Necronomicon was a roleplaying convention, one of two run every year by Shadow Games Inc. in Sydney, Australia. It was originally held over the October long weekend, and lasts for three or four days. In 2000 it was moved to the Easter

Easter

Easter is the central feast in the Christian liturgical year. According to the Canonical gospels, Jesus rose from the dead on the third day after his crucifixion. His resurrection is celebrated on Easter Day or Easter Sunday...

 long weekend until 2006, its final year.

History

The first Necronomicon was held in 1989. The original vision for Necronomicon involved horror, darkness, angst and cathartic games. Necronomicon was created as "a mood-oriented Roleplaying Convention" at a time when most convention games were hack and slash. In later years though it diverged from being a purely dark convention, adding an AD&D

AD&D

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 tournament and other mainstream role-playing games.

Short Sharp Shocks

Designers wrote Short Sharp Shocks by invitation only. This category was a chance to offer very scary or intense games that push boundaries (and which can consequently be disturbing, so they didn't recommend them for under-16s).

Convention

Necronomicon was generally run over three or four days (three before the move to Easter, four after), with registration usually on the night before the convention and prize giving in the afternoon of the last day. The convention was usually followed with a social gathering at a local bar in Newtown, New South Wales

Newtown, New South Wales

Newtown, a suburb of Sydney's inner west is located approximately four kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, straddling the local government areas of the City of Sydney and Marrickville Council in the state of New South Wales, Australia....

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