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KiwiRPG week 2025 runs from Sunday 15th June through to Saturday 21st June!
Find out all the details in the schedule information below, and make sure you sign up to the email list for special offers, reminders, and behind-the-scenes insights!
Special offers for KiwiRPG week
- GAME BUNDLES! Itch and DriveThru! Full details on the blog!
- Ten Acre Games: 30% off for KiwiRPG week. To celebrate KiwiRPG Week 2025, all products from Ten Acre Games are 30% off for the whole week! The discount is already applied to all products – no coupon needed. Find new adventures, settings, and games here.
- Kelly Whyte: Lineages of the Long White Cloud (5E) Vol 2 and the Lineages of the Long White Cloud Omnibus edition, just launched and 10% off both for KiwiRPG week.
- FSpace Publications: Very limited availability for this one: a trove of items for legendary Kiwi game, the FSpaceRPG. Rare signed items, original dev drafts, and more, for sale now on TradeMe (NZ and Australia only).
- S. Murphy Games: 50% of all games for KiwiRPG week! KiwiRPG week sale at itch
- Hexavexagon: All the big games are 20% off or in bundles, all the small games are newly Pay What You Want! Hexavexagon at itch
The week follows NZ time. Times in London & New York City are given as handy references.
Sunday 15 June
Official Opening and Karakia
NZST: 6:30pm
London: 7:30am
New York: 2:30am
Opening Ceremony and Karakia
Please join us live at KiwiRPG on Twitch for our opening ceremony.
Kēmu Whakatau O Aotearoa committee will lead a formal welcome and karakia (prayer) to begin KiwiRPG week 2025.
A full week celebrating TTRPG creations from Aotearoa New Zealand begins here. Shows and games and more, for people everywhere around the world.
All welcome!
Livestream: Night Knights
NZST: 7pm
London: 8am
New York: 3am
Seven Days of Streaming presents Kiwi games played by Kiwi players! Watch live at KiwiRPG on Twitch
Night Knights: Dream Heroes
Night Knights is a tabletop roleplaying game for kids (and the young at heart). Designer Brad Zimmerman will take players on wild adventures in their dreams!
Spotlight: Game bundles!
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Get in on this year’s selection of great Kiwi games!
Today’s spotlight is on the KiwiRPG game bundles on DriveThruRPG and itch.io! These collections of games and supplements will be available all through KiwiRPG week.
Monday 16 June
Livestream: Monster of the Week
NZST: 6pm
London: 7am
New York: 2am
Seven Days of Streaming presents Kiwi games played by Kiwi players! Watch live at KiwiRPG on Twitch
Monster of the Week: Running with the Family
Hugely popular game Monster of the Week brings monsterful TV shows to your game table! Superstar MotW Keeper ThisIsRubyOK will hurl players into an adventure to remember!
Spotlight: New games from KiwiRPG!
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Find out about the new games launching during KiwiRPG week!
There’s some great games and supplements arriving this KiwiRPG week, and today is an excellent day to go through this treasure hoard of new games and material for Trophy Dark, the OSR, D&D 5E, Liminal, EPOCH, Stewpot, and more!
Tuesday 17 June
Livestream: Shadowrun in The Sprawl
NZST: 6:30pm
London: 7:30am
New York: 2:30am
Seven Days of Streaming presents Kiwi games played by Kiwi players! Watch live at KiwiRPG on Twitch
Shadowrun in The Sprawl
Journey into a dark chrome future as Crow leads players into cyberpunk PbtA game The Sprawl, with a fantastical twist to bring it into the world of Shadowrun!
Find out more about The Sprawl… Designer Hamish Cameron is one of the players in this livestream event!
Spotlight: New shows from KiwiRPG!
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Find out about the new shows launching during KiwiRPG week!
There’s some incredible new podcasts, YouTube shows, and more to talk about this KiwiRPG week! Find out what’s new to watch, listen, and enjoy!
Wednesday 18 June
Livestream: Whakawhitinga
NZST: 6pm
London: 7am
New York: 2am
Seven Days of Streaming presents Kiwi games played by Kiwi players! Watch live at KiwiRPG on Twitch
Whakawhitinga
Riwhi Kenny leads a group through Whakawhitinga, a worldbuilding game founded in Te Ao Māori (a Māori understanding of the world), which is also a brand new release this KiwiRPG week!
Find out more about Whakawhitinga at Riwhi’s itch page (after it goes live!)
Spotlight: KiwiRPG library!
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This KiwiRPG week sees the launch of the KiwiRPG Library!
An incredible searchable resource indexing a huge collection of games and shows from Kiwi creators!
Thursday 19 June
Livestream: Odyssey Aquatica
NZST: 7pm
London: 8am
New York: 3am
Seven Days of Streaming presents Kiwi games played by Kiwi players! Watch live at KiwiRPG on Twitch
Diceratops Dives into Odyssey Aquatica
Greg Ellis (Forever GM) leads the Diceratops live show team into a world of 1960s oceanographic adventure, with Odyssey Aquatica by Tim Denee!
Greg and Diceratops took on Tim’s Deathmatch Island for last year’s KiwiRPG week, and now it’s time for the Life Cousteau! Find out more about Odyssey Aquatica…
Spotlight: 2025 so far
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It has been a busy year for KiwiRPG creators!
So many fun games and great shows doing amazing things – join us today for a whirlwind tour of what else we’ve been up to in 2025! You might just find your new favourite show-slash-game!
Friday 20 June
Livestream: Seasons of Magic
NZST: 2pm
London: 3am
New York: Thurs 10pm
Seven Days of Streaming presents Kiwi games played by Kiwi players! Watch live at KiwiRPG on Twitch
Seasons of Magic: the Wedding Planners
Designer Sam Robson introduces her game Seasons of Magic, about witches healing the world in ways large and small! There’s a wedding underway in the village, and the player witches need to gather ingredients for a potion for the special occasion…
Seasons of Magic was one of the winners of Chaosium’s 2024 BRP Design challenge! Find out more about Seasons of Magic…
Spotlight: All about KiwiRPG
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Who the heck are we? What are we doing? Why are we like this?
This is the day to find out more about KiwiRPG as a community and a creative association. This week is amazing but what about all the other weeks in the year? And if you’re a local creator, why would you want to get involved?
Saturday 21 June
Livestream: Monster of the Week
NZST: 1pm
London: 2am
New York: Thurs 9pm
Seven Days of Streaming presents Kiwi games played by Kiwi players! Watch live at KiwiRPG on Twitch
Great Monster Make Off 5: KiwiRPG Week Edition
Here’s a stream with a difference, as the Great Monster Make Off returns for the fifth time! Sero hosts KiwiRPG contestants as they compete in Taskmaster-style challenges, seeking to receive praise from the Monster Daddy himself—Michael Sands, creator of Monster of the Week!
Nice one!
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That’s the end for KiwiRPG week 2025!
See you again in 2026!