While the majority of the program is held in Finnish, but there are tens of different tracks of program ongoing simultaneously. For lectures and workshops only, there are at at least seven program items running simultaneously. The chances that you’ll be left with nothing to do due to lack of proficiency in Finnish are very slim.
The program items that are either in English or you can participate in without speaking Finnish (such as card- or board game tournaments, LARPs in both Finnish/Swedish and English, and so on) are listed below in chronological order based on the starting time. The Finnish name of the program item, if different from the English name, is listed in brackets after the English name. You can also view the full program here or download the program leaflet in Finnish from this page. Quick links below:
Program on Friday
Program on Saturday
Program on Sunday
In addition, Ropecon 2015 has guided tours in English. These start from Käpyaula near the Info desk. The schedules for the tours are as follows:
Fri 17.00 – 17.45
Fri 20.00 – 20.45
Sat 11.00 – 11.45
Sat 16.00 – 16.45
Friday
BBH15 (fin. UsPa15) – Live action role playing game
Sign up: Fri 15.00 – Fri 17.00, Larp-tiski
Game: Fri 18.00 – Fri 21.00, Sali 1 and Fri 21.00 – Sat 00.00, JMT 3A Monitoimitila & Takkakabinetti
Organizer: Eeva Järvi, Merli Lahtinen
The annual conference of Belief-Based Healing is held this year in Finland. The conference brings together all professionals and amateurs, researchers, professors and students. The conference is free of charge and it offers open lectures and opportunities to network. — BBH15 takes place in an alternate reality, where magic is studied at a university level and the characters are part of the scientific community. This game offers a chance to experience college parody with 20 pre-written student characters and lighter researcher characters for those looking for a more free-form participation.
Triple Blind (fin. Kolminkertaisesti sinun) – Live action role playing game
Sign up for Game 1: Fri 15.00 – Fri 17.00, Larp-tiski
Sign up for Game 2: Fri 15.00 – Fri 18.00, Larp-tiski
Game 1: Fri 18.00 – Fri 20.00, Otakaari 20 Iso puoli
Game 2: Fri 18.00 – Fri 20.00, Otakaari 20 Iso puoli
Organizer: Lauri Lukka
Triple Blind is a short satirical negotiation game, in which the monarchy of Fandonia and the republic of Freedonia discuss a treaty to be signed. However, nothing is as seems, every game is randomized. This is the con-larp of the year: every player is given a secret group, cover identity and base character. What happens when the siamese twins seduce each other? Do you manage to assasinate yourself? Only you can find out!
Maelstrom – Live action role playing game
Sign up: Fri 15.00 – Fri 18.00, Larp-tiski
Game: Fri 19.00 – Fri 23.00, Gorsu
Organizer: Kari Lukasik, Ela Glowacka
The computer kept drawing red and blue lines, depicting the masses of swirling gas. Symbols surrounding the storm map constantly updated on its components. The orb signifying Ganymede was strolling through adjacent screen. The pointers in cockpit were trembling slightly, as if in shallow, nervous sleep, but it only meant that everything was as it should be. After all, what could go wrong – surely nothing about the blinding crimson bolts slashing through the storm greater in diameter than Earth itself? Speaking of Earth, it had disappeared from radars long ago and this was more disturbing than the Maelstrom yawning below. ”Maelstrom” is a game about isolation and responsibility in the face of dangers known and unknown. The characters have to come to terms with their reasons for joining the space mission to Ganymede and look at their life on Earth from (literal) perspective, as well as make decisions about the mission’s future development and shape.
Heroes & Villains of Ropecon
Sign up: Fri 15.00 – Sat 12.00, Larp-tiski
Game info 1: Fri 17.00 – Fri 19.00, Gorsu
Game info 2: Sat 17.00 – Sat 14.00, Gorsu
Debrief: Sun 14.00 – Sun 15.00, Otakaari 20 Iso puoli
Organizer: Eetu Pykäläinen, Laura Sirola
Heroes and misunderstood! It is time to take control of Ropecon! In this game the players create superhero or supervillain characters for each other and try to take control of Ropecon and defeat their archnemesis.
