[Deptheads] Guest of Honor/Special Guests for Gamex
Karl Kreder
zeotter at gmail.com
Tue Feb 26 15:26:16 PST 2008
Speaking for myself and and about to turn 40 in May thus entering the
beginning of the "Old Fart" stage I feel I can say this Hugh "Shut up", I
say this calmly and rationally and with my pinky in the air.
On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 1:07 AM, Hugh K. Singh <hksingh1 at comcast.net> wrote:
> 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
> >
> > Boardgame Babylon - 2007 Board Game Internet Award winner for
> > Best Podcast/Videocast
> > 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
> > <mailto: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
> > <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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