Dau Barcelona is a festival of board games, but attention, it is not a festival aimed at children, the Dau is a festival for all ages, with its own space for children's games. From the age of three onwards, everyone will find a space at Dau. The festival, organized by the Institute of Culture of Barcelona, will be held on November 16 and 17 at the Fabra i Coats venue, but days before, presentation activities will be organized in several civic centers and activities in schools. The night before the start of Gran Dau (as the main core of the festival is called), the Dau Barcelona 2024 Awards will be presented at the Sant Andreu Teatre to the best playwrights in the world. Dau Barcelona is aimed at families and the community of experienced gamers, to whom they offer a wide variety of games that are available right now. The festival is attended by board game publishers and entities such as Ludo, the association of game creators in Spain.
The 2024 DAU represents the beginning of a new stage for the event. They want to remain a benchmark for board games, but turning the DAU into a festival of avant-garde culture.
The DAU sections
- Gran DAU: gaming tables for all types of players. In the Gran Dau you can discover the latest novelties and the classics that have triumphed in recent years. All you have to do is sit down and play, and if you have any doubts, don't worry, at each table a demonstrator will answer your questions. The Gran Dau also includes the Dau de Noche (space for free games and role-playing games that require prior reservation), championships, prototyping space and proto-game contest, and Verkami contest.
- DAUET: the Dauet is the space where publishers specialized in children's games present their catalog for children from 3 to 10 years old.
- DAU expert: section for those who have experience in board games or want to go deeper into this world, here you will find more advanced games to discover or rediscover.
- Historical DAU: the space for historical simulation games or wargames, strategy games that represent historical or fantastic events.
- Traditional DAU: popular games from Catalonia such as the Argentona Pitcher Raising, and games from other countries such as learning kendama, the great Japanese game.
- Role-playing DAUS: space to learn and start playing this kind of games, always full of imagination.
- Giant DAU: a selection of proposals of giant games in Can Fabra square to play with friends and family, and enjoy a great playful experience.
- Participatory game: with your player card, get 5 stamps of publishers playing their games and participate in the draw for a large batch of games.
- Other activities: section where you will find activities such as Softcombat in which Softcombats Barcelona Events will discover this team sport and strategy, in which you learn combat techniques and participate in live role-playing games.
- Stores: this year you will find 3 stores at the DAU, Abacus, The Curiosity Shop and La Maquinària. In them you will be able to discover novelties and hidden treasures.
For the first time, this year there will be a Foodtrucks area in Can Fabra square.
Free admission with limited capacity.
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