by Beth Heile

The Preview lists for both UK Games Expo and Game Market Spring 2026 are now live.

Haven’t heard of a Preview list yet? Don’t worry! There are so many features on BGG it’s hard to keep track of them all.

A Preview serves as a list of new and upcoming games that will be available at a specific convention, either for sale or as a demo. Users attending those conventions are able to search, filter, sort, and save information from this list to help them target games they want to try or buy. Users visiting BGG can view this list to see which new titles are popular and getting a lot of buzz before a large event.

Currently BGG is offering Preview lists for the following conventions:
– Spielwarenmesse – list goes live in December
– Festival International des Jeux (FIJ) – list goes live in early January
– GAMA Expo – list goes live in early January
– UK Games Expo – list goes live in March
– Game Market Spring – Previously known as Tokyo Game Market, list goes live in March
– Origins – list goes live in April
– Gen Con – list goes live in early June
– SPIEL Essen – list goes live in July
– PAX Unplugged – list goes live in October

Please do not contact BGG to suggest other conventions to add to this list. We do not have plans to expand our preview lists at this time.

You can find all active and past Preview lists by clicking on “Browse” in the top menu of BGG and then choosing “Previews”.

If you are a publisher, the process to submit games for a Preview list has been overhauled in the last few months. Please email news@boardgamegeek.com for a full tutorial or if you are running into any problems.