{"id":112,"date":"2025-12-20T00:08:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T00:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sprucon.com\/?page_id=112"},"modified":"2026-01-11T20:26:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T20:26:40","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sprucon.com\/?page_id=112","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>SPRU is a convention with the goal to celebrate the indie wargaming scene and the pillars that maintain it: Games, art, community, design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The upcoming convention on 26 September 2026 will be taking up both floors of The Albert Hall Conference Centre. A spectacular venue, with vendors and exhibitors in the Osborne Suite and The Great Hall. Twenty fantastic vendors and exhibitors in each area. 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