Board Game Days Convention

Board Game Days 2026 is Knoxville’s premier tabletop event, hosting 3 days of gaming at the historic Mill and Mine by the Board Game Days 501(c)(3) charitable non-profit organization, Oct 16-18. Plus, for Designers, Playtesters, and Publishers we have Design & Dine on Thurday, Oct 15 at the RED Gallery!

Our mission is to strengthen the community fabric and promote lifelong learning through interactive tabletop board gaming. Throughout the BGD convention we develop critical thinking, strategy, literacy, and social skills through hands-on teaching, and we foster game design as a creative art by hosting events (like "Design and Dine") for local creators to playtest and develop new prototypes. All operations ensure no private inurement, and all assets are permanently dedicated to our exempt public benefit mission.

What you can expect:

Through our generous donors this year we are excited to be able to giveaway a game to each of the first 400 attendees to collect their badge at registration! We also have a table full of play-to-win prize games, a large board game library to freely borrow from, and free drawings for several significant giveaway items throughout the event. All attendees are welcome to reserve seats at our various scheduled events https://tabletop.events/conventions/board-game-days-2026/events

RPG GMs that want to host one-shot campaigns are welcome to schedule sessions at our dedicated RPG tables https://tabletop.events/conventions/board-game-days-2026/events and should email us to get a discount on their badge as well.

Likewise, we have two dedicated Social Deduction Rooms, and several open game tables that any attendee is welcome to reserve https://tabletop.events/conventions/board-game-days-2026/events to teach others their favorite game.

Game designers are welcome to set up at any of our open gaming tables throughout the convention for as long as they are actively soliciting players or playing their games, you may also reserve a specific open gaming table https://tabletop.events/conventions/board-game-days-2026/events if you want to ask players to sign up first and should definitely join us for the Design and Dine playtesting event with food included Thursday night included with your badge!

Community event in Knoxville, Knox County, TN 37917.