Meeting point for creative minds: register now for the Game Inventors Convention by Spielwarenmesse!

It’s the big stage for games designers: on Friday 30 January 2026 a regular element of the Spielwarenmesse international network, the Game Inventors Convention, once more brings together the inventive gaming scene with editors from publishers and agencies. Registration is open until 5 December at www.spielwarenmesse.de/en/gic.

For the fourth time now, the Brussels and Munich Halls and the foyer on Level 1 of NCC Mitte at the Nuremberg Exhibition Centre will become the creative hotspot for the board game community on the Friday of the fair. From 9 am until 6 pm, games inventors will be presenting their innovative ideas and prototypes. Even at this early stage, the Game Inventors Convention is encountering a lot of international interest. It has already seen a large number of registrations, including applicants from Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan and the UK. “With the Game Inventors Convention, we provide the richly diverse world of games development with the perfect environment in which to market its ideas,” says Christian Ulrich, Board Spokesperson at Spielwarenmesse eG. 

The one-day event is rounded off with a collective networking party: at the GamingHour, from 6 to 10 pm, all participants have the opportunity to open up relaxed discussions, make new contacts and put new ideas to the test.

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