[Deptheads] Guest of Honor/Special Guests for Gamex

[erburgess at gmail.com]

He would draw a smallish crowd at best. Probably the equivalent of
getting Gary Gygax on the RPG side. The guests need to be current -
this is why Steve Jackson worked - he's got classic games but is still
relevant today.

Board game, rather than war game designers, are the way to go. They
are a much larger group these days. The best is to probably get a
joint deal to bring out a publisher and designer (like FFG and Kevin
Wilson - although Kevin's kind of quiet). Maybe Zev and Jason
Matthews.

...ERB
www.boardgamebabylon.com

On 2/25/08, tim at stugiii.com <tim at stugiii.com> wrote:
> I know it has been a while...but for boardgaming...what about Jim Dunnigan?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Lionheart [mailto:spinachcat at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 05:41 PM
> To: deptheads at strategicon.net
> Subject: Re: [Deptheads] Guest of Honor/Special Guests for Gamex
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> If we can get Blizzard to host a WoW room, then certainly we should go for
> Blizzard folk as the Guest of Honor.
>
> If we can get Wizards of the Coast to make a 4e launch site with permission
> for our dealers to sell 4e books a week early, then we should get the D&D
> Brand Manager or other Big Cheese as Guest of Honor along with bringing
> several of their designers as Special Guests.
>
> The goal here would be to pimp 4e RPG, 4e RPGA and the collectible 4e minis
> skirmish game so 1 GOH promotes 3 departments. 4e will be on sale in some
> countries by Gamex and if our people could buy books two weeks early, our
> dealers room would be overrun.
>
> Heck, even with did a 4e books for charity sale, it would be amazing.
>
> If neither Blizzard or WotC will play ball, a board game or minis guest is
> probably best. My vote would be Fantasy Flight since they are the gorilla of
> boardgaming right now. You need guests who teach people how to win games.
> People listed to Reiner because they hoped to glean a secret strategy to
> help them win more.
>
> RPG guests are not useful in general because they can't tell you how to win.
> However, this changes with 4e WotC folk because they can talk about (a) the
> new game and its future (b) talk about "character building" which is as
> close to winning as RPGs get.
>
> - R
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> Eric Burgess <erburgess at gmail.com> wrote:
> Do you want me to ask Zev (Z-Man Games)? I offhandedly chatted with him
> about it at BGG.CON and I think he'd come on the same terms as Jay. I'm also
> sure he'd do similar sessions like Jay and Steve did with people wanting to
> show off their games (which I know was a draw for Gamex last year - I spoke
> to many would-be designers who wanted to come and see him).
>
> This would also coincide with the recent release of Z-Man's Agricola, the
> hottest euro board game to come out in the last couple of years. We could do
> an event related to it, as well as other hot Z-Man titles right now (1960
> and Pandemic). It would also be in line with Gamex last year featuring a
> game company instead of a designer (if that means anything...)
>
> --
> ...ERB
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> On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 8:43 AM, Karl Kreder <zeotter at gmail.com> wrote:
> I agree with Patrick and Denys also, I think that companies showing up are
> bigger draws than individuals with the some exceptions like Reiner Knizia.
>
> Getting Days of Wonder, Privateer Press, etc... Would be a huge draw.
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 10:32 PM, DB <noldor at gmail.com> wrote:
> I agree but as others have said, RPG guests aren't a big draw. 4e designers
> might be a draw but not too many others.
>
> Let's focus on getting some minis celebs out such as the Privateer Press
> folks. The whole Warmachine thing is the next minis phenomena and we really
> should be establishing a relationship with those guys to make strategicon
> their California/southern West Coast event home. So far, it feels like a
> missed opportunity.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Janice Sellers" <janicemsj at gmail.com>
>
> Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:16:20
> To:deptheads at strategicon.net
> Subject: Re: [Deptheads] Guest of Honor/Special Guests for Gamex
>
>
> I think we need to make sure that we don't concentrate so heavily on
> board game guests, that we give the perception we're focused only in
> that area.
>
> Janice
>
> On 2/22/08, Eric Burgess <erburgess at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'll check with Aldie. I have a feeler out for Alan Moon and can reach out
> > to Friedemann, too. He was just the guest at BGG.CON, of course, so let me
> > know if we think that would still be a big draw. It might be more
> impressive
> > to get some of the big designers that don't show up at US cons all the
> time
> > (Michael Schacht, Bruno Faiduitti, Wolfgang Kramer)
> >
> > For publishers, I can ask Zev but I have the same question as Patrick -
> will
> > we do the same we did for Jay (room/board/airfare) to get him out?
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