Events & Conventions

UK Games Expo is the UK's largest consumer board game event, attracting over 30,000 attendees across three days. Neutronium: Parallel Wars will have a demo table in the independent designer hall. This will be the first convention appearance for the 2026 prototype build — the version that will be presented on Kickstarter. Expect shorter 2-player demo sessions optimised for the convention floor format.

• Demo sessions: 25-35 minutes, 2-player format
• Designer Q&A available between scheduled sessions
• Waitlist sign-up cards available at the table

GenCon is North America's largest tabletop game convention and the primary US venue for Kickstarter previews. Neutronium: Parallel Wars will be demonstrated in the publisher/designer preview hall alongside other Kickstarter-bound titles. GenCon is where the North American audience for 4X board games concentrates — if you are attending GenCon 2026, this is where to find the game in person before the campaign launches.

• Demo sessions: 45-60 minutes, 2-4 player format
• Full 4-player sessions scheduled for evening slots
• Kickstarter preview materials and early backer cards available
• Discord QR code for instant community join at the table

Spiel Essen is the world's largest board game fair and the most important event in the international hobby calendar. An appearance at Spiel follows the Kickstarter campaign and serves as the first public post-campaign demonstration to the European market. If the Kickstarter closes before Spiel, physical prototype copies may be available for demonstration alongside production-quality component samples. The Essen appearance will be the post-campaign celebration and the first look at final-stage production materials.

• Full-length demo sessions: 50-70 minutes, 3-4 players
• Potential early backer fulfillment preview (if production timeline allows)
• Designer panel discussion on 4X design philosophy (time and room TBD)

PAX Unplugged is the tabletop-focused PAX event, drawing a US audience that skews toward enthusiast gamers comfortable with heavier strategic titles. The 4X genre has a strong following in the PAX Unplugged audience and an appearance there allows full-length demo sessions with players who will engage with the game's depth rather than requiring a simplified convention demo format.

• Demo sessions: 60-75 minutes, 4-player preferred format
• Post-Kickstarter backer previews available (campaign closes before PAX Unplugged)
• Signed designer copies potentially available for purchase

The Kickstarter launch is itself an event. On launch day, the designer will be live in the Discord server for the first several hours of the campaign — answering questions, sharing behind-the-scenes context on the campaign materials, and running a launch-day giveaway for community members who have been part of the playtesting process.

• Discord members and waitlist subscribers receive the campaign link 24 hours before public launch
• Designer live Q&A in Discord voice channel for the first 3 hours of the campaign
• Launch-day milestone announcements shared in real time
• First-stretch-goal reveal scheduled for 48 hours post-launch

First public demonstration of any version of the Neutronium: Parallel Wars prototype. Twelve sessions across the convention weekend. Player feedback from this event drove the complete rulebook revision completed in mid-2024 and the redesign of the Nuclear Port income scaling system.

The second convention appearance, using the 2024-revised prototype. Sessions at this event were the first to use the updated rulebook and confirmed that the rulebook revisions had meaningfully reduced the time required to explain the core mechanics to new players. Feedback from the festival led to the addition of the reference card system included in the current prototype build.