[Deptheads] Re: Special Guests

Sun Feb 10 23:21:19 PST 2008

We can also add Paul Smith Game Designer for Skrall!

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From: "Eric M. Aldrich I" <ealdrich at penguinlust.org>
To: <deptheads at strategicon.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 9:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Deptheads] Re: Special Guests

> Now that the con book is mostly done I can catch up :-)
>
> You guys have got it right. We should add more special guests. If we want 
> to add Wick, I'm fine with that for this show. We should expand the list 
> for Gamex if we can.
>
> Eric
>
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> On Thu, Feb 07, 2008 at 12:19:04PM -0800, Robert Lionheart wrote:
>> I agree with Eric Burgess.  Do we have a written definition of what is a 
>> Guest of Honor and what is a Special Guest for Strategicon?  I think a 
>> clear written definition is important.  Included in this definition 
>> should be the amount of games / seminars run that is expected from the 
>> Special Guest.
>>
>>   I do not see any problem with Guest of Honor as the prime focus and 
>> then a list of Special Guests by department noted and listed.   Eric is 
>> right that Kubla has an impressive array of Special Guests and I do not 
>> know if Kubla does anything beyond giving them a free badge.  I do not 
>> know if they get a room discount or other perks.
>>
>>   In general, I suspect that the Special Guests will be very open to run 
>> extra events / demos / seminars and we should use them to the advantage 
>> of our guests.   It may even be useful to encourage the GMs to run games 
>> created by the special guest we know will be attending.
>>
>>   Just like the Kniziathon, other such style events could be implemented. 
>> In the case of Tom Jolly, we could do a Jollython, but also could just 
>> promote the play of his games by getting them listed as general events. 
>> In the case of John Wick, I am sure he would be excited to see some 7th 
>> Sea, L5R, L5R CCG, Cat the RPG and other stuff happening that he wasn't 
>> running himself as a token of honor to the Special Guest.   One of the 
>> biggest hoots as a game designer is seeing other people playing your 
>> game.
>>
>>   Such ego-stroking would go a LONG way because many of these Special 
>> Guests have blogs and extensive fan contact where they will promote the 
>> con to the larger gamer community.   And it would not cost us a dime.
>>
>>   - Robert
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Eric Burgess <erburgess at gmail.com> wrote:
>>     Kublacon routinely has a list of about a dozen special guests and yet 
>> most of them come every year. I believe one of them is the "Guest of 
>> Honor" (as in, we paid to have this one big name come one time) and the 
>> rest are special guests (special badge and special events noted). So - 
>> Steve Jackson is the "Guest of Honor", Wick, Ed, and perhaps the other 
>> Play with the Creator folks could be 'Special Guests'. Anyone who could 
>> potentially draw attendees because they have a fan base should be noted 
>> as such.
>>
>>   I tend to think this is a pretty good way to go.
>>
>>
>>   On Feb 7, 2008 11:40 AM, DB <noldor at gmail.com> wrote:
>>     Rob ? you are the marketing guy.  Should John Wick get a Special 
>> Guest status?  He's written some extremely popular games...
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2/7/08 11:36 AM, "Robert Lionheart" <spinachcat at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>   No offense to Ed, but he better be some sort of attendee draw greater 
>> than some of the Play with the Creator guys.
>>
>>
>>
>> Patrick Kapera has GM'd for us a few times and his games are certainly 
>> far bigger sellers than Ed's stuff, just to name one.   Same with John 
>> Wick.  Neither had Special Guest status to my knowledge.
>>
>>
>>
>> - Robert
>>
>>
>>
>> "Eric M. Aldrich I" <ealdrich at penguinlust.org> wrote:
>>
>>   He's going up now ....
>>
>> Eric
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 07, 2008 at 08:36:09AM -0800, Janice Sellers wrote:
>> > >From the marketing e-mail Robert posted to the Deptheads list December 
>> > >10:
>> >
>> > MORE GUESTS OF HONOR Ed Teixeira
>> > Ed Teixeira of Two Hour Wargames is the creator of the popular Chain
>> > Reaction Engine.
>> > Ed won his Origins Award for "All Things Zombie" and his games include
>> > Six-Gun Sound, Black Powder Battles, Montjoie!, Nuts and 5150. Come
>> > play with Ed and prove that the games of Two Hour Wargames can indeed
>> > be played in 2 hours!
>> >
>> > He is supposed to be listed on the Web site (Tanya?). I must have
>> > missed your message last week; I'm starting to organize myself for
>> > surgery and don't catch everything that is posted.
>> >
>> > Janice
>> >
>> > On 2/7/08, Patrick Havert wrote:
>> > > Who is our other Special guest?
>> > > I don't see any mention of anyone else online, and I asked this same
>> > > question a week ago and no one mentioned anyone else.
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