For players
Meet us at the table, try the game, ask rules questions and discover what is coming next.
Events, shows and community
Five Years of Taking the Library to Players
Horror in the Library has grown through real tables, real conversations and real players — from UK events to major international shows.
UK Games Expo
SPIEL Essen
Gamescom
WonderCon
GDC
Public demos and player conversations
A Busy, Public Games Journey
Over the last five years we have put Horror in the Library in front of thousands of players, retailers, reviewers, publishers and curious convention visitors. Events have shaped the game, tested the table drama and helped us understand what players respond to most.
UK Games Expo
SPIEL Essen
Gamescom
WonderCon
GDC
HorrorCon LA
Portsmouth Comic Con
Tabletop Gaming LiveUK Games Expo update
We’ll Miss UKGE This Year
UK Games Expo has been a huge part of the Blue Donut Games story. We have been attending the show for over eight years, meeting players, demoing games and building our community face to face.
This year we cannot make it. We have had lovely messages from people saying they will miss us, and we will miss the show too. But in the current market climate, with costs rising, we need to concentrate our investment on GameCrowd.co — our new platform to help makers build more sustainable routes to market.
That does not mean we are slowing down. We are focusing our resources where they can do the most good for makers and players.
Confirmed focus
SPIEL Essen October 2026
We will be at SPIEL Essen this October, Europe’s largest board game exhibition and the world’s largest public fair for board games. This is where the whole tabletop world comes together — and it is the right place for us to go bigger.
We are planning a bigger stand, more demos, more conversations and plenty of surprises for Horror in the Library, its expansions, GameCrowd and the wider Blue Donut Games universe.
22–25 October 2026
Messe Essen, Germany
Bigger stand planned
Talks, change and new infrastructure
SXSW London June 2026
Marcus will be at SXSW London talking about GameCrowd.co and why it is time for a change in how games are made, funded and brought to market.
The games market needs better infrastructure: less noise, less waste, less dependency on algorithmic social media, and better ways for Makers and Buyers to build real, consent-based relationships around the games they want to see made.
1–6 June 2026
Shoreditch, London
GameCrowd talk
Photos from events, PR and demos
Real Players. Real Tables.
Click any image to open it larger. These photos show Horror in the Library being explained, played, tested and discovered in public.
For retailers
Talk to us about stock, demos, support material and how Horror in the Library fits your customers.
For press and creators
Request interviews, review material, images, videos and event appointments.
For makers
Talk to us about GameCrowd, production planning, buyer windows and sustainable tabletop routes to market.
See you at the next table
We are still showing up — just more strategically.
We are concentrating on the events and platforms where we can create the most value for players, makers and the future of independent tabletop games.