FRIDAY
Royal Hall
South Entrance - From Hall M
10am-6pm: Charity Raffle Entries
12.30pm: Draftosaurus Rex
2pm: NMBR90
4pm: Just One Hundred

Royal Hall
North Entrance - From Hall A
8pm: Oxventure: Unfeasibly big D&D with Johnny Chiodini
9.30pm: Board Game Pub Quiz

Queen’s Suite Balcony
11am: Scout Tournament sponsored by Hachette

Queen’s Suite Social Gaming Room 1
1pm: Two Rooms and a Boom
3pm: Blood on the Clocktower with Ivan Brett

Gameseekers Area (no need to prebook)
11am: Farplace The Game
1pm: Farplace The Game
3pm: Farplace The Game
5pm: Farplace The Game

SATURDAY
Royal Hall
South Entrance - From Hall M
10am-4.30pm: Charity Raffle Entries
10.30am: SUMO Tournament 🏆
1.30pm: Flip 70
4.30pm: Charity Raffle Draw 🎲

Royal Hall
North Entrance - From Hall A
6.30pm: Entropoly with Ivan Brett
9.30pm: Jollyboat

Gameseekers Area (no need to prebook)
11am: Farplace The Game
1pm: Farplace The Game
3pm: Farplace The Game
5pm: Farplace The Game

SATURDAY
Queen’s Suite Seminar Room
10.30am: History of Dice Games
12pm: Critter-iffic boardgames
1.30pm: How to be a Convention GM
3.30pm: The Locked Room: Breakout!
5pm: The Locked Room: Breakout!
9pm: Belgian Beer Tasting

Tournament Zone - Queen’s Suite Balcony
10.30am: Crokinole Tournament Heats 1
1pm: Crokinole Tournament Heats 2
4pm: Crokinole Finals
6pm: Star Wars Unlimited Tournament

Queen’s Suite Social Gaming Room 1
3pm - Blood on the Clocktower with Ivan Brett
5.30pm - Seminar: Playing in the bomb’s shadow
7pm - An oral history of wars that never were

SUNDAY
Royal Hall
South Entrance - From Hall M
11am - NMBR90
12.30pm - Sagrada Cathedral
2pm - Flip 70

Queen’s Suite Seminar Room
11am: Running a community / event seminar

Queen’s Suite Balcony
10.30am: Hive Tournament 🏆

Queen’s Suite Social Gaming Room 1
1pm: Blood on the Clocktower with Ivan Brett

Gameseekers Area (no need to prebook)
11am: Farplace The Game
1pm: Farplace The Game
3pm: Farplace The Game

FRI, SAT & SUN
10am-6pm - Hall C: Two Thin Coats Paint & Take
All day - Hall B: Giant Games (Tsuro / Hey, that’s my fish!)

Get ready for a unique lineup of entertainment at AireCon! Renowned MC Paul Flannery (of Knightmare Live and Questiny fame) will host a dazzling array of shows, each crafted especially for AireCon by some of the country’s most talented game creators and entertainers. These exclusive shows are offered at a fraction of their regular market value, making them an unmissable treat for attendees. Don't miss your chance to experience the creativity and humor

Oxventure: Unfeasibly big D&D
Fri, 8pm | Royal Hall - North Entrance (From Hall A) | £6

Join the legendary Johnny Chiodini, revered Dungeon Master and YouTube star (Oxventure), for an unforgettable evening of dice-rolling chaos!

In this one-of-a-kind show, the audience takes center stage as up to six players work together to control each character in a custom-built, hour-long RPG adventure. Expect laughs, treasure hunting, and thrilling twists as Johnny leads this interactive journey designed for newcomers and seasoned players alike.

Entropoly
Sat, 6.30pm | Royal Hall - North Entrance (From Hall A) | £6

Ivan Brett (The Traitors) trades treachery for chaos at AireCon with a second helping of his unique show, Entropoly.

In this unpredictable, audience-driven experience, you make the rules—literally. With every turn, a new rule is added, layering mayhem upon mayhem until time runs out... or everything hilariously collapses.

Where will this game lead? Almost certainly nowhere good—but that's half the fun! Come prepared for an evening of creative anarchy and unexpected twists.

