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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 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 | ==History== | ||
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]] at DunDraCon 16.<ref>[http://dundracon.com/DDC_Files/DDC16ProgramBook.pdf DunDraCon 16 Program book], p. 4, 1992. Retrieved 1 February 2015.</ref> In 1998 DunDraCon began a seperate larp stream, consisting mostly of live Vampire games.<ref>[http://dundracon.com/DDC_Files/DDC22ProgramBook.pdf DunDraCon 22 Program book], p. 7, 1998. Retrieved 1 February 2015.</ref> Since then, the larp stream has grown and diversified. | The con was first run in 1976.<ref> Steve Perrin, [http://dundracon.com/DDC_History.php A Brief History of DunDraCon]. ''DunDraCon 2006 Program Book''. 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]] at DunDraCon 16.<ref>[http://dundracon.com/DDC_Files/DDC16ProgramBook.pdf DunDraCon 16 Program book], p. 4, 1992. Retrieved 1 February 2015.</ref> In 1998 DunDraCon began a seperate larp stream, consisting mostly of live Vampire games.<ref>[http://dundracon.com/DDC_Files/DDC22ProgramBook.pdf DunDraCon 22 Program book], p. 7, 1998. Retrieved 1 February 2015.</ref> Since then, the larp stream has grown and diversified. | ||
==Games run== | ==Games run== |
Revision as of 02:33, 1 February 2015
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.
History
The con was first run in 1976.[1] 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!"[2] 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".[3] 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 at DunDraCon 16.[4] In 1998 DunDraCon began a seperate larp stream, consisting mostly of live Vampire games.[5] Since then, the larp stream has grown and diversified.
Games run
Larps run at DunDraCon 39 (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 |
Larps run at DunDraCon 30 (2006)
Name | Country | Run by |
---|---|---|
Hamlet | USA | J. Li |
The Dukesport Tournament | USA | |
Lights! Camera! ACTION! | USA | |
Garden Station IV | USA | |
Return to Ussuria | USA | Dreams of Deirdre |
Final Orbit | USA | |
A Heart of Snow | USA | |
Black Sun, White Light | USA | Chuckling Cthulhu |
Into the Black | USA | |
Eridanus Rising | USA | |
A Light from the North | USA | Candace A. Carpenter |
All Saints’ Eve | USA | |
The Fall of Magic | USA | Chris Muoio |
Journal | USA | Joe Parzanese |
The Queen of Spades | USA | J. Li |
Larps run at DunDraCon 24 (2000)
Name | Country | Run by |
---|---|---|
Game Gods 2000: The New Faith | USA | |
Last Will and Testament | USA | |
All the President's Men | USA | Jonnie Bard |
The Wages of Sin | USA | Bill Maxwell |
Night of the Vampire | USA | Ken Miscardini |
Sangreal | USA | Bill Maxwell |
Larps run at DunDraCon 23 (1999)
Name | Country | Run by |
---|---|---|
Game Gods | USA | |
Evil at Bay | USA | |
Sangreal | USA | |
World Crime League | USA |
References
- ↑ Steve Perrin, A Brief History of DunDraCon. DunDraCon 2006 Program Book. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ DunDraCon 22 Program book, p. 7, 1998. Retrieved 1 February 2015.