[Deptheads] D&D 4e News for Gamex

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Robert ‹ you¹re worth every dollar we pay you!

Is it only RPGA which is allowed to do this?  As Patrick mentioned last week
to me and Paul, Gaming Empire in Pasadena has been hosting 4e game events
for a while.  What I¹m saying is that I will run a 4e event myself if it¹s
not an RPGA-only event.

Thanks for all your help, Mike!

 - Denys


On 3/24/08 1:37 PM, "Robert Lionheart" <spinachcat at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I just got off the phone with Mike Rizzo (our RPGA guru) and Katie at Porter
> Novelli who is doing the PR for WotC's 4e launch.   We are GO for doing demos
> and preview of 4e at Gamex.  We will not be able to get any designers as
> special guests. 
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> We will be getting artwork and logos for the tri-fold flyer and the on-site
> convention booklet.
>   
> We will be getting the Player's Handbook cover art
> <http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/0786948671/sr=8-2/qid=1206389806/ref=
> dp_image_0?ie=UTF8&amp;n=283155&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1206389806&amp;sr=8-2>  as
> well for use.   It would make an awesome cover for the convention book.  Katie
> is also working on additional collateral advertising for us, such as posters
> and banners.
>   
>  
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> We will be getting the "Escape from Sembia" 4 hour adventure and the "Dungeon
> Delve" 30 minute demo.  Mike is speaking to Chris Tulach at WotC to determine
> how many box sets we will be receiving.   Mike is also friends with people at
> G4 TV (he was their DM) and he will be speaking with them about dropping by
> Gamex for some media attention.  And maybe getting Wil Wheaton to come along
> too. 
>   
>  
>   
> Our goal is for RPGA to host Sembia events all day Saturday and Delve events
> throughout the weekend.   The Delve events should be hosted in that central
> foyer / demo space for maximum foot traffic since they are essentially 30
> minute pick-up games.
>   
>  
>   
> We will not be getting any actual 4e books for charity auction or sale.
> However, we need to get the vendors primed.  The Dungeon of Dread minis box
> comes out in April and the D&D 4e preview Keep on the Shadowfell comes out May
> 20.   Mike says he has at least 10 GMs ready to do events, we should have over
> 300 people trying out this game so there will be customer interest.   If
> possible, some vendors may want to offer discounted pre-orders for the 4e core
> books that hit the shelves June 6th.
>   
>  
>   
> At this time, no concentrated effort from WotC is being put to launching the
> D&D minis.  I would love to see us doing demos of that as well through our
> collectibles.   I see a lot of potential crossover appeal since they use a
> very similiar rules set.
>   
>  
>   
> As with OrcCon, our best marketing dollars were spent on getting the tri-fold
> in as many game stores as possible.  With the D&D logo prominent on the Gamex
> tri-fold, we should push to have the flyers in comic book stores and book
> stores as well.  
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> And a big THANK YOU to Mike Rizzo for making this happen!
>   
>  
>   
> - Robert
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>   
> BTW, there are 8 foot high D&D statues used at GenCon that are in storage in
> LA.  Katie says its expensive for WotC to bring them out, but Mike and I will
> continue our begging.
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