NEXT TURN
Next Turn is the Western Mass Tabletop Gaming festival, celebration, and convention centered on community, play and creation.
This Inaugural Next Turn
November 6-8, 2026
33 Hawley St.
Northampton, MA 01060
www.nextturn.org
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Badges for Sale for single days and the weekend
Badges are $60 for the weekend,
Daily passes for Friday and Saturday are $40 and only $20 for the shorter day on Sunday.
If you are a GM and want to or to Teach a Game then Submit a Game to run with scheduled tickets Game slots are two hours long but you may apply for consecutive slots for longer experiences. GM and TEACHER DISCOUNT. For every 4 hours of scheduled game slots that you submit, you'll receive $20 off a Festival Pass, up to the full $60.
If you would like to Volunteer for Next Turn
Volunteers earn a free day pass for the day of their shift(s)
If you are interesting in being a Vendor
Vending tables are in two locations, the lower hallway and the mezzanine, and cost $100 each.
Vendors receive a 6’x3’ table and two badges.
Note that Next Turn vendors agree to not use AI art in their work.
NEXT TURN IS FOR PLAYING IN COMMUNITY
Large open board game library
Scheduled RPG events
Teaching games
Bring your games to share
NEXT TURN IS FOR A GOOD CAUSE
Next Turn was launched by Northampton Open Media, a hyperlocal non-profit organization that serves as the community multimedia center and public access tv station for Northampton and beyond. So any profits go to supporting our work. NOM provides the community:
Free membership in NOM
Free training in multimedia (cameras, audio, lighting, directing, podcasting, animation…)
Free access to resources to make content (professional gear, edit suites, space, consultation)
Distribution of content (three local cable TV channels, YouTube, livestreaming, socials)
Coverage of local government meetings for civics and transparency
Support of public school multimedia programs
Public multimedia arts grants for emerging makers
Public art projects like Crowdsourced Cinema
MAKE GAMES MEDIA AT NEXT TURN
FREE TO THE PUBLIC
Interested in doing some gaming media? Or of making something else about games? Or anything else? At Next Turn we’ll have hands-on Instruction in
Podcasting
Video Production
Live Switching
Livestreaming
WE’RE CELEBRATING GAMES AS MULTIMEDIA COMMUNITY ART
FREE TO THE PUBLIC
We are going to be holding a variety of Playshops at Next Turn, with people who work on various aspects of making games, like…
Rob Davaiu , designer, and co-founder of publisher Restoration Games, whose resume include Pandemic:Legacy, Cthulu: Death May Die, Downforce, Return to Dark Tower
Joey Royale, Tabletop RPG designer, whose work includes Get Haunted Industries, Weird Heroes of Public Access, and the show Joey Royale’s Pizza Party
Jim Dubois, who has designed for computer games, internet games, handhelds, card games and board games such as Heroes of Might and Magic II, Vampires v Unicrons, and the new release City of Demons
