Ropecon

Ropecon

: "This article is about a Finnish role-playing and gaming convention. For a convention involving ropes, see BoundCon."

Infobox Convention
name = Ropecon


caption =
status =
genre = Gaming
venue = Dipoli Convention Center
location = Espoo
country = Finland
first = 1994
last =
organizer = Ropecon Society
filing =
attendance = 3,900
website = http://www.ropecon.fi/

Ropecon is a role-playing convention held annually in Finland. The convention is one of the largest non-commercial annual event of its kind, attracting 3900 participants in 2006. The current venue is the Dipoli convention centre and surrounding buildings in Espoo (close to Helsinki, the capital city of Finland). Ropecon 2008 was held August 8-10.

Ropecon hosts a wide variety of different types of games, including role-playing games, live action role-playing games, collectible card games, miniature wargames and strategy games. The event also has a range of lectures, panel discussions and other presentations covering different aspects of gaming. The guests of honour include several prominent game designers, such as Steve Jackson.

Ropecon is organised by the Ropecon Society, a joint venture of several Finnish role-playing associations. The practical arrangements are made by the unpaid members of an organising committee and hundreds of voluntary workers at the convention. Any profits are used to support various other role-playing activities.

The name "Ropecon" comes from the Finnish language word "roolipeli", meaning role-playing game, not from the English language word "rope".

List of Ropecons

* Ropecon 2008 in Dipoli, Espoo. Guests of honour: Greg Stolze, Chris Pramas and Peter S. Andreasen
* Ropecon 2007 in Dipoli, Espoo. Guests of honour: Robin D. Laws, Emily Care Boss and Jakob Rune Nielsen
* Ropecon 2006 in Dipoli, Espoo. Guests of honour: Kenneth Hite, Bruno Faidutti, Olle Jonsson and Tobias Wrigstad
* Ropecon 2005 in Dipoli, Espoo. Guests of honour: Greg Stafford, Bill Bridges and Claus Raasted
* Ropecon 2004 in Dipoli, Espoo. Guests of honour: John Kovalic, Erick Wujcik and Emma Wieslander
* Ropecon 2003 in Dipoli, Espoo. Guests of honour: Jonathan Tweet, Ramon Laan and Martin Ericsson
* Ropecon 2002 in Dipoli, Espoo. Guests of honour: Justin Achilli and Eirik Fatland
* Ropecon 2001 in Dipoli, Espoo. Guests of honour: N. Robin Crossby and Tuomas Pirinen
* Ropecon 2000 in Dipoli, Espoo. Guests of honour: Steve Jackson and Richard Dansky
* Ropecon 1999 in Dipoli, Espoo. Guests of honour: Mike Pondsmith and Rick Priestley
* Ropecon 1998 in Dipoli, Espoo. Guests of honour: Ray Greer and Mark Rosewater
* Ropecon 1997 in Paasitorni, Helsinki. Guest of honour: Greg Costikyan
* Ropecon 1996 in Paasitorni, Helsinki. Guests of honour: Tom Dowd and Andy Chambers
* Ropecon 1995 in Helsinki Fair Centre, Helsinki. Guest of honour: Sandy Petersen (a joint event with Assembly demo party)
* Ropecon 1994 in Paasitorni, Helsinki. Guest of honour: Steve Jackson

External links

* [http://www.ropecon.fi/ Official website of Ropecon]


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