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'''Phoenix''' is a larp convention in [[New Zealand]]. It ran for the first time in September 2014. | '''Phoenix''' is a larp convention in [[New Zealand]]. It ran for the first time in September 2014. | ||
Initially Phoenix ran at at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, NZ. The non-residential nature of the con restricted it to [[theatre-style]] games. In 2017 Phoenix shifted to a residential format using the Glenroy Lodge in Hororata, allowing it to offer outdoor and live-combat games. | Initially Phoenix ran at at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, NZ. The non-residential nature of the con restricted it to [[theatre-style]] games. In 2017 Phoenix shifted to a residential format using the Glenroy Lodge in Hororata, allowing it to offer outdoor and live-combat games. In 2018 it changed its venue again, to the Waipara Adventure Centre in North Canterbury. | ||
Phoenix is supported by [[SAGA]]. | Phoenix is supported by [[SAGA]]. | ||
Latest revision as of 03:02, 31 August 2019
Phoenix
- Location
- Christchurch, NZ
- Focus
- Theatre-style larp
- Established
- 2014
- Website
- Phoenix
Phoenix is a larp convention in New Zealand. It ran for the first time in September 2014.
Initially Phoenix ran at at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, NZ. The non-residential nature of the con restricted it to theatre-style games. In 2017 Phoenix shifted to a residential format using the Glenroy Lodge in Hororata, allowing it to offer outdoor and live-combat games. In 2018 it changed its venue again, to the Waipara Adventure Centre in North Canterbury.
Phoenix is supported by SAGA.
History
- Phoenix 2014 (September 12 - 14, 2014): Flagship: The Lotus
- Phoenix 2015 (August 28 - 30, 2015): Flagship: Henchmen
- Phoenix 2016 (August 26 - 28, 2016): Flagship: A Pomposity of Professors
- Phoenix 2017 (August 25 - 27, 2017): Flagship: The Beginner’s Guide to Buying and Selling Haunted Items
- Phoenix 2018 (August 24 - 26, 2018): Flagship: A Game of Thrones: Blackfyre Rising
- Phoenix 2019 (August 23 - 25, 2019): Flagship: Welcome to the Neighbourhood
Larps run at Phoenix 2017
| Name | Country | Run by |
|---|---|---|
| Longest Night | NZ | Quentin Bourne |
| Baby It’s Cold Outside | NZ | Carla Bayard |
| Happily Never After | NZ | Lee Patrick |
| Pretending to Be Witty | NZ | Brendon Bennetts |
| The Paragon’s Peril | NZ | Daniel Starky |
| The Omega Delivery | UK | |
| Jane Austen’s "Emma" | NZ | Malcolm Harbrow |
| Fool’s Gambit | NZ | Matt Swain |
| The Beginner’s Guide to Buying and Selling Haunted Items | NZ | Chloe Sutherland |
| LARPs on Demand | NZ | Rachel Hannover O'Connor |
| Persephone’s Choice | NZ | Malcolm Harbrow |
| The Final Voyage of the SS Prometheus | NZ | Samantha Nicholls |
| It Ain’t Easy Being Gilled | NZ | Jennifer Hay |
| S.W.I.P.E. | NZ | Ciaran Searle |
| Small Town Folks | UK | Sally Hayes |
Larps run at Phoenix 2016
| Name | Country | Run by |
|---|---|---|
| Like There's No Tomorrow | NZ | Chloe Sutherland and Robert Vincent |
| Gaslight | NZ | Lee Patrick |
| Plan Eight From Outer Space | USA | Mutu Thompson |
| Molecules | NZ | Ana Clarke |
| The Koenig Dead | UK | |
| LARP on Demand | NZ | Rackle |
| The Hunt for Excalibur | NZ | Samantha Nicholls |
| T.R.Y.S.T. | NZ | Ciaran Searle |
| Argonautica | NZ | Chloe Sutherland |
| A Pomposity of Professors | NZ | Stuart Stoddart |
| The Tribunal | Norway | Quentin Bourne |
| Inheritance | USA | Malcolm Harbrow |
| The Paragon's Peril | NZ | Daniel Starky |
| All the President's Zombies | USA | Keegan Meiklejohn |
| A Bite Out of Crime | NZ | Lee Patrick |
| Boffo's Birthday Bash | NZ | Malcolm Harbrow |
| Sarabande | Denmark | Ciarán Searle |
Larps run at Phoenix 2015
| Name | Country | Run by |
|---|---|---|
| The Linfarn Run | UK | |
| Trial by Jury | NZ | Lee Patrick |
| No Room Left | NZ | Keegan Meiklejohn |
| Vamps 2: Milton Keynes | NZ | Robert Vincent |
| Boats Against the Current | NZ | Quentin Bourne |
| European Social Psychics Association | NZ | Ciarán Searle |
| Henchmen | NZ | Quentin Bourne |
| The Gehenna Memo | NZ | Malcolm Harbrow |
| Call of the Wild Hunt | Ireland | Sam Nicholls and Robert Vincent |
| Sitcom Houseparty | NZ | John Massey |
| Argonautica | NZ | Quentin Bourne |
Larps run at Phoenix 2014
| Name | Country | Run by |
|---|---|---|
| Vamps | NZ | Robert Vincent |
| LARPs on Demand | NZ | Angus Dingwall |
| LARP Dungeon Crawl | NZ | Quentin Bourne |
| Before and After the Silence | Norway | Angus Dingwall |
| The Lotus | NZ | Lee Patrick and Quentin Bourne |
| Service | USA | Jan-Yves Ruzicka |
| A Dead Man's Chest | UK | Quentin Bourne |
| The Tribute | NZ | Bruno Knewstubb |