The Spirecon 2025 is an in person competition of Diplomacy organised the 8 & 9 february 2025. it is not scheduled as the main Uk diplomacy tournament for that year. the event included a speedboat round.the event was the first leg of the EGP2025

• Organiser : Chris Woolgar
• Tournament Director : Chris Woolgar

• United Kingdom
• Derbyshire
• Chesterfield
• The Rutland Arms

The Rutland Arms has been in operation as a public house since undergoing renovations in 1848, having prior to that been the home of the Mayor of Chesterfield. Most recently changing hands in 2023 the venue now boasts a selection of hand pulled ales and ciders as well as other popular drinks and snacks. They also have a resident ghost – Hannah Owens, who was a servant at the hotel and hung herself on the premises in 1875. She is now more commonly referred to as The White Lady.

• 16 players
• 8 boards (2+2+(2speedboat)+2)
• 4 rounds (including a speedboat round)
• Scoring: Spirecon rank based System 2025

https://www.backstabbr.com/sandbox/SpireCon-2025-R1B1/5181678228996096 https://www.backstabbr.com/sandbox/SpireCon-25-R1-B2/5465897253601280

Game 2: Saturday Feb 8 @ 1230 (Standard)

https://www.backstabbr.com/sandbox/SpireCon-2025-R2B1/5455141883740160 https://www.backstabbr.com/sandbox/SpireCon-2025-R2B2/5081605155454976

Round 3 was played in SpeedBoat https://www.backstabbr.com/sandbox/SpireCon-2025-R3B1-GB/5112368227811328 https://www.backstabbr.com/sandbox/None/6333092925931520

Game 4: Sunday Feb 9 @ 1230 (Standard) https://www.backstabbr.com/sandbox/SpireCon-2025-R4B1/5148126884003840 https://www.backstabbr.com/sandbox/Spire-on-2025-R4B2/6319248602169344

Broadcast of the DBN Speaker :

• Kevin o'Kelly,
• Andrew Zyck “pyxxy”,
• Ben Kellman

https://www.youtube.com/live/BLbm-9fsj-c?si=PE5us_Ad1SzEfO2q

Spirecon 2025 was the first leg of the EGP2025