MerpCon takes place each Summer on the last weekend of July; Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

This is a 100% free event.
This event is NOT in any way endorsed by any of the Tolkien copyright holders, including, but not limited to Tolkien Enterprises and the Tolkien Estate.

This is merely a non-commercial get-together for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien and his works, and those who want to game in Middle-earth and it's various incarnations.

This is a non-commercial event hosted by volunteers as a benefit to the community.

Hurry and RSVP (http://www.merpcon.org/rsvp) today. There is limited seating available so don't delay!

The first year's first annual MerpCon I (MerpCon 2005) guest speaker was Professor Chris Seeman, author of many Decipher and ICE books and modules, as well as creator of the 9 years long publication Other Hands magazine and co-editor of The Guild Companion, and many other contributions. He was a co-Game Master at MerpCon I as well!

The 2006 MerpCon II Guest Speaker was: Michael Martinez. Reknowned in the Tolkien Communities, and Author of Parma Endorian, Visualizing Middle-earth Earth, Understanding Middle-earth, and much more! Merp.com is the official authorized host of his many great number of Essays.

2007 MerpCon III had a plethora of special guests including (click the names to see their short biography on this site):

• Michael Martinez
• Professor Chris Seeman
• Dr. Thomas Morwinsky
• Joe Mandala
• Cason Snow

The 2005 MerpCon I main Convention Campaign was called "Escape From Numenor!". You can read Chris Seeman's review of it in the other sections of this site.

The 2006 MerpCon II main Convention Campaign was "Flight from Umbar".
The following "prizes" were made available to those who participated all three days:

• Full size black and white printed map of Thomas Morwinsky's Numenor (with his permission). Some received full color as well.
• DVD of useful Middle-earth gaming related content.
• Prize drawings of special authorized and autographed books by Michael Martinez
• Parma Endorian the only authorized (and autographed) printed and bound full color 8" x 11" copies
• Understanding Middle-earth
• Visualizing Middle-earth
• And many other "goodies".

The 2008 MerpCon IV convention is dwarven themed, but also has non-dwarven themed adventures. The adventures:

• Information Coming Soon
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We are currently accepting applications for Game Masters, Assistant Game Masters, and Event Volunteers. Please email us at webmaster@merpcon.org if you're interested in helping with MerpCon III.

There will be additional memorabilia for those who participate for all three days of the convention.

This convention is 100% free to the public, but you MUST RSVP.

In previous years MerpCon only ran on one rpg game system per year. For MerpCon III however, we ran offering multiple role playing gaming systems. Systems included:

Other game systems we hope to have at future events include but are not limited to: