Tip for parking: Birmingham International railway station's multi-storey carpark can be prebooked for £12.50 per day (guarantees a space too), and is a lot closer walk to the NEC (via the footbridge) than the NEC's own carparks.
Also if you're staying at a local hotel without its own carpark, you can pay for a 3-day parking in that multistorey (for slight discount) and leave your car there for the whole expo including overnight, something you can't do (well, "is not allowed", not sure how they enforce it) at the NEC carparks.
Since you liked Robot Quest Arena but were turned off by the price you should check out Ascension Tactics and the upcoming Ascension Tactics Inferno. It's a deckbuilder with an area control and combat theme but you get to control a squad of 3-4 characters instead of just one. It's also way, way cheaper in part because it uses standees; usually available for 60$ CAD and I got my copy brand new for 40$ CAD. It also has solo and co-op modes so it's not strictly competitive like Robot Quest Arena.
Tip for parking: Birmingham International railway station's multi-storey carpark can be prebooked for £12.50 per day (guarantees a space too), and is a lot closer walk to the NEC (via the footbridge) than the NEC's own carparks.
What a great tip Nick, thanks!
Also if you're staying at a local hotel without its own carpark, you can pay for a 3-day parking in that multistorey (for slight discount) and leave your car there for the whole expo including overnight, something you can't do (well, "is not allowed", not sure how they enforce it) at the NEC carparks.
Another one is you can get all day at resort world for £3 if you spend £20 and get your ticket validated. Not bad if you’re spending that anyway.
Since you liked Robot Quest Arena but were turned off by the price you should check out Ascension Tactics and the upcoming Ascension Tactics Inferno. It's a deckbuilder with an area control and combat theme but you get to control a squad of 3-4 characters instead of just one. It's also way, way cheaper in part because it uses standees; usually available for 60$ CAD and I got my copy brand new for 40$ CAD. It also has solo and co-op modes so it's not strictly competitive like Robot Quest Arena.
I’ll check it out, ta :)