The Northants Board Game Convention returned in 2025 across two wonderful days.
Friday 1st August and Saturday 2nd August saw this year’s Northants Board Game Convention take place at the excellent Kettering Arts Centre.
There was a fantastic atmosphere as board gamers of all ages played their favourite games and lots of new ones.
Don’t forget our monthly board game cafe nights if you can’t wait for the next Northants Board Game Convention!
Check out our gallery of photos from NorbCon 25
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See below for details on;
Getting to the venue
Where to park your car
How the Bring and Buy works
Getting to NorbCon
The venue address is
Kettering Arts Centre
Lindsay Street
Kettering
NN16 8RG
Walking or cycling?
The venue is located on the corner of Lindsay Street and Rockingham Road.
Securely lock your cycle to the bike stands at the venue.
Hire an E-scooter!
Download the Voi app and register to hire an e-scooter to get to the venue from anywhere in Kettering.
Arriving by train?
We are only a short 10-minute walk from the station. Directions from the station are on the Kettering Arts Centre website.
Driving?
You can park your car across the road at Sainsbury’s, 1-3 Rockingham Road, NN16 8JY, for £4 a day, but you must book your parking online.
How the Bring and Buy works
Selling
If you are selling games on the Bring and Buy, here’s how it works:
• Write your name, phone number and the price you want on the label.
• Stick it on your game.
• Let our volunteer know a password for the buyer
• They will make a note and put the game on the shelf
• Wait for a call or message from a buyer.
• Arrange directly with them for payment (cash, BACS or other) and either meet back at the stall to finalise or tell them the password so our volunteer knows to release the game to them.
Buying
- Call the seller whose name and number are on the label.
- Arrange payment directly with them. This could be cash, via BACS or another method you mutually agree on.
- Meet the seller at the Bring & Buy stall to confirm the sale… or
- The seller gives you their game password so our volunteer can release the game to you
- Take away your newly purchased bargain game!
The 2024 Northants Board Game Convention was a resounding success!
Taking place on Saturday, 10th August at Kettering Arts Centre, we brought together board gamers from across the county in a fun social gaming experience.
We sold out and sadly had to turn walk-ins away due to the Arts Centre reaching capacity.
Huge thanks to Joe Chiv for these stunning photos.
Find out here on YouTube (huge thanks to Joe Burden for making this!)
