The Ugandan Village Boardgame Convention

Koro Road

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Ben Parkinson

7th June 2017

Latest Developments

I came back from Koro last Sunday and had a lovely surprise of a package from the USA, containing two boardgames - Forbidden Island and Mole Rats in Space, another co-operative game from Matt Leacock, designed for children in Uganda.  Most people will know that Matt designed both games and…

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Ben Parkinson

25th May 2017

Video Update

Dear All

I have had some time to edit the video for the Convention.  Most will already know I am not an expert, but I try my best to capture the essence of what happens at our events with my little camera.  Please click and share the video, if you think…

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Ben Parkinson

23rd May 2017

We are done! - Big thanks to all who made it happen!

The Convention finished last Saturday and the boys organising are now back in Kampala, as some had to be back for school, as it is their O level year.

We saw approximately 250 visitors, of whom at least 105 were unique.  Our aim was to attract 50 people each day and…

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Ben Parkinson

10th May 2017

Heading up to Koro

The boys are heading up to Koro tomorrow very early to make a 5-6 hour bus ride to the village area in Northern Uganda.  They know the ropes, but have never handled an event quite like this.  They are meeting Sharon, Daniel, Sam and Dorothy, other members of our project…

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Ben Parkinson

28th April 2017

Preparation now to start

Dear All

£3030 as I write is just amazing and we spent last night working on how we can make this event better and more exciting.  We have decided to spend a number of days ahead of the Convention preparing the site with banners and separate areas for each part of…

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