Registration now open for Spielwarenmesse 2026’s Game Inventors Convention

Registration is now open for designers wanting to take part in next year’s Game Inventors Convention, taking place during Spielwarenmesse 2026.

For the fourth time, the Brussels and Munich Halls and the foyer on Level 1 of NCC Mitte at the Nuremberg Exhibition Centre will become a hotspot for the board game community on Friday, January 30th.

From 9am until 6pm, games inventors will be presenting their innovative ideas and prototypes. The 2026 event 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,” said Christian Ulrich, Board Spokesperson at Spielwarenmesse eG.

The one-day event wraps up with a networking party at the GamingHour, from 6pm to 10pm.

Registration is open until December 5th at www.spielwarenmesse.de/en/gic.

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