News and Announcements

Online Rego closed

Online registration is now closed! This doesn't mean that you can't come to Arcanacon tho - registration is still open on the day and doesn't cost a cent more.

If you have registered already, you can check your registration online still, but you can't amend it. Any changes you want to make can be made on the day at the registration desk.

Post Con Venue & 2nd hand rpg Auction info

Information about the new PostCon venue and the 2nd 2nd-hand rpg book auction is now up on the site! come to the post con! flog your old rpg stuff!

Extra event! Anima: Tactics

A demo of Anima:Tactics will be running during the convention.

Online Rego closes on Sunday 18th January

To allow the con to organise entries and other administrative stuff, online rego will close late evening Sunday 18th January. You can still enter the convention or alter your entry after that date, but it will need to be done at the convention.

Torta Inoperante Da Coisa cancelled

Due to lack of entrants, the D&D Major has been withdrawn.

The Habit unavailable

Due to a change in the author's work commitments, 'The Habit' has been withdrawn from the convention for 2009.

READY! SET! GO!

Its a bit tardy, but the Arcanacon site has been updated with details for the events running this year - go check out all the info on boardgames, miniatures, tabletops, freeforms and Living Events, then jump across to AON and sign right up to play.

If you are a member of a club or a group of friends who play, help us out by letting people know that Arcanacon is on, and looking for new folks to come play.

Cya there :)

Hi folks! We're still looking for events for 2009, so login to AON and put your ideas down on, er, electrons.

Blurbs are due by the 6th of October!

Itttt beeeegiinnnnns!

Hopefully everyone had a whacky old time at Arcanacon XXVI - from what we could tell from the feedback, mostly people enjoyed the games and the con overall.

So... what's happening for Arcanacon 2009? Well, the theme for the convention is "SYDPUNK" - cyberpunk and steampunk and punkpunk, and whatever other sort of punkish sorts of counterculture folks want to bring along. Basically you can call it punk if you want to - but if you're not sure, then a working definition might be a style or movement characterized by the adoption of aggressively unconventional and often bizarre or shocking clothing, hairstyles, makeup, etc., and the defiance of social norms of behavior.

So we're looking for some events in 2009 that are full of the rebellious, the jarring, and the wonderfully strange

We're starting to accept events now - that gives you about 5 and a half months to get your idea up and ready, as blurbs will be due around the end of September. This gives you plenty of time to think about what you want to write, if you want to write with other folks, and all the other little details that make up a con game.

If you have a strange idea - and strange ideas are certainly the motif for the convention this year - then give the Orgs a heads up so you can chat about your requirements, whether its space, or advertising or whatever.

Arcanacon is also looking for more ConOrgs and Helpers. If you're curious about getting involved in organising or running Arcanacon, let us know - pop us an email or give us a call or catch up with one of the orgs at one of the other Cons during the year. Earlier is better as conorg meetings for this year have already begun - it takes a lot of preparation to make the 4 days of Arcanacon go off smoothly.

Please be aware that next year, the Victorian holiday for Australia Day is on the MONDAY - which means the con will run Friday - Monday like it did in 2008, rather than Thursday - Sunday as it has for the few years before that.