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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 7755805" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>All the main tabletop gaming conventions have announced record breaking attendance again this year. UK Games Expo had <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?5298-So-I-Played-Pathfinder-2nd-Edition!-Plus-UKGE-Back-To-3!" target="_blank">21,700 unique attendees in June</a>, <a href="http://originsgamefair.com/origins-2018-sets-attendance-record/" target="_blank">Origins had 18,648</a> (interestingly not leapfrogging UKGE <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?558975-Origins-Reclaims-3-Biggest-Tabletop-Gaming-Convention-Spot" target="_blank">as it has the last few years</a>), and Gen Con <a href="http://tesseraguild.com/press-release-gen-con-reaches-new-heights-in-2018-with-a-year-of-firsts/" target="_blank">boasted "more than 60,000" unique attendees</a>. Last year, it had 60,819, but they haven't given a precise figure this year. Here's the current chart of the four major tabletop conventions as it stands.</p><p>[PRBREAK][/PRBREAK]<p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]111912[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center">UKGE 2018</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">[TABLE="class: grid, width: 500, align: center"]</p> <p style="text-align: center">[TR]</p> <p style="text-align: center">[TD]<strong>Convention</strong>[/TD]</p> <p style="text-align: center">[TD]<strong>Unique Attendees</strong>[/TD]</p> <p style="text-align: center">[TD]<strong>Turnstile</strong>[/TD]</p> <p style="text-align: center">[TD]<strong>Exhibitors</strong>[/TD]</p> <p style="text-align: center">[/TR]</p> <p style="text-align: center">[TR]</p> <p style="text-align: center">[TD]Gen Con 2018[/TD]</p> <p style="text-align: center">[TD]"over 60K"*[/TD]</p> <p style="text-align: center">[TD]223,000[/TD]</p> <p style="text-align: center">[TD]520+[/TD]</p> <p style="text-align: center">[/TR]</p> <p style="text-align: center">[TR]</p> <p style="text-align: center">[TD]Essen Spiel 2017[/TD]</p> <p style="text-align: center">[TD]unknown[/TD]</p> <p style="text-align: center">[TD]174,000[/TD]</p> <p style="text-align: center">[TD]900+[/TD]</p> <p style="text-align: center">[/TR]</p> <p style="text-align: center">[TR]</p> <p style="text-align: center">[TD]UK Games Expo 2018[/TD]</p> <p style="text-align: center">[TD]21,700[/TD]</p> <p style="text-align: center">[TD]39,000[/TD]</p> <p style="text-align: center">[TD]400+[/TD]</p> <p style="text-align: center">[/TR]</p> <p style="text-align: center">[TR]</p> <p style="text-align: center">[TD]Origins Game Fair 2018[/TD]</p> <p style="text-align: center">[TD]18,648[/TD]</p> <p style="text-align: center">[TD]70,765[/TD]</p> <p style="text-align: center">[TD]300+[/TD]</p> <p style="text-align: center">[/TR]</p> <p style="text-align: center">[TR]</p> <p style="text-align: center">[TD]Pax Unplugged 2017[/TD]</p> <p style="text-align: center">[TD]unknown[/TD]</p> <p style="text-align: center">[TD]45,000[/TD]</p> <p style="text-align: center">[TD]unknown[/TD]</p> <p style="text-align: center">[/TR]</p> <p style="text-align: center">[/TABLE]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><em>*Last year was 60,819</em></p><p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">While Gen Con's 2018 figures are unclear, last year it has 60,817 unique attendees, 201,852 turnstile, and 500+ exhibitors. This year, it's <a href="http://tesseraguild.com/press-release-gen-con-reaches-new-heights-in-2018-with-a-year-of-firsts/" target="_blank">attendance announcement</a> says there was a record number of 4-day badge sales, +16% Saturday badges, and +60% Sunday badges. </p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">Gen Con this year and last year expanded into the nearby Lucas Oil Stadium.</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">Essen Spiel comes later this year, at the end of October. It typically has a lower turnstile than Gen Con, and does not release unique attendees figures.