[Deptheads] Need info on special guests

[Eric Burgess]

Gayle,

Making a couple of quick tweaks for clarity and then I'll resend shortly.

...ERB
www.boardgamebabylon.com


On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 4:12 PM, Gayle Charboneau <monkedoodles at yahoo.com>wrote:

>  Hi Eric,
> If no one objects to the text, I will also toss this up on the Facebook
> site.  I will use what you have below.
>
> Gayle
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* Eric Burgess <erburgess at gmail.com>
> *To:* deptheads at strategicon.net
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 21, 2009 1:30:15 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Deptheads] Need info on special guests
>
> I'm sending the following out to my friends at BGN, About Boardgames, and
> BGG. I will also post it on the Yahoo groups in SoCal. Naturally, I'll drop
> off some of the regional stuff for the local folks. I will send this to the
> local papers, too, and see what we can get going. I'll add more detail on
> the German scene for them, too.
>
> We don't have a dedicated marketing person anymore, right? If anyone has an
> issue with the text, please let me know. I just wrote it up quickly on my
> lunch hour so comments are very much appreciated!
>
> *Michael Schacht to debut three new games and an exclusive Zooloretto tile
> at Orccon 2009 in Los Angeles, February 13-16.*
>
> "Strategicon's Orccon 2009 is welcoming award-winning game designer Michael
> Schacht as Guest of Honor for their annual convention held at the LAX
> Raddison from February 13-16.
>
> Mr. Schacht is set to provide the US debut of three major new releases at
> Orccon. "Zooloretto Exotic" is a new expansion for the Spiel Des
> Jahres-winning family game of the same name. "The Golden City" is a
> major board game from Kosmos, and "Valdora" is also a major new release from
> Abacusspiele due out at Nuremberg this year. All three games will be
> available for exclusive play at Orccon along with some games Mr. Schacht
> will bring for playtesting at the event.
>
> In addition, Mr. Schacht has provided an exclusive Zooloretto game tile for
> Orccon 2009 that will be available to Strategicon attendees this year.
> Strategicon also runs Gamex 2009 on Memorial Day Weekend and Gateway 2009 on
> Labor Day Weekend. The tile will also be used in a big combined
> Zooloretto/Aquaretto tournament held at the convention.
>
> Orccon 2009 regularly plays host to approximately fifteen-hundred gamers
> from around the world. Board game tournaments offer dealer dollar prizes and
> have no individual event cost. Come join in the fun in sunny Southern
> California this Presidents' Day Weekend. For more information on Orccon
> 2009, please visit: www.strategicon.net.
>
> ...ERB
>
> www.boardgamebabylon.com
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Heather <heather at ocbg.net> wrote:
>
>> Eric,
>>
>> (and everyone else who might care)  Michael Schacht, our Guest of Honor,
>> has just given us leave to mention the New Games he will be bringing, and
>> has just released at the Nuremburg Toy Fair in Germany:
>>
>> "Zooloretto Exotic", a new expansion for Zooloretto
>> "Die Goldene Stadt", the new big Kosmos game.  The title means "The Golden
>> City"
>> "Valdora", The new big Abacusspiele game.
>>
>> He'll also be bringing a game (or games) for "playtesting" events.
>>
>> There will be a Giant combined games event for Zooloretto, Aquaretto, and
>> Zooloretto XXL tournament on Saturday.  These games will all be played
>> combined and played all together, and Schacht will present the award to the
>> winner.
>>
>> Schacht has also provided STATEGICON a SPECIAL Zooloretto tile for US to
>> give, or pass out to attendees of the tournament, or award winners, or
>> whatever we decided.  This is NOT a "tile" that can not be purchased.   He
>> has given us permission to use this tile at all 3 Strategicon events this
>> year!  It come in the form of Post Card Art he e-mailed me.
>>
>> Heather
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 10:24 PM, Eric M. Aldrich I <
>> ealdrich at penguinlust.org> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm now going to start cranking out news on the web site. Anything anyone
>>> wants added to the front page let me know ASAP. I'm obviously going to
>>> promote the special guests, Broadside Bash, Flames of War and anything else
>>> that deserves front page mention I can get. The room news is up there now.
>>>
>>> We need someone to check on the parking rates so we can update the
>>> parking info page.
>>>
>>> With everything backed up a week and the room deadline extension, I need
>>> final room requests to Norm by the meeting next week. Other deadlines are
>>> unaffected.
>>>
>>> Eric
>>>
>>>
>>>
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