Where: The Ruby Lounge, 14 Bond St, CBD Wellington
When: From 19:00 (7:00pm) on Friday 22 January
What: A casual get together the evening before the convention to catch up with old acquaintances and meet new attendees.

Pre-con drinks will this year be at the Ruby Lounge, the new establishment where SYN used to be. Be there or be absent.

An ragtag band of travellers, a madman, a nobleman and a forest full of factions collide at an abandoned inn on a dark and stormy night. Can anyone survive to see the dawn? And for those that do, will their sanity and conscience remain intact?

This scenario is designed as introduction to the world of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay and FFG's new Third Edition system that is suitable for both newcomers and old hats .

What happened when the Living Greyhawk campaign ended? It became an undead campaign. Lich Greyhawk will be running in the RPGA room - bring your old Living Greyhawk character. Uses the Dungeons and Dragons 3.5 rules.

Take on the role of the Champloo characters Mugen, Jin or one of many other larger then life badasses available and ready to be thrown into this sizzling course of over-the-top samurai madness. Expect a bit of mystery, impossible odds, implausible events and an unlikely mash-up of some very conflicting personalities! Add one part Feudal Japan, two parts Hip Hop and an equal three parts of smack-talking and furious action and you'll hopefully have something that approximates The Remixed Second Helping of Super Stir-Fry Samurai!

The youth of the Great Houses of the Realm can be so much trouble - the simplest thing to do is to send the annoying brats off to run some embassy or satrapy far, far away where they can't get into any trouble. Well, they can get into trouble, but at least they won't start a civil war or damage the fabric of reality. Or if they do, they're thousands of miles off, deep in the barbarian lands, and they won't interfere with your tea.

(Reposted from Diatribe)

Thanks to the brilliant design efforts of Brynn and Norman we have this slick little number to offer this year.

If you'd like to order one please email kapcon@gmail.com with size and colour (black is the default, looks best with the logo). Cost will be $23-$26 depending on quantity we order.

Order will be placed at the end of the week, get in fast!

Yet another Famous Five piss take - in the style of the TV comedy Five Go Mad in Dorset by The Comic Strip team. What new spiffing adventure and fearsome adversaries will the wholesome team encounter this time? Or will it just be a pleasant and peaceful trip to some exotic windswept location - not likely old bean!!! No doubt, some kind farmers wife will provide stacks of cream cakes, ham sandwiches, bags of lettuce and loads of tomatoes - wizard!! So bring along your silly British accents, bicycles, camping equipment, and simply lashings of ginger beer - well hoorah!!

February 2005, London. A small but highly trained team of MI5 agents are hard at work shuffling papers at Thames House, HQ of the British Security Service when they get called to an urgent briefing. A suspected terrorist has been spotted buying large quantities of fertiliser despite having no previous interest in gardening. The team are tasked to investigate and are about to find out that the war on terror is more complicated than they ever imagined...

In the small village of Goreon at the base of the Frostback Mountains dark happenings are afoot. The villagers are terrified to leave their houses after dark and those that do disappear never to be seen again. However the people who have gone missing aren't just strangers, they're your friends and family. So what are you going to do about it?

The life of a executive is a hard one. The horrific things you do make it difficult to feel good about yourself. If only someone loved you.

A disfunctional relationship with your Boss in the high powered life of Corporate Executives for Newsprint Limited. A game of modern horror and self loathing set with a backdrop of life at the top of the Journalisim field.

My Life with the Boss is a corporate adaptation of Paul Czege's award winning game My Life with Master. Prepare to serve a most ambitious sociopath and eventually be his undoing.