Ropecon
Ropecon is the largest non-commercial role-playing convention in Europe. Each year it brings together both game enthusiasts as well as professionals in the field of role-playing games.
The convention weekend is packed with diverse program that is entirely planned and carried out “by gamers, for gamers”. In addition to tournaments and other game related programs Ropecon also features lectures, panel discussions and workshops on a wide variety of topics. Two major awards, The Golden Dragon and The Deed of the Year, are presented annually at Ropecon for achievements and contributions to the Finnish role-playing game culture.
Around 800 volunteers participate in the making of Ropecon each year. The organization behind the convention is Ropecon ry, a non-profit which aims to promote and develop the role-playing game culture as well as the card game, miniature wargame and board game hobbies in Finland.
The theme for year 2018 is life and community. The theme will be present both in the program of the event as a wide variety of interesting topics.
Ropecon in a nutshell
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Ropecon is the largest non-commercial role-playing convention in Europe.
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Ropecon, the largest non-commercial role-playing convention in Europe, is held 27th – 29th of July 2018 at the Messukeskus Expo and Convention Centre in Helsinki, Finland. The three day convention features a wide variety of programs and brings together both game enthusiasts as well as professionals from the field of role-playing games.
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Ropecon, the largest non-commercial role-playing convention in Europe, is held 27th – 29th of July 2018 at the Messukeskus Expo and Convention Centre in Helsinki, Finland. The three day convention full of diverse program is entirely planned and carried out “by gamers, for gamers”. The organization behind the convention is Ropecon ry, a non-profit which aims to promote and develop the role-playing culture and the card game, miniature wargame and board game hobbies in Finland.
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Ropecon, the largest non-commercial role-playing convention in Europe, is held 27th – 29th of July 2018 at the Messukeskus Expo and Convention Centre in Helsinki, Finland. The three day convention brings together both enthusiasts as well as professionals from the field of role-playing games. The weekend packed with diverse program is entirely planned and carried out “by gamers, for gamers”. In addition to tournaments and other game related programs Ropecon features lectures, panel discussions and workshops in a wide variety of topics. Two major awards, The Golden Dragon and The Deed of the Year, are presented annually at Ropecon for achievements and contributions to the Finnish role-playing game culture. The organization behind the convention is Ropecon ry, a non-profit which aims to promote and develop the role-playing culture and the card game, miniature wargame and board game hobbies in Finland.
Press releases
7.6.2018 | Canadian game designer Alex Roberts will be Guest of Honour at Ropecon 2018
28.12.2017 | Celebrating 25 years of Ropecon and the role-playing community
The event on social media
Twitter
https://twitter.com/ropecon
YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/user/RopeconRy
Flickr
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ropeconmedia/
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/ropecon.fi/
Ropecon on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/ropecon
#ropecon #ropecon2018
Get in touch
viestinta@ropecon.fi