KapCon ’09 Report – Day 1
It’s taken all day but I finally feel that I have reached a point where I can coherently think back on my weekend of fun filled craziness that is part and parcel with KapCon.
KapCon (for those who have no idea what I’m on about) is New Zealand’s largest con. It takes place over two days and attracts over 100 people from around the country and even The World. It is a really approachable and friendly con with 6 rounds of table top games scheduled, plus a board game room, RPGA games and a LARP on the Saturday night.
I had decided that this year I’d branch out and see what it was like to run three games. That way I’d have three sessions to play in and three to run, a nice even split. I’ll have separate actual play threads for the games I played in and will talk about the game I ran on day 1 here.
First round dawned and I was running my comedic spy scenario A.C.O.R.N. and it went well. The players got into their characters easily enough and seemed to be having fun with the ‘anything goes’ nature of the scenario. I however wasn’t overly happy with some of it still and decided later to change a few key elements. Fraser as a bad ass marine in a cowboy hat totting 2 sub-machine guns made a great image.
The rest of the day was taken up with me finally getting to play Mountain Witch (through Games on Demand) and playing the Slayer in a Buffy game.
I had decided to not take part in the LARP this year and have to say I was very happy with my decision when I was home at a good hour with plenty of time to unwind.