D&D Gamers in New Zealand

[SALADIN THE JUST]

If all goes according to plan I will be moving to New Zealand by later this year. I have been involved with D&D as a player and a DM for about 19 years now and I would hate to have a hobby thats been a part of my life for that long to go into deep freeze as a result of this move. I would love to establish contact with players and DMs in Wellington and in Palmerston North areas, particularly groups made up of mature players in their mid 20s and upwards who have been involved with the game, regardless of setting, for a reasonable period of time. If there are any out there, I would love to establish contact with you. Feel free to email me at shadowronin@yahoo.com


Cheers!
Saladin.

 

[Olive]

There are a fair number of DnD players in Wellington, I'd imagine in Palmerston North it would be mostly younger people as it's a university town.

I'd email ya, but I don't live in wellington anymore!

 

[Lancelot]

Fear not - there is sizable population of gamers in New Zealand. I've played with (and DMed) groups in Napier, Hamilton, and my current two groups in Auckland. Both Wellington and Palmerston North seem to have active gaming communities.

Wellington has several gaming stores and some excellent second-hand bookshops where you can pick up old skool gaming gear at low prices (Ghost Tower of Inverness! White Plume Mountain!). Not sure about Palmy - there used to be a good gaming/comics store there, but haven't passed through in a few years. Hamilton has a good store, and there are a couple in Christchurch as well. Auckland has the most; there are enough gamers around here to sustain five RPG/Comics stores currently, not counting other stockists like Borders. Good luck!

 

[SALADIN THE JUST]

Olive & Lancelot; Thanks for giving me a brief take on the likelihood of sustaining my forays into fantasy following my move to NZ. The names of those stores would help since they'd probably serve a good point of reference to establish contact with fellow gamers in the city...It would be good establish contact (via email) with gamers in Palmy and Wells before getting there...if either of you know anyone ity would be great if you could just pass on my email contact details to them...and anyone else who may be lurking in these parts...


SALADIN.

 

[Tonguez]

I think s/Lash (and possibly Hypersmurf - who hangs out at the DnD Rules board) are Wellington based so they may be good contacts.

There is a good RPG scene in Welly (though I haven't been there for 5 years) with a RPG/Comic shop up Cuba Mall

I don't know how recent this is but heres a link for the 'Wellington RPG Connection' mailing list

Actually try this the KAPCON (Wellington RPG Convention) Website

 

[SALADIN THE JUST]

Thanks Tonguez! I dont think the mailing list appeared on your post but thanks for referring s/lash and hypersmurf...I've seen hypersmurf surfacing quite regularly on SH threads...the next time i see them I'll make a note to establish contact with them...

S, t J

 

[SALADIN THE JUST]

oops...the links did appear, pardon me...

 

[SALADIN THE JUST]

Tonguez, the kapcon link is, in one word, PERFECT!

Cheers, Mate!
S.

 

[Morrus]

I'll move this over to Gamers Seeking Gamers.

 

[Zapak Vim]

Wellington group

Hi Saladin,
I DM a campaign in wellington that might be your cup of tea. Theres me (36) and two regular players (both 25ish I think but I havent asked recently). Olive who posts far too much on this board used to be a regular player too, and can probably say nice things about me! (although I think she is still a bit grumpy about all the times she got harassed by the town watch for being the sort of person that casts rock to mud spells on crowded taverns)

I have been DMing the same world for 20 years now which is quite frightening when I think about it! Its dnd3.5 rules with some WFRP style grottyness thrown in.

anyway, I will email you in a minute