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A TTRPG con in the west of Ireland. Come for the games, stay for the workshops, panels, artists, cosplay and other craic! All funds raised go to the youth club Athenry Adventurers AthVentureCon.ie

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AthVentureCon @athventurecon.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Are you melting? We're melting, but that doesn't stop the AthCon Crew and guess what time it is... Time to start gathering the troops for AthVentureCon 5! Yes, FIVE!! First up we have Game Masters! Wanna run a game (or 2) at AthCon5? Sign up here👇 forms.gle/ZnMbEALjRzyf...
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AthCon5- GM Interest Form
February 20-21nd, 2027 Loughrea Hotel & Spa, Loughrea, Co. Galway GM expression of interest for AthVentureCon 5! If you're a returning GM, welcome back! You know the drill by now, but for our new r...
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AthVentureCon @athventurecon.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Other rough dates to note: 🙋🏼‍♀️ GMs, Vendors & Panelists, we start looking for you in July/August usually. 🎟️ Tickets usually go on sale just after the October Bank Holiday. 🙋🏼‍♀️ Volunteer sign-ups start around Nov/Dec Oh man... here we go again!! 😅🫠
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AthVentureCon @athventurecon.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Hotel Prices: Doubles- Fri €145 Sat €165 Sun €119 Triples- Fri €175 Sat €195 Sun €149 (We aren't joking about the hotel rooms, you've been warned!)
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AthVentureCon @athventurecon.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
It's official - AthVentureCon 5 is happening!!! Save the Date! 🗓️Loughrea Hotel & Spa🗓️ 20-21 February, 2027 Mark your calendars and book your hotel rooms! ☎️To get the following prices, you have to ring the hotel and tell them you're attending AthVentureCon
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AthVentureCon @athventurecon.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
What a weekend. Thank you everyone, and we mean EVERYONE! I'm sure a more meaningful post will follow after a proper long rest or two, but in the meantime, we would love your feedback to help us make Ath-V-Con even better ❤️🤞🏻 forms.gle/uw8KsTorZKok...
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AthVentureCon @athventurecon.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Session2 is a happening!! 17 game tables here in the Main Hall, 4 more in the Quiet Rooms and of course the Never Ending Gory table!!!
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AthVentureCon @athventurecon.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Ah the calm before the storm. I know a lot of folks will be travelling down to #AthCon4 from early tomorrow. No matter what part of the world you're coming from, make it down safely folks. We look forward to seeing y'all!! #AthCon4
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AthVentureCon @athventurecon.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Ah I love a good clicky schedule athventurecon.ie/schedule/
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AthVentureCon 4 Interactive Schedule – AthVentureCon 4
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AthVentureCon @athventurecon.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Not cutting it fine at all A! ;-)
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AthVentureCon @athventurecon.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
We are still looking for big mini donations in the regular sized mini bucket at the check in desk. Clear?
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AthVentureCon @athventurecon.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
So look out for the NEVER ENDING GORY table in the Main Hall. It will be running from early in the day until late in the evening both Sat and Sun. Play with friends. Make alliances. Break alliances. The important thing is to land the killing blow for those delicious Kill Points!! Rack em up!!
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AthVentureCon @athventurecon.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
It's really that simple! Not only that, but the two people who record the highest Kill Point score on both days will each get a prize! No pre-booking is required, if a seat is free then take it. It's marvellous fun. At least until your own PC loses enough HP to become a irresistible target 😀
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AthVentureCon @athventurecon.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
The NEG table is a walk-in, sit down and get a killing table. Step 1 - take an empty seat. Step 2 - take a random 3rd level character sheet. Step 3 - Kill kill kill! You get points for every Boss, Minion or PC you kill and you keep going until your dead. Tally up your score and then repeat 1-3
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AthVentureCon @athventurecon.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Picture the scene, all the options at #AthCon4 has you thrown all your time management skills in the bin. You barely know what day it is let alone what hour and you find yourself short of precious hours but with a yearning deep in your soul to roll dice at table with your friends. And kill them.
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AthVentureCon @athventurecon.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
#AthCon4 has sooooooo many things to get excited about; RPGs, LARP, awesome vendors, creative workshops, mesmerising panels, talk, merch and so much more! It's hard to pick out one thing....but THE NEVER ENDING GORY table has me super-excited! What is this? I hear you all ask. Well attend I say..
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AthVentureCon @athventurecon.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
#AthCon4 is the first time we are including LARP on the schedule and the Committee are really excited with this addition. Good news is that you can join any LARP game without using up your game ticket allocation. So no excuses! Sign up on the day but advance is better as allows GMs more prep. :-)
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AthVentureCon @athventurecon.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Our 3rd LARP is a biggie with no less than 3 GMs as Oisìn, Rory and Rowan share the storytelling duties in Seven Rivers. Could the appearance of a comet signal the end to a centuries old conflict? Or are there still those amongst us who see violence as the only way forward? Who will win out??
