Roleplaying

Roleplaying in it's modern incarnation is a hobby that grew from the personalization of figures and reduction in figure scales in wargaming during the nineteen seventies. But it's roots stretch much further back.

Depending on your style, roleplaying can resemble anything from skirmish wargaming to guerilla street theatre. While the roleplayer stereotype of the nerdy, white, teenage, adolescent male does represent a major slice of the market, in fact rolepayer's ages run from six to sixty, and include all races and sexes.

I have been heavily involved in the local Wellington roleplaying community for a number of years, and have helped out at KapCon (Wellington's Annual Roleplaying Convention) for a number of years. KapCon is associated with the Scenario Design Competition which celevbrates the best of roleplaying scenario writing yearly.

Wellington now supports another roleplaying convention, Confusion, W.A.R.G.S a dedicated roleplaying organization, and a dedicated discussion board RPG Central. There is also an LJ community : wellingtonrpg