Terms and conditions
As a free expression of the democratic will of the people, Phenomenon 2008 must be governed by fair rules and impartial conditions.
If you are planning on attending the convention and especially if you are intending on GMing or desiging a game, read through these and if you have any questions (especially if the question starts with "I know it says you're not supposed to but can I ...") then please contact Pheno.
The Fine Print
- Phenomenon is a games convention in Canberra hosted by Phenomenon Labs and Random Inc. It will happen on 6–9 June 2008 at Daramalan College, Dickson, ACT.
- Smoking is strictly forbidden on Daramalan College grounds. Please take it outside the fence.
- Alcohol and illicit drugs of any kind are also strictly forbidden on the convention site.
- No weapons of any kind, real or otherwise, are permitted on the convention site except as legitimate game props. Please check with a convention organiser beforehand if you wish to bring a prop weapon to the convention. If you can kill people with your dialectic there's probably not a lot we can do to stop you but try to keep yourself under control.
- Please wear your convention badge where it is easily visible to sleep-deprived organisers while you are on the Con site. This is a condition of our public liability insurance policy and not just an excuse for organisers to hassle you. If you lose your badge you can get a new one at the front desk for a small fee, which will go towards the Fund for Loyal Organisers Widows of Chairman Morph.
- Random acts of enlightenment will be appreciated and rewarded at the next plenary session of the World Morph Congress.
Registration
Convention registration will be held on Friday 6 June from 6pm at Daramalan College. There will be some signs up. If you submitted your entry prior to the convention you should attend registration to get your schedule and check in to your games. If you are entering on the night you should attend registration to try to enter the events you want to play.
It is much easier on the organisers and designers when players enter the convention early, so please try to get your entries in as soon as possible.
Entry
Everyone attending Phenomenon 2008 must fill out an entry form. You can enter as an individual or as part of a team. Where possible, team entries should be submitted together.
Note the early bird discount of 10% for entries ends on Friday 16th May 2008.
Scheduling
There are eleven (11) sessions available at the convention. To help us schedule you, please mark on the entry-form any times you are unavailable to play.
Pheno will use a glorious democratic socialist scheduling tractor to schedule your games before the Con. Entries received before the late date are guaranteed to be scheduled; entries received after the late date will be scheduled if at all possible; entries at the Con will be scheduled by negotiation with the game writers.
The schedules for general roleplaying, RPGA and WH40K can be found on the Schedule page.
Fees
- Each session costs $6.50 to a maximum of $60 (for the entire Con) per person.
- All Living D20 games (including the Interactive) cost only $6.50, even if they run over more than one session.
- Warhammer 40K costs $32 for the whole weekend.
- Warmachine and Hordes costs $36 for the whole weekend, or $24 for Saturday plus Sunday, and $12 for Monday.
- The Banquet is $16 extra.
- There is an early-bird discount of 10% for any entries received (or post-marked) before Friday 16th May 2008.
Cancellations
- Refunds for player cancellations notified before Friday 16th May 2008 will be the full amount minus a $5 administrative fee (we cop bank charges too!).
- After Friday 16th May 2008 refunds will only be given in exceptional circumstances, at the organisers' discretion.
- No refunds will be given for player cancellations once Phenomenon 2008 has started.
- If an event is cancelled by the writer or organisers, players will have the option of choosing another game or obtaining a full refund of the fee paid for that event.
The Unwritten Rule
As a policy Phenomenon does not discriminate against any group, creed, ethos, sexuality, gender, shoe-size or species. We ask that you do as you would be done by at Pheno.