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AthVentureCon @athventurecon.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Second game, Saturday evening sees GM Jude run Memories of Escape. Set in modern era the players all wake up in some sort of bomb shelter the door of which has a countdown clock. Who are you? Who are these others and how the hell did you get here?? Perfect for beginners with a great GM!
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AthVentureCon @athventurecon.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Based on The Dark Forest LARP this game involves diplomacy, alliances, trading and occasional war! But not actual war! I was relieved (and maybe a tad disappointed) to lean that all our LARPs are non-contact so you don't actually hit people with swords!
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AthVentureCon @athventurecon.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
The good news is that new to #AthCon4 we've 3 great games for those LARPers and LARP curious among us to choose from! First up GM Sìofra during Session 2 has Nothing Beside Remains. In this one you take on the role of several generations of a forest tribe as you to build up your society!
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AthVentureCon @athventurecon.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Now I'll be upfront and honest here and tell you that my knowledge of LARPing is pretty much limited to that time Mark went along in Peep Show! 😀 I'll also be upfront and honest and tell you that I am curious as to what this whole slightly crazy world of LARP is about! Is LARP curious a thing?
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AthVentureCon @athventurecon.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
WARNING WARNING WE ARE ABOUT TO TALK LARPS THIS IS NOT A DRILL I REPEAT, THIS IS NOT A DRILL
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AthVentureCon @athventurecon.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
So when the dust had finally settled on AthCon3 the committee members met and discussed #AthCon4. "Let's make it bigger and better!" they said. "Bigger and better then the greatest Con ever! Are you having a laugh??" I said. "No!" they shrieked, "but we are having a LARP!" Much hilarity ensued.
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AthVentureCon @athventurecon.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Well wonder no more as GM Gavin is offering you the chance to party at the Festival of the Gods in honor of Freyja, Freyr and Sol. I think we can assume that at some stage festivities get a tad out of hand but you're 20th Level, what have you really got to worry about? ;-)
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AthVentureCon @athventurecon.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
GM Gus throws out The Dragons Hymbook using the Draw Steel system. In the aftermath of a battle the Princess has gone missing along with the legendary Dragons Humbook! Can you rescue the Princess, recover the tomb and save the world?? Draw Steel at the very end of #AthCon4 to find out!!
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AthVentureCon @athventurecon.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
I think this may be the last RPG game tweet, LARPs will follow when I catch my breath! Having gone thru over 100 games (madness!!) it is maybe fitting that the last one is from my very first GM! I won't embarrass either of us with the 'when' but can tell you that the year began with a 19!!
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AthVentureCon @athventurecon.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
A unique and haunting gaming experience awaits guided by a pretty special GM! Be sure to check out all the D8 Dungeon crew over at bsky.app/profile/d8du...
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AthVentureCon @athventurecon.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
GM Declan, he of D8 Dungeon fame, invites us all to his Session 4 game (that's Sunday 10am) In Memoriam using the We Have Lost game system. The Empress is dead. Her closest friends and confidants have gathered to remember her. Tales are told of the past but the Empire must look to the future.
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AthVentureCon @athventurecon.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Despite the spooky non dancing ghost this game, both system and content wise, is suitable for all ages and all levels of experience. You will have to get to early tho as it's a Session 4 game, so that means a 10am Sunday kick off!!
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AthVentureCon @athventurecon.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Not all ghosts are friendly. And very few of them dance. In GM Emmett's CAIN system game we get a ghost that does neither. In CAIN you play part of an elite team tasked with hunting down supernatural beings that have gone bad. This one is the spirit of a gambler, dragging others down with him!
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AthVentureCon @athventurecon.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Deathbringer is like a fast(er) and furious(erer) version of 5e. With rules trimmed down to make combat move a bit quicker. This game will have elements of horror so it's only really suitable for those of 18 years and older. A great way to round off #AthCon4
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AthVentureCon @athventurecon.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Victor Frankenstein's wife to be is worried about his recent behaviour. On top of that there are rumours of a strange creature haunting the city, a city that is struggling to contain a cholera plague. Yeah things are just going swimmingly! Frankenstein is GM Graham's Deathbringer game for session6
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AthVentureCon @athventurecon.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Now you have to figure out a way across the lake and then of course find a way up into the cloud on which the library is perched, but hey this is 5e!! Mass levitate spell anyone???
