[Deptheads] Re: Special Guests

[Eric M. Aldrich I]

He sure puts in a good word for us on his web site.

But let's not go too far. Wick has a pretty good track record. And won't be abandoning us for KublaCon....

Eric
(grrr)

On Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 11:21:19PM -0800, Patrick Havert wrote:
> We can also add Paul Smith Game Designer for Skrall!
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> 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
> >
> >
> >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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