Ettin Con 2020

Virtual Gaming Weekend

Safely Social Tabletop & Arcade Fun

When

18th - 19th July 2020

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Why
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it's safer for everyone to play at home and socialise online.
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Play tabletop & video games at home or over the internet, tagging and sharing with us!

About The Event

Poster for Winter 2020

This year only, we've moved our convention online to protect players during the pandemic.
 Since 2015, we've been hosting events where people can meet to share, explore & enjoy social games of all kinds on tabletops and screens. Originally one day twice a year, we're now a whole weekend each Winter. All are welcome within our code of conduct for a safe and fun experience, whether you're already in the gaming world, or just curious about what people play these days. We have plenty of tables available, and each day is full of opportunities! If you're curious about our name, or how it began, click here.

Press Kit

Board Games

(We've come a long way since monopoly or snakes & ladders)

Play any board game you like, online or off, and share it online using the tag #EttinCon2020! There are heaps of ways to play board games on the internet with friends. For our list of resources, visit EttinCon.online.

Join Our Board Game Arena Group!

Role-Playing Games

(More than just Dungeons Dragons)

Explore a number of genres or systems with us! Run a game online, join one of our registered sessions, or just share your home play experience with us via the tag #EttinCon2020! We even have our own fantasy world to which you can contribute your ideas through play!

Game Listing Run Your Game

Card Games

Play any card game you like, online or off, and share it online using the tag #EttinCon2020! There are heaps of ways to play card games on the internet with friends. For our list of resources, visit EttinCon.online.

Video Games

(Social multiplayer emphasis)

Play any video game you like, online or off, and share it online using the tag #EttinCon2020! There are heaps of ways to play video games on the internet with friends. For our list of resources, visit EttinCon.online.

Guide

Game Listing

Although most of our event is free play on open tables, scheduled sessions will be listed below. Games will be added regularly between January and June. We'll announce them wherever we have a social account, but you can subscribe to our newsletter for more detailed updates!

PLEASE NOTE: All dates/times are listed in Australian Eastern Standard Time, but anyone in the world awake enough to play is welcome!

Submissions open onare now
10:00am Saturday 18th January 2020open! Click here to
Run Your Game! Submissions close on
12:00am Thursday 18th June 2020

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Secret Prince (Playtest 4)

3:00pm until 6:00pm Sunday

Secret Prince is a no-prep, GM-less storytelling card game about broody secret royals where you win by having the most tragic backstory.

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Secret Prince (Playtest 3)

7:00pm until 10:00pm Saturday

Secret Prince is a no-prep, GM-less storytelling card game about broody secret royals where you win by having the most tragic backstory.

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Secret Prince (Playtest 2)

3:00pm until 6:00pm Saturday

Secret Prince is a no-prep, GM-less storytelling card game about broody secret royals where you win by having the most tragic backstory.

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Secret Prince (Playtest 1)

10:30am until 1:30pm Saturday

Secret Prince is a no-prep, GM-less storytelling card game about broody secret royals where you win by having the most tragic backstory.

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Crondale Clock Tower (Sun)

2:00pm until 6:00pm Sunday

You're on a quest to investigate why the Crondale Clock Tower stopped working a month ago. A D&D 5ed module for brave adventurers!

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Crondale Clock Tower (Sat)

6:00pm until 10:00pm Saturday

You're on a quest to investigate why the Crondale Clock Tower stopped working a month ago. A D&D 5ed module for brave adventurers!

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Storm in Schleswig

3:00pm until 6:00pm Sunday

Play something at home or online, share your photos/videos/stories tagged with #EttinCon2020!

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The Statue of Athena

7:00pm until 10:00pm Saturday

It’s the 19th Century. You have all signed up to see if the rumours about a Statue in a town in Western France have any real substance

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Journey Under Her Wing

3:00pm until 6:00pm Saturday

Ardent travellers! Join us for the sort of fantasy road-trip which Studio Ghibli might make after watching Adventure Time & Steven Universe.

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Ghost Mountain - Gold Fever

3:00pm until 6:00pm Saturday

The recent gold shipment from Munroe Mine has not arrived, the townsfolk are starting to get worried.

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Return of the Little Green Men

7:00pm until 10:00pm Saturday

In the sweltering summer of 1959, the Curtis Family were attacked by a group of “little green men”. Rumours suggest they may have returned.

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Bearcats

10:30am until 1:30pm Saturday

Everything was quiet on the exoplanet TC3 colony until the INVADERS arrived. It's time to fight back and save your home.

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Run Your Game

If you're a game-master, a demonstrator, a designer wanting to playtest, or something different, we'll do our best to help you do your thing! For more detail on what we expect from our GMs, please see our GM Guidelines.

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Become a Worldbuilder!
Playing or running a game in our shared fantasy setting adds to its history and geography.
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Timetable

When and where each scheduled session can be found across both days. Please launch the fullscreen version for the best experience on your device. Scheduled sessions are also automatically announced on our Discord server, twice within the hour before they begin.

Support

We're a volunteer-run non-profit association, so any level of involvement you can spare is always welcome!

Merchandise!
We still have a few shirts left, they're really nice.
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Sponsor List

Ettin Con survives and thrives by virtue of the generous support from these businesses and the NSW gaming communities they serve. Throw money at them, or visit to remind them that they are awesome!

Aetherworks

Online Shop

Specialising in tabletop gaming and crowdfunding fulfilment

Donations
You can donate directly to the Ettin Games Association to help us stay afloat.
NB: Despite being a non-profit organisation, we are not a registered charity, and as such, your donation is not tax-deductable.
Gift Vouchers
Give someone the gift of play! Valid for 12 months, in case they can't attend this year.
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Itch Collection
Want to support a creator whose games were played at our event? Or maybe just looking for more games or related tabletop tools?
Check our Collections!
Email Newsletter

Our email newsletter is sent out the night before our general announcements on social media. You can customise your preferences to receive fewer or more specific announcements. The only way to hear about things sooner is to join our Discord server, or become a Patron!

Our History

Ettin Con began as a double-birthday party for the founders, so it seemed appropriate to name it after a two-headed giant! The July 2015 event was only six hours long, free entry (donations welcome) in a Katoomba church hall. Our next event saw twice as many of us in a venue twice as large, playing for twice as long, and it just keeps getting bigger and better! Our 2020 event is our ninth (held on our fifth birthday!), with no sign of stopping. We've hosted 90hrs of events, including 91 scheduled RPG sessions (272hrs of play).