Nearby Food Options
There are an abundance of food options nearby from grocery stores and fast food to fine dining and delivery. Hopefully this handy guide helps you!
A Call For Volunteers
Do you enjoy Granite Game Summit? Do you want to earn free raffle tickets for a chance to win GloomHaven, Lisboa and more? How about a shot to win a free 3 day pass for G2S19?
Ryan Courtney
Today we are featuring Ryan Courtney. Ryan’s first published game Pipeline is being published by Capstone Games in the summer of 2018. Ryan was a jock. Became a nerd. He is a graduate student residing in NYC.
Play To Win
One of our more popular events at Granite Game Summit is the Play to Win. Play to win is very much what it sounds like. You can play one of our featured games for a chance to win that copy of it.
Heather Wilson
Today we are featuring Heather Wilson a designer with 9th Level Games. 9th Level is a game indie game publishing house that is best known for Kobolds Ate My Baby! And Schrodinger’s Cat card game.
Designer Alley for G2S18
Designer Alley is happening Friday March 9th from 5pm to 7pm and Saturday March 10th from 10am to 6pm. This is our finalized designer schedule for #G2S18 make sure to check out their past features by clicking on their names. Come join in the fun!
Runaway Parade
This week we are featuring Gwen & Samuel from Runaway Parade and designers of Fire Tower. Gwen and Samuel initially met at Sarah Lawrence College in 2007 and a partnership was formed. Runaway Parade began as a multimedia online publication, which you can find the archives here, but after 70 issues they decided it had run its course.
Jessica Davis
Today we are featuring Jess Davis who is also known as Boardgame Girl. Jess has been playing games since she was a young child. Her family loved Bingo, which may contribute to her propensity to yell out board games! at a moment’s notice, and playing card games like 31.In fact, her aunts and uncles were borderline compulsive gamblers, betting nickels on their hands of 31 almost every single night.
Vendor: Midgard Comics and Games
We are pleased to announce that Midgard Comics and Games will be joining us this year as our vendor. They are a local comic and game store located in Derry, New Hampshire. They plan to be open Friday, Saturday and Sunday of #G2S18 for all of your game buying needs!
Andrew Smith
Today we are featuring Andrew Smith from Board Game Quest. Andrew contributes written content spanning reviews to top 10 lists, and more. I had the pleasure of meeting Andrew at Origins this past summer.
2018 T-Shirts!
You spoke we listened. We have shirts for you!
Due to popular demand we've made our event shirts available to you to pre-order for delivery at G2S18, but you have to act fast! Pre-order before February 25th or you will miss your chance!
Portsmouth Escape Room
We are excited to announce that we will have the crew from Portsmouth Escape Room joining us Saturday March 10th, 2018 at #G2S18! They will be hosting a pop-up escape room starting at 10 a.m.. The pop-up event is a 15 minute puzzle for up to 5 people at a time.
Darren Kisgen
Today we are featuring Darren Kisgen the designer of Dragonwood. Darren was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska. He has a PhD in Finance from the University of Washington, and degrees in Mathematics, Economics and Finance from Washington University in St. Louis.
Marc Davis from The Thoughtful Gamer
Today we are featuring Marc Davis from the Thoughtful Gamer. Marc started The Thoughtful Gamer in March of 2017. He wanted to provide the kinds of resources he wanted to see in the board gaming community--critical reviews, thoughtful commentary,
Curt Covert
Today we are featuring a person who is both a game publisher and designer who will be joining us at #G2S18, Curt Covert from Smirk & Dagger. Curt is a fourteen-year veteran of the industry and the owner of Smirk & Dagger Games.
Math Trade and Auction for #G2S18
Do you need to purge some games and clear the shelves a bit? Or are you looking to maybe acquire some new ones? Good news, the Math Trade and Auction for #G2S18 are now live! Thank you to Granite Game Summit attendee and friend Dan Cristelli for organizing them again this year!
New Hampshire State Championships
We are proud to announce that we will be hosting the New Hampshire State Championships for the games Diamonds, Skull King, Game of 49, Neuroshima Hex, Nevermore and Dimension. The winner of each game will receive a trophy, a copy of that game, plus a seat at the final round of the Northeast Regional Championship at DEXCON 21 (as well as a free badge to DEXCON 21)!
Dan Hundycz
Today we are featuring Dan Hundycz designer of Affliction: Salem 1692 and Pirates. Dan formed DPH Games Inc. 5 years ago and was formerly a school counselor. Getting people together, interacting, problem solving and having fun is a priority for him.
Gil Hova
Today we are featuring Gil Hova, designer The Networks and the founder of Formal Ferret Games. Gil was also the subject of the pilot episode of the DiceBreakers' series Gamer's Table. You can watch the episode here.