Schedule
Happening in the first week of May, KiwiRPG Week is an event for promoting, connecting and supporting Aotearoa New Zealand’s TTRPG creators and creatives. The Schedule below will get more detailed as the week gets closer!
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Unsurprisingly, the week will follow NZ time. Times in London & New York City are given as handy references.
Saturday 30th April
All Day
Last day of the countdown! Get ready!
KiwiRPG hashtag launch party on twitter!
New episode drops today include:
BIG RED COUCH on all podcast platforms
JEWELS FROM NZ on all podcast platforms
Various times
New products go on sale!
A bunch of new games from KiwiRPG creators will drop today! Or maybe Sunday. Sometimes it takes a while for things to show up for sale. Watch the hashtag for details!
New titles include:
Kratophagia from Ardens Ludere, “a post-apocalyptic science-fantasy tabletop roleplaying game of hunger, consumption, violence, oppression, body horror and radical bodily transformation“
Paranormal Wellington from Taleturn, a game about “bumbling through supernatural happenings while being recorded for a curious audience“.
Space Taxi from gothHoblin, a Caltrop Core game “of cosmic chaos in a cab – with cats!“
d12GO from Brad Zimmerman, and open-setting game designed to support improvised play (and which is part of the itch.io Bundle!)
More to drop during the week ahead!
Sunday 1st May
All Day
Launch day for #KiwiRPG!
Begin a TOUR OF KIWI RPG in this new blog post:
HOW THE TICK BROUGHT KIWI RPGS ONLINE an account of the origins of TTRPG streams and podcasts in Aotearoa!
New episode drops today include:
Time TBC
Bundles Launch!
DriveThruRPG product bundle now on sale!
It’s family-friendly (and gamer-friendly) mayhem with DINOSAUR PRINCESSES! Blades in the Dark cartographic excitement with the DOSKVOL MAPS! The barbarian within the city in NOD! Deeply-imagined spacefaring in F-SPACE! Mindbending 70s SF weirdness with LEFTCOAST! Top-rope wrestling in SOARING LIONS! Mean girl brutality in HIGH SCHOOL PRINCESS! Bloody sword-and-sorcery in ON MIGHTY THEWS! Exploring new worlds in THE NATURAL PHILOSOPHERS! Existential bookery in QUIET DAY IN THE LIBRARY! And bring cats to the cyberpunk sprawl in CYBERKITTENS: PROJECT BAKENOKO!
Itch.io product bundle now on sale!
Write letters from mechas in SIGNAL//r021! Epic metal in HEAVY METAL AEONS! Zombies, murder, and a horse in BLAZE WILL BE OKAY, I PROMISE! Dreamlike quests in THE ORACLE AND THE CURSE! Mean girl brutality in HIGH SCHOOL PRINCESS! Jacques Cousteau rivalries in ODYSSEY AQUATICA! Bin-sniffing critters in TRASH PALS! Gothic horror for 5E and FATE in LOST & FORGOTTEN! Ghostly 5E action in THE HAUNTING OF MYRTLE COTTAGE! Live without future or past in MAYFLY! Hallucinate in the forest in HIGHWAY! And unlock an unlimited set of new adventures in d12GO!
NZST:12pm-3pm
London: 1am-4am
New York: Saturday 8pm-11pm
DICE LEGENZ
Regular D&D live stream recorded in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Welcome to Dice Legenz! We are a fun loving crew of friends with a single goal… To create with you the most exciting, fast-paced, hilarious Dungeons & Dragons livestream EVER. We are a diverse group of actors & tv people from New Zealand that just needs a few more friends… Want to be our friend?
Watch us live at twitch.tv/dicelegenz
NZST:6pm-9pm
London: 7am-10am
New York: 2am-5am
DICE DICE BABY: CURSE OF STRAHD
Regular D&D live stream recorded in Auckland, New Zealand.