Safe Haven (fin. Turvasatama)
Pe 15.00 – Pe 21.00, Käpyaula
Organizer: Nörttitytöt
If you are completely bewildered by Ropecon and have no idea what to do or whom to talk to, visit the Safe Haven! The organizers strive to make your visit to Ropecon as enjoyable as possible and hope that you turn to them if you are in need of support, company or stimulating things to do.
Velocity – Fractured Ribs – Tabletop game (not suitable for children)
Fri 16.00 – Fri 20.00, Luolamies
Organizer: Ville Peltoniemi
Just when you thought your gang was done, you got one more shot at glory. Features: Rollerblades, BMX biking, Scooters(kickboarding), Skateboarding and Parkour.
Legend of 5 Rings – Tabletop game
Fri 16.00 – Fri 20.00, Luolamies
Organizer: Mikko Kari
Introductory game for a single Clan in the pseudo-mythical samurai world of Rokugan
Archipelago: Love in the time of Khvareneh – Tabletop game (not suitable for children)
Fri 16.00 – Fri 19.00, Käpyaula
Organizer: Jason Morningstar
Two Princes arrive at a strange palace to meet their future brides – the twin daughters of the Queen of the South. Alliances – intimate and political – must be forged. Who will wed whom?
Pathfinder Society – Tabletop game
Fri 16.00 – Sat 01.00, Takka
Organizer: Jukka Särkijärvi, Aleksandrs Zdancuks, Toni Miinalainen, Tom Olsson, Santeri Korhonen, Mari Saarhelo, Minna Hiltula, Jarmo Leppäniemi, Santeri Riikonen, Markus Hyytinen, Mikko Sillanpää, Jaakko Hukka, Janne Helkala, Stefan Sauerland, Mikko Rekola, Atte Kiljunen
Pathfinder Society offers simple, fun fantasy RPGs without commitment to a long-running campaign. Each adventure has space for 4-6 players and takes roughly 4 hours. The Society has thousands of players all over the world. You can also play a pre-made character. More information: http://tinyurl.com/PFROPECON
Shock: Social Science Fiction – Tabletop game
Fri 16.00 – Fri 20.00, Sali 21
Organizer: Tuomas Kuusniemi
Ever wanted to write an SF novella but didn’t have the time? For similar results in a matter of hours try Shock! This is a story game with simple rules that guide us through the collaborative creation of a vivid science fiction world. Played in English unless everyone at the table agrees on Finnish.
Toast to the War (fin. Malja sodalle) – Live action role playing game
Sign up: Fri 17.00 – Fri 20.00, Larp-tiski
Game: Sat 15.00 – Sat 21.00 JMT 3A Pelitila
Organizer: Maija Korhonen
Toast to the War is a game about suppressed emotions in a community that has just won a war. The price of the victory was high and it has become socially unacceptable to critisize the war. In the larp a small village gathers to give a memorial to the ones they’ve lost in the war. The loss will get too heavy for one of the characters, and they will break the set social rules. We will use different meta techniques and practise those in workshop before the larp. The larp was designed by Maija Korhonen, Hilda Levin and Leïla Teteau-Surel in 2012, and it’s been played previously in France and in Norway.
In your hands – Live action role playing game
Sign up: Fri 17.00 – Fri 20.00, Larp-tiski
Game: Sat 12.00 – Sat 15.00 JMT 3A Pelitila
Organizer: Lea Pullerits
A blackbox larp about togetherness. Mostly non-verbal and abstract. Game is divided into three parts. Game focuses on contrasting feelings and players will probably feel negative emotions during the game and hopefully good by the end of it.