</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">Turnstile includes multiple entries from the the same badge holder -- so if you have a four day badge and walk in and out of the convention hall 10 times in that period, you are counted 10 times for turnstile figures. Unique attendees, on the other hand, counts the number of individuals who purchased badges/tickets.</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">Conventions which don't focus exclusively on tabletop games tend to be bigger, especially those which include comic books (Italy's Lucca Comics & Games dwarfs all of these).</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">Here's a look at Gen Con's attendance figures going all the way back to the 1970s. As can be seen, there's been meteoric growth since 2010. Image courtesy of Wikipedia.</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]111913[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 7755805, member: 1"] All the main tabletop gaming conventions have announced record breaking attendance again this year. UK Games Expo had [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?5298-So-I-Played-Pathfinder-2nd-Edition!-Plus-UKGE-Back-To-3!"]21,700 unique attendees in June[/URL], [URL="http://originsgamefair.com/origins-2018-sets-attendance-record/"]Origins had 18,648[/URL] (interestingly not leapfrogging UKGE [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?558975-Origins-Reclaims-3-Biggest-Tabletop-Gaming-Convention-Spot"]as it has the last few years[/URL]), and Gen Con [URL="http://tesseraguild.com/press-release-gen-con-reaches-new-heights-in-2018-with-a-year-of-firsts/"]boasted "more than 60,000" unique attendees[/URL]. Last year, it had 60,819, but they haven't given a precise figure this year. Here's the current chart of the four major tabletop conventions as it stands. [PRBREAK][/PRBREAK][CENTER] [ATTACH=FULL]111912[/ATTACH] UKGE 2018 [TABLE="class: grid, width: 500, align: center"] [TR] [TD][B]Convention[/B][/TD] [TD][B]Unique Attendees[/B][/TD] [TD][B]Turnstile[/B][/TD] [TD][B]Exhibitors[/B][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Gen Con 2018[/TD] [TD]"over 60K"*[/TD] [TD]223,000[/TD] [TD]520+[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Essen Spiel 2017[/TD] [TD]unknown[/TD] [TD]174,000[/TD] [TD]900+[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]UK Games Expo 2018[/TD] [TD]21,700[/TD] [TD]39,000[/TD] [TD]400+[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Origins Game Fair 2018[/TD] [TD]18,648[/TD] [TD]70,765[/TD] [TD]300+[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Pax Unplugged 2017[/TD] [TD]unknown[/TD] [TD]45,000[/TD] [TD]unknown[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [I]*Last year was 60,819[/I] [LEFT] While Gen Con's 2018 figures are unclear, last year it has 60,817 unique attendees, 201,852 turnstile, and 500+ exhibitors. This year, it's [URL="http://tesseraguild.com/press-release-gen-con-reaches-new-heights-in-2018-with-a-year-of-firsts/"]attendance announcement[/URL] says there was a record number of 4-day badge sales, +16% Saturday badges, and +60% Sunday badges. Gen Con this year and last year expanded into the nearby Lucas Oil Stadium. Essen Spiel comes later this year, at the end of October. It typically has a lower turnstile than Gen Con, and does not release unique attendees figures. Turnstile includes multiple entries from the the same badge holder -- so if you have a four day badge and walk in and out of the convention hall 10 times in that period, you are counted 10 times for turnstile figures. Unique attendees, on the other hand, counts the number of individuals who purchased badges/tickets. Conventions which don't focus exclusively on tabletop games tend to be bigger, especially those which include comic books (Italy's Lucca Comics & Games dwarfs all of these). Here's a look at Gen Con's attendance figures going all the way back to the 1970s. As can be seen, there's been meteoric growth since 2010. Image courtesy of Wikipedia. [/LEFT] [ATTACH=FULL]111913[/ATTACH] [/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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