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Warpcon is Cork's biggest gaming convention, and has been Ireland's largest student-run gaming convention. Beginning in 1990, it is run every year, during the last weekend of January. WARPS (the UCC Wargaming And RolePlaying Society) is the organiser of the event. Each year, Warpcon hosts RPGs from a range of systems, CCGs, tabletop wargaming, LARPS and other games over the weekend.

Events and features

Warpcon stages a charity auction where various things are sold, previously including signed first-edition and pre-publication books, slots to appear as a character drawn by John Kovalic in a Steve Jackson Games card game or in Dork Tower, rare collectible cards, Jayne Cobb's hat (as worn by Adam Baldwin in the TV show Firefly, and the first ever My Little Cthulhu plush toy. It takes place on the Saturday night of the convention, and proceeds go to a local charity.

The Warpcon Pub Quiz has been a fixture of Warpcon's Friday night for many years. The quiz usually features esoteric questions on nerd culture, over eight rounds.

Each year various CCGs from Magic: The Gathering to Yu-Gi-Oh! are hosted at Warpcon. Warpcon 28 featured a regional event for L5R which attracted over two hundred people.

RPGs and LARPs from many different systems are run each year, with some based on the theme of the convention.

Wargames at Warpcon usually consist of Warhammer 40,000, Warmachine, X-wing, and historical wargaming. Warhammer 40,000 tournaments has been a feature of Warpcon for most of its history, with some past tournaments exceeding 100 entrants. Warmachine tournaments have been a small but steady contributor to the life of the convention since its launch.

In past years, Warpcon has featured writers and artists as special guests. They sign merchandise, occasionally run events such as games-making workshops, and dinner with the special guests is one of the items regularly sold at the Warpcon charity auction.

The closing ceremony is where the prizes are awarded. These include best trader, best RPG scenario, best LARP scenario, and best staff member. It is also where the Spirit of Warpcon is handed out, a perpetual award given out each year for contributions to gaming in Cork.

History

Warpcon was a joint winner, along with Gaelcon, of the Diana Jones Award for Excellence in Gaming for the charity auctions run each year. Warpcon was known for its Saturday night Club Warpcon event where the convention sold tickets to a private night club in Cork city.

Previous special guests have come from a range of different backgrounds. Warpcon 17: John Kovalic, and Gar Hanrahan. Warpcon 18: John Kovalic and gameworkshop's Jervis Johnson. Warpcon 19: John Kovalic and David Nykl. Warpcon 28: John Kovalic. Warpcon 29: Ross Mullan.

As a part of previous Warpcons, on the lower grounds of University College Cork, the UCC Medieval Renaissance society has run a "Battle of the Flags" event. The 'Flags', as it was commonly known was the 'rebated steel' medieval combat competition open to anyone who has fought or trained with the society previously.

References

1. Warpcon 2013 Available: http://www.warpcon.com/ Accessed: 19 May 2008
2. Diana Jones Award: 2006 Winner: Available: http://www.dianajonesaward.org/06winner.html Accessed: 19 May 2007

• Culture in Cork (city)
• Gaming conventions
• Annual events in Ireland
• 1991 establishments in Ireland
• Recurring events established in 1991