulf Games Vita Mors - Play With Us Design Critical Foundation - Gigamic
2022[3] Bitoku - Devir The Thing - Ares Games CULTivate - Pops & Bejou Lord Of The Rings LCG Revised Core - Fantasy Flight Games Twilight: 2000 - Free League Publishing
2021[4] Excavation Earth - Might Boards Prisma Arena - Hub Games A Game of Pretty Gardens - Osprey Games Schotten Totten 2 - Iello The Dee Sanction - All Rolled Up
2020 (online)[5] Tapestry - Stonemaier Games Ishtar - Iello Solar Storm - Dranda Games Origlamme - Studio H Paladin - Chaosium
2019 [source?] Architects of the West Kingdom Root The Mind Ruthless Forbidden Lands
2018[6] Great Western Trail - Stronghold Civilisation - Gibsons Pikoko - Brain Games N/A - category began in 2019 Adventures in an Age Undreamed - Modiphius

References

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  1. Young, Graham (3 June 2016). "Tenth anniversary UK Games Expo opens at NEC". BirminghamLive. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  2. "UKGE 2023 awards". UK Games Expo. Archived from the original on 21 August 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  3. "UKGE 2022 Awards". Geek Native. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  4. "Award winners 2021". UK Games Expo. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  5. "UK games expo awards 2020 winners". Geek Native. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  6. "2018 UK Games Expo Awards". File 770. Retrieved 21 August 2023.