Jollyboat
Sat, 9.30pm | Royal Hall - North Entrance (From Hall A) | FREE

Jollyboat are UK’s premier pirate-comedy-rock duo.

Brothers Tommy and Ed write catchy songs and lyrics packed with one liners that’ll have your toes tapping and your bellies laughing.

They always have fun, and it’s highly infectious!

Charity Giveaway Event
🎲 | Royal Hall - South Entrance (From Hall M) | Fri, 10am-6pm and Sat, 10am-4.30pm for entries, 4.30pm for draws | £1 per ticket or 5 for £4, card only. Tickets will be available from the ticket desks throughout the event.

We raised a whole bunch of money in a really short space of time, and we’re hoping to smash that amount next time! There will be piles of prizes that could each be an instant collection for the lucky winner. Buy tickets during the event, put them in the buckets in front of the prize piles you’d like to win. Each winner will win the WHOLE TABLE of prizes.

All money raised will be split between our two 2025 Charities: Candlelighters and CALM

Please note: The charity raffle is card only

Blood on the Clocktower with Ivan Brett
Fri 3pm | Sat 3pm | Sun 1pm | Queen’s Suite Social Gaming Room 1 | £5

Ivan Brett, contestant from the hit BBC show ‘The Traitors’ and author of books ‘The Floor is Lava’ and ‘Bored? Games!’ will be running games of the hit social deduction game (and now convention regular) - Blood on the Clocktower.

Two Rooms and a Boom
Fri, 12pm | Social Gaming Room 1 | FREE

A throwback to early AireCon events where this massive social game was regularly played. Things got a bit out of hand with the number of players - it’s back, but make sure you register for a space.

Board Game Pub Quiz
Fri, 9.30pm | Royal Hall - North Entrance (From Hall A) | £1 per person

Grab a pint (or any drink you like) join a team and take part in this interactive Quiz. All the traditional rounds of a pub quiz, but everything is board game related. One person on each team will need to download and install the KwizzBit app. Prize for the winning team.

Family Zone Events
Inter-schools Tournament
Fri, 9.30am | Hall A - Family Zone | FREE

The Imagination Gaming team will be running an inter-school tournament for primary and secondary school children. It’s free to attend, and all pupils will be given a free ticket so that they can return over the weekend. If you are connected to a local school and would like them to participate, please contact Nicola at Imagination Gaming: nicola@imaginationgaming.co.uk

Craft a Game
Sat, 11am-1pm | Hall B - Gameseekers Area | FREE

Jessica of Dissent Games will be running drop in sessions to help kids up to age 11 (and their grown-ups) design and craft a race game that you can take away and play at home. No sign up required.

Mega-Games
Various times | Royal Hall - South Entrance (from Hall M) | FREE

Now a staple of AireCon, come along to play these games where we’ve completely ignored the upper player limits and you’ll be competing against the whole room.

Draftosaurus Rex: Fri, 12.30pm
NMBR 90: Fri, 2pm
Just One Hundred: Fri, 4pm
Flip 70: Sat, 1.30pm
NMBR90: Sun, 11am
Sagrada Cathedral: Sun, 12.30pm
Flip 70: Sun, 2pm

Two Thin Coats Paint & Take
10am-6pm | Hall C | FREE

Come and join the professional artists from Trans Atlantis Games for a free Paint and Take in Hall C! Suitable for seasoned veterans or those beginning their painting hobby journey.

You will be guided through painting a miniature using the Two Thin Coats Paints, designed with the help of the Duncan Rhodes Painting Academy and you'll get to take your completed mini away with you!

45 minute Sessions can be booked on the hour on Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Paint and Take area in Hall C.

The Locked Room: Breakout!
Sat, 3.30-4.30pm, 5-6pm | Queen’s Suite Seminar Room | FREE

Work your way around the puzzles in teams, visiting each room to gain vital clues and deduce who was behind the dastardly crime!

GIANT Games
Hall B | All day, every day | FREE

The Herefordshire Boardgamers will be bringing their giant sized versions of ‘Hey, That’s My Fish!’ and ‘Tsuro’, where YOU are the pieces! Various games to try, just visit them in the foyer of Entrance 3 to have a go.

