Ropecon

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This article is about a Finnish role-playing and gaming convention. For a convention involving ropes, see BoundCon.
Ropecon
Genre Gaming
Venue Dipoli Convention Center
Location Espoo
Country Flag of Finland Finland
First held 1994
Organizer Ropecon Society
Attendance 3,900
Official website

Ropecon is a role-playing convention held annually in Finland. The convention is one of the largest non-commercial annual event of its kind, attracting 3900 participants in 2006. The current venue is the Dipoli convention centre and surrounding buildings in Espoo (close to Helsinki, the capital city of Finland). Ropecon 2007 was held August 10-12.

Ropecon hosts a wide variety of different types of games, including role-playing games, live action role-playing games, collectible card games, miniature wargames and strategy games. The event also has a range of lectures, panel discussions and other presentations covering different aspects of gaming. The guests of honour include several prominent game designers, such as Steve Jackson.

Ropecon is organised by the Ropecon Society, a joint venture of several Finnish role-playing associations. The practical arrangements are made by the unpaid members of an organising committee and hundreds of voluntary workers at the convention. Any profits are used to support various other role-playing activities.

The name "Ropecon" comes from the Finnish language word "roolipeli", meaning role-playing game, not from the English language word "rope".

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