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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 9691066" data-attributes="member: 1">[ATTACH=full]409590[/ATTACH]Origins Game Fair just took place in Columbus, Ohio, and GAMA has announced the attendance figures for this year's event.Last year (2024), the convention attracted 17,706 unique attendees. This year (2025), that number is up 8% to 19,171 attendees.This included 410 exhibitors, an increase by 26% over last year, and 8,810 scheduled events, up 27% on last year.These figures confirm Origins as the 5th largest tabletop-specific convention in the world, following Essen Spiel, Gen Con, UKGE, and PAX Unplugged. In June, UK Games Expo <a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/uk-games-expo-attracts-42-000-attendees-making-it-worlds-3rd-largest-tabletop-convention.713671/" target="_blank">attracted 42,000 attendees</a>.<table style='width: 100%'><tr><th>Convention </th><th>Attendance </th></tr><tr><td style='width: 401.667px'>Essen Spiel</td><td style='width: 401.667px'>204,000 (2024)*</td></tr><tr><td style='width: 401.667px'>Gen Con</td><td style='width: 401.667px'>71,000 (2024)</td></tr><tr><td style='width: 401.667px'>UK Games Expo</td><td style='width: 401.667px'>42,000 (2025)</td></tr><tr><td style='width: 401.667px'>PAX Unplugged</td><td style='width: 401.667px'>30,000 (approx)**</td></tr><tr><td style='width: 401.667px'>Origins Game Fair</td><td style='width: 401.667px'>19,171 (2025)</td></tr></table>*It's not clear whether Essen reports uniques or turnstile figures.**PAX does not provide figures, but estimates are available.</blockquote>

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