General Event Information

page content: Registration | Room allocation | Game or event details | Icons shown with each game or event | Awards and prizes

How is the convention organised?

Each day of the convention is divided into four blocks of three hours starting at 9.00am, 12:30pm, 4.00pm and 7.30pm.

Each game session is scheduled to run for two and a half hours from the start of that block, leaving either half an hour or a full hour between playing sessions to get from one game to the next, get something to eat, or just socialise and catch your breath.

The four days of the convention usually operate as follows:

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

SUNDAY

MONDAY

Registration

You need to register with CONQUEST in order to participate and even just to attend the venue (legal/insurance stuff).

If you are a player you must confirm your registration with each game or event organiser before the event is scheduled to commence.

If you do not, the game or event organiser may fill your place with someone else in order to be able to run the game or event.

If you are registering as a team for a game or event, it would be appreciated if one member of the team can attend during registration on Friday so that the game or event organiser can properly allocate their GMs.

If you do not register a full team, the game or event organiser will allocate individuals to complete the team for the session.

Please be aware that you may miss out on participating in a game or event due to too many players registering for a session or a game or event being cancelled.

Every effort will be made to book you into every gameor event you wish to participate in.

If you miss out on being a part of a game or event you have registered and paid for, you may be able to participate in another or get a refund. Please enquire at the Registration Desk at the convention to arrange this.

In the case of "Get Wrecked" a single session refund is not available.

More information is available through REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS

Room Allocation

You will be required to meet with the games or event organiser at the start of the session at the table for that game or event in the Registration Hall.

Each session of a game or event is run by a Games Master (referred to as GMs).

For your session, the game or event organiser will allocate a GM and you will be told in which room your session will be held.

Game or Event Details

The details of games/events given on this website (under THE GAMES), on the CONQUEST flyer and Player Information Booklet are as follows:

• Title of game or event
• Game or Event Designer or the persons presenting the game or event at CONQUEST
• Game style: CCG, Board game, Freeform, LRP, Miniature, RPG
• System (if there is one, if not it is considered "systemless")
• Number of players
• Blurb (Please note that blurbs are on this website, and in the Player Information booklet only).

Most games/events carry a rating from 0 (unnecessary) to 5 (critical) in the following categories:

• Seriousness: indicates the degree to which the game/event welcomes gratuitous giggles, laughs, puns and so on. More serious events usually require more effort on the part of the players to maintain and enhance the atmosphere, intent and integrity of the scenario.
• Characterisation: indicates the amount of acting "in character" that is expected of you. A high characterisation rating means that player actions should be determined more by the character's personality than by the game mechanics.
• Rules knowledge: indicates the required familiarity with the rules system used and the background world or setting of the game. Some Tabletop Roleplaying games are systemless, which means they do not use a published rules system, and usually emphasize cooperative storytelling. Freeforms are almost always systemless. Check with your events organiser for any rules variants that may be used.
• World or genre knowledge: indicates the required familiarity with a particular background world or setting, movie or style and atmosphere (e.g. Amber, Buffy). Often a game designer will set an event within the world of a published game without using the rules system.
• Adult content: indicates concepts that may be inappropriate for younger players, perhaps because of controversial philosophical or emotional issues. Older players may also find a particular concept disconcerting; if in doubt, speak to the game or event organisers. The organisers reserve the right to refuse a player entry to certain events on the grounds of maturity. The rating system used is the Film rating system: G, PG, M, MA, and R.

Icons shown with each game or event

To make it easier for you to choose games that will suit you, we use a range of icons indicating the following about each game or event:

Genre icons

Other game or event icons

Awards and prizes

Trophies and/or certificates are awarded for many games or events. Selection criteria for these awards are left to the discretion of individual game or event organisers.

Although awards are given for most events, the emphasis at CONQUEST is on enjoyment, not purely 'winning'.

Where game retailers or companies generously sponsor games or events, other prizes may also be awarded.

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This page last edited 27 October 2004