Continuum (Games convention)
For articles with a similar title, see Continuum.
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| Name: | Continuum |
| Dates: | 1992-ongoing |
| Frequency: | Formerly biennual (every second year), now annual |
| Location: | Cranfield, England |
| Type: | fan-run |
| Focus: | RPGs, Freeform games, Tabletop games |
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| URL: | http://continuumconvention.co.uk/ |
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Continuum (formerly Convulsion) is a small (150-200 attendees) British fan-run games convention, formerly held at Leicester University's John Foster Hall of Residence but now moved to Cranfield Management Development Centre in Bedford, usually in late July or early August. The convention runs from Friday afternoon to Sunday evening and generally includes RPGs, tabletop games, and freeform LARP games, all run by the attendees. The convention began as a specialised Runequest / Call of Cthulhu event but quickly diversified, although the GOH is usually one of the authors working on Runequest and its derivatives. Many attendees stay in student accommodation over the weekend. The program usually includes three games "slots" a day, with alternatives including talks, longer freeform LARPs, etc. There is usually at least one very large all-day LARP based on Runequest that can involve a mjority of the convention members. To quote the web site:
Continuum 2014 is brought to you by the Continuum Committee and friends. It's a convention dedicated to playing great games. It's also more than just games, though! There will be vendors, parties, social get-togethers, and other Game-related events.
Our goal is to bring together the best Games we can find, of all styles and genres, in one weekend, so that you can't help but find a game or three, or five (or more!) that you just have to play. We are always looking for new and different styles of games, for short games, long games, small games and bigger games. We always have a great crowd of wonderful Gamers waiting to get into character and even into costume. It doesn't matter if this is your first experience with a Games convention or if you're an old hand; there's something for everyone, and we try to help newcomers fit right in.
The 2020 convention was postponed to 2021 due to the covid epidemic, and was subsequently postponed again and run in 2022. Although this was originally a biennial convention it went yearly in 2023, and was moved to Cranfield in 2024.
- Continuum web site
- Review of Continuum 2012 (accessed 5th September 2015)