Tonight's presentation of Drachenfest and ConQuest

So, as it was previously announced this evening at SRP Petar Janković will hold a presentation about Drachenfest and ConQuest of Mythodea, based around experiences we had this year. I don't know how many people from Croatia will choose to attend next year, but so far it seems like plenty of people are interested in hearing how it was and what's it all about.

ConQuest being the biggest larp in the world - and Drachenfest not lagging far behind - those two larps will be fascinating, and quite a different experience than is available on small larps. If you're interested in larp - be there :)

The presentation will be held tonightt at 20:00 (yes, it has been postponed from the usual 19:15) in A306, at FFZG (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Zagreb).

By the way, Jasminka and I will be returning to both events in 2013. We'll be at the Copper camp again on Drachenfest. On ConQuest, I'll be once again with the Black Ice, while Jasminka will join the Grand Expedition. Fun times incoming! :)

Drachenfest is July 23-28, ConQuest is July 31 - August 4th. You can find the websites with more information about those two larps here:

Drachenfest: http://www.drachenfest.info/
ConQuest: http://www.live-adventure.de/

Drachenfest's website is a bit lacking in English department, but both larps have forum boards in English and a very friendly community. This might be a nice time to mention that ConQuest site has put a Croatian translation of ConQuest rules online (which I did). It makes a third translation of the rules, after English and German. Yay! Hopefully that will attract more people from the region (besides the fact they double as Terra Nova rules) to join us in 2013...

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