No booking required
Millennium Plain, Norwich, NR2 1TF
No booking required
Free, drop-in
The Forum
All ages and level of experience welcome!
Enjoy FREE activities at The Forum Mon 26 – Sat 31 May and have the ultimate gaming experience! Each day of NGF25 has a dedicated theme, focussing on a certain aspect of gaming – however, we’ll always have a bit of everything available.
Pop along to see Norwich University of the Arts, City College Norwich and Nicci Colomban to hear about courses & opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and higher education in games.
Visit the Wayward Adventurers Guild’s Quest Outpost for a free Postcard Quest. Design and draw your own fantasy creatures, maps or buildings, and customise your Quest at the stamp station. Drop-in session for adventurers of all ages and skill levels.
Drop by The Shoebox Community table to discover how they could help you meet new people and share your interests. In addition, their popular Gamerado's gaming group will be bringing along some of their favourite board games for NGF visitors to dip into - so come and join in!
Stuart Paterson’s Essential Sequential provides enthralling comic creation activities tailored for virtually any age, ability or level of geekiness. Drop by the table to try your hand at a range of comic making activities and find out about Diverg-AI, their latest project helping neurodiverse people work creatively with AI tools.
Play locally produced games and a wealth of others with S C Games, Wuji Studios, Inkblade, Compose Dreams, Squadron Leader, Ryft Card Battle, Reaper and Slice + Dice.
Last Level Games, Slice + Dice and exhibitors from the other zones will have plenty of goodies for you to purchase, so you can capture the fun of NGF25 and take it home with you!
A selection of indie tabletop and video games, including Punk Borg, Rougues Sketchbook, Go Go! Grappelstaff!, Valerie, Dreaded Wunder and Curse of Ra.
Come to the stall to learn the game in 10 minutes and join the afternoon tournament. No minimum entry level, no knock-out, just have fun and learn, and maybe even win some prizes!
Venture down into the Retro Cave to play some absolute classic video and computer games, alongside some you've never encountered before! The Norwich Retro Gamers will be on-hand to get you started and to set you up on themed retro gaming adventures.
Enjoy giant physical games based on beloved arcade and video game classics - it's fun for everyone!
The NGF25 Info Desk can be found in The Arena (Main Atrium) every day. Book for events, workshops and talks, find out what's on and where with the help from our friendly NPC's (aka Events Team). It is staffed between 10am-4pm.