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Revision as of 05:43, 7 March 2026



Conquest Games Convention

Melbourne's Easter Games Convention

Location
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Focus
General gaming con
Established
1989
Attendance
100-300 attendees per year
Website
Conquest website


A roleplaying convention in Melbourne, Australia.

Mission statement

We’re an open, inclusive and friendly community of tabletop and roleplaying gamers, GMs, and creators! 🌈😊 Our games convention, Conquest, runs every year in Melbourne, Australia. It is held over the Easter weekend so that we can take advantage of the public holidays!

Our community is dedicated to providing a variety of different games in order to suit all ages and gaming styles. GMs, storytellers and creators have the opportunity to run RPGs of their own invention, while using their own gaming system.

We also host games derived from known genres or gaming systems, such as Dungeons & Dragons, Pathfinder and Call of Cthulhu.

If it’s a tabletop game, social live action roleplaying game, board game, or miniatures war game, chances are you’ll see it at Conquest!

History

Conquest is one of Australia's longest-running games conventions, first held in 1989 at the Melbourne Showgrounds.

The convention has also ran for many years out of a few different school venues, such as University High School, Melbourne in 1998, and Melbourne High School between at least 2006-2015. [Some dates uncertain]. High school venues were popular for allowing games to be run each in different classrooms, minimising noise from other games. But increases in hire costs at schools due to increased security, and a reluctance to hire out to external groups, have led to the decline in school-based venues for local game conventions.

Following the loss of school venues, there was a decline for a number of years in hosting freeforms at Conquest due to a lack of space. But thanks to volunteer advocacy and gaining extra space at Coburg Town Hall, freeforms have now returned to Conquest. Conquest in 2026 will be held in the Coburg Town Hall.

Conquest also sometimes holds a secondary event, "Conquest Market", later in the year.

Games run

Larps run at Conquest (2005)

Name Country Run by
Dead Reckoning Australia Random Jones
Friday Night Poker Club - Fellowship of the Rings Edition Australia Random Jones
No Heir for the Throne of Amber Australia Random Jones
Justum Pretium Australia Sarah Western
The Russian Egg Australia Sarah Western
The Kings Sceptre Australia Fi McConachie
The Last Lullaby Australia Liz Vinton
The Legends of Earthstone: The Right of Might Australia Jim Vinton
Stargate:SG1 GRUNTS World of Opportunity Australia Tarquin Murnane

Larps run at Conquest (2007)

Name Country Run by
All Hallow’s Eve Australia Becka Orth
Banji wa June Australia Peter Strong, Liz Vinton
Days of Wine and Roses Australia Xole Karman
The Demons Dance Australia Fi McConachie
The Fate of Nations Australia Hilary Callandar
Friday Night Poker Club: Firefly Edition Australia Random Jones
Heroes of Rokugan: Champions of the Sapphire Throne Australia Leah Bushby, Megan Bushby
The Hijack of Patient Zero Australia Travis Hall
Midnight Machinations: Evolution Australia Liz Vinton
Pathway to Eternity Australia Random Jones
Pirate King’s Revenge (Multiform) Australia Summer, Alicia Cameron
Pok-Ta-Pok Australia Sarah Western
The Shogun’s Price Australia Aaron Fenwick

Larps run at Conquest (2008)

Name Country Run by
Bartholomew's Bank Australia Sarah Western
The Ferryman's Fee Australia Sarah Western & Travis Hall
Don't Mention the War Australia Travis Hall & Random Jones
Friday Night Poker Club: Heroes Edition Australia Random Jones
…the sound of pigeons on the Champs-Elysées Australia Random Jones
Seikyooiddi Bugakun Australia Peter Strong, Nick Argall, Random Jones
Heroes of Rokugan Interactive Australia Leah Bushby & Megan Bushby
Is It Not Nifty? Australia Anestis Kovakis
Midnight Machination: Extinction Australia Liz Vinton
Picnic at the Races Australia Fi McConachie
See Previous, Bi-Mon-Villain-Con Australia James Wright
Tales from the City: Exogenesis Australia Summer, Alicia Cameron
The Ashen Empire: A Cold Wind Australia Aaron Fenwick

Larps run at Conquest (2010)

Name Country Run by
House of the Black Lion Australia Aaron Fenwick
Tales from The City: Via Dolorosa Australia Summer, Alicia Cameron
Stormfront Australia Random Jones

Larps run at Conquest (2017)

Name Country Run by
Brink of War II Australia
The Doje's Masquerade Australia Chimera Productions
Beyond the Threshold Australia Ivan
The Dungeon Australia

Larps run at Conquest (2018)

Name Country Run by
Brink of War 3 - Counsil of Lords Australia System designed by Christopher Lee - GM Stephen Maundrell
Dantir - All the Kings Men Australia Chimera Productions (Leah Biffin, Megan Bushby, Luke Wilkinson, Mark Biffin)
A Wolf by Any Other Name Australia Keith Lim

Larps run at Conquest (2019)

Name Country Run by
The Hijack of Patient Zero Australia Travis Hall

Larps run at Conquest (2021)

Name Country Run by
The Road Not Taken Australia Travis Hall

Larps run at Conquest (2022)

Name Country Run by
The Module Australia Ivan (D&D themed theatrical roleplay)
Zendikar Expeditions Australia EvenChance/Vincent
Scape Goat Australia Zofia Witkowski-Blake and Herbert Peppard
Rise of the Metro-Gnome Australia Conor and Ivan

Larps run at Conquest (2023)

Name Country Written Run by[1]
Lockdown Australia Random Jones Random Jones
12/1 Australia Random Jones Random Jones
Moonshine Australia Penny Sullivan, Jason Chappel, & Charlie Tornatore, with editing by Melody Watson. Charlie T
TattleTales: Immersive Tarot Card Storytelling Australia Davey from Ponydog Productions

Larps run at Conquest (2024)

Name Country Written & Run by[2]
Diaries of Trask Book one: As the night falls Australia Pangrin
Lights Out! Australia Fi McConachie
Beyond the Threshold Australia Ivan
The Wake Australia Travis Hall
Stormfront Australia Random Jones
  • Lights Out! was previously run at Phenomenon in 2023.
  • The Wake was first run at Arcanacon XXV in 2007, and is set in that year.

Larps run at Conquest (2025)

Name Country Written by Run by[3]
Catch Me, I'm Falling Australia Travis Hall & Emily Jackson Travis Hall
Dead Reckoning Australia Random Jones Random Jones
The Diaries of Trask: Darkness Embraced Australia Pagrin Pagrin
Caligo Mundi Presents: Usurper! Australia Aaron Fenwick Aaron Fenwick
Min Min Australia Fi McConachie Fi McConachie and Renée

External links

Conquest Facebook page

Conquest Instagram

References

  1. ↑ Conquest, 2023, Conquest 2023 Friday Custom Games Schedule convention schedule on Warhorn, retrieved 6th March 2026.
  2. ↑ Conquest, 2024, Conquest Melbourne 2024 Schedule grid, full schedule on Warhorn, retrieved 6th March 2026.
  3. ↑ Conquest, Conquest Melbourne 2025 Freeform Schedule, convention schedule listing on Warhorn, retrieved 6th March 2026.
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