The Branded: Xedchitmon Comes! – Tabletop game
Fri 18.00 – Fri 01.00, Palaver
Organizer: Zach Rishling
This game takes place in the game world known as The Branded. Player imagination and creativity are key to solving the mysterious adventure that will take place. The city has recently had a string of criminal activities and a strange visitor has come bearing gifts for the king. Join the task force that will put the city back into working order and perhaps uncover a well-kept secret. This story is non-linear and has multiple endings. Due to popularity the game is coming back again to Ropecon for the 4th year! Which ending will you get? Will you be the saviors of the city or spark an irreversible cataclysm? Come and find out!
Beyond the Wall: The Angered Fae – Tabletop game
Fri 18.00 – Fri 22.00, Sali 24
Organizer: Patrik Renholm
Someone or something has greatly angered the faerie court in the forest near the village. Now the fae are sowing discord among your friends and family, and village life has been turned on its head. You and your friends must find a way to appease or coerce the fae in order to sort out the mess. A short fantasy scenario with rules inspired by the Red Box edition of the world’s most popular RPG and with a setting reminiscent of the works of Lloyd Alexander and Ursula LeGuinn.
Another Fine Mess – Tabletop game
Fri 18.30 – Fri 21.30, Sali 23
Organizer: Wolf Bergenheim
The Master has gotten himself into another fine mess – his been captured by an evil sorcerer! What can you, mere animals, do?
The History and Future of Atlas Games
Fri 19.00 – Fri 20.00, Auditorio
Organizer: Michelle Nephew, Jukka Seppänen, John Nephew
Guest of Honor Michelle Nephew and Atlas Games president John Nephew talk about the history and future of their company, including projects they’re developing for future release.
GMless Design and Play
Fri 20.00 – Fri 21.00, Auditorio
Organizer: Jason Morningstar
There are many ways to distribute credibility and authority around the table. In this talk, Jason will outline various models and their use cases, looking at apportioning responsibility as a lens to view game design and play through. We’ll talk about a variety of games and, hopefully, have a lively conversation about how we play and why.
Solmukohta 2016
Fri 21.00 – Fri 22.00, Sali 26
Organizer: Maija Hannula, Mikko Pervilä
In 2016 is Finland’s turn to host Solmukohta, the annual Nordic Larp conference. The SK2016 team will present their vision for the upcoming 20th conference, books, practicals and all that jazz. We gladly receive your input, concerns and proposals – and will, as well, happily take your program ideas up already now for the next year, and remind you about them, when the time comes. Come and find out how the preparations are going, and discuss the rising topics with the organisers.
Don’t touch – Tabletop game
Fri 22.00 – Fri 00.00, Sali 23
Organizer: Wolf Bergenheim
You’re standing at the entrance to the old temple on the ancient Lunarlian plains. You are a group of explorers (or should we just say tomb raiders?) out to get the famous ruby eyes of the sacred statue at the heart of the temple. Are You up to it? A quick game of comic fantasy!
Workshop of Evil – Workshop
Fri 22.00 – Fri 23.00, Klondyke
Organizer: Joakim Björkgren
In many games, there are antagonists. Sometimes, you are that antagonist, or someone serving said antagonists, either lovingly and loyally, or planning your inevitable betrayal. This workshop will work up some exercises in evil laughter, evil snivelling and evil inevitable betrayal. And monologues. Not for the most serious-minded.
Saturday
Voices – Live action role playing game
Sign up: Sat 10.00 – Sat 14.00, Larp-tiski
Game: Sat 15.00 – Sat 19.00, JMT 3A Takkakabinetti
Organizer: Melina Cunelius
A freeform larp, where characters play normal people who start to hear voices. The play is divided to five scenes, each one going through different aspects of descent into psychosis. In this larp, half of the players play Characters and other half the Voices in their heads.
