[Deptheads] Meeting notes

[Tim Keennon]

Eric,

Do we have numbers on con attendance, special guest vs. no special 
guests and the differences?  It was my understanding that the special 
guests we not that much of an attendance draw, but rather more of a 
'treat' for the attendees.  I would be happy to be wrong but would like 
see something empirical to demonstrate that.

I don't agree that there aren't any "rock star" designers in the RPG or 
Miniatures world.  They are just fewer and less accessible to us.  My 
opinion not withstanding, I don't see any reason we can't have more than 
one guest at a con.

My natural inclination is to take a lot of cues from what Boardgames is 
doing, since it obviously works.  With that in mind, would you please 
contact me off list about your ideas to help develop RPG's; Miniatures 
and the other departments?

Thanks,

Tim

Eric Burgess wrote:
> Janice,
>  
> Your lack of knowledge about those folks doesn't mean they are 
> insignificant - it means that you don't know the best known designers 
> in the largest and fastest-growing segment of our attendees. If you 
> don't know award-winning games like Pandemic or Agricola or Galaxy 
> Trucker/Space Alert/Through The Ages, it is quite natural that you 
> wouldn't see the logic in having these folks in to drive attendance.
>  
> <...snip...>