KapCon 18 in 2009 is on Saturday 17th and Sunday 19th of January. Monday 19th is a statutory holiday for Wellington workers and can be used for recovery.
Kapcon is a not-for profit Roleplaying Game convention run annually in Wellington, New Zealand, every January. Over 100 people get together for a weekend of pen-and-paper roleplaying, in a diverse range of styles and systems. Over the weekend, more than 30 individual games are run, with volunteer GMs (or storytellers, narrators or facilitators) running games between one and six times over the course of the convention.
There are six rounds of gaming - each lasting 3 hours. Most games have pre-generated characters for the players to use, and some even have props, soundtracks, links to other games, or live action elements (where players act out the less dangerous parts of the story). Between rounds there's time to chat, meet or catch up with people, and get some much needed snack food. There's usually some snack food available on-site, and there's always the dairy and fish-and-chip shop nearby.
If you have a favourite game that you want to play in, you can let us know in advance and we'll try to find someone to run it - if you love Paranoia, Call of Cthulhu, D&D 3.5, or any other system, send us an email and we'll see what we can do.
After the third round on the Saturday, there's a LARP. A LARP is a live action roleplaying game - one where you wear a costume, and stay in character at all times. The style of LARP we have at Kapcon doesn't use foam weapons or any complicated mechanics - it's all about being in character, finding out what's going on, achieving your goals and having fun. In recent years the Saturday night LARP has grown from 40 to 70 players. There is a dedicated team of writers who volunteer each year to put together the LARP, and it is due to their tireless work that it's so much fun!
Kapcon XVI Supporters
Deep under Wellington, something stirs...
KapCon has been dead but dreaming for the past few months, but is now beginning to stir to life to eat the minds of the puny fleshy things that walk the surface of the earth, never contemplating what horror lurks beneath organise next year's con. The first step: organise the first round GMs. We need to start early because first round game details go in the flyer, which we would like to have out in time for Buckets of Dice (or CONFusion at the latest). So, we're looking for some volunteers. At this stage, all we need is a title, a blurb, and most importantly, a commitment to be there and run. If you can do that, then please email us or chip in on the NZRaG discussion.
Sixty years in the future the world is run by megacorporations, almost everyone is held in their iron grip, but under the surface there are vices and temptations where corporations can't go. The underworld of Neo-Steelsberg is run by the Mafia. The Maladrino family and the Kyne family worked together for generations to maintain a firm grip on power, but when the Don of the city died suddenly, the two families were riven by suspicion, each believing the other had murdered him. Now without a Don for two years there has been blood in the streets, and the grip of the mob has been loosened, finger by finger. While the old families have been fighting, a new power has arisen, with razor sharp bodies and minds the NeoMafia have stepped out of the digital shadows and are demanding recognition.
Will you be the one to unite the families? or will you destroy your competitors and claim the bloodied crown as the only one standing.
Play Mafia 2071 to find out.
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KapCon the Thirteenth : I Know What You Role-played Last Summer, was held at Wellington High School over the period 19 - 20th of January 2002 and again represented a record level in KapCon attendance.