Auckland based D&D players w/ a penchant for music & culture related jokes! Currently playing Dungeons & Dragons: Curse of Strahd
Watch live at twitch.tv/dice_dice_baby
NZST: 7pm-10pm
London: 8am-11am
New York: 3am-6am
MONSTER OF THE WEEK: THE FACES OF TOLTETOTL
Special live stream event featuring a brand new team-up of KiwiRPG superstars!
When headless bodies start appearing on the outskirts of a rural NZ town, T.H.E.M. (Tasked with Hunting Extraterrestrials and Monsters) sends their top hunters to investigate this baffling string of deaths.
Watch us live as guests on the Getting Dicey channel at twitch.tv/GettingDicey
Monday 2nd May
All day
The TOUR OF KIWI RPG continues in the new blog post:
THREE KIWI GAME DESIGNERS YOU MUST KNOW IF YOU WANT TO BE COOL highlighting three notable Kiwi RPG designers with very different styles
Today’s episode drops include:
THE GM BREAKOUT PODCAST on all podcast platforms
Various times
More new stuff!
New game arriving today:
XGE13: Mini Preview Edition from Generic Games: “A simple mission: travel through the newly activated xenogate and explore another planet. But when you stepped through the gate, something went wrong...“
More games to come later in the week!
NZST: 7:30pm-10pm
London: 8:30am-11am
New York: 3:30am-6am
GETTING DICEY: CURSE OF STRAHD
Regular D&D live stream recorded in Wellington, New Zealand.
While Getting Dicey is a comedy stream, you will find yourself on the edge of your seat when things start to get serious. With a big bad always looming from the shadows, it looks like things are Getting Dicey.
Watch us live at twitch.tv/GettingDicey
Tuesday 3rd May
All day
The TOUR OF KIWI RPG continues in the new blog post:
KIWI ROLEPLAY BEYOND D&D exploring the variety of different games play in Kiwi streams and podcasts
NZST 8pm-10pm
London 9am-11am
New York 4am-6am
d12GO: ROBOT ISLAND!
Live stream: d12GO
What happens when a tropical island has been overrun with killer robots and the only people who can help are dangerous criminals with nothing to lose?
Find out in this improvised one-shot using the brand new Kiwi-designed d12GO RPG!
Watch us live as guests on the Getting Dicey channel at twitch.tv/GettingDicey
Wednesday 4th May
All day
The TOUR OF KIWI RPG continues in the new blog post:
THE DRIVER’S GUIDE TO KIWIRPG HIGHWAY ONE giving a high-speed tour of game designs across Aotearoa
Time TBC
“MONSTER OF THE WEEK” SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT 
Some VERY big news for MotW fans will be announced today!
And that’s all the information we have right now. Something is going to be announced. We can’t wait to find out what this is about…
The news will drop on the Generic Games website!
NZST: 8pm-11pm
London: 9am-12pm
New York: 4am-7am
EVLDOA GAMING
Regular D&D live stream on Twitch from Taranaki New Zealand.
Our motto is No Rush Roleplay and Story First.
My players are from New Zealand and Australia and we all love TTRPG.
Come join us Sunday nights as we explore my homebrew world of Paradym, and Wednesday nights for mini-adventures where community members get to play.
Watch us live at twitch.tv/evldoa
Thursday 5th May
All day
The TOUR OF KIWI RPG continues in the new blog post:
WE’RE DOING IT LIVE! covering the role of live stage performance in the Kiwi RPG scene
Today’s episode drops include:
DON’T FORGET YOUR TOWEL on all podcast platforms
JEWELS FROM NZ on all podcast platforms
DICERATOPS PRESENTS on all podcast platforms
Event details to come. Unless there are no details. Maybe this is a rest day?
Maybe that’s an event. “FIND OUT IF THURSDAY IS A REST DAY! ONLY ON THURSDAY!”
Various times
New titles drop!
Another new release arriving today:
Pyramid of the Undying from Simon Carryer, “a remix of the best D&D adventure ever written”
Trading Places from Jamie Sands, “A body swap journaling game for two people”
Friday 6th May
All day
Today’s episode drops include:
SEASON QUEST on all podcast platforms
Various times
New game!