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AthVentureCon @athventurecon.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
I'm not fully sure what the librarians working in the library floating on a cloud in GM Jude's 4th level 5e D&D game look like. But i think there's a fair chance they look like these dudes! We're Going Up, Up, Up! is a Sunday morning, session 4, offering where it's safe to say to expect minis!
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AthVentureCon @athventurecon.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Can you outsmart the cunning rogue responsible for these crimes? Can you find the clues, solve a series of puzzles and track down the thief crew back to their lair and recover the goods??? Fey Earth is wonderful system and GM Neil (assuming his voice holds!) is an exceptional GM!! Grab a seat!!
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AthVentureCon @athventurecon.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Sunday 6pm is sadly the last session of #AthCon4 but GM Neil rounds of his own marathon of gaming, panels and workshops with Shadowy Scoundrels, a Fey Earth games! Various premises have been broken into and their owners have grown tired waiting for the law to find the culprits! So they hired you!
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AthVentureCon @athventurecon.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
I'm not sure what is in the box in GM Paul's Daggerheart game, The Whitefire Arcanist, but when someone does look please make sure you tell me! This will be a fun game suitable for all and a great way to round off the last session of #AthCon4 Be sure to grab a seat... what's in the box!?
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AthVentureCon @athventurecon.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
I've played enough games to know that when some mysterious employer hires you to transport an equally mysterious box from one location to another to know that you should never, ever look inside. I've also played enough to know that when such occurs someone (ie me) will always look in said box.
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AthVentureCon @athventurecon.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
The plot involves a terrorist attack by a looney eco-warrior group called NECTAR hijacking an airship where scientists of Project STINGER were meeting. F.I.S.T deploy!! Hell yeah!!! There is some bee related horror in this game making it one for 18 and over.
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AthVentureCon @athventurecon.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Some games describe themselves and GM Tomas's game is a prefect example! First off the system used is the brilliantly titled F.I.ST. (Freelance Infantry Strike Team). And secondly the game is called Operation BUZZKILL. My feeling is that this is very much what it says on the tin! ;-)
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AthVentureCon @athventurecon.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
The Last Chapter of Ashbridge is Curseborn system from the brilliant GM Mark! While this is a kinda spooky ish horror game it is played in daylight during Sunday's 2pm slot and thus is suitable for all ages! This game will be a real treat so be sure to grab a seat at the table if you can!!
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AthVentureCon @athventurecon.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Oh No!! Something is off in the town of Ashbridge. There is an energy sapping aura hanging around, conversations stalls mid sentence, memories seem to be fading even as faces start to blur around the edges. Suspicion seems to be focused on Greywarden Books and those that frequent it!
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AthVentureCon @athventurecon.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Snakes In The Sewer is GM Sean's Mausritter game where the party is made up of adventuring miceses! This game will be slap bang in the middle of Sunday's fun and games at #AthCon4 Fun system, super easy to play alongside a great GM back for a second time at the Con. Reserve your seats now!
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AthVentureCon @athventurecon.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
So the Bone Gang, a gang of rats, have ventured deep into the sewers and it looks like that they may have fallen foul of a legendary sewer beast! Every cloud and all that means that this is an opportunity for some brave miceses to get themselves some treasure. Snakes and miceses get on right??
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AthVentureCon @athventurecon.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Now the kitties have to band together and figure out what in the furball is going on! Games People Play is lovely way to spend a Sunday afternoon at #AthCon4 It uses a wonderfully simple system that is fun and suitable for all ages and experience. Reserve your seat now!!
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AthVentureCon @athventurecon.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Kittens!!! Well Magical Kittens to be more precise. GM Mike takes a break from pirating on the high seas to run a game the party take on the role of Kittens trying to manage those ridiculous hoomans and their ridiculous hooman problems! Now the hoomans seem to have gone missing! Typical hoomans.
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AthVentureCon @athventurecon.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
What beasts will you face? Can you trust those that stand beside you? Will you get a thumbs up or thumbs down from those in the VIP seats? Will they give you sandals to protect your feet or make you walk across the burny hot sand??? All those questions and more will me answered so book a seat now!
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AthVentureCon @athventurecon.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Captured by slavers and taken in chains to the colosseum where you are forced to fight beside your fellow captives for the amusement of the baying public! Welcome to The Arena, GM Mary Elizabeth's 3rd level D&D 5e game set to take place in the baking sand at first light Sunday at #AthCon4
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AthVentureCon @athventurecon.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
It's all in the small print of the ticket! You are for good to go!! :-)
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AthVentureCon @athventurecon.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Now Janice has gone missing leaving behind a Janice replicant and a lot of missing and highly sensitive documents! Can the party track her down? Can you keep this quiet? Can androids dream of electric sheep?? Answer all these questions in Electric Dreams, GM Wayne's Blade Runner offering!
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