My latest article lands at StarWars.com as I take a look at the recent UK Games Expo and specifically the Fantasy Flight content.
Growing steadily since its first event in Birmingham back in 2007, the UK Games Expo has swiftly become the premier roleplaying game (RPG) event in the country. Beginning at the Clarendon Suites in Birmingham, the event was held there on six occasions before a move to the Hilton Metropole at the National Exhibition Centre site. The NEC is the largest exhibition centre in Europe, situated just five minutes from two of the UK’s major motorways and annexed to Birmingham’s International airport and train station. Seventy-five percent of the UK’s population are within three hours of the NEC, and next year for the 10th UK Games Expo, the trade element of the event moves into Hall 1 of the NEC itself while gaming stays at the Metropole — a move that underlines just how much this gathering has grown.
