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A roleplaying convention in Melbourne | A roleplaying convention in Melbourne, [[Australia]]. No longer active. Regularly hosted [[Australian freeform]] larps. A joint venture between the roleplaying clubs of Melbourne University, Monash University and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), amongst others. | ||
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Revision as of 08:44, 22 April 2026
UniCon
- Location
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Focus
- General roleplaying
- Established
- 1997
- Website
- Archived on the Wayback Machine
A roleplaying convention in Melbourne, Australia. No longer active. Regularly hosted Australian freeform larps. A joint venture between the roleplaying clubs of Melbourne University, Monash University and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), amongst others.
Mission statement
- Designed to compliment Melbourne's other larger gaming cons, UniCon is a smaller, more relaxed affair and the ideal forum for trying out new ideas, rerunning old favourites, and generally having a good time. The focus has been on role-playing games, but UniCon has expanded to cover other forms of popular gaming as well.
History
UniCon was originally the lovechild of Infinite Images(II)(Melbourne University roleplaying club), and Monash University Role Players (MURP), way back in 1997. It grew out of MURP's Capricon convention, and II's desire to also run a convention. In 1999, UniCon credited Euan Lindsay and Sarah Johnson as the two lead organisers.
That particular version of UniCon ran for 3 years, before MURP was unable to continue participating due to a drop in the interest level in running a convention from the general membership. UniCon then continued for a couple more years, run by II and RMIT's Science Fiction and Gaming Association (SFGA) before morphing into IntensiCon, a single day, multi-session convention and finally lying down for a little rest.
In 2004, folks from II and MURP revived the project, with help from 3WA, holding the resurrected con at University of Melbourne Arts Centre in September.
The main organisers at the last run in 2014 were Random, Adrian, and Django.
Games Run
Larps run at UniCon (1997)
| Name | Country | Run by |
|---|---|---|
| Happily Ever After | Australia | Jo Griffith |
| Samhain Eve | Australia | kate and kendall |
| Moonlight And Vodka | Australia | Caitlin May |
| The Tale of CIND-R-ELA | Australia | James Haughton |
| The Trial of Fauntleroy | Australia | James Haughton. "A Corporate grave Production dug by The Gelfling." |
| 1901 - An Etheric Odyssey | Australia | Django Upton |
| The War of the Roses | Australia | Sean Jennings |
- Moonlight and Vodka previously run at Arcanacon ’92 and Maquariecon ‘95.
Larps run at UniCon III (1999)
| Name | Country | Run by |
|---|---|---|
| An ``Anime Free-For-All!" | Australia | Luke Coughlan and Tom Wark |
| The Big 2K | Australia | Loki the Unsworn |
| BlackAdder II: Birthday | Australia | Becka Orth & Andrew MacKennan |
| Feast of All Sinners | Australia | by Avery and Iago (Andrew Stewart and Kristian Zirnsak) |
| Vlad the Impaler | Australia | Adam Raymond |
Larps run at UniCon (2000)
| Name | Country | Run by |
|---|---|---|
| Anime2k | Australia | Luke Coughlan and Nik Pavlovski |
| Cthulhu Does Shinjuku | Australia | Exploding Goldfish Productions (Alex Neilson, Nick Pavlovski and Peter Strong) |
| I Was Abducted by Aliens and All I Got Was This Stupid T-shirt. | Australia | The Evil Government Conspirators |
| Love-Trek | Australia | Cameron Stone |
| Mists and Shadows | Australia | Scott Vandervalk & Matt Eyles |
| Respect My Arete 3.0: Redemption | Australia | Aaron Fenwick and Ivan Nevill |
Larps run at UniCon (2004)
| Name | Country | Run by |
|---|---|---|
| The Ashen Empire | Australia | Aaron Fenwick |
| In the Quiet of Evening | Australia | Camarilla Australia] |
| The Raven of War | Australia | Fi McConachie |
| Stormy Waters | Australia | Louise Zanon |
| Veni, Vidi, Visa | Australia | Alex Loke, Ken Blakey and Kyle Lake |
Stormy Waters was a sequel to "Party at the Poder Vale Pub" run at IntensiCon 2002.
Larps run at UniCon (2005)
| Name | Country | Run by |
|---|---|---|
| The Forest | Australia | Fi McConachie |
| Illuminated Melbourne Uni | Australia | Laura Wilkinson |
| Mistress Martha Hildegard's School for Young Ladies | Australia | Louise Zanon |
| Pathway to Eternity | Australia | AJ |
Larps run at UniCon (2006)
| Name | Country | Run by |
|---|---|---|
| Homeward Bound | Australia | Random Jones |
| Muppets Family X-Mess | Australia | Stephen Soymonoff |
| Singles' Night | Australia | Alicia Cameron and James Wright |
| The Underground Movement | Australia | Liz Vinton |
Unicon 2007 cancelled due to lack of venue.
External Links
- Melbourne University Roleplayers old website