The Last Samogitian Foray – Live action role playing game
Sign up: Sat 10.00 – Sat 14.00, Larp-tiski
Game: Sat 15.00 – Sat 20.00, Otakaari 20 Iso puoli
Organizer: Ela Glowacka, Kari Lukasik
Samogitia, vast russet wasteland strewn with settlers’ debris and abandoned tech. If anything here had some worth, it has been scraped long ago by thieves or by Them. But in the eyes of people still inhabiting this land, old borders haven’t lost their importance, and crossing them is just a new form of sacrilege. The last such crime has been committed years ago, but it hasn’t been revenged. The echoes of previous ruler, dispersed in the Net, are still calling for retribution – and they don’t care whether the spilled blood will belong to people or to Them. The game’s main themes are identity and conflict – and particularly, identity that arises through conflict, by othering another group. The game’s focus is on acting and interactions between characters. The game calls for improvising a setting (all we give the players is the idea of a generic posthuman wasteland with rabid AIs and some unnamed invaders named Others), and it also introduces a novel mechanic of imperatives (each character has a secret she or he is not sure to reveal; the reveal is triggered by a certain event that might happen during the game).
Safe Haven (fin. Turvasatama)
Sat 10.00 – Sun 21.00, Käpyaula
Organizer: Nörttitytöt
If you are completely bewildered by Ropecon and have no idea what to do or whom to talk to, visit the Safe Haven! The organizers strive to make your visit to Ropecon as enjoyable as possible and hope that you turn to them if you are in need of support, company or stimulating things to do.
Mouse Guard: Before the snow falls – Tabletop game
Sat 10.00 – Sat 14.00, Sali 23
Organizer: Wolf Bergenheim
Graham the grain peddler must reach the remote settlement of Wolfepointe before the snow falls. Can you, brave guards mice help him, and make it back before getting snowed in?
Secrets of the Serpent Temple – Tabletop game (not suitable for children)
Sat 10.00 – Sat 16.00, Sali 23
Organizer: Anni Salminen
The portal has opened and a new world has been found. Settlers have moved on to find decent places to build new cities and towns. Your caravan has found such place near old and bizarre ruins, and has sent you to investigate them. Through the thick, foggy, forest you find a large, old statue of a strange serpent, and ahead there is a large building. Walking up the stairs and eyeing the serpent-relief doors, you await excitedly to discover the secrets behind them. Only question remains: how long will you survive in unknown territory? Can be played in English or Finnish. This is Dungeons & Dragons Next (or 5th) and with premade characters. If you want to create your own character beforehand, make it 3rd level, use only D&D PHB, and from uncommon races only half-elf and gnome are accepted. From optional rules only feats are used.
The Planarch Codex: If On A Wintry Plane a Freebooter – Tabletop game
Sat 10.00 – Sat 14.00, Sali 24
Organizer: Patrik Renholm
The module begins in a railway station. The engine coughs to life, steam and smoke obscuring the view. Crowds of people mill about, railway workers hauling goods and travelers wrapped in heavy coats against the cold. Behind you, the station windows are webbed with a network of icy lines that intersect. This is Sultana’s Crossing, a major junction on the borderlands between the city of Dis and Svernaria, the great plane of winter. Your crew is here on a job involving Esmerela Lucca L’Apostata, a defrocked nun of the Eternal Order of the Gathering Dark. An adventure of planar intrigue on a train using the World of Dungeons system.
Pathfinder Society – Tabletop game
Sat 12.00 – Sun 02.00, Takka
Organizer: Jukka Särkijärvi, Aleksandrs Zdancuks, Toni Miinalainen, Tom Olsson, Santeri Korhonen, Mari Saarhelo, Minna Hiltula, Jarmo Leppäniemi, Santeri Riikonen, Markus Hyytinen, Mikko Sillanpää, Jaakko Hukka, Janne Helkala, Stefan Sauerland, Mikko Rekola, Atte Kiljunen
Pathfinder Society offers simple, fun fantasy RPGs without commitment to a long-running campaign. Each adventure has space for 4-6 players and takes roughly 4 hours. The Society has thousands of players all over the world. You can also play a pre-made character. More information: http://tinyurl.com/PFROPECON
Hacking Apocalypse World
Sat 12.00 – Sat 14.00, Auditorio
Organizer: Jason Morningstar
Vincent Baker’s Apocalypse World is the engine powering an explosion of new games. What does it take to thoughtfully and effectively hack it? Join Steve Segedy and Jason Morningstar as they reflect on their own experiences designing Night Witches, developing The Warren, and playtesting many other Powered by the Apocalypse titles. They will share lessons learned and delve into the guts of the system, getting really dirty in the process.
