The 24th annual Beer & Pretzels Games Weekend takes place on 18/19th May 2013, from 10.00 till 10.00 on Saturday and 10.00 till 7.00 on Sunday. The venue is the Town Hall, Burton on Trent, Staffs, a splendid, airy Victorian building. Though largely board game based - with free use of the Spirit Games board game library - there is always a significant miniatures gaming element, with a Hordes of the Things tournament a long-standing feature.

• Adrian Sant from the Dudley Darklords Club will be playing Dystopian Wars with a view to introducing new players to this very playable naval game.
• The Tavernmaster Games crew will once again be attending. They will be running Tunnels & Trolls featuring the 'Return to the Temple of Awful Horrors' dungeon.
• John Martin will be running a Zulu participation game in his usual patch on Sunday - on Saturday there will be robots rampaging in that area.
• The Continental War Society will be running the Battle of Bad Kissingen of 1866 as a 1 hour participation game.
• There are also role-playing sessions run by the Cannock Club, and also others set up on an ad hoc basis.

The lack of formal structure is what makes Beer & Pretzels different from most other shows and conventions. Everyone is guaranteed playing space, and a simple system matches available players to places available in games. There is hot and cold food and, of course, beer, this year featuring Worthington Red Shield and Doom Bar as the real ales (there are also some free pretzels). There are also plenty of shops, pubs, restaurants and B&Bs nearby, the railway station is a stone's throw away and there is a free car park (parking permits can be picked up on the door or in advance).

Tickets cost £5 per day/£9 for both in advance, or £6/£10 on the door.