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ArcanaCon
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
- Focus
- Tabletop roleplaying and Australian freeform
- Established
- 1983
- Website
- ArcanaCon
ArcanaCon is a roleplaying convention in Australia. It runs every Australia Day weekend (late January) in Melbourne. While the core of the convention is table top roleplaying, it has a strong Australian freeform / theatre-style larp component.
History
The first ArcanaCon was run in September 1983.[1] It ran its first freeform the following year - a Traveller scenario set on an asteroid mining colony[2][3] - the second ever to be run in Australia. The format gained in popularity, with two being run in 1985 (The Nights of Camelot[4] and The Last Gasp[5]) and four in 1986.[6]
In 1988 ArcanaCon switched to an early - mid July timeslot. In 2001, with ArcanaCon XIX, it moved to its current Australia Day weekend timeslot.
References
- ↑ ArcanaCon I entry form, 1983. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ↑ ArcanaCon II entry form, 1984. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ↑ ArcanaCon II Con Book, 1984. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ↑ ArcanaCon III Con Book, p. 22. 1985. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ↑ ArcanaCon III Con Book, p. 30. 1985. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ↑ ArcanaCon IV entry form. 1986. Retrieved 24 January 2015.