Where do we go from here? (fin. Miten tästä eteenpäin?) – Live action role playing game
Sign up: Sat 14.00 – Sat 20.00, Larp-tiski
Game: Sun 13.00 – 16.00, Otakaari 20, Pieni puoli
Organizer: Neko Koski
At Happy Travels travel agency, the sleepy calm of a Friday afternoon is broken when three friends decide to get themselves travel tickets, by whatever means necessary. But do they agree on the destination? And are the other customers just going to sit back and watch? “Where do we go from here?” is a tragicomic larp about conflicts, the fragility of friendship, and the consequences of rash actions. The game happens in an alternative reality, where stealing tickets at gunpoint is entirely possible.
New Voices in Art – Live action role playing game
Sign up: Sat 14.00 – Sat 20.00, Larp-tiski
Game: Sun 12.00 – 14.00, Outdoors
Organizer: Maija Korhonen
New Voices in Art takes place in an opening of an art gallery. The players will play artists and art world hangarounds who have come to the opening to talk about their art, and to party. Larp deals with themes like ambition, social pretence and fear of being misunderstood. Larp is organized together with the Space Invaders festival: Some of the players come from the festival and we use real art works as propps. The larp was written by Tor Kjetil Edland, Arvid Falch and Erlign Rognli in 2006.
Men’s sauna (fin. Miesten vuoro) – Live action role playing game
Sign up: Sat 14.00 – Sat 18.00, Larp-tiski
Game: Sun 11.00 – Sun 17.00
Organizer: Kalle Rantanen, Juuso Byckling
A black box larp on scheming, saunas, and Finnish politics in the 1960’s and 1970’s.
Fall of magic – Tabletop game (not suitable for children)
Sat 14.00 – Sat 17.00, Käpyaula
Organizer: Jason Morningstar
Fall of Magic is a game of collaborative storytelling were we play a group of travelers in the company of the Magus. The game follows a literary tradition of the fantasy journey where the character’s relationships, transformations, and experiences take center stage.
Gender in Games
Sat 14.00 – Sat 16.00, Auditorio
Organizer: Michelle Nephew, Jaakko Stenros, Niina Niskanen, Jamie MacDonald
Discussion on the female and GLBT experience in hobby games, as both players and professionals, from its beginnings up through today. Attendees are encouraged to contribute to the conversation. Guest of Honor Michelle Nephew of Atlas Games will lead this discussion, with Jamie McDonald, Niina Niskanen and Jaakko Stenros.
Fudged Usagi Yojimbo – On the Kumano Kodo – Tabletop game
Sat 15.00 – Sat 19.00, Sali 23
Organizer: Wolf Bergenheim
In the world of Usagi Yojimbo a group of young ronin are on a Musha Shugyo. For some reason trouble seems to follow you wherever you go, even the peaceful Kumano Kodo.
Wheel of fire – Tabletop game
Sat 16.00 – Sat 20.00, Luolamies
Organizer: Stephanie Silvan
Join the wild ones, the crazies, the lunatics and the brave to uncover what’s behind the rumours of flaming lions, drunk wizards and a sleepy little just too comfortable village in the centre of Faerun. Game system will be D&D 4e, house rules will apply. GM speaks finnish, english and german. Beginners welcome!
