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The IGA presents: Gaelcon 37
The Irish Games Association hosts Ireland’s oldest independent gaming convention, Gaelcon. In 2025, it takes place from October 24th – 27th.
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Who are we?
The Irish Games Association CLG is dedicated to promoting gaming in Ireland, by running, supporting and publicising gaming events, while seeking to communicate and cooperate with others that do likewise.
The IGA engages in a number of activities designed to further its stated aim of promoting gaming in Ireland and has evolved substantially over its lifespan. Originally, the IGA was a group composed of different gaming interests from around the country who came together to organise an event known as Gaelcon. Since that time, a number of changes have taken place, and the IGA has expanded into other fields.
The goal of the IGA is to help the gaming community in whatever way possible, be it by organising events, providing information, or offering what assistance it can to others who are working on behalf of the gaming community in Ireland. If you are running an event and need some assistance or some friendly advice please don’t hesitate to reach out to us.
News from the IGA
IGA AGM – Vacant Positions
Hi there, This is an important update ahead of our (currently) busiest month of the year. The IGA AGM will, once again, be held on the Monday of Gaelcon, as tradition demands. As part of this, there are a number of positions that are open for election. The IGA has elected to maintain a board…
Die of the year poll winners announced
In the running, of course, was fan favourite d4, more lethal than Lego in the long-pile carpet, but utimately pretty unsatisfying in its arerobatics. This year it gets an honourable mention. Runner up is the d20; good balance of being readable and providing a range of numbers, which d10 ultimately has to pair up to…
We’re ramping up for the Con
The poster is out, and it’s awesome: see what you see here. It’s led to a particularly fetching T-shirt for the merch-hungry. The Urgent: Wanna run/demo/teach a boardgame at Gaelcon 36? Deadline for applications is fast approaching. This is of tremendous interest to that community and they’re super encouraging if you want to try something. Here’s the link.…
What is Gaming?
The term ‘gaming’ when used in this context does not refer to gambling or any pastime that involves betting money. For us, “gaming” is a group of different hobbies which share some common links: it’s about having fun, it’s social and it’s a good break from the day-to-day of the real world. Outside of that, there is some contention over what counts as gaming and what doesn’t! The Irish Games Association is primarily involved in organising events involving non-electronic gaming: Boardgames, Collectible Card Games, Tabletop Roleplaying, Live Action Roleplaying and Wargaming.
Roleplaying is a social pastime, based on storytelling and imagining yourself as a character within the story. Wargaming is tactical competition; like a more complicated version of 3D Chess, and includes a wide variety of custom painted miniatures. Collectible Card Games consist of a wide variety, far too many to cover here. There’s a decent article about them on Wikipedia which is a very useful reference!
Ultimately, it’s all about people meeting up with their friends and having fun!
Who we are not
The IGA are not a representative body for the video games industry. For information on this please visit Imirt the Irish Game Makers Association website.
The IGA are not a representative body for the casino/slot machine gaming industry. For information on this please visit the Gaming and Leisure Association of Ireland website.