Surf these sites: Arcanacon -- Held yearly (around July, although in 2001 may move to January) in Melbourne. Mostly roleplaying and freeforms. Has a reputation for excellent writing. Cancon -- Canberra, Australia Day weekend. Used to be Australia''s largest general gaming convention, but in recent times has moved to specialise in wargames. Still a few CCGs, board games and roleplaying games available for variety. ConOrg -- An occasional conference for Australian games convention organisers. Copies of papers presented. Conquest -- Held in Melbourne every Easter. Featuring roleplaying, freeforms, miniatures, card and board games. Site includes jargon decoder, help for convention newbies and behind-the-scenes info for tournament organisers. Jester-Con -- Tasmania''s only convention, held in Launceston. A two-and-a-half day event. Includes: guest speaker and seminar, LARP, roleplaying, tabletop or miniature games, CCGs, miniature painting competitions, story writing competition and scavenger hunt. Necronomicon -- Held yearly (around October) in Sydney, Australia. Specialises in darker roleplaying and freeforms, although does offer a variety of games. Home of the Short Sharp Shocks tournament. Pandemonium -- Adelaide''s main games convention. Mostly card games, war games and roleplaying. Sydcon -- Sydney''s Easter games convention, featuring roleplaying, wargames and card games. Unicon -- Melbourne''s cheapest roleplaying convention, organised by the roleplaying societies at Melbourne University and Monash University. Held around October.
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