Wellington Anniversary Weekend January 18th - 19th 2025

GM support: Imaginary Empire games

KapCon regular Dale Elvy is also a game designer and publisher, as Imaginary Empire games. He's willing to offer GM support, including posters, prizes, and printed materials for that session to anyone who wants to run an Imaginary Empire product at KapCon. In particular, games that are likely to work well in the KapCon format include:


  • Arcane Crimes Division (fantasy detective stories)
  • Soaring Lions (over-the-top professional wrestling)
  • EPOCH (survival horror)
  • Wicked Lies & Abilis (1930's Whodunnit)

Many of these games are KapCon favourites. If interested, contact imaginaryempiregames@gmail.com.

LARP: Welcome the Stranger

Facilitator: 
Stephanie Pegg

The War's been going on forever. Not quite forever, it just feels that way. There was that time the Reds were doing 'exercises' next to the border and 'accidentally' killed civilians, and the time the Blues blew up a hospital ship, and the firestorming of great cities - to pay each back, of course. Then there was... yeah, you forget exactly what next, just something awful and everyone to blame.

All you know now is that you have your squad, and the cold, and by the grace of whatever is out there, a place to shelter from the storm...

System: 
Larp

Batman: Ghost of a Chance

Facilitator: 
Luke Walker

Hell-bent on reigning over the Gotham City underworld, the Ghost Dragons triad has discreetly taken control of a number of smaller gangs. They are now waiting for the right moment to launch a full-scale attack against the leading crimefamilies. However, this conquest of Gotham City requires the elimination of Batman, both as an adversary and as a symbol.

Batman. The guardian who watches over Gotham City - a city whose name has become synonymous with crime and corruption. A symbol of hope, tirelessly challenging all threats to its safety. In this scenario, you will play as Tim Drake, Alfred and Julia Pennyworth, Renee Montoya, and Harvey Bullock as they try to thwart the Ghost Dragons and their move against Gotham and the Batman.

Batman: Gotham City Chronicles is a traditional style RPG, using a tailored D20 system. This scenario heavily features both miniatures and maps to play out its cinematic set pieces.

System: 
Batman: Gotham City Chronicles

Home

Facilitator: 
Luke Walker

As you approach, you see the house rising out of the mists, almost like it's waiting for you. The sun has nearly set, bathing the house in a perfect, golden light, the kind that makes everything look beautiful. Usually.

This house is an exception, its ugly outside warped unnaturally by the years of neglect. Still, you feel pulled toward it, like a center of gravity or a siren's call. As you take it all in you feel somehow strange. You feel Home.

Home is a GMless RPG in which the players all contribute to create and map a haunted house. In Home, you’ll be taking on the role of someone exploring a house. On your turn, you’ll draw a card, answer a question on the card without revealing the card to your fellow players, and shape the story of your night in the house. As you go, you’ll work to meet your needs, but you’ll also sustain wounds. At the end of the night, you’ll find out if you make it out of the house alive.

System: 
Home: The Haunted House Map Building RPG

Picaresque Roman

Facilitator: 
Luke Walker

Violence. Money. Betrayal.

Welcome to the City — a lawless district and also your home. Some here are fools who can only dream of striking it rich. Others are as smart as they are cowardly, hiding where the law has no say. But whatever delusion draws us here, whatever sin we wallow in that can only be indulged here, whatever it is that makes us take that step across the threshold, we are the wicked, and the City is our sanctuary.

You are a rogue trying to suck the marrow out of the big fish in this pond - the VIP. But you, you’re one of the picares, a rogue among rogues. You outwit all the rest, you take what’s yours, and then you laugh in everyone’s faces. But even you have to watch out, because someone close to you may not be what they appear - a Traitor. So once again, welcome to the City—we’ve been waiting. Join us in our song, a requiem for us rogues.

Picaresque Roman is a competitive RPG in which the PCs compete to be rogue among rogues as they steal influence and resource from a powerful individual called the VIP, and each other. Only one PC can come out on top, but one PC has secretly been hired by the VIP to work against the other rogues. If you’re the traitor, lie in wait for the moment when you can take back all that influence the PCs have gained for themselves. If you’re not the traitor, then find out who is, or you’ll meet your demise quickly.

System: 
Picaresque Roman

Mythic Bastionland

Facilitator: 
Luke Walker

On cold misten hills, beast witsome and fell
In holdings and havens the vassals adwell
Seers know the all, the start and the end
Myths hushed aloud to which truth must abend

You are Knights united by a common Oath:

Seek the Myths
Honour the Seers
Protect the Realm

You may have dreams of glory, but every Knight must accept the risk of death. The Seers who knighted you have deemed that you travel as a Company. While some of you may rest, roam, or die, your collective journey will be as one.

This is an old school hexcrawl scenario in which a group of Knights travel to a far-off island realm under the guidance of the Seers to seek the truth of the Myth that resides there. The scenario will be randomly filled out based on a few key choices by the players at the start of the session.

System: 
Mythic Bastionland

Terrible trouble at Emberlight Academy

Facilitator: 
Tigger

It’s the worst week ever at school. Not only do you think you flunked your everyday occult exams and your familiar has wandered off, but you scored detention and missed the weekly fire elemental volleyball tournament. Professor Rhumarim fell asleep at detention, didn’t release you and now you’ll be late back to the dorms. At least nothing else could go wrong tonight….

One shot adventure using the Kids on Brooms system.

Emberlight Academy for young magic users is a magic school full of mystery, danger, and thrilling adventure. Strict professors, mythical beasts, brewing potions, it’s all in a days study at Emberlight Academy.

No extensions will be given for overdue homework assignments.

System: 
Kids on Brooms

Traveller - High & Dry

Facilitator: 
Rory Hughes

In High and Dry the Travellers are given a ship in which they can explore the galaxy.....the only problem is they have to find it first!

System: 
Traveller

GAMES ON DEMAND

Facilitator: 
Daniel S

As has become an institution over the years we will be offering games on demand over the course of the entirety of KapCon.

At the start of each round any GM/DM/MC/Storyteller that is interested will pitch one or two ideas for a game and then we, as a group reach a consensus on what interests us and those games get run.

It's an opportunity for the facilitator to get an enthusiastic audience for some of the ideas they would like to bring to life and a chance for players to get a look in at game systems that they might not have previously considered.

KapCon is a great choice if you are unsure of what you would like to play next or would just like a chill game with an experienced host.

If you are wanting to run some games but are having difficulty choosing which ones to run, consider signing up for GOD and getting in touch with me. We are always looking for more hands to share the load.

I'll update this list with systems as I get people signing up but for now I will be offering:

SLA Industries
Monsterhearts
Stealing Stories For The Devil
The Devils Dandy Dogs

System: 
Any

Down Darker Trails

Facilitator: 
Tigger

Saddle up! Get yourself a posse together and have a look-see what’s over that hill. There’s strange rumors coming in from the whisperin’ desert. You’d best put a round in that iron and make haste!
Down Darker Trails is a setting for Call of Cthulhu—the American West of the late 19th century. The era of gold rushes, outlaws and lawmen.
Start the weekend with a bang!
Down these dark trails the taint of the Cthulhu Mythos stirs, ready to lure the unwary and tempt the power hungry with whispered secrets of cosmic knowledge. This is a West of hidden worlds, lost treasures and cities, dubious deals and unsavory alliances. A land filled with beauty, mystery, terrorand wild adventure!

Pregenerated characters provided.
Strong content warning - violence, gore, horror, cowboy accents.
R18 because I've met players.
If you climb in the saddle, be ready for the ride.

System: 
Call of Cthulhu
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