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Chaosium Con AU 2025

Come join us in Australia!

The inaugural Chaosium Con Australia in 2024 was by all accounts a great success with over 125 events, local and international guests of honour, and very convivial atmosphere.

We plan to replicate that success in 2025 and look forward to welcoming you back to the Moonee Valley Racing Club in Melbourne, Australia on June 27th-29th.

Get your Badge here!

International Guest of Honour

Andrew Leman and Sean Branney (Los Angeles, USA) are the two principals of the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society. Accomplished film makers, directors and actors, their 2005 silent film The Call of Cthulhu is widely regarded as the greatest adaption of a Cthulhu Mythos tale ever put to screen. And their wickedly inventive gamer props, created for use with the Call of Cthulhu RPG, have won numerous awards including ENNIE Product of the Year (twice).

Nick Brooke (London, UK) is one of Chaosium's indefatigable community ambassadors. An award-winning and best-selling community content creator himself, Nick was the 2020 recipient of the Greg Stafford Memorial Award for Gloranthan Fandom.

Sam Robson (Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand) is a prolific independent TTRPG designer who is active in New Zealand's game dev community. Sam won one of the top prizes in Chaosium's 2024 BRP Design Challenge for her game "Season of Magic".

David Larkins (Santa Fe, USA) is line editor for Chaosium's Pendragon roleplaying game and was designated by Greg Stafford to be his literary heir for all things Arthurian. David also authored the acclaimed Call of Cthulhu supplement Berlin the Wicked City.

Local guests of honour, special events and convention programming will be announced soon!

20th anniversary screening of 'The Call of Cthulhu' (26 June, 2025)

Special Release with Chaosium Con AU

Get your tickets for the special 20th anniversary screening of The Call of Cthulhu (2005) we're holding the night before Chaosium Con Australia in June.

The film, widely regarded as the greatest adaption of a Cthulhu Mythos tale ever put to screen, will be introduced in person by the HPLHS’s Andrew Leman, director, and Sean Branney, producer and co-writer. Q&A to follow after the screening. We'll also be showing the “Making of…” featurette.

Presented by Chaosium Con Australia in conjunction with the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society, this screening takes place at 9pm on June 26th, 2025, at the iconic art deco Sun Theatre in Yarraville, VIC Australia.

Get your Sun Theatre tickets here. Door Prizes by Chaosium. We encourage the audience to come in Call of Cthulhu-themed costume!

Please note tickets for the Sun Theatre screening of The Call of Cthulhu must be purchased separately to Chaosium Con Australia badges. The screening is also open to the general public

Location

The venue for Chaosium Con Australia (27-29 June 2025) is Moonee Valley Racing Club in Moonee Ponds, about six kilometers from the Melbourne CBD. It's also on the same side of the city as Melbourne Airport (15 minutes away).

Public transport and parking

Tram and Bus stops are a 5 minute walk from the venue, the Train station is 10 minutes. The venue offers free parking for Chaosium Con Australia attendees, 9am - 9pm.

Food & Drink options

The convention will have a coffee cart, light snacks, soft drinks, juice, and mineral water available for purchase on site. Free water is also available. There is also a cafe across the road, and Moonee Ponds' main shopping precinct is less than 10 minutes walk away, with a wide variety of places to eat, drink, and shop.

Accommodation

Quest Moonee Valley

  • Serviced apartments directly across the road from the venue.
  • Sign up to Quest's online advantage member program and save 10%.
  • Parking on site $10 per day.

The Sebel Moonee Ponds

  • 4 star hotel
  • Sign up to the Accor loyalty program and save 5%.
  • Parking on site $30 per day.
  • Our International Guests will be staying at this hotel.

Other local places to stay include:

These are all a short drive or tram ride away (or long walk). Melbourne's CBD is also not far away via public transport, with literally dozens of places to stay.