Chaosium Con NZ 2026

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Chaosium is the world's oldest publisher of tabletop roleplaying games, and in 2026 we are bringing one of our exciting annual Chaosium conventions to New Zealand!

What is ChaosiumCon? ChaosiumCon is a weekend dedicated to playing and celebrating the many TTRPGs Chaosium publishes, including Call of Cthulhu (investigation and horror in the 1920s), Pendragon (knights and quests in the age of King Arthur), RuneQuest (epic bronze age fantasy adventure) and many others! Over the past 50+ years Chaosium has published many different TTRPGs, Boardgames and Card games. These and Chaosium-adjacent games e.g. Arkham Horror, are welcome to be played at the Chaosium Cons.

What can I do at Chaosium Con? Your badge covers entry to the convention where you can sign up to play a plethora of games! Each day of the convention has three session time slots, each running for 3-4 hours, so you can play a variety of games with different people!

What are the seminars at Chaosium Con? ChaosiumCon always boasts a number of tabletop game industry creatives and professionals. Each year the convention hosts a number of seminars where attendees can learn about game writing, how to become a better game master, how artists work in the tabletop industry, and many more topics!

What are the special guests? ChaosiumCon is attended by a number of special international guests, such as professional game masters, game writers and industry creatives. You'll be able to meet these guests at the show, attend seminars where they share their expertise, or even play with them as part of a VIP gaming session!

The convention doors are open 9am-8pm Saturday Nov 21 and Sunday Nov 22.

Tickets are now available and all ticket prices are shown in USD. We cannot change this due to TableTop Events only working in USD

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Location

Wellington, New Zealand

Venue

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

55 Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington 6011, New Zealand

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