The RPG ALLIANCE began in 2018 and is a Grass Roots, Inclusive, Tabletop RPG Gaming convention that runs tabletop role playing game events using safety tools, like the X-Card, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. We were founded by the Queer Questing & Allies TTRPG Calgary Meetup Group, and WELCOME EVERYONE and EVERY KIND OF TTRPG GAME!
RPGA-CON DISCORD SERVER: https://discord.gg/sYN3c69FA2
Sunday, November 16, 2025, at our friends/partners Dickens Pub, because we love their pizza and beer!
Date | Event |
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Sept 15 | Game/Event Submissions Open: check the GAME RUNNER INFO PAGE. Volunteer sign ups OPEN. |
Sept 30 | Game/Event Submissions Close. |
Oct 4th | Player Badge Sales Open. |
Oct 5th to 12th | Early Access for Game Runners/VIG Badges Opens. |
Oct 14th | Player Game Sign Ups OPEN. |
Nov 16 | CON DAY!!! DICKENS PUB. |
SUNDAY (Dickens Pub): The Age limit is +18 years old (legal drinking age), as our venue is a pub.
Badge Type | Online +TTE Fee | CASH at the DOOR (CAD) |
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SUNDAY +18 yrs | $15 USD | $20 CAD |
EARLY BIRD SPECIAL | FIRST 50 BADGE PURCHASERS | DICE SET |
BEWARE there are NO REFUNDS!
Time | Description |
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9:30 AM to 10:00 AM | SET-UP Volunteers |
10:00 AM | DOORS OPEN & CHECK-IN |
10:45 AM | WELCOME |
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM | GAME SLOT MORNING (4 hrs.) |
3:15 PM – 3:45 PM | AFTERNOON PRIZE DRAW |
4:00 PM - 8:00 PM | GAME SLOT AFTERNOON (4 hrs.) |
8:00 PM -8:30 PM | TAKE DOWN and VENUE CLEAN UP Volunteers |
We follow our CON POLICIES & SAFE SPACE CODE OF CONDUCT listed under the ATTEND menu and use the X-Card as our default safety tool. Healthy Boundaries keep everyone safe, respected and having fun!
We are so grateful that Chaosium Inc. has selected our con to be a part of their 50th Anniversary celebrations!
They are donating $500 worth of Chaosium physical product, plus providing a unique discount code for our participants.
Publishers bring the fantastic games we play into creation! We want to thank those publishers who support local conventions like ours with door prizes for our participants. We are grateful for your generosity in providing prizes for our participants to enjoy!
Thank you friends!
Free League Publishing is a Swedish publisher and game creator dedicated to speculative fiction in various forms. They have created and published a range of award-winning tabletop role-playing games including the official ALIEN (Gold ENNIE for Best Game 2020), The One Ring™, Twilight: 2000, Vaesen, Mörk Borg, Things from the Flood, Tales from the Loop (winner of five ENNIE Awards 2017, including Best Game), Forbidden Lands (winner of four ENNIE Awards 2019), Mutant: Year Zero (Silver ENNIE for Best Rules 2015), and Coriolis – The Third Horizon (Judge’s Spotlight Award 2017), and Symbaroum.
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Mongoose Publishing produces many roleplaying games, each tailored to a different world or universe. You can explore the galaxy in Traveller, run perps to ground in Judge Dredd, hunt down the supernatural enemies of Mankind in Deus Vult or explore the fantasy world of Magnamund in Lone Wolf.
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Our 2025 In-Person Vendors can be found online here! Check out their online shops and follow them on social media, and be sure to introduce yourself and check out their wares in person at the Con! They are wonderful people and have fantastic goods on display for sale, and be sure to ask about commissions and custom work. Support local!
Our Vendor space is fully allocated for 2025! Please email us at rpgaconyyc@gmail.com if you're interested in being a vendor in the future, or in case a spot opens up this year.
Please have a look at our valued Gaming Community, those businesses and online channels who support RPG Alliance Con in various ways from displaying posters to getting the word around. They're fantastic folks and great places to shop, browse, eat, drink, game, socialize, hangout, or watch online. Please check them out in person or online, and support local!
By entering the venues and participating in the events of the RPG Alliance Convention, participants give their permission to be photographed, or recorded by the convention and give their consent to their images and video being reproduced for subsequent use in the media, webcasts, internal and external promotional purposes, advertising and inclusion on websites and social media. Images are shared publicly with open access for use.
Calgary AB
Dickens
1000 9 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2P 2Y6, Canada
(403) 233-7550