Be in it to win it!
The play to win is on again in 2021 with more games than ever before!
To have a chance to win, it's just a few simple steps: Play, Scan, and Submit!
- Borrow a game from the play-to-win area and give it a go
- After you have played the game, use your phone to scan the QR code inside the box lid
- Complete the form (sample at left) using the code on your name badge to submit your entry
Love trying new games but hate reading rules? Some games will be taught by volunteers, designers, or publishers. A schedule of these will be published online and in print near the play-to-win area at Wellycon.
Prizes will be drawn on Sunday at 19:00. You don't need to be present for the prize draw to win a game. Prizes will be limited to one per attendee.
Play-to-Win Titles
We expect to have about 100 games in the play-to-win event at Wellycon 2021. These are donated by game publishers, retailers, and distributors. Below is a list games that are already in New Zealand; others are on their way from overseas and will be added as they arrive.
Key to symbols:
π³πΏ New Zealand designer / publisher
π Scheduled learn-to-play with a volunteer, designer, or publisher
π¦ Suitable for children under 10 (please check whether suitable for your children)
β¨οΈ On the BGG hotness list
π BGG top 100 games, BGG top 50 strategy games, or BGG top 50 family games
| Title | Sponsor | |
| Wingspan (2019) + Oceania expansion (2020) | Stonemaier Games | π¦π β¨οΈ π |
| A Column of Fire (2017) | Pixel Park | |
| A Little Wordy (2021) | VR Distribution | |
| Animal Upon Animal (2005) | HABA | π¦ |
| Anachrony (2017) + Fractures in Time expansion (2020) | Mindclash Games | π π |
| Backgammon (-3000) | Let's Play Games | π¦ |
| Baron Voodoo (2019) | Lucky Duck Games | |
| Battle of the Boy Bands (2021) | Game and a Curry | π³πΏ |
| Bite Your Tongue (2019) | Pixel Park | π¦ |
| Black Orchestra (2nd ed.) (2018) | Pixel Park | |
| Bosk (2018) | Pixel Park | π¦ |
| Brass Birmingham (2018) | Pixel Park | β¨οΈ π |
| Catacombs of Karak (2017) | Caffeinated Dragon | π¦ |
| Cat Cafe (2019) | Alley Cat Games | π¦ |
| Cave Paintings (2018) | Pixel Park | π¦ |
| Century: Golem Edition - An Endless World (2020) | Cerberus Games | π¦ |
| Cerebria: The Inside World (2018) + Forces of Balance expansion (2018) | Mindclash Games | |
| Chess (1475) | Let's Play Games | π¦ |
| Chronicles of Crime 1400 (2020) | Lucky Duck Games | |
| Chronicles of Crime 1900 (2021) | Lucky Duck Games | π |
| CΓ³atl (2020) | Pixel Park | π¦ |
| Codenames | CGE | π |
| Crokinole (1876) | Let's Play Games | π π¦ π |
| Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game Season One (2020) | Portal Games | π |
| Dice Hospital (2018) | Alley Cat Games | π π¦ |
| Dragons Wild (2021) | MKE Games | π π¦ |
| Dune Imperium (2020) | Game Kings | β¨οΈ π |
| Dutch Blitz (1960) | Game Kings | π¦ |
| Ecosystem (2019) | VR Distribution | π¦ |
| Escape Room: Secret of the Scientist (2021) | VR Distribution | |
| Everdell (2018) | Pixel Park | β¨οΈ π |
| Excavation Earth (2020) | Mighty Boards | π |
| Explorers of the North Sea (2016) | Game Kings | π³πΏ |
| Fliopology (2019) | Cheeky Parrot Games | π³πΏ π¦ |
| Galilean Moons (2020) | Cheeky Parrot Games | π³πΏ π |
| Giant Killer Robots: Heavy Hitters (2018) | Weta Workshop | π³πΏ |
| Hadrian's Wall (2021) | Garphill Games | π³πΏ π |
| Hanabi (2010) | Pixel Park | |
| Here to Slay (2020) | VR Distribution | π¦ |
| Hide and Seek Safari II (2005) | Pixel Park | π¦ |
| Hues and Cues (2020) | Pixel Park | π¦ |
