Games · Events
Current programmes and verified event routes for things you can attend in and around York.
Verified routes
Long-running York board-games club providing a welcoming regular route into playing and meeting other tabletop enthusiasts.
Useful for: People interested in tabletop games who want a low-friction local community before entering organised design or publishing networks.
What you can do: Attend a club session, meet players and learn what is happening locally.
Next step: Check the current meeting information before attending.
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Recurring local game-development meetup within the York Developers community, giving game makers a direct route to meet other developers.
Useful for: People making or wanting to make games who do not yet know other local developers.
What you can do: Attend a recurring York Game Developers meeting and meet people working on games locally.
Next step: Check York Developers for the next Game Developers meeting.
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Yorkshire games-industry network providing regional connections, events and industry-facing activity.
Useful for: Game makers ready to connect beyond a local meetup into the wider Yorkshire games network.
What you can do: Follow current events and network activity and identify relevant regional contacts.
Next step: Check the current Game Republic events and membership information.
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York creative network offering community membership, local information, opportunities, events and routes to find other creative people.
Useful for: Independent creatives who want a broad local network rather than an institution-specific route.
What you can do: Join the community, follow local opportunities and use the network to discover people and activity.
Next step: Read the current membership information and join if the network fits what you need.
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York board-games convention with public play, independent traders and a playtesting zone relevant to tabletop creators.
Useful for: Tabletop creators who want to meet players, see independent games and understand a public playtesting environment.
What you can do: Attend the convention and use its creator/playtesting activity where current arrangements allow.
Next step: Check the 23–25 October 2026 programme and playtesting information.
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Before you act
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