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Game Programme at Virtual Ropecon

Role-playing games

Tabletop role-playing games are an essential part of Virtual Ropecon as well. In role-playing games, the players and the Game Master (GM) advance the game by creating the story together. The Game Master develops the plot and describes the game world in which player characters live. Players can affect the story via their characters by describing the actions and dialogue of their character in any given situation. Role-playing games often use dice to determine the outcome of players’ actions. In addition to local games where players and the GM gather together around the same table, tabletop role-playing games can also be played online via instant messaging apps and other online platforms.


Signing up for role-playing games

Signing up for role-playing games at Virtual Ropecon is done via the Ropecon event on Warhorn. In addition to online games, there is a limited number of games run at the Pasila library in Helsinki. You can sign up as a GM on Warhorn up until Virtual Ropecon begins on Friday. You can also run and sign up for spontaneous games on Ropecon’s Discord server throughout the convention weekend.

For more information on running and participating in tabletop role-playing games at Virtual Ropecon can be found on Ropecon’s blog (in Finnish). For more information in English, please contact us via email at peliohjelma@ropecon.fi

For more information on games run at Pasila library, please click here (in Finnish).

Sign up at Warhorn

Board games

Board games are also played online at Virtual Ropecon via BoardGameArena. BoardGameArena is an online platform that can be used to play thousands of board games online, both old and new, and can be accessed from your internet browser. For more information on BoardGameArena and how to use it can be found here.


Online tournaments

There are three online board game tournaments held at Virtual Ropecon:

  • Innovation: on Friday 24th of July 2020.

Sign-up open until 5pm on Friday.

  • Carcassonne: on Saturday 25th of July 2020.

Sign-up open until 11am on Saturday.

  • 7 Wonders: on Sunday 26th of July 2020.

Sign-up open until 11am on Sunday.

Online board game tournaments for Virtual Ropecon are held in collaboration with the Finnish Board Game Association. The association has helped out in the technical production of the tournaments and has provided the board games that will be given out as awards.

For more information on online tournaments