Igrokon, Russia's largest board game festival, was held in Moscow

Igrocon-2025, the largest games and hobbies festival in the CIS, came to an end in Moscow on Sunday, March 9. The event was held at the Crocus Expo International Exhibition Center, and was visited by Izvestia.

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In particular, the board games "Ivan the Terrible: The First Tsar", "Gzhel", "Mezen", "Artline: Tretyakov Gallery", and the computer game about Slavic culture "Black Book" became the focus of public attention.

The last time Igrocon was held was in 2019, after which it was put on pause due to coronavirus restrictions. The organizers have prepared for the return of the festival in the most serious way — instead of the Sokolniki Exhibition Center, as in previous years, they rented the Crocus Expo site.

In addition, the organizers brought there not only board games, but also comics, books, computer games and star guests, including theater and film actor Dmitry Chebotarev, participants of the show "Improvisers" Anton Shastun, Dmitry Pozov, Arseniy Popov and Sergey Matvienko, as well as Utopia Show.

Read more in the exclusive Izvestia article:

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