| I Wish I Didn't Know! Family Edition | VR Distribution | |
| Imperial Settlers: Empires of the North (2019) | Portal Games | π¦ |
| Imperial Settlers: Roll & Write (2019) | Portal Games | π¦ |
| Incohearent Family Edition (2020) | VR Distribution | |
| Isle of Cats (2019) | Pixel Park | π¦ π |
| Karekare (2019) | Devir | |
| Karuba: The Card Game (2017) | HABA | π¦ |
| Kero (2018) | Game Kings | π¦ |
| KhΓ΄ra: Rise of an Empire (2021) | Pixel Park | |
| King of New York (2014) | Caffeinated Dragon | π¦ |
| King of Tokyo (2011) | Caffeinated Dragon | π¦ |
| Kittin (2020) | Alley Cat Games | π¦ |
| Maglev Metro (2021) | BΓ©zier Games | π |
| Miyabi (2019) | HABA | π¦ |
| My Date with a Zombie (2020) | Gametime Again | π³πΏ π¦ |
| Nemo's War (2nd ed.) (2017) | Pixel Park | |
| New Phone, Who Dis? Family Edition (2020) | VR Distribution | π¦ |
| Nidavellir (2020) | VR Distribution | β¨οΈ π¦ |
| Orleans (2014) | TMG | π |
| Paleo (2020) | Game Kings | π¦ |
| Paper Dungeons: A Dungeon Scrawler Game (2020) | Alley Cat Games | π¦ |
| Parks (2019) | Cerberus Games | β¨οΈ π¦ |
| Pendulum (2020) | Stonemaier Games | |
| Perpetuity: Grave Descent (2021) | GametIme Again | π³πΏ π |
| Petrichor (2018) | Mighty Boards | π |
| Pictures (2019) | Cerberus Games | π¦ |
| Quetzel (2020) | VR Distribution | π¦ |
| Raiders of Scythia - Deluxe (2020) | Garphill Games | π³πΏ π |
| Red Rising (2021) | Stonemaier Games | π β¨οΈ |
| Rhino Hero (2011) | HABA | π¦ |
| Robinson Crusoe (2012) | Portal Games | π |
| Rugby: The Game (2019) | Zero Point Games | π³πΏ π |
| Sagrada (2017) | Pixel Park | π¦ π |
| Set (1988) | VR Distribution | π¦ |
| Shelfie Stacker (2021) | Arkus Games | π³πΏ π π¦ |
| Silver Bullet (2019) | BΓ©zier Games | π¦ |
| Silver Dagger (2020) | BΓ©zier Games | π¦ |
| Sleeping Gods + Tides of Ruin expansion (2021) | Pixel Park | β¨οΈ |
| Spirit Island (2017) | Game Kings | β¨οΈ π |
| Steampunk Rally Fusion (2021) | Pixel Park | |
| Suburbia (2nd ed.) (2021) | BΓ©zier Games | |
| Tacocat Spelled Backwards (2021) | VR Distribution | π¦ |
| TΔkaro: Original edition (2019) | Game Kings Studios | π³πΏ π π¦ |
| TΔkaro: Bits and Bobs (2019) | Game Kings Studios | π³πΏ π π¦ |
| TΔkaro: Into the Wild (2019) | Game Kings Studios | π³πΏ π π¦ |
| Tapestry (2020) | Stonemaier Games | |
| Terraforming Mars (2016) | Pixel Park | β¨οΈ π |
| That's a Question (2017) | Czech Games Edition | π¦ |
| The Chameleon (2017) | Cerberus Games | |
| The Court of Miracles (2019) | Lucky Duck Games | π¦ |
| The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine (2019) | VR Distribution | π¦π |
| The Hobbit: An Unexpected Party (2020) | Weta Workshop | π³πΏ π π¦ |
| The Quacks of Quedlinburg (2018) | Cerberus Games | π¦π |
| Ticket to Ride Amsterdam (2020) | Caffeinated Dragon | π¦ |
| Ticket to Ride London (2019) | Caffeinated Dragon | π¦ |
| Tinderblox (2020) | Alley Cat Games | π¦ |
| Tinner's Trail (2021) | Alley Cat Games | |
| Tungaru (2020) | Alley Cat Games | π |
| Unmatched: Cobble & Fog (2020) | Pixel Park | π¦ |
| Unmatched: Robin Hood vs. Bigfoot (2019) | VR Distribution | π¦ |
| UnNatural Selection (2013) | Pixel Park | π¦ |
| Upkeep (2020) | Gametime Again | π³πΏ π¦ |
| Valley of the Vikings (2019) | HABA | π¦ |
| Venice (2021) | Braincrack Games | π |
| Viscounts of the West Kingdom (2020) | Garphill Games | π³πΏ π |
| Werewords Deluxe Edition (2018) | BΓ©zier Games | π¦ |
| Whistle Mountain (2020) | BΓ©zier Games | π |
| World Changers (2021) | Cheeky Parrot Games | π³πΏ π π¦ |
