[Deptheads] Comments on a local board

Wed Dec 31 11:40:37 PST 2008

2a:   This has been true for a VERY long time, SoCal conventions 
attendance has been declining since the mid 1990s.   ...with the 
exception of the last two years.  where convention attendance has been 
higher for each successive con!

2b:  Aging attendees is definitely one of the reasons.  Expense is 
definitely another.

We have a huge mindshare to try and recapture.  Many people who are 
regular gamers remember the last 10 years of Rocky's reign and didn't 
like it.  Those people will be hard to bring back.

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Robyn Nixon wrote:
> Just wanted to pass these onto the dept heads:
>
> State of The Hobby - My thoughts on the subject
> Posted by: "sirhelene" fadingsun at prodigy.net   sirhelene
> Tue Dec 30, 2008 7:16 am (PST)
>
> 2. Declining attendance at the local Southern California gaming
> conventions. The attendance has been dropping for several years
> since the mid 1990's. I would used to see alot of familiar face at
> the cons but with every passing year, I see less and less of those
> faces but with only smaller attendance at conventions.
>
> I know that all of us in the hobby are getting older and more
> responsibities are coming our way and with changes to the things we
> do. Health matters,starting a family and rising of the family, and
> deciding to leave or moving away.
>
> 3. Convention management of the Los Angeles conventions. I am
> wondering if the cnvention management could do a few things to entice
> people to come back or start up a few new things at the convention(s).
>
> It seems that the gaming conventions in Northern California are
> run alot better than the ones in Southern California. I could be
> wrong.
>
>
> Posted by: "Bill" vonkluge at ca.rr.com   vonkluge2001
> Tue Dec 30, 2008 11:41 am (PST)
>
> I quit going to the airport cons as it became to difficult (load in
> and out) parking, and costly. I am by no means a "cheap" gamer..lol
> Those who know me know I spend $$ on my games but I got tired of the
> hassle of the airport with little support. The food situation stinks
> there! (oh, oh, there I go again! bluntly stating my opinion, the
> hate mail is going to roll in...lol)Remember I was going to Airport
> cons and putting on 3 day games 15 years ago and I did games there
> for years! Jose M. has done a great job with what he has to work with
> over the years but I feel it's a losing battle as long as it remains
> at the airport location. Personally I think keeping it there is
> silly! You could probably find a better deal away from there and
> really how many people are "flying in" for those cons? If people are
> then a short ride to another spot is not that much harder! compared
> to what all the other locals put up with to go to the airport. I have
> had setups at the airport and had no one there to play, others to
> have had this happen. I also must admit to do to my work having had
> to cancel more than one game and not show. This is a big NO NO, as
> people who read about you game, travel there to play, pay their
> money, and get zilch are not apt to return! This can be dealt with by
> having others able to take and run your game with out you. If you
> keep you games simple this is much easier to do.
>
> The HMGS cons are quite a different deal, easy load in, relaxed
> atmosphere, fairly centralized location, ect. You can drive in and
> out to get food at no cost! no Stairs (makes a difference when you
> bring in and out 10 boxes). There are drawbacks to it though, small
> turnout, same old crowd, don't get me wrong I love all you guys!, but
> I would like to have a few new faces coming in and joining our games.
> Most of the problem is our fault. Like I said before we need to
> promote better! If we build it they will come! but we have not built
> anything! so no one but the usual suspects show up....
>
> Posted by: "Chris Lundgren" natashasdady at yahoo.com   natashasdady
> Tue Dec 30, 2008 1:07 pm (PST)
>
>  All true.
>
>  Chris here I go to the Cons still but not for the whole 3 days to
> expensive. I go to the Monthly  small Con in Anaheim to play at St.
> Crispin's.  We avg over 80+ people.  We have the support of all the Local
> game stores and  GW now is on board.   Now we even added a RPG night on
> Mondays. So there is hope for our hobby. I love the idea of Alternate Time
> lines.
>
> **End of comments******
>
>
>
> We have an uphill battle folks!
> Happy New Year
> Robyn
>
>
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