Join us at core at 7pm for free games! Everyone welcome (1) LGBTQIA+ Games night and Social (for Hereford Pride) | Facebook Games day and social at the Core All welcome no experience needed! Come play some games or just hang out. Free entry but donations to Hereford Pride welcome. We have an amazing library of games and friendly games teachers! Free entry and you can borrow a game from our games library too to take home. The core is an amazing spacious venue, we’ll have a bar and plenty of space for socialising. More information on what a games night is like: https://herefordshireboardg ..read more

We ran weekly polls on facebook deciding our favourite game starting with each letter of the alphabet, lets find the alphas and the betas You can vote on 3 games, as choosing your favourite is never fun! The percentage was the it’s (the winning percentage as part of the weekly poll) This poll runs until May 14th, just after our convention. Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll ..read more

Gaming and Mental Health – My story- Online gaming or Why CONLINE? (CW- ‘depression / low mood’- nothing too heavy) I’d love to hear your stories of gaming and how they have helped. ———————————- Gaming and mental health- Online gaming specifically. I’ve written about gaming and mental health before, socialisation, activities, communities, controlled risk taking, the ability to give back and help others. I want to focus on online gaming. I am very strongly introverted, dyslexic and dyspraxic I struggle to have fun ‘normally’ at the best of times and I partly created HBG so I can be in cont ..read more

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We have 8 new items in the shop to sell you! And a load of new games in the library New to the shop 6 games by oink: Dro Polter Mr Face Start Ups Rafter 5 Durian A fake artist in New york Qawale Mini Minp Map www.herefor.games/shop ..read more

It’s work in progress but were are collating and sharing lists of Charities and CICs in the gaming space as well as academic and non academic articles. Please let me know if there are more to add https://herefor.games/knowledge/category/resources-and-links ..read more

The podcast is back! And in the first episode of season 3: Mike tells us of the changes to the format to make this podcast even better for you lovely listeners; Cousin James talks to Ad about HereForGames Con and Conline and Toby brings back his reviews for Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest. Also in this episode the trio take on their first challenge of the year! https://www.buzzsprout.com/1947384 Website: herefor.games Library: https://herefordshireboardgamers.co.uk/library/ Shop: https://herefor.games/shop/ Social Links: Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/Herefordshire-Boa ..read more

We need your help sharing our events, running large free events in an accessible way doesn’t leave much money for advertising. Free epic charity events online and in Hereford. Here for Games Con is 10 this year! April 6th Maylords Hereford April 20th to 30th Online May 10-12th Core CIC Hereford. You may have seen our giant games at various conventions like Airecon, UK Games Expo and others, we love sharing the hobby We are proud to be running an online convention when most have gone, Board games, RPGs, Blood on the Clock Tower, Video games and Seminars, we have a cracking line up of guests ..read more

Neurodiversity and inclusion, what we do! —————————————— Neurodiversity relates to differences in the function of people’s brains from what is considered neurotypical. This means that neurodivergent individuals can process information differently. Neurodiversity can come in many forms, including (but not limited to): • Autism • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) • Dyslexia • Dyspraxia • Tourette’s Syndrome • Epilepsy #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek #NeurodiversityWeek ——————————————- Inclusion, accessibility and making everyone feel welcome. What else can we do? What do we do ..read more

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