Dragonmeet 2022
A knight and a fox, but no dragon
Dragonmeet is an annual one-day convention that takes place in London on the first Saturday of December. For many of us it’s a chance to catch up with friends and do some shopping.
Having read Dirk the Dice’s ‘The Day of The Dice Men’ the day before, I knew I had to seize the opportunity to get myself a signed copy. As my friend Mike was doing likewise, I heard Sir Ian saying, “I wonder if he’s going to pay for that”. Somewhat shamefaced, I realised in all the excitement it had slipped my mind. Honest gov.
Following a super busy morning helping out on the Chaosium stand, it was time for the Rivers of London RPG launch seminar. A couple of the team from Poland had brought 10 hand-finished print copies of the book — the only 10 in existence right now. A draw was held at the end of the seminar, and one lucky winner received a copy of the book. Another copy was sold at the Dragonmeet charity auction that evening, raising £375.
Inside the Rookery did an interview with Lynne and Ben about the game:
And RPG Imaginings gave a ‘hot take’ as the cool kids say:
River of London RPG is available as a PDF right now, with print copies following in 2023. But I should warn you, it gets into your head. The night before, I’d had a dream. I was walking through my local park, when I became aware that I was being followed by a fox. I looked around, and beyond the fox was a modern house, all glass like those fancy Grand Designs places. Only there was this bloke in there, wearing in a fox suit. He had his fox mask under his arm, so I could see his leering face as he hurled little biscuity treats. Now I come to think of it, it might even have been Kevin McCloud. He was aiming the treats at my feet, drawing the foxes to me. I figured the foxes could probably sense the persecution my farming relatives have perpetrated on their ancestors, and hurried on. Then I heard it — a voice. Speaking aloud to me in English. A talking fox!
That afternoon I caught up with none other than the original Tweedmeister, ukelele player and author of the Liminal RPG, Paul Mitchener.
As I said, the other thing that Dragonmeet is good for is shopping, and here are a few little gifts I bought for my D&D group: Never Mind the Dice Rolls fanzine, Dungeon Roomba (what it says on the tin), edible dice (who could resist Rhubarbarians and Custard?), and some pretty D&D themed patches.
Here’s to Dragonmeet 2023. Rumour has it - in a new home.
It was great seeing you and many from Chaosium at Dragonmeet. It's great that you all are always out at Dragonmeet in force. Also, thanks for answering my question at the panel (it was the silly one on making chases and combat more accessible). So much more I wanted to ask, both about approaching adapting a system and the setting. But others did a great job of that.
I'm totally not envious of the people with an advanced reader copy of the book. Not one bit... :)
Glad to hear it's still a fun day despite the stress of presenting. See you next year!
Next year I will be there, been decades since I’ve played and even longer since I’ve been at a convention - back in the early GW/Owl & Weasel days 🥲 seriously old school!