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'''DunDraCon''' is a large roleplaying convention in the [[USA]]. It runs every President's Day weekend (February) in San Ramon, CA. While the lineup is dominated by tabletop rpgs, a significant number of [[theatre-style]] larps are also run. It is a key venue for the [[California larp community]]. | '''DunDraCon''' is a large roleplaying convention in the [[USA]]. It runs every President's Day weekend (February) in San Ramon, CA. While the lineup is dominated by tabletop rpgs, a significant number of [[theatre-style]] larps are also run. It is a key venue for the [[California larp community]]. | ||
The first larp run at DunDraCon appears to have been the Dream Buccaneers Live Quest, run at DunDraCon X in 1986, advertised as "a playtested game with room for over 150... Come in costume if you've got one!"<ref>[http://dundracon.com/DDC_Files/DDC10ProgramBook.pdf DunDraCon X Program Book], p. 7, 1986. Retrieved 1 February 2015.</ref> | The first larp run at DunDraCon appears to have been the Dream Buccaneers Live Quest, run at DunDraCon X in 1986, advertised as "a playtested game with room for over 150... Come in costume if you've got one!"<ref>[http://dundracon.com/DDC_Files/DDC10ProgramBook.pdf DunDraCon X Program Book], p. 7, 1986. Retrieved 1 February 2015.</ref> The same year it hosted a seminar on live roleplaying from [[Times Were]] about their live-action Cthulhu games and "recreations of meetings at Rick's | ||
Place in Casablanca".<ref>''DunDraCon X Program Book'' (1986), p. 4.</ref> While seminars about larp appeared frequently in following years, actual larps did not appear again until 1992, with a run of [[Long Ago and Far Away]].<ref>[http://dundracon.com/DDC_Files/DDC16ProgramBook.pdf DunDraCon 16 Program book], p. 4, 1992. Retrieved 1 February 2015.</ref> | |||
==Larps run at DunDraCon 2015== | ==Larps run at DunDraCon 2015== | ||
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DunDraCon
The West Coast's Premier Game Convention
- Location
- San Ramon, California, USA
- Focus
- Tabletop roleplaying and theatre-style larp
- Established
- 1976
- Website
- DunDraCon
DunDraCon is a large roleplaying convention in the USA. It runs every President's Day weekend (February) in San Ramon, CA. While the lineup is dominated by tabletop rpgs, a significant number of theatre-style larps are also run. It is a key venue for the California larp community.
The first larp run at DunDraCon appears to have been the Dream Buccaneers Live Quest, run at DunDraCon X in 1986, advertised as "a playtested game with room for over 150... Come in costume if you've got one!"[1] The same year it hosted a seminar on live roleplaying from Times Were about their live-action Cthulhu games and "recreations of meetings at Rick's Place in Casablanca".[2] While seminars about larp appeared frequently in following years, actual larps did not appear again until 1992, with a run of Long Ago and Far Away.[3]
Larps run at DunDraCon 2015
| Name | Country | Run by |
|---|---|---|
| Double Dog Dare | USA | Gamer Geekus |
| The Dwemer Summit: A Skyrim LARP | USA | |
| Remembrance | USA | Dreams of Deirdre |
| Dark Horizon | USA | Blue Lotus Productions |
| Hell's Karaoke (Saturday Morning Cartoon Edition) | USA | |
| Love and Loss on the Lushmun Canal | USA | |
| Deus Est Machina | USA | |
| The Copper Club | USA | |
| Rising Sun | USA | Gamer Geekus |
| Murder on the Western Express | USA | |
| Grimm New World | USA | |
| Your Last Day in San Romero Prison | USA | |
| L5R: The Price of Honor | USA | Rokugani Historical Society |
| Necessary Renovations | USA |
References
- ↑ DunDraCon X Program Book, p. 7, 1986. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ↑ DunDraCon X Program Book (1986), p. 4.
- ↑ DunDraCon 16 Program book, p. 4, 1992. Retrieved 1 February 2015.