KapCon 2025 is on Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th of January. Monday 20th is a statutory holiday for Wellington workers and can be used for recovery.
The pandemic is still with us. Please check our Covid-19 policy before attending.
KapCon is a not-for-profit role-playing game convention run annually in Wellington, New Zealand, every January. Over a hundred people get together for a weekend of role-playing, in a diverse range of styles and systems. Over the weekend, more than 30 individual games are run, with volunteer GMs (or storytellers, narrators or facilitators) running games between one and six times over the course of the convention.
You're flatmates living together, pretty mundane stuff, except you're all different supernatural creatures.
You know the TV show Being Human? It's like that.
Alternatively think Friends, but Ross is a ghoul, Phoebe is fae and Joey's recently started shapeshifting into a big cat.
You're monsters, but the problems you face are usually more about flatting than they are about what you are and where you fit into the supernatural world. You're living on the edge of society, but you're not a flat-out murderer (you'd be in jail otherwise, right?), and hey whatever happens, you have your flatmates to back you up.
Think lighthearted with a dash of horror, there may be some blood and gore, there may be some evil people, but everything will get wrapped up within 25 mins (plus commercial breaks).
The last time I ran this at Kapcon we got through character creation and I think three "episodes" of the TV series, and the players got to develop and grow their characters so that's what I'll be aiming for again.
It is the early 2000s in an alternate New Zealand and the south island has an extra city. Hohonuana sits at the foothills of the southern alps and was a bustling city until an earthquake caused issues with the water supply. Oddities following the earthquake brought you all together and now you form a small support network of individuals interested in the unusual.
The city has started to bounced back but the nightlife has outpaced all other sectors, with many people from around the country flying in on the weekends to party. The club scene is decent, but word of mouth is there is a new designer drug only available here, and that is what is really drawing the visitors.
An acquaintance who is a bit of a party animal is missing and your suspicions have been raised as you keep (wrongly) imagining the club scene from the movie Blade since you recently rented it on VHS from Blockbuster. You would feel better if you knew what happened, especially before this weekend so you can enjoy the largest music festival NZ has ever seen.
The year is 1943. You are a team of crack vampire commandos with one mission: drink all of Hitler’s blood.
Eat the Reich is an over-the-top, hyper violent game of vampires killing nazis from the twisted mind of Grant Howard (Honey Heist, Spire, Heart). You will be playing vampires dropping into Paris with the express goal of killing Hitler and any nazis that are fool enough to get in your way. It's a fast-paced d6 dice pool system that lets you allocate any successes to doing cool shit.
As this is a one-shot we'll be tearing through Paris, appreciating as much of Will Kirkby's art (Critical Role, Image, Darkhorse, Boom) as possible.This game tells one story, it tells it loud, and it tells it brilliantly. Think Wolfenstein crossed with Danger 5 and you’re not far off the mark.
Alright, prepare yourself. Coffinfall in 5 ... 4 ... 3 ... 2 ...
After years apart, you and 3 other members of a doomed pirate ship gather to celebrate the life of their former captain, and to undertake one final mission to uncover his missing treasure!
This is an adventure for 5th level characters. Pre-generated characters are available, but feel free to bring your own character if you prefer.
Word on the street is, a group of shadowrunners plans to break into Exploits4u Ltd. to steal a vulnerability database.
Your mission: Break into Exploits4u to stop the other shadowrunners from...well, breaking into Exploits4u.
** Note that this is Shadowrun 5th edition, not 6th and not Anarchy.
Pre-generated characters will be available.
Havoc is a simple D6 RPG system with quick character building and single-use magic items. Kick in doors, loot dungeons. Nothing fancy, just a procedurally-generated dungeon crawl.
You are hired by Inquisitorial Interrogator Prodita Mendax to recover the "Revelator", a piece of forbidden xenos technology. Go at once to the cemetery moon Daedalon, where the xenotech device is rumoured to be located, to investigate!
Wrath & Glory is a class-based RPG set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. Pre-generated characters will be supplied.
Content warnings: Undead, violence, religious fanaticism
The Emperor’s eyes are upon you, acolytes! I’ve heard word of an unidentified and likely dangerous biochemical known as "Gratis" circulating in hive Rokarth. Given the numerous suggestions of heretical activity across this acidic mudball, I need you to find out where and who that Gratis substance is coming from, discover its purpose, and destroy the source.
Imperium Maledictum is a skill-based RPG system set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe.
A giant robot is smashing down Main Street. Your best friend tried to kiss you. Your mom thinks your grades need work. Your mentor thinks your team is bringing you down. Oh, and your costume is ripped.
Just another day in Halcyon City...
Masks: A New Generation is a superhero roleplaying game in which a team of young heroes fights villains, saves lives, and tries to figure out who they are—noble paragons? Dark avengers? Or regular kids? All against the backdrop of Halcyon City, the greatest city in the world.
... Or, the two greatest cities in the two worlds.
A game of multi-versal teenaged superhero stories.