[Deptheads] Justin Gary - Ascension - OrcCon 2010

[R.J. Held]

Good News!

Justin Gary, designer of the Ascension game, says he and 2-3 of his staff 
will be able to attend OrcCon 2010 in February.

Ascension has been a sell-out game on it's release, though it has slipped 
on BGG lately.  I think it is still around 300 overall and 120 in strategy 
games, with a 7.3 ish rating which is good.

Ascension was on a top 10 list of Essen games on BGG for this year.

Justin and some of the team members are also magic-pro-tournaments players 
and winners, so we may be able to get some pull in the MtG area also, which 
we are trying to grow.

As part of the deal, we would supply them with a dealer table, my people 
would staff it, for exclusive sales.

They will run demos/play sessions and Tournaments, and area also willing to 
do Seminars. I am checking to see if they have any preset talks they like 
to give.

They have been promoting their product pretty heavily around the country, 
so I am hoping they have developed some serious skills in exciting the 
players.  They have been at EVERYTHING.  I talked with them pre-release at 
GAMA last year and they seemed pretty together.

I think my main question is, do we still have a slot/funds for them to be a 
"special guest."  I do not think they will need travel costs (San 
Diego/LA), but will need 1 room (maybe 2?) rooms and good for 3-4 people.

If we can not do special guest, I still think I can work a deal for them to 
come at something less than the "awesome deal" plan.

Side question is do we want the demos/tourneys in the normal boardgame area 
space, or would we want it near the CCG area, since they have magic ties 
and this game (in my area) can draw magic players to it as well.  My 
thought had been boardgames but I am not sure if we want to "pimp" them as 
"Magic Pros" in our advertising to help promo CCGs.

RJ