Initially the convention was held in September, but it later moved to August and then to July, where it was run during the Victorian School holiday period. In 2001, the convention moved to the Australia Day Weekend (the weekend closest to 26 January). The move was in part due to a perceived change in the focus of CanCon (which is run in Canberra on the same weekend) from mixed roleplaying and wargaming to solely wargaming.
Although sections of the convention had been run with various theme over the years, at Arcanacon XII the convention itself started running an overall theme. In 2000 this theme became a part of the events run at the convention, and games in the theme were sought out to give each year a different feel.
In 2007, a short documentary about roleplaying was filmed at Arcanacan XXI for the Channel 31 television programme Planet Nerd.
List of conventions
1983 Arcanacon I
1984 Arcanacon II
1985 Arcanacon III
1986 Arcanacon IV
1987 Arcanacon V
1988 Arcanacon VI
1989 Arcanacon VII
1990 Arcanacon VIII
1991 Arcanacon IX
1992 Arcanacon X
1993 Arcanacon XI - First Eleven
1994 Arcanacon XII - The Dirty Dozen
1995 Arcanacon XIII - Unlucky for Some
1996 Arcanacon XIV
1997 Arcanacon XV
1998 Arcanacon XVI - Sweet Sixteen
1999 Arcanacon XVII - Summer of the 17th Troll
2000 Arcanacon XVIII - Arcanacon 1800s: A Victorian Roleplaying Convention
2001 Arcanacon XIX - Arcanacon 2001: a roleplaying convention
2002 Arcanacon XX - Akenaken: Secrets of the ancient world
2003 Arcanacon XXI - anniversaries, birthdays and celebrations
Syd the Arcanasour
Birthday Cake
2004 Arcanacon XXII - Folk Tales and Faerie Stories
2005 Arcanacon XXIII - conspiracies, secrets and paranoia
2006 Arcanacon XXIV - Swashbuckling, Exploration and Adventure
2007 Arcanacon XXV - Legends of the Silver Screen
2008 Arcanacon XXVI - Zombies, and Witches, and Dragons, Oh My!
2009 Arcanacon XXVII - Syd-Punk
2010 Arcanacon XXVIII - For Science!
2011 Arcanacon XXIX
2012 Arcanacon XXX - End of the World
2013 Arcanacon XXXI - After the Apocalypse
2014 Arcanacon XXXII - Rebirth
2015 Arcanacon XXXIII - Back to the Future
2019 Arcanacon XXXIV
See also
The Sunday Age (Australia), Gang Game Nazi-like, racist - police. 386 words, 31 May 1992, p.5
Sydney Morning Herald (Australia), Space Oddities. By Michael Idato, 1815 words 3 June 2000, Computers Section p.10.
The Age (Australia), Role-playing Nerdy? Nah!. By Carolyn Webb, 1058 words, 25 January 2001, Today Section p.3.
Forgotten Futures is a role-playing game created by Marcus Rowland to allow people to play in settings inspired by Victorian and Edwardian science fiction and fantasy. Most of its releases begin with these stories then add background material to explain the settings, adventures, and other game material.
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Dragon was one of the two official magazines for source material for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game and associated products; Dungeon was the other.
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