2024 Spring Festival
Go Play NW Spring Festival May 4 & 5, 2024 Hosted on Discord
Join us for the Go Play NW Spring Festival, a free weekend of online tabletop gaming!
We’re keeping things sweet and simple:
- The Spring Festival will be all Donuts!
- The festival is open to anyone on the Go Play NW Discord server—no ticket required!
So, pick some of your favorite online tabletop games to pitch in the Donut, join us on Discord, and embrace the weird and the wonderful for two days of hanging out and playing games!
Spring Festival Schedule
Saturday May 4
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 9:00 AM PT | LobbyCon (Doors Open) |
| 2:00 PM PT | Sat Afternoon Donut |
| 6:00 PM PT | Break for dinner |
| 7:00 PM PT | Sat Evening Donut |
| 11:59 PM PT | Donuts After Dark |
Sunday May 5
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 9:00 AM PT | Doors open |
| 9:30 AM PT | Pancake Breakfast |
| 2:00 PM PT | Sun Afternoon Donut |
| 6:00 PM PT | Break for dinner |
| 7:00 PM PT | Sun Evening Donut |
| 11:00 PM PT | That’s a wrap! |
FAQ
How do I register for the Spring Festival?
There's no need to register ahead of time! The Spring Festival will be open to anyone on our Discord server!
What is a "donut" exactly?
The Donut is our pick-up-and-play pitch circle. We all get together and attendees pitch games they want to play, then we break off into groups to go play them! Since Donut games are pitched by attendees, we never know what games are going to get played before the session starts.
Can I volunteer at the Spring Festival?
Absolutely! We're currently looking for Spring Festival volunteers. You can sign up at our Spring Festival volunteer sign up form.
GPNW Online Spring Festival Volunteer Sign-Up Form
Will you be doing your usual Go Play NW Online event in the fall of 2024?
No. The Spring Festival will be GPNW's only online event for 2024. Our next fully-programmed online event will take place in February 2025.
So you'll be doing a full Go Play NW Online in 2025?
Absolutely! Go Play NW is committed to continuing to support online gaming as part of our mission going forward!
Why aren't you running a full online event this year?
For its first two years, Go Play NW Online was the only event we needed to plan and prepare for during the year, which meant our team was able to fully dedicate our time to creating a quality online gaming experience. With the return of the in-person event in 2023 we learned that Go Play NW Online’s usual Sept/Oct schedule comes too quickly after the in-person event for our team to give Go Play Online the proper time and attention it needs (especially since many of our volunteers are also involved in planning Big Bad Con which takes place around the same time of year).
We want to make sure that we continue to provide you with a quality online experience, and continuing to hold Go Play NW Online during the fall won’t allow us to do that. So, our plan is to push Go Play NW Online out a few months from October 2024 to February 2025, and we will continue hosting Go Play NW Online as an annual mid-February event.
But, doing this means there would not be a Go Play NW Online in 2024, and that doesn’t sit right with us. So, we decided to run this smaller Donut-only Spring Festival that’s open to anyone who wants to join in!
