Tickets for the convention are on sale now.

An all-weekend ticket covering all three days of the convention is £30 early bird (up to the end of September) and £35 thereafter, whether paid in advance or on the door.

Tickets for the individual days of the convention are £15.

You can buy your tickets from this site, paying via Paypal (whether with a Paypal account or a credit card / debit card) at the point of purchase.

Once tickets are booked and paid, refunds can only be paid in the event that the convention does not go ahead.

The convention reception desk will be open from 9am each morning on the day of the convention - we ask that you don't come up to it in search of your tickets before that time, and instead queue outside the convention area so that we can get set up.

The convention reception desk will generally be staffed throughout the day until early evening on Friday and Saturday (generally around 6 - 7pm), and around lunchtime on Sunday. Outside those times, you can track down committee members wearing their cornflower blue t-shirts, or there may be one or more mobile numbers listed at the reception desk you can call in case of issues.

You can collect your pre-purchased tickets from the convention reception desk - see above for opening times.

Subject to availability, on-the-day tickets may be available.

The convention gaming areas will be open from 9am until the early hours of the morning, Friday and Saturday, and notionally until 6pm on the Sunday, although the hotel tends not to mind people continuing playing past that time.

If you are staying overnight on the Sunday, you may wish to move into the bar / mezzanine areas to continue playing after 6pm, in case the hotel decide they wish to tidy up the tables and chairs in the main gaming area.

Hotel room types and prices will be provided shortly.

VERY IMPORTANT : please ensure that the dates are correct when you place your booking. We have had reports of the system changing the dates, and people booking without noticing the change - we are following up with the hotel.

QUITE IMPORTANT (BUT NOT AS IMPORTANT AS THE BIT ABOVE) : please note that all bookings are paid for in full at the time of booking, and are flexible (we're told) - capable of being cancelled up until 4pm the day before arrival.

We have secured a discounted rate (including breakfast) for the hotel for Friday and Saturday.

Friday : £95 / £105 bed and breakfast, single / double occupancy

Saturday : £110 / £120 bed and breakfast, single / double occupancy

If you are arriving earlier, or leaving later, then you can chance your arm and ask for the discounted rate to be applied to the Thursday and / or Sunday night(s) as well, but this is by no means guaranteed.

Some have had success with this in the past.

Call the hotel, mention the MidCon booking rate, and you should be able to proceed from there.

Absolutely not - whilst the convention block books the entire hotel, these often sell out.

There are a number of alternative hotels within walking and driving distance of the hotel - see the hotels page on this site for details.

As in previous years, we have arranged for the hotel to lay on MidCon meals.

On all three days of the convention there will be light bites and more hearty fayre available to order and purchase, either from the staff who wander around the rooms, or from the hotel's main bar. A special MidCon menu will be shown in the various gaming rooms.

Breakfast is available to those who are staying at the hotel on the convention rate.

Whilst a bottle of something soft next to you whilst you're playing a game isn't a problem, we'd prefer you patronised the hotel bar, restaurant, and convention lunch, rather than open a picnic basket and bring out a four course feast.

It helps us to keep us friendly with the hotel.

We are hoping so - watch this space.

Details on how to get to the convention, whether coming by car, bus, or train, can be found on the convention's homepage.

Yes - whether you are staying at the hotel or not, if you are attending the convention you are able to park for free at the hotel.

It is absolutely essential* that you register your vehicle with reception to cover your whole stay (if staying at the hotel) or each day you are attending (if not). Parking is enforced by a third party company who are militant about chasing and enforcing parking fines.

Yes. There is also a decent setup about 3 miles south of Kenilworth at a country club.

This year, for a change, the Bring and Buy will be running throughout the convention. This allows for increased sales time, but also for us to reduce the amount of volunteer time required to staff it.

The Bring and Buy will be in the small room next to the reception desk. All administration of the Bring and Buy will be handled through the reception desk.

Friday / Saturday / Sunday from 10:00 AM onwards (to allow for the early doors rush to die down)

sellers can bring their games to the reception desk, check them in, receive their barcodes and apply their barcodes to the games. They can then put them on the shelves, at which point they will be available for purchase.

Purchases can be made whenever the reception desk is manned (generally up until about 6:00 PM each evening) by cash or card.

Sellers must reclaim any unsold games and collect any proceeds of sale by no later than Sunday, at 5:00 PM - any games remaining at the end of this time will be considered abandoned and given to charity.

Sellers can reprice games (downwards only) online at any time, but will be responsible for changing the price on the physical labels on the games themselves.

From the convention's website, click on the Dashboard link at the top of the page. Then, on your dashboard, click on the My Bring and Buy Items menu item on the left hand side.

On mobile devices, the Dashboard link shows as a profile icon, or can be accessed via the mobile menu. Once in the dashboard, you will find the My Bring and Buy Items in the mobile menu.

You will then see your Listings, which will (probably) be empty). Use the box on the right (or further down the page, on mobile devices) to search for the game you want to sell. Add details of its version (if applicable), its condition, its price and any relevant notes, then click on the Add button.

If you have already purchased your ticket to MidCon, then you will be able to assign your listing to the convention either when you're creating the listing, or after you've created it.

Once you've created your listings and assigned them to MidCon, then come along to the Bring and Buy at the relevant time (see above) and they will be received, your barcode(s) will be printed out, and they will be available for purchase.

Yes - create a new listing for the main item in the bundle (let's say it's Carcassonne, for sake for of example).

