[Deptheads] Dealer Room Hours

[Eric Burgess]

I heard a lot of people wishing there was dealer room action on Friday. I
know it's not really viable but I'm throwing it out there since I heard it a
half-dozen times.

Saturday early is an excellent idea. Glad it worked out.

For that late hour, how about getting some retailers to discount during that
hour? That might help. Same thing with Monday - maybe they want to do a sale
we could announce at the auction to get them running in there afterward.

Does the dealer room still close for lunch? With that break (maybe make it
longer), that isn't too long a day.

One of the fundamental problems with board games we had was not having
enough copies of games. How about getting the dealers to promote upcoming
games where we have this problem and seeing if they can get some sales out
of it? If you bring a copy of the game, you automatically get into the
tournament. This might work out better for smaller, cheaper games but you
never know.

I agree on Sunday night. We need another MEGA event that night. We had
Settler MEGA before. Maybe something like that can come back. How about 7
Wonders MEGA with a big demo session beforehand? That might be fun.
Certainly, the NACC will be back for the new con and that could be scheduled
to help keep the ground live. Neil has ideas on this, I'm sure.

...ERB
www.boardgamebabylon.com
www.strategicon.net


On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 1:29 PM, XH - RJ Held <strategicon at the1ring.net>wrote:

> Seeking input:
> The 9:30 opening seemed to work especially on Saturday. Far bigger crowd in
> AM than usual.
>
> The 7:00pm closing did not seem to help. It always busy just before closing
> no matter what time, but 6 to 6:45 there were no extra people.  It also made
> for a long day - and more pay for those with Staff.
>
> Behind the scenes, I think 8am Saturday for setup  instead of 8:30 will
> make dealers less anxious. We were open before 8, I just didn't want to be
> locked in to that time.  They were fine with 9 sundays and Monday.
>
> Closing Monday at 2:30 is up in the air. I think it will stick.  It's the
> "real" time we are usually done.  the problem was people were packing up in
> anticipation even though auction was still going.
>
> Lastly, have a problem with people leaving early like Sunday night.  Room
> was looking sparse compared to Saturday!
>
> RJ
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