[Deptheads] Guest of Honor/Special Guests for Gamex
Hugh K. Singh
hksingh1 at comcast.net
Tue Feb 26 01:07:26 PST 2008
A.) Who?
B) If care fully played we would be over run with "OLD Farts", a
classic game, as in-visioned by People who would love to be in the
presence/shadow... Could we get John Hill also, or His tomb stone?
Hugh
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
>
> 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
>
>
>
>
>
>
> */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 <mailto: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
> <mailto: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
> <mailto:janicemsj at gmail.com>>
>
> Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:16:20
> To:deptheads at strategicon.net
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> 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
> <mailto: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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