Be excited for today has another new game arrive in the world:
Hunting Billionaires For Sport, Early Bird Edition by Hexavexagon: “An aspirational science-fantasy game that challenges your perception of power dynamics through deeply self-indulgent fun.”
NZST 6pm-9pm
London 7am-10am
New York 2am-5am
KIWIS & DRAGONS AND THE BARBARIAN LIBRARIAN
Live show in Hastings, & accompanying live stream
Part of the Hastings Library Nerdvana Festival!
“Join us in the library for a live recording of local D&D podcast Kiwis & Dragons with special guest, Library Li! Can’t make it to the library? We’ll be streaming live!”
Follow this link for all the details for live & virtual audiences
Saturday 7th May
NZST: 2pm-5pm
London: 3am-6am
New York: Friday 10pm-1am
“YES, AND” CHARITY STREAM PRESENTS: CULT OF KEVIINE
A special one-off event, following last year’s amazing YES, AND 24 Hour Charity Livestream!
Laying the groundwork for more YES, AND charity goodness later this year!
All the info on YES, AND’s return is on their Facebook page!
NZST: 8pm-9pm
London: 9am-10am
New York: 4am-5am
BIG BAD ONLINE 2022: #KIWIRPG PANEL
We are delighted to once again have a Kiwi presence on iconic global TTRPG event, BIG BAD ONLINE!
From the Depths of the South Pacific #KiwiRPG Arises
As the first ever KiwiRPG week draws to a close, panelists will reflect on how KiwiRPG came together, lessons learned about forming a community, how KiwiRPG fits into the global RPG scene, and what cool stuff everyone watching can go and enjoy right away.
Find out more at the BIG BAD ONLINE events listing!
Watch on the BIG BAD CON twitch stream!
Sunday 8th May
All day
Today’s episode drops include:
THE TEAR-ABLE ADVENTURES OF THE JANDERSON BREFFORDS PARCHMENT COMPANY on all podcast platforms
NZST:12pm-3pm
London: 1am-4am
New York: Saturday 8pm-11pm
DICE LEGENZ
Regular D&D live stream recorded in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Welcome to Dice Legenz! We are a fun loving crew of friends with a single goal… To create with you the most exciting, fast-paced, hilarious Dungeons & Dragons livestream EVER. We are a diverse group of actors & tv people from New Zealand that just needs a few more friends… Want to be our friend?
Watch us live at twitch.tv/dicelegenz
NZST:6pm-9pm
London: 7am-10am
New York: 2am-5am
DICE DICE BABY: CURSE OF STRAHD
Regular D&D live stream recorded in Auckland, New Zealand.
Auckland based D&D players w/ a penchant for music & culture related jokes! Currently playing Dungeons & Dragons: Curse of Strahd
Watch live at twitch.tv/dice_dice_baby
NZST: 6pm-8pm
London: 7am-9am
New York: 2am-4pm
CLOSING EVENT: DUNGEONS & COMEDIANS LIVE SHOW
Live on stage & livestreamed
Join Dungeon Master Brendon Bennetts and a team of daring comedians as they roll dice, slay orcs, and shoot magic missiles with varying degrees of competence. This show is a critical hit.
Live performance at Little Andromeda, Christchurch
NZST: 8pm-11pm
London: 9am-12pm
New York: 4am-7am
EVLDOA GAMING
Regular D&D live stream on Twitch from Taranaki New Zealand.
Our motto is No Rush Roleplay and Story First.
My players are from New Zealand and Australia and we all love TTRPG.
Come join us Sunday nights as we explore my homebrew world of Paradym, and Wednesday nights for mini-adventures where community members get to play.
Watch us live at twitch.tv/evldoa
All day
And that’s the end for KiwiRPG week!
Those bundles will continue on itch.io and DriveThruRPG.com for a few days more…