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Ropecon, the largest non-commercial role-playing convention in Europe, takes place from 29th to 31st of July 2016 in Helsinki, Finland. The convention attracts thousands of visitors interested in both tabletop and live-action role-playing (LARP), as well as in card games, miniatures and board games. In addition to role-playing and gaming centered programs, Ropecon also includes a plethora of lectures and workshops with a wide variety of interesting topics.

Ropecon has been held annually since 1994. The very first convention was held in a hotel called Helsinki Congress Paasitorni with just a few hundred visitors, but after 1994 the number of people attending the convention increased drastically and soon a larger venue was needed. Thus, in 1998 Ropecon was moved to the Dipoli Congress Centre in Espoo where it was held for the next 18 years. The number of role-playing enthusiasts hungry for their yearly fix of Ropecon has been growing year after year, and by 2002 we had already reached 3000 annual visitors. The record number of visitors was reached in 2007 with a grand total of 3946 people. Although the majority of visitors live in the Helsinki metropolitan area, Ropecon draws a large number of its visitors not only from all across Finland, but also from abroad.