[Deptheads] Dealer Room Update & a quick marketing note

[Nekojin]

The Video Game room could do a tie-in with the Zombie Apocalypse tournament
- anyone who turns in a score in that tournament can collect a weapon card.
We could keep it "secret" and let word-of-mouth get around on it.


On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 4:22 PM, Tim <Tim at stugiii.com> wrote:

>  Yup, that is how I remember it.  Janice had some of the cards at her booth
> and I remember people asking for them.  It was all very low key
>
> Tim
>
> mike fryer wrote:
>
> I fully agree with Ryan. I understand Eric N.'s concern, but I think they
> are unfounded in this instance. The game was not a full on LARP being played
> throughout the Hotel. It was much more mellow. Eric A. played in it, and may
> have a better description of it, but my impression was that it was walking
> up to some with a Shotgun Diaries Badge and figure out what happens. "I am
> Zombie, do you have a weapon? No, OK your a Zombie now." That type of
> interaction. I have no problem with it happening again, and I hope John runs
> it again.
>
> Mike Fryer
>
>
> On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 3:07 PM, Ryan McMullan <rmcmullan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The informal game was organized by John Wick, one of our LARP GMs.  It was
>> not actually a LARP, more of a parlor game -- no drama or PR problems.  I
>> would wager John would run it again if we approached him.
>>
>> Ryan
>>
>>  On May 5, 2010 10:10 AM, "RJ" <the1ring at the1ring.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>> >  Another thing that occurs at Gencon that we could look into was a
>> scavenger hunt.
>> Interesting idea.
>>
>> Last con they have the "not to LARP" zombie game, where anyone who wanted
>> to play wore a badge:  Zombies tried to eat normals, who became zombies.
>> Normals defend themselves with "weapons" on a business card.  Those were
>> handed out around the Con.  They offered them to almost all the dealers, so
>> Zombie players had an incentive to come.  Ours were hidden by related
>> products...  so the pistol was under "Carson City" game display.
>>
>> Side note:  I wondered if we knew who organized that event?   I met some
>> Comic Book guys from LA who have a non-zombie "graphic novel"  (and other
>> storylines) who might want to attend a con and would sponsor the event
>> teamed to their book.
>>
>> RJ
>>
>>
>>
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