Legend of 5 Rings – Tabletop game
Sat 16.00 – Sat 20.00, Palaver
Organizer: Mikko Kari
Introductory game for a single Clan in the pseudo-mythical samurai world of Rokugan
The Soul Sepulchre – Tabletop game (not suitable for children)
Sat 16.00 – Sat 00.00, Palaver
Organizer: Zach Rishling
Welcome to The Soul Sepulchre. One life is not enough for the players as the players will have the chance to play as as entire town of normal, lackluster, pathetic individuals. A plot is afoot within the small, yet dangerous town of Dunderbon. The players will choose one of the townsfolk to play as to start, but when that character dies, all knowledge and experience will be transferred to another one of the townsfolk due to the magic of the Sepulchre. The players will have as many ”tries” as there are townsfolk to complete the story. Will you play as the hero and plot your way to victory? Will you play defensively or use your current body to glean information. Multiple scenarios possible with two endings! Have fun 
**Warning: this game can be frustrating. Please only play if you are content with dying multiple times.**
Steering For Emotions
Sat 16.00 – Sat 18.00, Auditorio
Organizer: Mike Pohjola
How to cry more at larps? Practical examples of steering yourself towards hardcore emotional experiences in larps.
Play Once Upon a Time with GoH Michelle Nephew
Sat 19.00 – Sat 20.00, Käpyaula
Organizer: Michelle Nephew
Guest of Honor Michelle Nephew of Atlas Games runs their popular Once Upon a Time storytelling card game for Ropecon attendees. Come see if you’ll live Happily Ever After! Sign-up at the role-playing games enrollment tables.
Vengeance on Wheels (Interstate of Warcraft) – Tabletop game
Sat 20.00 – Sun 01.00, Luolamies
Organizer: Ossi Mäkinen
Two decades have passed since vast bands of warriors gathered on the fields of glory to decide the fate of all kingdoms on the continent of Murika. Humans and elves, orcs and trolls, along with their allied peoples, were manipulated into a fierce conflict by an outside force. At the last moment, they struck an uneasy truce, together managing to defeat and rout the foreign force of hellish infernal origins that instigated the flames of war, restoring the peace of their nations and spirits of the wilderness. But not many years after banishing the demons, restless spirits begin to whisper and old grudges seemingly die hard – and sparks of a new fire begin to smoulder… A few veterans of the great old Murikan civil war are driven to battle once again, facing their old fears and new foes. The time has come to fill up the tanks, swap the slicks for tarmac rally tires, check the CB radio’s channel, and pull back the slides of machine guns. Pedal on the floor, totems packed in the trunk, turbocharger whistling and wheels squealing, towards the sunset!
Play Once Upon a Time with GoH Michelle Nephew
Sat 20.00 – Sat 21.00, Käpyaula
Organizer: Michelle Nephew
Guest of Honor Michelle Nephew of Atlas Games runs their popular Once Upon a Time storytelling card game for Ropecon attendees. Come see if you’ll live Happily Ever After! Sign-up at the role-playing games enrollment tables.
Space usagi – Getting out of Akashia station – Tabletop game
Sat 20.00 – Sun 00.00, Sali 23
Organizer: Wolf Bergenheim
In the far future of Space Usagi, where a stellar empire covers many star systems, trouble brews on the Akashia outstation. Can you help a fellow clan member escape from the clutches of the rival clan?
The Laundry Files: VIVID ATLAS – Tabletop game
Sat 20.00 – Sun 00.00, Sali 23
Organizer: Otso Hannula
The British Government fights the unwinnable fight against cosmic horrors to push back the Apocalypse. A clerical error has put our team on an Internal adventure across Europe. Cosmic horror and office humor based on the books of Charles Strong. Runs on an Apocalypse World Hack, but prior knowledge of the system is not needed.
All the mistakes we’ve made III
Sat 20.00 – Sat 21.00, Auditorio
Organizer: Maija Hannula, Jason Morningstar, Vera Schneider, Heidi Westerlund
For the third time at Ropecon, Massi and her three fantastic guest speakers the guest of honour Jason Morningstar, Vera Schneider and Heidi Westerlund share their strangest, most magnificent and just plain disastrous mistakes in the name of designing great, or not so great, games. By sharing our mistakes we all learn that failing is not the same as being a failure, it is part of designing. Let’s learn from our mistakes and laugh for the sake of shame, for the sake of not reinventing the wheel! The concept is known from Nordic larp conference Solmukohta.
