All Arcanacon Events
Freeforms
Freeform events usually involve large groups of people - usually more than 10, and sometimes more than 20 - gathering into one large game. Typically emphasis is on character interaction rather than dice-based gaming, and costumes are often encouraged.
- Class of '83
- REMINISCE! as Batteries Not Included return you and 19 others to high school.
- Herakles: Premiere Party
- CELEBRATE! at the exclusive 12 - 24 player opening of a new epic movie, produced by Random Jones
- Min Min
- SHUDDER! at the mysteries unveiled by Fi McConachie in the lonely outback. For a 11 players
- Mythbusters BC
- WONDER! as a dozen lucky players are shown the phenomena of the Ancient World by Pointless Mental Cruelty
- New Year's Spirits
- COMMEMORATE! the passing of a year with Alicia Cameron, Matt Armstrong and 18 - 22 other guests
- The Elevator
- DESCEND! into the depths of drama with Batteries Not Included. Maximum load: 5 or 6 passengers.
- The Spider's Web
- BECOME ENSNARED! in the intricacies of Simon Boot and entanglments of Fi McConachie with 24 others!
- The Wake
- SALUTE! the tragic passing of a loved one, along with Travis Hall and 14 others
Miniatures
Not only the insanely popular and extraordinarily loud Arcanacon WarHammer 40K
minature tournament, this year we also have two additional WarHammer events,
the historical miniature event of Flames of War and the first of the annual
WarMachine tourneys.
- Arcanacon 40k
- ROAR! as armies clash and thunder against one another!
- Flames of War
- REJOICE! as byzantine battle plans come to fruition!
- Imperial Front IV
- JUBILATE! as tanks from a thousand worlds roll into the fray!
- Longest Table
- BECOME EMBROILED! in the widest 40K battle at Arcanacon!
- WarMachine
- CRY HAVOC! and crusade against Blood Magic from the North!
Multiforms
Somewhere between the chaos of a freeform and order of a tabletop
game lies the realm of the multiform events. Partaking both of some
of the game-ness of tabletops and the roleplaying-ness of freeforms,
these events may include sitting down and rolling dice as well as
moving around the room and acting out your character.
- Campfire Tales
- TREMBLE! at the terrible tales and shared stories of Violent Fruit's cooperative narration for 4 - 8 players
- Children of the Revolution
- SUBVERT! your fellow compatriots in Renee and Fi McConachie's tale of 10 revoltutionaries
RPGA Living Events
The RPGA network is a global association of roleplayers who get together at conventions, games days and even homes, to share the enjoyment of roleplaying. In Australia and New Zealand the primary focus of RPGA activity is the many d20 campaigns - bring your own character games with setting from D&D v3.5 to gothic horror to space opera.
- Living Greyhawk
- Powerplay, Those at Sea, Thin Air, Storm Ebb, Heir Abberant, Shades of Grey, Gift of the Tempest
- Living Arcanis
- A Trickle Down Deal, The Long Shadow, Upon a Troubled Brow, To Cast Shadows on the Sun, To Craft the Vaults of Hell
- Ebberon
- TBC
- Xen'drik
- Unfortunately, Xen'drik events will not be available at Arcanacon
- Living Interactive
- A 3 session mixed game - part freeform, part tabletop.
Special Events
Feel like a break from roleplaying? Join in one of the other special
events that run during the Con, from a 2nd hand auction to demos to
cooperative storytelling to trivia.
- Inaugral Arcanacon 2nd hand rpg auction
- HAGGLE! with others over 2nd hand roleplaying material
- Baron Munchausen
- REMINISCE! about the amazing antics of your youth with Lady Alicia Cameron and Lord Lee Davis-Thalbourne
- CheapAss Games Demo
- APPLAUD! as the Demo Monkey cavorts and extols the virtues of CheapAss Games for your entertainment!
- Indie RPG Demo Explosion!
- EXTOL! the variety of Independant Game booty returned from the New World by Scott Vandervalk and Jye Nicolson
- Friday Trivia Night
- ACCLAIM! the extensive general knowledge of you and your fellow gamers as highlighted by Rob Shankly and Erin Haberle
- Savagery with Purpose
- A SAGA IN THREE PARTS! - The Arcanacon D&D Major,
a 3 session D&D3E epic written by Gareth Jones, Lincoln Dunn,
Avi Waksberg and Benji Laird
- Inaugral Arcanacon Writer Challenge
- NOMINATE! your favourite gamers to writer for Arcanacon in 2008!
Tabletops
'Tabletop' gaming has been the traditional dice&paper type of roleplaying
game that many con-goers are familiar with, but as roleplaying has evolved,
it has expanded to include a much wider variety of games than might be
found in a home-run game.
This year's selection includes systemless games - which might not use
a published game system, or might not have any resolution at all;
cooperative narration games - where the players have as much input
into the game as the GM; the Arcanacon D&D Major;
comedy games;
the conclusion of Peter Strong's 13 episode manga-inspired series;
and still more.
- A Grimm Substitution
- SHIVER! as Adam vanLangenberg presents his spooky single session scenario for 4 players
- An Illithid Affair
- LAUGH! at the single session Planescape-esque
game by Christopher Harvey for 3 or 4 players
- Celebrity HUNTER
- SLAUGHTER! your way through James Wright's offering of Hunter the Reckoning madness for 4 to 6 players
- Digital Harmony
- BE AMAZED! as the two session Cyberpunk story by Andrew MacLennan and Josh Orth unfolds before your very eyes.
- Dinosaurs and Scones
- GASP! at the thrilling adventures revealed to you by Lon Teal and Scott Vandervalk's Savage Worlds single session game
- Kiwamaru
- THRILL! as Peter Strong's systemless manga-inspired series
of the Special Mobile Unit comes to a fabulous conclusion
- Last Exile
- MARVEL! as the Last Exile inspired game for 3 or 4 players by Jye Nicholson is unveiled
- Mayhem on the Orient Express
- Withdrawn from the convention.
- Overnight to San Francisco
- BE HORRIFIED! by the systemless/Cthulhu stylings of Mik Bonsall
as he drags 4 players through the depths of his nightmares.
- Savagery with Purpose
- A SAGA IN THREE PARTS! - The Arcanacon D&D Major,
a 3 session D&D3E epic written by Gareth Jones, Lincoln Dunn,
Avi Waksberg and Benji Laird
- Sentinel: In the Beginning
- DEFY! the darkness in Nathan Cooper's single session systemless/true20 demon-hunting scenario
- The Ebony Rose
- RELISH! the stark evocations in the Film Noir inspired Mage the Awakening game for 4-5 players by Aaron Fenwick
- Vampyre's Crypt
- Withdrawn from the convention.
- White Sands
- GAPE! as Kris de Valle (Ardy) presents for your delectation a Heavy Gear game
for 4 players
Downloadable Blurbs
If you'd rather make up your mind offline, you can
download the blurbs as pdfs
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