Chimera, the New Zealand Live Action Role Playing convention.

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Contact

Our email address is chimera@nzlarps.org

This is the only point of contact for convention queries. Please do not use Facebook or the convention team's personal emails. If you post a question on Facebook, we cannot be certain we will see it.

The Venue

Chimera will run at Motu Moana Scout Camp, in Green Bay, Auckland. It is located in Connaught Street and is 3km from New Lynn Transport Centre and Lynn Mall.

Catering on site

Meals for Saturday and Sunday will be catered. Breakfast will be $6 and dinners and lunches will be $8 per meal. Soft drinks and candy will be available also.

We are pleased to offer a special pre-pay weekend meal price: the whole weekend's meals for $30 if you pay before August 1st. Not only is this a saving of $6 off the full price, but it means you don't have to worry about cash on the day, and get to jump to the head of line!

Gluten free, vegetarian and vegan options are available. Please email us to let us know your requirements.

Our caterer for 2014 will be Kim Smits, who has been our acclaimed caterer and is returning for her fifth year with us. Menu for 2014 to follow shortly.

To prepay, deposit $30 to:

Account Name: NZLARPS
Bank and Branch: BNZ 262 Queen Street
Account Number: 02-0290-0086913-00
Reference: Last name, first initial
Particulars: CHIMERA FOOD

Costs

Chimera will cost as follows:

Full Convention (5-6 games) - $70 (a $5 discount is available for nzLARPS members, as well as a $5 discount for payment before August 1st. These discounts stack)
Three/Four games - $55 (a $5 discount is available for nzLARPS members, as well as a $5 discount for payment before August 1st. These discounts stack)
Two Games - $30 (no discounts apply)
One Game only - $15 (no discounts apply)

Prizes and the Wall of Awesome

Prizes are being phased out at Chimera. This year, voting will take place only on game writing for original games to continue to celebrate excellence in game writing.

Chimera continues to encourage the open support of each other's awesomeness across the board - great roleplaying moments of all kinds, cool costumes whether it's something flashy or a really well thought out ensemble of small touches and the many helping hands that make our experiences great. We'd like to encourage you all to contribute often to our Wall of Awesome. We'll have pens and post-its available and we want you to write down and stick up all the really cool things that you see others do, all those moments that make your game. The wall isn't about the 'best' or any sort of competition, it's about a celebration of the abundance of awesome we have.

For our Saturday night flagships, for each of the three games the GMs will select one player for Game Masters' Choice for Outstanding Roleplaying, as well as Game Masters' Choice for Outstanding Costuming. Players will vote after the game via smartphones, tablets, computers etc through a Google Form, which will allow us to tabulate results in a matter of minutes, on the following three categories:

Favourite Male Costume
Favourite Female Costume
Memorable Roleplayer (you can nominate up to two)

People will need to bring their smartphones to the game with them. There will be character name/real name lists.

Accommodation

There are 84 beds available at the venue. Accommodation is clean scout bunks, with access to bathroom, shower and kitchen facilities. Accommodation is free of charge but priority will be given for those coming from out of Auckland.

Code of Conduct

The Chimera organisational team would like Chimera to be a safe and fun event for all attendees. For this reason, we have adopted a Code of Conduct for all participants to follow. It was created to protect the safety, well-being and comfort of all our attendees.

Chiefly, we ask that you take responsibility for yourself, look after yourself and others, be responsible with alcohol and do everything reasonably in your power to look out for the enjoyment of others at the event.

Please make sure you read it before you register for the event: Chimera Code of Conduct.