New Zealand Gaming Conventions

This is a list of all the NZ gaming conventions that I know about, organised by date. Where possible I've included a short blurb, attendance and price information, and contact details for 'con organisers.

If you're running an event in NZ and want it to appear on this page, please email me.

City: Christchurch.

Hosted By: SAGA (No, it doesn't stand for anything)

When: July 7th - 9th.

Where: Christchurch Music Centre

Structure: Two slots per day, plus evening LARP and Grand Strategy.

Attendence: 70+

Cost: $15 pre-registered ($12 to SAGA members); $5/session on the day.

Contact: SAGA email.

Notes: BoD has been run since at least 1995, and has traditionally focussed on systemless roleplaying and LARP.

Last Ran: 2005.

City: Auckland

Hosted by: A.M.E.R.I.C.A.

When: July 15th - 16th, 2006

Where: Commerce A, University of Auckland.

Structure: 4 4-hr sessions, plus a live game and a prizegiving dinner.

Attendence: 20 - 30.

Cost: $25 for the whole weekend, with a $5 discount for A.M.E.R.I.C.A. members.

Contact: Patrick

Notes: A 4-session tournament con, offering systemless roleplaying.

Last Ran: 2005.

City: Wellington

Hosted by: WARGS (Wellington Area Roleplaying Game Society).

When: August 12th.

Where: Turnbull House, opposite the Beehive, Wellington

Structure: Three 3-hour sessions.

Attendence: 25-40.

Cost: Players $15, GMs $10.

Contact: Nasia.

Notes: A one-day MiniCon, which has run since 2003.

Last Ran: 2005.

City: Wellington

When: January 20th - 21st (Wellington anniversary weekend) 2007.

Where: Wellington High School (same as last year).

Structure: Three 3-hour slots daily, plus a LARP on saturday evening.

Attendence: 100+ (110 in 2006).

Cost: $15 for GMs, $20 for players, +$5 if you pay on the day. LARP-only is $5, with no late fees.

Contact: kapcon@gmail.com. Registrations are done online through the KapCon webpage, and news is posted on the KapCon blog.

Notes: Wellington's annual roleplaying convention. A wide variety of games are run, from arty systemless games to hack n' slash D&D. Prizes awarded for roleplaying, GMing and anything else amusing. Also runs an annual scenario design competition.

Last Ran: January 21st - 22nd (Wellington anniversary weekend), 2006.