DeskovCON 2025
Pack up your family and friends and come to the DESKOVcon 2025 – weekend board game festival in Prague!
7 - 9 February 2025, you can try not only new releases from Czech publishers right in the capital city. You can expect accommodation in the 4* Hotel Duo with excellent hotel buffet breakfast, well-stocked game rental, bar, lectures, tournaments, and a rich program. In your free time, you can go sightseeing and explore the historic centre of Prague thanks to the metro stop just a 2-minute walk away!
The event will take place at the Hotel Duo (Teplická 492, 190 00 Prague 9) and there will be leading Czech publishers present, including Albi, Blakfire, Dino, Fox in the Box, Rex hry, TLAMA games. At the event you will have the opportunity to have games from these publishers explained and played that you may have missed so far, as well as some games that are still in the pipeline. There will also be vendor booths so you can take your favorites straight home!
Accommodation: in 1/2/3/4 bedded rooms with en-suite facilities. All rooms are in the same building as the festival, the restaurant is even on the same floor. Due to capacity and organizational reasons, it is unfortunately not possible to arrange accommodation for less than the whole weekend. Thank you for your understanding.
Children: Entry to DESKOVcon is allowed for children from 6 years of age. The event assumes the ability of children to manage to some extent independently playing the board games that will be available at the event. The price is the same for all participants of the event including children.
Dogs: Dogs are allowed in the hotel, however, they are not allowed in the festival and dining areas. We therefore recommend that you leave your furry friends at home so that you can fully concentrate on the rich board game programme we have in store for you!
Meals: Breakfast is included in every accommodation package. We are able to arrange gluten-free meals, but need information about dietary restrictions in advance. For lunch and dinner there will be a range of reasonably priced ready meals available more or less all day. This way you pay for exactly what you order and lose almost no time waiting. You can also buy other refreshments on site or take advantage of the hotel restaurant.
Transportation:The hotel is located about 2 minutes walk from the bus and metro station C - Střížkov and the bus stop Teplická.
Parking: For all guests of DESKOVcon (both accommodated and non-accommodated) parking is available directly at the hotel for 200 CZK/day.
Bowling: There is a bowling hall in the immediate vicinity of the hotel.
Festival schedule:
We will be adding details of the program sson, but you can already look forward to tournaments in selected games, workshops, or lectures by Petr Čáslava, Petr Murmak (CGE), Petr Vojtěch and others!
Presentation takes approx. 1 hour. Tournament and workshop takes approx. 3 hours.
7.2.
Main hall
16:00 – Grand openning
Workshop 1
18:00 – Painting miniatures
Workshop 2
17:00 – Board games novelties presentation
Tournament room
17:00 – Tournaments
1:00 – Closing of the Games Area
8.2.
8:00 - Opening of the game areas
Lecture room
Petr Čáslava
Petr Murmak (CGE)
Board game auction
Live stream of podcast Problém prvního hráče
Panel discussion of publishers
Workshop 1
10:00 – Gamedesig: Make your own board game
13:00 – Painting miniatures
17:00 – Gamedesig: Vytvoř si vlastní deskovku!
Workshop 2
Board games novelties presentation
Wargaming
How to play Heavy euro games
Tournament room
10:00 – Tournaments
1:00 - Closing of the Games Area
9.2.
8:00 - Opening of the game areas
Workshop 1
10:00 – Barvení figurek
15:00 - End of the festival
Extra schedule for accommodated guests:
7.2.
14:00 - open check-in
8.2.
7:00-10:00 - breakfast
9.2.
7:00-10:00 - breakfast
10:00 - check-out with luggage storage
Any questions can be answered at event@tlamagames.com.