FACE TO FACE EVENTS
Do you want to run a tournament at your local Games Shop or Association? You can find here below general guidelines to do it yourself!
If you need any help, feel free to contact Frasco at francesco@gen42.com
New Tournaments - 2024
Upcoming
- Europe
Basque Country Championship of Hive (Basque Country, Spain), Basque Association of Oware and Strategic Games, (June, to be defined);
European Hive Convention and Open 2024 (Budapest, Hungary), Budapest University of Sports Science, 8-9 June 2024, all info here;
UK tournaments: see UK Hive Cup 2024 page;
Ghenos League in Italy: see the official page for details;
- Rest of the World
Santiago (Chile), info coming soon;
Guatemala City (Guatemala), info coming soon;
Past
Gothenburg (Sweden), at GothCon, 30th March 2024 at 12.00 (link here);
InterOcio Festival, Madrid (Spain), 16th March 2024 at 16.00 (tickets here);
Barcelona (Spain), at DAU, 18th November 2023, Saturday at 16:30, registration form here (big success!);
Getxo (Basque Country, Spain), Basque Association of Oware and Strategic Games, 4th January 2024;
Let us know if you want us to list your tournaments here or if you want to run an official Gen42 tournament.
You can run your official tournament if you follow the WHT tournament guidelines (button below).
2024 UK Hive Cup
Harrogate, 17 March 2024, 10.30am at AireCon (run by Gen42), book tickets here
Milton Keynes, 19-21 April 2024, HandyCon (to be confirmed, run by Gen42)
Birmingham, 2 June 2024, Finals at UKGE (biggest board game convention in the UK! run by Gen42)
All rules and info can be found on this page.
2023 UK Hive Cup Finals (UKGE)
4th June 2023, 12:00 - 16:00
The UK Games Expo is the biggest festival of table top games in the UK, is there any better place to run the most important Hive tournament in the UK?
Save the date, the tournament is open to anyone!
Format
6 rounds Swiss tournament, 15min+10sec, flexible format (Hive base as standard, PLM expansions if both players agree)
Prizes (an exlcusive magnetic set!) and medals to the Top 3 players
Tickets available here
Pre-Register here
Full rules here
2023 Tournaments in Europe
In summer 2023 we will have a series of tournaments in Europe:
Modena (Italy), 21st May 2023, 2pm at ModenaPlay (register by email to tornei@ghenosgames.com)
Belfast (Northern Ireland), 17th June 2023, 11am at Q-Con (pre-register here)
Ilminster Somerset (England), 22nd July 2023, at 24hBoardGameMarathon (the event raises money for a charity, tickets here!)
London (England), 23rd August 2023, 10am at Mind Sports Olympiad (tickets on the website)
Rules and registrations to be released soon for each of these events (for typical rules see the UK Hive Cup above and the general guidelines below)
2023 UK Hive Cup
Series of rapid swiss tournaments with Finals at the UK Games Expo (biggest boardgame convention in the UK!):
Brighton, 19th November 2022, 6pm, at Dice Saloon
London, 3rd December 2022, 6pm at Rogues Quarter
Birmingham, 6th February 2023, 6pm at Chance & Counters
Harrogate, 11th-12th March 2023, 6pm at AireCon
Manchester, 22nd April 2023, 6pm at FanBoy3
Birmingham (FINALS), 4th June 2023, 12am (UKGE, read below)
All the tournaments, including the finals, are open to anyone!
Full rules here
Pre-Register here