PLAAY In-Person at a Game Convention Near You!
As we mentioned in our 2025 Look-Ahead YouTube Stream, community-building through live on-location events is a BIG part of the plan! We'll be part of four such events in the first half of the new year, and we're inviting YOU to join us! Here's a quick run-down of each event...
• March 5-9 Dice Tower West, Las Vegas, NV: New location this year, the Westgate Hotel. Over 3000 gamers showed up last year. Board games of ALL kinds! One of the big attractions of this convention is the huge (5000+ titles) library of vintage and contemporary games, many out of print. Check out and play! This is our fourth year to attend, first year as gamers-only--in past years, we've been exhibitors, so our Dice Tower game-playing has been limited to "after hours." Not THIS year! The convention officially begins on Wednesday, We'll be there Friday through Sunday. We're planning on holding our third annual Dice Tower West Golf Tournament, and also play-testing/demoing some in-development games. Sound like fun? It WILL be! Here's the link to the official Dice Tower West website, with all the information and plenty of photos!
• April 4-6 IndiCon '25, Auburn, IN: Hosted by Sports Sim Magazine's ST Patrick, the central meeting point is the Tru by Hilton hotel in Auburn, here’s the link for reservation info and the IndiCon group discount. Meet-ups are planned for Friday, Saturday night and Sunday at the hotel. The Saturday day-time (4//5/25) event will be at the Early Ford V-8 Foundation Museum in Auburn. $15 suggested donation to cover food/snacks/drinks. This get-together is for sports games only, with a wide variety of sports game publishers and sports represented. If you are considering attending, please contact S.T. Patrick at SportsSimMagazine@gmail.com so he can get an official head count. Hotel link...
• May 16-18, Digital to Dice CON, Preston, CT: Hosted by Dave Gardner of the Digital to Dice sports game podcast, at the Hilton Garden Inn, Ledyard, CT located across from Foxwoods Casino. Multiple game publishers/designers will be in attendance, representing many of your favorite sports games. Meet the designer, and play their game(s)! "Get To Know" sessions, Raffle prizes, flea market and MORE! If you're a sports gamer on the east coast, you do NOT want to miss this. Here's the official Digital to Dice CON event website for more information...
• June 26-28, PLAAY-Dot-CON 2025, Denver, CO: This will be our seventh in-person convention (our 2020 convention was virtual due to COVID), it just keeps getting bigger and better every year! Keynote speaker (Friday evening) will be Dave Gardner from the Digital to Dice Podcast. Games and game events scheduled Thursday, Friday and Saturday, with open game play in the hotel ball room all three days. Plus "early bird" activities, pre-con picnic, sports gamer flea market, large and small scale tournaments and organized game play, MUCH fun! Here's the link for more information about PLAAY Dot CON 2025, and here’s the link to a recap of last year’s awesome convention...
We hope to see you at one (or more!) of these events! If you’re a solo gamer who’s never experienced in-person game play with fellow hobbyists, I’d encourage you to make the effort to be part of the fun—you will NOT regret it! If you have questions please reach out and we’ll connect you with the right person to help!