Events & Activities

Welcome to Unboxed Game Fest

Gujarat's First and Finest Board Game Festival!🎲✨

Calling all board game enthusiasts, students, educators, designers, and publishers! Join us for an electrifying weekend of strategy, creativity, and fun on January 3 & 4, 2026 in Ahmedabad.

Tickets are now available! Don't miss out and Snag yours on AllEvents and join Gujarat’s game-changing celebration 🎉

Choose from:

1- Day Ticket
2- Day Ticket
Unboxed Member Special Ticket
Quest of the Nightwatchers - Treasure Hunt (Add On)

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Events

Unboxed Game Fest 2026 is packed with exciting events!

Dive into immersive Gameplay Arena with 100+ games
Shop games from exclusive Retail Arena
Compete in Tournaments for all ages
Attend expert-led masterclass
Experience the thrill of Social Deduction Games like Blood on the Clocktower and D&D role-playing sessions
Explore our Retail Section for the latest games
Quest of the Nightwatchers - Treasure Hunt

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Fest Schedule

Stay tuned for the upcoming Game schedule! We have an exciting lineup of events and activities that you won't want to miss. Keep an eye out for more details soon!

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Game Play Arena

Get ready for an amazing experience! We’re thrilled to announce dedicated gameplay arena curated by publishers, designers, retailers & board gaming communities featuring a fantastic library of over 100 short, medium, and long-format games available on both event days. Come join us to dive into your favorites or some exciting new ones!

Masterclasses

Unboxed Game Fest 2026 is packed with exciting masterclasses being led by various industry experts.

*These masterclasses are open to all ticket holders but participants will have to preregister due to limited capacity.

Shobhit Aggarwal
Faculty, IIM Udaipur

Win-Win Negotiations
January 4 | 10 AM - 1 PM

Target Audience:
Students, Professionals

Learn the strategies of effective negotiations through a game play where you practice these tools in real life, across a table. Make meaningful associations through a debrief session.

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Steven Medway
Game Designer, BOTC

Top 10 Rules of
Game Design
January 4 | 10 AM - 1 PM

Target Audience:
Students, Game designers

Learn the mental tricks and attitudes that will make you a spectacular game designer! Forget the rules, and unleash your imagination.

Dharita Soni

Skills Trainer & Gamer

Saumil Shah
Ethical Hacker, Gamer

Mathletics
January 4 | 2 PM - 4 PM

Target Audience:
Educators, Parents

Hey, math lovers! Get ready for a workshop that proves games and numbers can be best buddies! We’ll show educators and parents how to turn math into a game — because who said learning can’t be a blast?

Phalgun Polepalli
Founder, Mozaic Games

From Concept to Table: Board Game Design & Market Trends in India
January 4 | 2 PM - 4 PM

Target Audience:
Students, Game designers

In this masterclass, Phalgun will share his experience as a game designer and publisher, along with years of insight into trends in the Indian board game market. Aspiring game developers, learn how to carve your board game design into a creation!

Itchha Chainani
Educator, Riverside

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Neha Shahani

Educator, Riverside

Bridging Pedagogy & Play
January 4 | PM - 4:30 - 6:30 PM

Target Audience:
Educators, Parents

Explore how board games make learning fun and impactful by developing critical thinking, collaboration and 21st century skills. It offers practical strategies for integrating game-based learning into the curriculum, transforming lessons into engaging, interactive experiences that foster deeper understanding.

Jay Thakkar
Faculty of Design, CEPT

Crafting the Culture through Play
January 4 | 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Target Audience:
Educators, Students, Game Enthusiasts

Transform local cultural narratives into engaging games. Learn how to use everyday materials to delve into the storytelling elements of cultural tales, turning them into playful game mechanics and prototypes. Experience a hands-on approach to education that connects us to our roots through the joy of play.

Tournaments

Unboxed Game Fest 2025 is bursting with thrilling tournaments and incredible chances to snag awesome prizes! Don't miss out on the excitement

*These tournaments are open to all ticket holders but participants will have to preregister due to limited capacity.

Parikrama

January 5 | 10 AM - 1 PM

OPEN TO ALL

Project L

January 5 | 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM

OPEN TO ALL

Splendor

January 5 | 10 AM - 1 PM

School Students

(Grades 5, 6, 7)

Kingdomino

January 5 | 2 PM - 4 PM

School Students

(Grades 3 & 4)

Blood on the Clocktower

Experience the vibe, driven by Gujarat's favorite Brizz Joshi.

Come experience a game of murder and mystery, lies and logic, deduction and deception for five-to-twenty courageous players and one devious storyteller.

A social game played in person, seated in a circle, each player receives either a ‘good’ or ‘evil’ token with their unique character on it. Good players share information to solve the mystery whilst evil players lie about who they are and what they know. The good team wins if they can piece together their knowledge, trust each other, and execute the demon. The evil team wins if the demon can sow distrust, evade detection, and wipe out the village.

Quest of the Nightwactchers

Requires a separate ticket. NOT included with Unboxed Fest Pass

Brace yourself for a thrilling nocturne treasure hunt across Ahmedabad!

Curated by the mastermind - i, i Gamemaster treacherously known for creating clues that will make you question everything you thought you knew. Expect a journey filled with suspense, unexpected twists, and clues that will keep you on the edge of your seat as you navigate the thrilling world of treasure hunting!