You will then see the listing in your listings under My Bring and Buy Items - there will be a plus icon next to it - if you click on that, you can then add as many other items to the bundle as you wish.

Once you've created a listing, you can change its price at any time before assigning it to a convention.

After a listing is assigned to a convention, and received at it, you can change its price, but only downwards from its original price.

So you if you list the item at £40 you can later change that to £35, and again later still to £30, but you can never change it to more than its current price (so if you change it to £30 first time, you cannot revise it to £35, even though that is lower than its original starting price)

If you change a listing's price then you should also track down the physical item at the Bring and Buy and change the price on the label (or ask the staff to print you a new label) but it is not essential to do so - if someone buys it after you've changed the price, they will be charged the new price, irrespective of what is shown on the label.

You can pay for items that you purchase with :

• Cash
• Card
• The proceeds (net of commission) of any items you've sold

The convention charges a commission of 10% (rounded to the nearest 10 pence) on all items sold at the Bring and Buy.

There is no limit, but please do not turn up with hundreds.

At the end of the four hour selling session there is a 30 minute window for sellers to come along, collect any unsold games and remove them from sale, and collect the proceeds of any sold games (less commission).

Proceeds will be paid in cash. All sales, and any commission paid, will be shown in your Dashboard under My Bring and Buy Items.

In no particular order, check these things :

1. You've got a Project Boo account - you cannot create listings for the Bring and Buy before you've got an account!
2. You've got a ticket for the convention - the system will only let you allocate listings to MidCon if it knows that you're going to MidCon (so have bought a ticket through your account, or been allocated a ticket that someone else bought for you - see 3).
3. If someone else bought your ticket for you (as part of a group purchase) then they can allocate the ticket to your account. Within their orders section of their dashboard, they will see the option to manage ticket allocation. If they follow their nose there, and enter the email address associated with your account, they can allocate the ticket to you, at which point the system will recognise that you're going to MidCon.
4. You're pricing your listing in GBP - MidCon transacts in GBP at the Bring and Buy, so if you've created (or are creating) a listing priced in another currency, you will not be able to allocate it to MidCon.

Not really, no - it should be easy enough to create your listing via your phone at any stage. If you are struggling, then track down Giles and he will do his best to help you.

We leave it up to attendees to organise games amongst themselves, and urge them make the most of the the Find A Game feature of this website to set up games that others can book on to, or to join games that need players if you're at a loose end and looking for something to play.

The Bring and Buy takes place throughout the weekend - see the relevant section of these FAQs for full details.

The Saturday evening sees the ever-popular Quiz, compered this year by Giles Bennett, at 8:30 PM in the Atlee room (see the hotel plan for its precise location). Note that this is an earlier kick-off than usual - Giles, unlike previous host David, needs his beauty sleep.

We are waiting to confirm whether there will be a first-hand games stall available at this year's convention. There will, as always, be the popular Bring and Buy (full details above).

There's any number of ways. Probably the simplest is to set up a game for it using the website's Find a Game feature - in your dashboard, go to My Games and then fill in the relevant details. That will show it as available on the website, and other players will be able to join.

Alternatively you could post about it on the Facebook group (linked to from the footer of the site).

Or just sit down at a table, start setting up the game, and beam at passers-by with a hopeful look on your face!

The aim of MidCon is simple - to give people a place to play a huge range of games with others from all over the country (and overseas), with facilities such as a second-hand games Bring & Buy for you to both sell and buy games, bars, restaurant, a Saturday night quiz, and more.

The convention is run by unpaid, slightly-harassed volunteers and not the hotel, so any problems other than with your room, drink or hotel food should be addressed to a Committee member (different coloured name badges, wearing sky-blue polo shirts).

You can see more details about who's who on the committee here.

The convention runs from 9:00 AM on Friday 6th November to 6:00 PM on Sunday 8th November 2026 (although the hotel tends not to mind people staying for a little while after that time).

MidCon takes place at the Derby Mickleover hotel in Mickleover, a small town on the outskirts of Derby. Directions to the convention via various methods of transport can be found here - if coming by car, parking is plentiful and free but you must register your car at reception to avoid a hefty parking fine.

Tickets are £30 (early bird until the end of September) or £35 (thereafter) for the entire weekend, or £15 per day for individual day's tickets, and can be bought online here.

Subject to availability, tickets will also be available on the door.

It's not massively difficult - all the gaming spaces are on the ground floor, within a short walk of each other. There is a site plan available on this website for more information.

Absolutely not - many people do, but it's not obligatory unless there is something that you absolutely want to play.

Keep an eye out on this website's Find A Game section where people will post details of games that they are playing for which they are looking for other players. Speak to one of the committee members and they will help you find something suitable. Or, if you've bought a game with you that you want to play, find a table, put up a "looking for players" sign and start setting up and you will almost certainly find some takers.

Alternatively you could post about it on the Facebook group yourself (linked to from the footer of the site).

See the Food and Drink section above for full details.

If your problem is with the hotel itself, then please try reception first, and then seek out a committee member if you don't get any joy there - we will do whatever we can to help, but are limited (we cannot magic up empty hotel rooms at 3:00 AM, nor clear out the toilets if they become blocked).

If your problem is with the convention, then find a committee member and talk to them.

MidCon is a friendly convention, so any attendee should hopefully be able to help any other attendee if they have an issue.

Just track down any member of the committee who will be happy to receive feedback, both positive and negative, as we are always looking for ways to improve the convention experience for all attendees.