KiwiRPG Week is the annual celebration of tabletop role-playing game excitement coming out of Aotearoa New Zealand!
We’re making games, making shows, and making sure there’s something here for everyone.
Find out all the details in the schedule information below, and make sure you sign up to the email list for special offers, reminders, and behind-the-scenes insights!
The week follows NZ time. Times in London & New York City are given as handy references.
Sunday 23rd June
Get into it!
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Welcome to KIWIRPG WEEK, day one!
This week celebrating TTRPG creations from Aotearoa New Zealand begins here.
Shows and games and more, for people everywhere around the world. Enjoy!
Official Opening and Karakia
NZST: 11am-11:30am
London: 12 midnight-12:30am
New York: Friday 7pm-7:30pm
Please join us live at KiwiRPG on Twitch for our opening ceremony.
Kēmu Whakatau O Aotearoa committee chair Liam Stevens will lead a formal welcome and karakia (prayer) to begin KiwiRPG week 2024.
Then we will introduce some of the exciting things that await us in the week ahead!
All welcome!
7 Days of Streaming #1: Arcane Crimes Division
NZST: 12pm-3pm
London: 1am-4am
New York: Friday 8pm-11pm
A Kiwi game played by Kiwi players! Watch live at KiwiRPG on Twitch
In the magical metropolis of Polarity, the Arcane Crimes Division has it rough. The city is thick with scheming villains and ruthless scoundrels. Our detectives will have to work together to confront criminal masterminds, but working *together* may be the toughest task of all… Join us for Arcane Crimes Division by Imaginary Empire Games, a lighthearted buddy-cop style whodunnit where the relationship between the detectives takes center stage!
GM: David Easley of Trials of the Apocalypse
Watch the stream to win cool prizes from Bea DnD Games! (Delivery to NZ addresses only)
Spotlight: Game bundles!
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Get in on this year’s selection of great Kiwi games!
Today’s spotlight is on the KiwiRPG game bundles on DriveThruRPG and itch.io! These collections of games and supplements will be available all through KiwiRPG week.
Find out what’s in the bundles and where to get them on our Spotlight blog!
Monday 24th June
7 Days of Streaming #2: Deathmatch Island
NZST: 8:30pm-11:30pm
London: 9:30am-12:30pm
New York: 4:30am-7:30am
A Kiwi game played by Kiwi players! Watch live at KiwiRPG on Twitch
Join GM Greg Ellis (Forever GM) and the crew from Diceratops as they take on Deathmatch Island by Old Dog Games, a fast-paced roleplaying game about a deadly competition on a mysterious island chain!
Watch the stream to win cool prizes from Bea DnD Games! (Delivery to NZ addresses only)
Spotlight: 20-minute adventure jam!
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Create your own short sharp adventure!
A special event for KiwiRPG week: a game jam for folks to write and publish a 20-minute adventure! This could be a game system, an encounter, a full adventure module, or anything else you can think of!
The Jam runs until the end of the week. You don’t have to be from Aotearoa or part of the KiwiRPG community to enter, it’s open to everyone!
Find out more at the game jam page on itch.io or in our Spotlight blog!
Tuesday 25th June
7 Days of Streaming #3: The Sprawl
NZST: 9pm-11pm
London: 10am-12pm
New York: 5am-7am
A Kiwi game played by Kiwi players! Watch live at KiwiRPG on Twitch
Join GM Paul (aka HippoHQ from The Rando Stream) and his crew as they they take on The Sprawl by Hamish Cameron, a game of mission-based action in a gritty neon-and-chrome Cyberpunk future!
Watch the stream to win cool prizes from Bea DnD Games! (Delivery to NZ addresses only)
Spotlight: The KiwiRPG podcast!
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The new best way to get KiwiRPG goodness in your ears!
Launching for KiwiRPG week: a new KiwiRPG podcast the KiwiRPG Chorus!
Find it wherever podcasts are found!
Full details of the new podcast can be found in our Spotlight blog post!
Wednesday 26th June
7 Days of Streaming #4: Fight or Fright!
NZST: 8pm-11pm
London: 9am-12pm
New York: 4am-7am
A Kiwi game played by Kiwi players! Watch live at KiwiRPG on Twitch
Join GM liquorwitch and her spooky scary skelecrew at as they tackle Fight or Fright! by Alex Marinkovich-Josey – a Halloween RPG about the childhood desire to be someone special, wishing so desperately when you put on a costume to just become that character!
Watch the stream to win cool prizes from Bea DnD Games! (Delivery to NZ addresses only)
Spotlight: New releases from KiwiRPG!
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Find out about the new games and shows launching during KiwiRPG week!
There’s some great stuff being launched for KiwiRPG week! Today we’ll go through this treasure hoard of good stuff, including Monster of the Week adventures, OSR supplements, and a bunch of new games!
Thursday 27th June
7 Days of Streaming #5: d12GO! (vs. zombies)
NZST: 8pm-9:30pm
London: 9am-10:30am
New York: 4am-5:30am
A Kiwi game played by Kiwi players! Watch live at KiwiRPG on Twitch
Join GM Brad Zimmerman (Fate of Isen) and friends as they play his own game, d12GO! from Squadeth Games – a simple universal RPG that uses a single 12-sided die.
They’ll be taking on the living dead in the brilliantly named module Stay Dead, Dammit! Don’t miss this one!
Watch the stream to win cool prizes from Bea DnD Games! (Delivery to NZ addresses only)
Spotlight: All about KiwiRPG
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Who the heck are we? What are we doing? Why are we like this?
This is the day to find out more about KiwiRPG as a community and a creative association. This week is amazing but what about all the other weeks in the year? And if you’re a local creator, why would you want to get involved?
Friday 28th June
7 Days of Streaming #6: Merger
NZST: 6pm-9pm
London: 7am-10am
New York: 2am-5am
A Kiwi game played by Kiwi players! Watch live at KiwiRPG on Twitch
On Friday, City Square Studios brings us Merger – A game about business! Join GM Seb Byrne and his team as they attend a mandatory staff training exercise led by the esteemed CEO and three to four randomly selected colleagues! But remember, failure to meet company standards during these challenges will result in… termination!
Watch the stream to win cool prizes from Bea DnD Games! (Delivery to NZ addresses only)
Spotlight: Recent KiwiRPG releases
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It has been a busy year for KiwiRPG creators!
So many fun games and great shows doing amazing things – join us today for a whirlwind tour of what else we’ve been up to in 2024! You might just find your new favourite show-slash-game!
Read all about it on our spotlight blog!
Saturday 29th June
7 Days of Streaming #7: Monster of the Week
NZST: 8pm-11pm
London: 9am-12pm
New York: 4am-7am
A Kiwi game played by Kiwi players! Watch live at KiwiRPG on Twitch
KiwiRPG week wraps up with the big daddy – Monster of the Week by Michael Sands!
Join GM Ruby Kemp and her intrepid hunters at 8pm on Saturday 29th June as they take on this iconic action-horror RPG filled with monsters, ghouls, and all sorts of scariness!
Watch the stream to win cool prizes from Bea DnD Games! (Delivery to NZ addresses only)
Spotlight: Final surprises
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A few little bonus treats from KiwiRPG week!
We’re not done yet! But what are the last reveals??
Discover the bonus truth on our spotlight blog!
KiwiRPG closing ceremony
Directly following the end of the Monster of the Week stream
In which we bring this week to an end.
It has been a busy week and now we finish it properly.
Kēmu Whakatau O Aotearoa committee chair Liam Stevens returns to bring us to a close.
All welcome.
Nice one!
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That’s the end for KiwiRPG week 2024!
See you again in 2025!