Showing posts with label Geekway to the West. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Geekway to the West. Show all posts

01 June 2019

Geekway to the West

The Geekway to the West Logo: a green meeple under a blue arch that resembles the Gateway to the West arch in St Louis. Next to that, in white letters, is the title, with a white arrow pointing to the right under the 'to the' part of the title.

My friend John has been trying to get me to go with him to the Geekway to the West convention in St. Louis, MO, for several years now. I wasn't able to go, because work obligations prevented me from being able to take the time off when the convention was happening.

Until this year.

I went to the 2019 Geekway, and boy did I have a great time!

For those who don't know, Geekway to the West is a board game convention that takes place annually in the St. Louis area. Unlike Gen Con, which is dedicated to tabletop gaming of all sorts, and which has tons of panels on all sorts of gaming-related topics, Geekway is focused exclusively on board games. Pretty much everything there is about playing, buying, selling, or trading board games. They have some tournaments, and a few special events (like the 'fancy gaming' event, and the game design contest, and the craft fair), but other than that, it's all board games all day.