First of all, thank you for visiting our site. Hopefully you’ve found answers to all of your questions. If you haven’t, please reach out to us.

Splotter Con rose out of my passion for games designed by Dutch publisher, Splotter Spellen – Indonesia, Bus, and The Great Zimbabwe are all in my Top 6 All Time Boardgames.

While attending Winsome Choose Some Con in Spring 2023, I pitched the idea for a similar convention but celebrating Splotter‘s boardgames rather than Winsome’s to one of the designers, Jeroen, who happened to be in Pittsburgh for the same con. After some further discussion with his partner, Joris, Splotter Con was born. We held our first event at the Green Tree DoubleTree over Labor Day weekend in 2024. It was a resounding success by all of my metrics but if you’re interested, I wrote a full con report on boardgamegeek.com.

Fueling me is my desire to bring together other like-minded game players from around the world to celebrate the amazing creativity and cleverness of Jeroen Doumen, Herman Haverkort, Tamara Jannink, and Joris Wiersinga.

At some point, I also became a collector of Splotter’s games (which I now own all of, apart from various editions), and thought it would be nice if I could share all of these obscure, harder-to-find titles with other fans.

I set out with three primary intentions: 1) attract a kind, diverse, communal group of players and collectors, 2) encourage folks to have fun teaching and sharing their love for Splotter’s games, and 3) host a light, playful competition without the intensity of a full on tournament.

Thanks to my wonderful local gaming community for their incredible support, to all of our generous sponsors, and to Splotter for giving me this opportunity. 

I hope to see you in Pittsburgh!

~Dean Brandt, Organizer