{"id":471,"date":"2019-02-10T17:54:38","date_gmt":"2019-02-10T16:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hexconspillfestival.org\/?page_id=471"},"modified":"2025-06-05T20:15:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T18:15:31","slug":"hexcons-historie","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hexconspillfestival.org\/en\/om-hexcon\/hexcons-historie\/","title":{"rendered":"The history of Hexcon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hexcon has been held every year since 1984 (originally under the name Hexagon Games Fair). Themes for previous Hexcons:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>2025 \u2013 Boss: Hilde Austlid. Theme: Revolution. Power to the meeple!<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>2024 \u2013 Boss: Christian Holden. Theme: Jubilee (40th anniversary!)<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>2023 \u2013 Boss: Rolf Arne Gandrud. Theme: Monsters<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>2022 \u2013 Boss: Henrik Kvamsdal. 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