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New at Play 2026: the Scientific Game Library!

Play – the Games Festival 2026 welcomes a brand-new area entirely dedicated to games as a tool for outreach, growth, and...

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Symbols and AAC: making the Festival more accessible

Thanks to a new collaboration with Auxilia, Play – the Games Festival is introducing tools designed to support the parti...

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Play by Night: Food Trucks and Free Gaming Tables

At Play – the Games Festival 2026, the fun doesn't stop when the day does — on Saturday 23 May, the party carries on unt...

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RPG Magnifico 2026: the Finalists

The finalists of the international award dedicated to tabletop role-playing games

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Pauper debuts at PLAY

Three days of Magic like you've never experienced before

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Play Village

The world of LARP comes to life at Play!

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Play Warpit: Miniatures, Wargames, and Three-Dimensional Creativity

WARPIT at Play 2026: the beating heart of miniatures, wargames, and three-dimensional creativity

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Play by night: saturday all night long!

Play goes late: special Saturday evening opening until 11 PM

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One Page Dungeon 4 Play 2026 Contest

The most anticipated contest of the year returns to Play with Master of Masters

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Asta Tosta is back!

The most anticipated event of Play, finally in Bologna!

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The One-Page Gamebook Contest by Librogame's Land Returns!

Back for its second edition after last year's success

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Barbascura X at Play 2026

Science, comedy, and games come together at Play

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Librogame Magnifico - 5th Edition

The award dedicated to gamebooks returns

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The Independence Play WARPIT

The Independence Play WARPIT area is launched

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Play Area

Two days of game-based learning at the Bologna Research Area

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Family Area, bigger than ever!

We’ve expanded the space dedicated to all types of families

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Play Open RPG: Play’s Call for Game Masters

The new Call for Game Masters is here: PLAY OPEN RPG!

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University of Bologna Partnership

Discount for LA Play 2026

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Play Trade at Bologna Children’s Book Fair

Play Trade returns: the new B2B event for the games industry

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International Women's Day

We celebrate International Women’s Day

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Call for Digital Games

27 febbraio 2026

Do you have a game to pitch to us? Here’s the Call for Digital Games!

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Independence Play

20 gennaio 2026

Independence Play returns

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Nuova News Page-en

06 dicembre 2025

Put Play Under the Tree: the Limited Edition PLAY KIT Is Here!

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La Play 2026

03 dicembre 2025

Theme of the 2026 edition of Play - the Games Festival

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Play 2026: New Dates Announced!

Mark your calendars! The 17th edition of Play – The Games Festival will take place from May 22 to May 24, 2026, once aga...

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Thank you! See you in 2026

We’re back to playing — together. And we did it in style. Play – The Games Festival 2025 has come to a close, but the ec...

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