EVENT REPORT – REVELATION
Organiser Graham Spearing checks in following the first roleplaying game convention Powered by the Apocalypse
Interview by Matt Jarvis
What are the origins of Revelation?
The inaugural Revelation games convention took place in February of this year. A follow-up has been announced for the same weekend in 2018.
What was the format of the show?
The format of the convention has very much followed a tried and trusted formula that I’ve used at this venue for more than a decade.
Since setting up Furnace, another regular RPG convention at the Garrison Hotel [in Sheffield], the gaming convention calendar now has six conventions at the hotel throughout the year, offered by a range of gamers and delivering varied roleplaying game experiences. The venue has become a Mecca for games.
We provide a focused gaming experience at our conventions. Up to 11 tables are booked with a schedule of great GMs offering wellcrafted and compelling roleplaying games.
Attendees know they are going to participate in, and make, some great games together over the weekend.
What makes the convention unique?
This is, as far as I know, the first games convention dedicated to games that are ‘Powered by the Apocalypse’, a hugely popular roleplaying game and gaming engine, originally expressed in Vincent Baker’s Apocalypse World.