[Deptheads] Get events up ASAP!

[Eric M. Aldrich I]

As to Cribbage, I'd hold off on that. One idea that has been tossed  
around a little is to bring back the traditional card games as a sub  
department under board games (much like Karl runs war games). We even  
have a potential person to do this -- Dan O'Farrell -- however, I  
don't think we'll do it for Gateway. And no, we haven't talked to Dan  
yet.

Right now this is in the development stages. One of the purposes is to  
broaden the appeal to families with "non-gaming" spouses. But it's  
just in the idea stage tight now, and has been tossed out on occasion  
over the last couple of years. I now think we might want to seriously  
consider it.

Eric

On Jun 4, 2010, at 12:54 PM, evil5757 at aol.com wrote:

> Oh, I definitely agree on your points here. I brought in 2 LARP  
> specialists last convention to get the lay of the place and get  
> ready for possibly doing some in 2011 (they have new baby...can't do  
> it right now). We are looking at Boardgames because I actually left  
> open the Sunday noon timeframe so we could get in the Cribbage  
> tournament, and there was none. So we will do the Cribbage  
> tournament and a couple of my guys like the complex space games that  
> are out, and I think they want to do one of those. We are also  
> kicking around bringing back the Mega-Colliseum Circus Maximus event.
>
> There are some events we were going to do but have backed off of  
> since others have started them, such as an on-going Formula De event  
> and the Battletech Mega-Arena, both now being done by someone else.
>
>
> John
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Burgess <erburgess at gmail.com>
> To: deptheads at strategicon.net
> Sent: Fri, Jun 4, 2010 11:45 am
> Subject: Re: [Deptheads] Get events up ASAP!
>
> I can see where Gayle is coming from here. Board Games hardly needs  
> help at the moment, especially with the revitalization we've just  
> had with Neil's hard work as our Events Manager. We just had more  
> events than ever before, a huge turnout for the Settlers and TTR  
> events and the two special guests at Gateway 2010 are board game  
> focused.
>
> As much as you all know I like to get resources for Board Games, if  
> the purpose of Special Events is to ignite some interest in  
> departments that could use a boost, perhaps now is the time to focus  
> on LARPS and Collectibles instead of Board Games.
>
> ...ERB
> www.boardgamebabylon.com
> www.strategicon.net
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 10:33 AM, <evil5757 at aol.com> wrote:
> Special projects was never meant to be just miniatures or anything  
> in particular. When originally planned with Eric in 2007, Special  
> Projects was going to be a group that ran large and special events  
> in all departments. Our job is to fill gaps and run events that you  
> can't do at home, things that will be associated with the  
> convention. We will be running events in all genre of games, and we  
> will be getting back into boardgames and RPGs this convention. We  
> were doing both before we were needed to help out in the Miniatures  
> area, and now that Miniatures is back on it's feet and growing, we  
> are going forward with our original plans. During 2011 we will  
> probably be running LARPS and Collectibles as well.
>
> John
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gayle Charboneau <monkedoodles at yahoo.com>
> To: deptheads at strategicon.net
> Sent: Fri, Jun 4, 2010 9:59 am
> Subject: Re: [Deptheads] Get events up ASAP!
>
> Ok, I will bite, why are you running Board Games?
>
> Gayle
>
> From: "Evil5757 at aol.com" <Evil5757 at aol.com>
> To: deptheads at strategicon.net
> Sent: Thu, June 3, 2010 7:15:16 AM
> Subject: Re: [Deptheads] Get events up ASAP!
>
> We aren't scheduling demos, we are scheduling tournaments and events.
>
> John
>
> In a message dated 6/2/2010 9:12:43 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, erburgess at gmail.com 
>  writes:
> Please let Neil and me know before you schedule board game demos.
>
> ...ERB
> www.boardgamebabylon.com
> www.strategicon.net
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 7:08 PM, <Evil5757 at aol.com> wrote:
> We are finalizing our schedule now and should have it up soon. We  
> will be running some RPGs, Boardgames, maybe a LARP, as well as  
> miniatures this time around.
>
> John
>
>
> In a message dated 6/2/2010 5:27:55 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, ealdrich at apple.com 
>  writes:
> I see we already have some events up -- this is good. We need more.
> We're going to possibly have local competition this time and we need
> to hit the ground running.
>
> Eric
>
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