Wellycon
board game convention in New Zealand
Wellycon is the largest board game convention in New Zealand.
The Wellycon Convention is held annually in Wellington, New Zealand on the Saturday and Sunday of King's Birthday Weekend. The first Wellycon was held in 2008, with numbers steadily increasing, e.g. 2018 at Wellington Girls' College, with over 600 attendees. The focus of the con is on having space and time to play games onsite, in contrast to many sci-fi/fantasy or board game trade fairs such as Spiel (the largest board game convention in the world). The totally volunteer-run committee works hard to fulfil the tag-line "the biggest, fun, friendly board game convention in NZ" with over 150 volunteers facilitating at the event.
Special events
2025 saw the ever-expanding Wellycon – they added a third, half-day. Due to the venue being double booked, Wellycon was held on Matariki Weekend, which meant the holiday was Friday not Monday. So Wellycon was Fri/Sat/and Sunday until 3pm. This experiment proved popular but it is undecided if it will continue as it is a lot of extra work for the volunteer committee.
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