Gameseekers Area
Every day, 11am, 1pm, 3pm, Fri & Sat, 5pm | Hall B | FREE

Come along to the Gameseekers Area to find others to game with, there will also be games on hand, taught by our resident Games Guru.
Farplace The Game - all sessions

Introduction to Belgian Beer Tasting
Sat, 9pm | Queen’s Suite Seminar Room | £18 including a free Victory Pint Glass

Journey through the history of Belgian beer with Mark, sample various styles, including some weird and wonderful brews. (If you already did this at ACWest/ACNW, it’s the same thing!).

Queen’s Suite Seminar Room
A History of Dice: Sat, 10.30am - Author Tim Clare tells the rollercoaster story of dice, from their origins to their many modern forms.

Critter-ific Games: Sat, 12pm - Kim-Joy and Rozie (Cozy Boardgames) discuss and celebrate why we love adorable animal themed games with incredible art. Expect fun and games! Bring a cuppa and chill out at this cozy chat.

How to be a Convention GM: Sat, 1.30pm - Join Tony (UKGE Director and Convention GM) and Millie (UKGE Community Manager and Convention GM) to find out how Convention GMing is the next step on your RPG adventure. Audience questions highly encouraged!

Running a community / event: Sun, 11am - A knowledge sharing round table about running a board game community hosted by Adam from Herefordshire Board Gamers. Bring a problem or idea related to running a club, community, events or just discuss general best practices.

Queen’s Suite Social Gaming Room 1
Playing in the bomb’s shadow: Sat, 5.30pm
RPGs that riffed on the nuclear age during the Cold War are absent from most historical studies of the period from 1945 to 1989. Since the 1980s, historians have explored the cultural significance of contemporary culture which reveal the history and impact of different forms of 'nuclear culture' that emerged after 1945. RPGs are deserving of the same level of attention, as a form of popular culture that demands genuine participation and engagement. So, are you ready for a trip into the mushroom cloud? 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.....

An Oral History of Wars That Never Were: Sat, 7pm
Come along and hear all about exciting research to gather memories and reminiscences about nuclear age gaming during the Cold War era! Historian Malcolm Craig will talk about his oral history project looking post-apocalyptic games in the 1970s and 1980s. Were RPGs simply escapism or were they used to deal with the global nuclear threat? Why do memories matter? And what do road atlases have do with it all? Come along and find out!

SCOUT Tournament
Fri, 11am | Queen’s Suite Balcony | FREE

WIN £100 to spend at Hachette Booth

The SCOUT competition has the grand prize of £100 in vouchers to spend at the Hachette Boardgames UK stand, and a runner up will also receive a copy of the game.

This competition will be scored based on victory points. Simply put, the highest score achieved by any one player will get the grand prize. Entrants will play 2 games, and highest scores are recorded.

SUMO Tournament
Sat, 10.30am | Royal Hall | FREE

Do you have what it takes to be Yokozuna? Come along to play this fast and furious SUMO card game and try and beat out all the competition.

Crokinole Tournament
Sat, 10.30am / 1pm | Queen’s Suite Balcony | £5

Are you an expert flicker? Maybe you should consider entering the Crokinole Tournament. The tournament will be run on a Swiss Ladder system to maximise number of games played.

There will be two heats, then finals starting from 4pm for those that qualify.

Registration: Free play and event registrations will be open from 10.30am

Star Wars Unlimited Tournament
Sat 6pm | Queen’s Suite Balcony | FREE

Be one of the first people to compete globally in this brand new TCG from Fantasy Flight. You can learn the game beforehand at the Asmodee Booth in Hall M. More details to be announced soon.

Hive Tournament
Sun, 10.30am | Queen’s Suite Balcony | FREE

5-round Swiss tournament (no player is eliminated, everyone will play 5 games!)

• Hive PLM format (Pillbug, Ladybug and Mosquito included).

• Time control per player: 10min + 10sec per move.

Open to anyone, no minimum skill level required, just join our community and have fun!

Cheatsheets will be also provided to allow everybody to learn faster and enjoy! 

• Pre-registration here is recommended.

• For any questions please email Frasco at francesco@gen42.com

• More info about this and the world of Hive can be found on our website or in our discord server

• Practice before the tournament on hivegame.com!

Prizes offered by Gen42: day entry ticket to the UKGE, Hive T-shirt, Hive magnetic set, and badges for all participants.