SaltCon Archives - The Board Game Family https://www.theboardgamefamily.com/tag/saltcon/ Sat, 16 Mar 2024 14:55:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.5 https://www.theboardgamefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/TBGFLogoYouTube-100x100.jpg SaltCon Archives - The Board Game Family https://www.theboardgamefamily.com/tag/saltcon/ 32 32 16 Board and Card Games Played at SaltCon 2024 https://www.theboardgamefamily.com/2024/03/16-board-and-card-games-played-at-saltcon-2024/ https://www.theboardgamefamily.com/2024/03/16-board-and-card-games-played-at-saltcon-2024/#respond Sat, 16 Mar 2024 14:53:33 +0000 https://www.theboardgamefamily.com/?p=71947 The Board Game Family

The first weekend of March, I spent a couple of days playing a bunch of fun games at SaltCon Spring 2024.

SaltCon Spring is a 4-day event held on the first weekend of March. This year, I arrived Thursday night after work and stayed through Saturday afternoon (taking Friday off work so I could play all day).

Even though SaltCon now hosts game events a few times each year, the spring gathering is the biggest of the bunch and one I look forward to every year.

This year, the attendance hit 2,400!

Read on to get a quick recap of the 16 different games I played and my thoughts on each.

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15 Games Played at SaltCon 2023 https://www.theboardgamefamily.com/2023/03/boardgames-played-at-saltcon-2023/ https://www.theboardgamefamily.com/2023/03/boardgames-played-at-saltcon-2023/#respond Wed, 15 Mar 2023 03:00:34 +0000 https://www.theboardgamefamily.com/?p=71359 The Board Game Family

SaltCon Spring just keeps getting bigger and better every year!

This year over 2,000 people enjoyed playing board games, card games, dice games, party games, and more for 4 days straight as part of SaltCon Spring 2023.

And with that many people, there’s a broad range of gaming interests. That’s why there are also areas in the convention center set aside for RPGs, miniatures painting, dexterity games, play-to-win games, competitions, and an Artemis Spaceship Bridge Simulator.

But even as the event itself keeps getting bigger, this year the game playing for me was much more intimate.

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SaltCon 2022 Recap – 22 Games Played https://www.theboardgamefamily.com/2022/03/saltcon-2022-recap-22-games-played/ https://www.theboardgamefamily.com/2022/03/saltcon-2022-recap-22-games-played/#respond Mon, 21 Mar 2022 00:33:42 +0000 https://www.theboardgamefamily.com/?p=36525 The Board Game Family

I had a fantastic first weekend of March because I was hanging out and playing tons of games with my friends at SaltCon Spring 2022!

I look forward to this 4-day gaming event with much anticipation every year. And it was especially great this year because the air was finally clearing around the Covid pandemic. Which means we could see the smiling faces of the 1,700 or so people who came out to play all sorts of games.

This year I was able to attend 3 full days of the event and played 22 different board games, card games, and dice games!

It was a lot of fun and I'm ready to share my thoughts on each of the games I played.

(Consider it like a bunch of mini-reviews.)

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Another SaltCon Success https://www.theboardgamefamily.com/2020/03/saltcon-2020/ https://www.theboardgamefamily.com/2020/03/saltcon-2020/#comments Sat, 14 Mar 2020 17:49:46 +0000 https://www.theboardgamefamily.com/?p=33210 The Board Game Family

Last weekend wasn’t what I’d expected.

But SaltCon still made me smile.

That’s because every year, I look forward to attending SaltCon — an awesome board game convention in Utah.

As you can see from my anticipatory post last month, SaltCon has tons to offer.

However, this year turned out to be much different for me.

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Countdown to SaltCon 2020! https://www.theboardgamefamily.com/2020/02/countdown-to-saltcon-2020/ https://www.theboardgamefamily.com/2020/02/countdown-to-saltcon-2020/#comments Wed, 05 Feb 2020 05:49:27 +0000 https://www.theboardgamefamily.com/?p=33055 The Board Game Family

February just rolled around and it’s time to get excited!

Of course, there was a lot of excitement around the Super Bowl last weekend when the Chiefs triumphed over the 49er’s.

And Valentine’s Day is next week — which can be something to get excited about.

Then there’s also President’s Day right after — which brings a day off of work in the U.S. for many companies. So we can see people getting excited for that.

But what I really get excited about when February hits is that SaltCon is only a month away!

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Record numbers at SaltCon 2019! https://www.theboardgamefamily.com/2019/03/saltcon-2019/ https://www.theboardgamefamily.com/2019/03/saltcon-2019/#comments Mon, 11 Mar 2019 01:13:43 +0000 https://www.theboardgamefamily.com/?p=31574 The Board Game Family

Another super fun weekend of board gaming at SaltCon is in the books!

I look forward to SaltCon with high anticipation every year and it never disappoints.

And that’s exactly how I’m feeling again looking back on last weekend of fun board gaming with friends and strangers.

SaltCon is our local board game convention that rolls around the first weekend of March. And like the previous years, it continues to hit record numbers.

For SaltCon 2019, more than 1,900 people came for the fun!

Here's my quick run down on the 20+ games I played over the couple days I was there.

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Playing with 1,750 friends at SaltCon! https://www.theboardgamefamily.com/2018/03/saltcon-2018-board-games/ https://www.theboardgamefamily.com/2018/03/saltcon-2018-board-games/#comments Sat, 10 Mar 2018 14:17:46 +0000 http://www.theboardgamefamily.com/?p=28822 The Board Game Family

Last weekend was a blast.

For a couple days I was able to step away from everything else and just play games. It’s something I look I look forward to every year.

And once again, SaltCon hit record attendance. This was the 10th year of SaltCon and attendance clocked in at 1,750!

Without further ado, here’s my recap of this super fun event.

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3 days of gaming ahead – ready for SaltCon! https://www.theboardgamefamily.com/2018/02/saltcon2018coming/ https://www.theboardgamefamily.com/2018/02/saltcon2018coming/#comments Sun, 11 Feb 2018 00:53:31 +0000 http://www.theboardgamefamily.com/?p=28727 The Board Game Family

Once February rolls around, I get a little anxious.

It’s not because I don’t know what to get my sweetheart for Valentine’s Day. But rather because I can hardly wait for SaltCon in just a few weeks!

SaltCon is a board game convention in Salt Lake City, Utah for anyone who enjoys playing games. And it keeps getting bigger every year.

For me it means 3 steady days of playing tons of games and reconnecting with tons of friends. So I can’t wait!

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