Helpful Guide for the weekend

Please find the link to the Pre-Registration page below. Please also remember the Chonk Workshop is also available for anyone wanting to make their own dice!

Submissions for Saturday Evening are full - Many thanks to all who submitted We're one day away from the launch of Pre-Reg so if you want your game to be featured, please submit it today. After Pre-Reg goes live we are still accepting game submissions but they will not be available in the Pre-Reg but will be available to people on the day. SUBMIT MY GAME BUY CONPULSION TICKETS

An exceptional array of guests and panels at Conpulsion 2026

Pre-Register for Conpulsion games from Sunday 22 March 2026

Enticing talks about RPG games and history.

Sunday is the last day you'll be able to order a Conpulsion 2026 T-Shirt from Eventbrite Remember, to make sure we control costs, Conpulsion T-Shirts will not be available on the day, so make sure you get your memento of the event so you can pick it up when you attend Conpulsion. We can't wait to see you!

Anna Blackwell is attending Conpulsion 2026 at The Pleasance in Edinburgh

Alysa Thomas joins us at Conpulsion 2026 discussing accessibility in games.

Award winning TTRPG creator Avery Alder joins us at Conpulsion 2026

We gratefully acknowledge that all/part of the funding for Conpulsion - Scotland's Oldest Roleplaying Convention 2026 is provided from a Student Experience Grant which is funded by the University of Edinburgh Development Trust. Without this ongoing support we would not be able to fund these projects which do so much for the quality of the student learning experience at the University of Edinburgh.

Den of Wolves: New Eden is one of Conpulsions first megagames.

Scotland's Oldest Roleplaying Convention - A must for those who love tabletop gaming in the heart of Edinburgh #rpg #larp #talks

Scotland's oldest tabletop gaming convention

Conpulsion 2025 features a selection of amazing guests from the worlds of role-playing, gaming and illustration. You can see and hear them at our panels and other activities over the weekend. We're delighted to welcome Ron Edwards. He is best known for games including Sorcerer, Trollbabe, and Spione, for founding and leading The Forge (2000-2012) in advocacy of independent publishing, for an always-in-progress body of theory, and for criticizing role-playing commerce and subculture. He was the second recipient of the Diana Jones Award in 2002. Ron will be in our keynote panels, running his…

We know you have too many games and there is never a better time to rotate your loot than at Conpulsion! The Bring & Buy is back for another year in the Pleasance Quaker Studio on Saturday the 12th April 2025 with the wonderful Fiona, Roderick and Jason. Visit the Bring & Buy page to get the form and bring it pre-filled if you can. You can drop your games off from 09:00 and con attendees can start buying from the rich range of gaming treasure on display at 10:00. From 13:30 onwards people can pick up their items & money and the Bring & Buy will end at 17:30.

Scotland's oldest tabletop gaming convention

Handiwork Games Handiwork Games was founded in 2019 by Banquo Award-winner Jon Hodgson. They are a Falkirk-based game development studio, focused on creating high-quality games with fair working co…

Pre-registration is now open to all people who have bought Conpulsion tickets. You can register for: RPGs Murder Mysteries LARPs Discussion Panels We will be sending e-mails to everyone who has alr…

A weekend of many roleplaying games, LARPS, boardgames, wargames and further talks, nestled in the Pleasance, at the heart of Edinburgh.

We are delighted to announce that as part of Chaosium's 50th Anniversary events Conpulsion is being supported with a $500 package of Chaosium products. We are truly humbled and delighted to hear this news! Read more about the Chaosium 50th Anniversary Support Package for Conpulsion, play the great Chaosium RPGs we have on at the con (including Call of Cthulhu, Runequest and Pendragon), look out for the prizes we'll be sharing with GMs and players, and brush-up ahead of the Chaosium round in the pub quiz. Also please go to the workshops and talks with Chaosium writer Gavin Inglis including the Roots of Horror talk in the Theatre on Saturday at 11:00 - 12:00.

Empty Kitchens Full Hearts are a volunteer initiative that rescues surplus food and turns it into free, healthy meals for people in need.