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UK Games Expo 2025
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UK Games Expo 2025

This year we attended the UK Games Expo for the first time.

Over 70,000 people wandered its stalls over the three days, filling four huge halls at the UK’s biggest exhibition centre (the NEC, Birmingham). As first time visitors and exhibitors, we were overwhelmed by the sheer size of it and the thousands of wonderful board gamers we met. 

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Escape From Pompeii is now live on Kickstarter!
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Escape From Pompeii is now live on Kickstarter!

Escape From Pompeii is live on Kickstarter from now until the 29th June!

Don't miss out on discounted pre-orders of the game and exclusive extras while helping us bring this project to life!

Race through the streets of ancient Pompeii, earn the favour of the gods, and escape before Mount Vesuvius erupts. This fast-paced and competitive game will have you experiencing history like never before. Help us bring it to life by pre-ordering now on Kickstarter.

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AireCon X 2025
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AireCon X 2025

We had an incredible time at AireCon X in Harrogate last weekend! Thank you so much to everyone who came and demo’ed Escape From Pompeii at our stall. It was a fantastic weekend of fun and games and we were blown away by the wonderful community of gamers we met there. It was great to see our game being enjoyed by such a broad range of board gamers of different ages.

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Something new is coming… Can you guess the theme of our next game, based on these 6 photos from Greece? Leave your guesses in the comments! Visit our page next week to find out the answer 👀
Wooden dice, wooden player pieces, cardboard tokens, paper wrapped cards. Escape From Pompeii uses as little plastic as possible, including in its packaging! All the components are made from wood, card, or paper, and are packaged in paper packaging.
We’ll be selling a limited number of copies of Escape From Pompeii at AireCon. Order a copy for collection through our website to make sure there’s one for you, and to save yourself the postage! (Please make sure you’re attending A
Exekias Games will return to AireCon in Harrogate next month, with demos of Escape From Pompeii (available to buy for the first time!) and maybe something new 👀
If you join our mailing list before we release Escape From Pompeii for sale on our website, you’ll receive a 10% discount code when it launches! You can find the link to our mailing list in our bio or here: https://mailchi.mp/3cd2f360d239/exek
The amphora 🏺, the tunic 👕, the bread 🍞, and the coin pouch 💼 - which one do you play as? For this week’s #boardgameprotohype prompt of ‘pieces’, vote for your favourite playing piece from Escape From Pompeii!
Kickstarter orders of Escape From Pompeii are now on their way! 📦 If yours has arrived, we’d love to know how much you’re enjoying it!

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