Snarling grinch – Tabletop game
Sat 21.00 – Sun 00.00, Luolamies
Organizer: Stephanie Silvan
Sneaky, snarky, grumpy, flinch! Who wants to catch the snarling grinch? Mild horror for players over 12 years, nothing drastic, but there will be a permanent NPC death.
Play Fiasco with GoH Jason Morningstar – Tabletop game (not suitable for children)
Sat 22.00 – Sun 01.00, Käpysali
Organizer: Jason Morningstar
FIASCO is an award-winning, GM-less game for 3-5 players, designed to be played in a few hours with six-sided dice and no preparation. During a game you will engineer and play out stupid, disastrous situations, usually at the intersection of greed, fear, and lust. It’s like making your own Coen brothers movie, in about the same amount of time it’d take to watch one.
Sunday
Velocity – Even Faster – Tabletop game (not suitable for children)
Sun 10.00 – Sun 14.00, Luolamies
Organizer: Ville Peltoniemi
Through this bass drop no one can hear you scream. Weapons of choice: Rollerblades, skateboard, scooter(kickboard), bmx or running shoes. Glowsticks optional.
Safe Haven (fin. Turvasatama)
Sun 10.00 – Sun 17.00, Käpyaula
Organizer: Nörttitytöt
If you are completely bewildered by Ropecon and have no idea what to do or whom to talk to, visit the Safe Haven! The organizers strive to make your visit to Ropecon as enjoyable as possible and hope that you turn to them if you are in need of support, company or stimulating things to do.
Pathfinder Society – Tabletop game
Sun 10.00 – Sun 16.00, Takka
Organizer: Jukka Särkijärvi, Aleksandrs Zdancuks, Toni Miinalainen, Tom Olsson, Santeri Korhonen, Mari Saarhelo, Minna Hiltula, Jarmo Leppäniemi, Santeri Riikonen, Markus Hyytinen, Mikko Sillanpää, Jaakko Hukka, Janne Helkala, Stefan Sauerland, Mikko Rekola, Atte Kiljunen
Pathfinder Society offers simple, fun fantasy RPGs without commitment to a long-running campaign. Each adventure has space for 4-6 players and takes roughly 4 hours. The Society has thousands of players all over the world. You can also play a pre-made character. More information: http://tinyurl.com/PFROPECON
Pendragon (Does not include actual dragons) – Tabletop game (not suitable for children)
Sun 10.00 – Sun 14.00, Sali 23
Organizer: Petri Lautjärvi
Old School Hack: The Dungeon Brawl – Tabletop game
Sun 10.00 – Sun 14.00, Sali 24
Organizer: Patrik Renholm
The evil skeleton king and his evil skelebros have kidnapped the mayor. Are you a bad enough dude to fight your way through a set of elaborate set-piece encounters to rescue him? A rules-light dungeon-brawler suitable for awesome antics and punching skeletons in the face, the perfect treat for a tired convention Sunday!
Realities of Steel
Sun 10.00 – Sun 12.00, Auditorio
Organizer: Guy Windsor
Professional swordsman Guy Windsor will talk about swordfighting, medieval combat, writing books, Italian art of the 14th and 15th centuries, and possibly digress into game design, improvised weaponry, and the best April fool’s joke ever (if you’re into medieval swordfighting). As always, there will be lots of time for questions, so if there’s anything you ever wanted to know about swords, martial arts, and violence in general, now’s the time to ask. There are no silly questions (but there might be silly answers).
Play Gloom with GoH Michelle Nephew
Sun 11.00 – Sun 12.00, Käpyaula
Organizer: Michelle Nephew
Guest of Honor Michelle Nephew of Atlas Games runs their best-selling transparent card game Gloom for Ropecon attendees. Come meet your miserable demise! Sign-up at the role-playing games enrollment tables.
