
Chimera Con 2025
May 17 @ 10:00 – May 18 @ 17:00 UTC
Chimera Con 2025 – Get epic games on the table
Venue: The Teachers Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1,
Date: 17-18th May (10am – 9pm Sat, 10am -6pm Sun)
Entry cost:
Full rates: 1 day 20 euro, 2 day 30 euro
Early bird rates (until 6th April): 1 day 15 euro, 2 day 25 euro .
Junior (<18 tickets) for -5 euro from standard prices, juniors must be accompanied at all times by an adult.
Admission applies to all attendees, even if you only play your own games or spectate.
Two days of boardgames and wargames with a focus on the large, long or complex games that not often seen at other Irish gaming conventions because they are so hard to get to the table.
Chimera (Oxford Languages definition 2.) a thing which is hoped for but is illusory or impossible to achieve.
This game genre includes titles like Here I Stand, Mega Civilisation, Twilight Imperium, and monster wargames. In 2024 we added a second day of games and a new schedule of shorter boardgames too. So you can also play modern classics like Brass:Birmingham, Terraforming Mars or Pandemic at Chimera Con too. The focus of the Con is to get everyone playing and it pioneered a voting system for longer games to ensure player interest and pre-registration is expected for most games. Warhorn is now used for event registration and game signups.
We depend on our game facilitators to make the games run and if you wish to volunteer to facilitate a game, please use our Board Game Geek List.
This event is designed to encourage create the critical mass of players, time and table space to make these games happen. The convention has longer time slots (5hrs), experienced game facilitators, pre-registration, and (subject to space) a free play area for pickup games.
The venue is centrally located in Dublin with a full bar in a well maintained historic building with reasonably priced food and drink.
Please read our players code and anti-harassment policy as all attendees must abide by it, we want an inclusive and welcoming event.