Blog - #Airecon 2026 After Action Report
TL;DR: my write up of the Harrogate based convention which features boardgames and #ttrpgs - or as the convention describes it "an analogue gaming event". I ran two games of #Traveller, mainly to new players and folks who haven't played in years. Some mild musings on how Mongoose should really look at the demo approach Chaosium are using.
https://delta-pavonis.blogspot.com/2026/03/airecon-2026-after-action-report.html
A few reflections on #Airecon Harrogate 2026.
https://farhavens.ttrpg.uk/airecon-harrogate-2026/
Thank you to all the GMs who put in both the quiet preparation and energetic play for your games. And thank you to all the players who came to play and, in some cases, try #ttrpg for the first time!
Until next year!
Another Airecon analogue gaming weekend in Harrogate, and what a fine time we have had! I run the RPG track as part of a lovely tabletop community convention, well organised, with a strong and positive ethos. It’s great to play a part in supporting this perfectly sized gaming weekend. Below are some personal reflections, in
Games played on Day 2 of #airecon
Daybreak, we won. But at times it feels so optimistic of a design given everything thats happened.
LOTR trick taking card game 2 player - works quite well surprisingly.
Formaggio - i still think Fromage is better
Blood on the clocktower - I still dislike custom scripts as a general rule.
Bomb busters - We're the third section of missions now. The missions are getting quite a challenge and teasing.
Nekojima - a fun dexterity game, but think I still prefer Junk Art.
Think I've forgotten some.
Since we're in Harrogate for #AireCon today, we thought we'd do the local #parkrun - the volunteers were really friendly, and it was a nice sunny day. Now for breakfast and board game nerding :)
The Bayern mission will take its crew to explore the Pleiades, over 400 light years from Earth. We’re using the Mongoose republication of 2300 AD and its revised version of the Bayern campaign. (I got it in a recent Bundle of Holding.) I’m planning to run this for some of you (you know who you are) so maybe you shouldn’t listen to the actual adventure. Session 0: Earth’s Semi-Finest: Character generation begins. (this is a double character generation session compiled into a s...
Join us for a #ttrpg festival of games at #AireCon Harrogate 12-15 March 2026.
Submit your games here: www.airecon.co.uk/gms
I'm here to support you on the way and during the convention.
We are starting to fill those tables...
I played a game of "Skyjo" with my son this evening - it was a fairly cheap card game we'd had recommended to us at #AireCon last month. It's a pretty simple game but it was a lot of fun to play. Apparently you can play it with up to 8 players so I'd be interested to see how it works with a bigger group.
I might bring it along to our next office games meet-up...
cybergoths
First Age
Jen Fizzbuzz
Ed Chivers
Roger BW 😷