Weird Stuff at Ropecon 2015 – Tabletop game (not suitable for children)
Sun 12.00 – Sun 16.00, Luolamies
Organizer: Tuomas Kuusniemi
It’s another day at Ropecon, and everything is as normal as you could expect… but not for long. Be sure to bring your worst jokes and give your sense of humour an extra twist for this free-wheeling oddball adventure! The rules are offensively simple and driven by creative interpretation. Played in English unless everyone at the table agrees on Finnish.
Play Gloom with GoH Michelle Nephew
Sun 12.00 – Sun 13.00, Käpyaula
Organizer: Michelle Nephew
Guest of Honor Michelle Nephew of Atlas Games runs their best-selling transparent card game Gloom for Ropecon attendees. Come meet your miserable demise! Sign-up at the role-playing games enrollment tables.
Advanced Squad Leader
Sun 12.00 – Sun 17.00, Käpyaula
Organizer: James Dekker
Advanced Squad Leader (ASL) is a boardgame which represents tactical combat in all theatres of the Second World War. Players command counters representing squads, machine guns, tanks, and their all-important leaders as they maneuver company-size operations on varied terrain of Europe, Asia And Africa.
Psi-punk – The Future job – Tabletop game (not suitable for children)
Sun 12.00 – Sun 16.00, Sali 23 Pöytäpelit
Organizer: Wolf Bergenheim
You have been hired to expose a fake psychic who claims to be able to speak with people from beyond the grave. You need to prove that he is a fake and publicly oust him. Do you think you can apply the proper leverage on him?
“You Call That a Larp?”
Sun 12.00 – Sun 13.00, Auditorio
Organizer: Jason Morningstar
Jason Morningstar facilitates a discussion about the American live action roleplaying scene, talking about what we’re up to, how the influence of the Nordic countries has infected us, and what its like to Larp in a country with lots of lawyers and not a lot of jokamiehenoikeus! Please bring your questions and be prepared for Jason to ask as many questions as he answers.
Fairy tale traveling
Sun 14.00 – Sun 15.00, Ulkona
Organizer: Virva Vuopala, Viivi Junno
Ladies of north tell fairy tales about traveling and trips in a viking tent outside of Dipoli.
Good Game Design
Sun 15.00 – Sun 16.00, Auditorio
Organizer: Michelle Nephew, Jukka Seppänen
What makes a card game or board game ”good”? Guest of Honor Michelle Nephew will talk in detail about the criteria she uses in evaluating submissions and developing products for Atlas Games.
Hyperstorm – Scifi RPG Project Kick-off
Sun 15.00 – Sun 16.00, Sali 26 Englanninkielinen
Organizer: Miska Fredman
The Finnish science fiction role-playing game Heimot was published in 2006. In about ten years one can learn a lot about game design, have time to refine old ideas and come up with new ones. We will reboot the Heimot universe with more aliens, more gear, more spaceships, more adventure and more thrilling space opera. Get ready for HYPERSTORM! Come to check out what Hyperstorm is about and share your own ideas! Visit hyperstorm-rpg.com for more information.
Star Trekking, communication and society
Sun 16.00 – Sun 17.00, Auditorio
Organizer: Joakim Björkgren
How do warp drive technology affect society? How about interstellar travel without FTL communication? How about interstellar travel without FTL? Some case studies on different scifi societies and how to utilise them in RPGs and Larps. Presentation in English.
What I learned from making 12 board games in a year
Sun 16.00 – Sun 17.00, Sali 26
Organizer: Petri Purho
For the year 2014, I made a board game every month. I’ll be sharing the games, the lessons and head aches of doing 12 board games. The talk features both theory and practice; in the form of game design rambling and tips about cardboard cutting. Petri Purho is an independent game developer, best know as the creator of Crayon Physics Deluxe. He’s also known for his 7 day game prototypes.