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Wellycon is the largest board game convention in New Zealand.[1][2][3]
The Wellycon Convention is held annually in Wellington, New Zealand on the Saturday and Sunday of Kings Birthday Weekend. The first Wellycon was held in 2008, with numbers steadily increasing (except when covid-restricted) e.g. 2018 at Wellington Girls' College, with over 600 attendees.[4][5] 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.
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- ^ "Wellycon Way Back When". wellycon.org.nz. 25 May 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2018.