[Deptheads] Swag and stuff for Gateway 2012

[Eric Burgess]

Okay, quick update on Board Games swag we got. This is mainly for Shane
(and Vic) but the rest should know in case you get asked:

1) Flash Point and The Resistance: Avalon - Indie Boards and Cards likes to
send games for "Play to Win". We're getting a pre-release Avalon (it was
supposed to be exclusive but apparently someone at DragonCon convinced them
to send one when they heard we got one - oh, well - Atlanta so not really
Strategicon competition). No such luck for Celesticon and Pacifcon despite
Indie being in their backyard so chalk one up for my chutzpah in pushing
them on it.

2) Small World - We have a nifty 'champion' shirt (XL size only) and some
metal turn markers for everyone at the final table. I'm inclined to think
with this extra swag, we don't need to put in as many dealer dollars. Shane
- your call.

3) 7 Wonders - Asmodee just sent me a bunch of stuff. The big things: three
copies of the Cities expansion and another 7 Wonders. The winner of the
MEGA tournament can get these so perhaps we want to cut the overall cash
prize? Maybe in the future we say it is 'valued at $100'. Whatever - just
thinking ways all this nice publisher swag can help us save some money.
Also, we got about 100 copies of the 7 Wonders "Settlers of Catan" promo so
we can hand them out to all 7 Wonders tournament players and probably have
a few extras, too. I see that there are 20 pre-regs for that tournament so
it should be well-attended. Furthermore, we got a bunch of library games
and probably 10-12 games we can just give away as prizes. I've given them
away on Twitter from the library before but if you need prizes for Monday
events, Shane, (after the dealer room closes and all) let me know.

We also got about 100 Dixit promos and a small number from a new game
Mundus Novus.

Vic - How many VIPs do we have?  I can certainly pull a Catan 7 Wonders and
Dixit promos. I'll ask Stefan about his plans for the Mundus Novus promos -
we only got 10. If you only have a few VIPs, we could easily give them a
copy of Jungle Speed - we got a dozen of them as prizes.

4) Village and Belfort - I got Tasty Minstrel to replace our pilfered
Belfort and they went a little crazy. They sent six copies of it and their
new KDJ-winner Village. We can give away a prize each for the tournaments
and then save one each for next time, keep two of each for the library and
still have some to give away as prizes. Shane - let me know if you need any.

5) 3-D Ghost Stories - I think we might have a serious issue here. I got a
huge trunk sent to my house today. I figured it contained 3-D Ghost Stories
but I wasn't going to open it because I wanted to leave it all packed until
we got it down to the convention. Well, I'm glad I gave in to my son's
curiosity because it appears they sent the wrong crate. Whatever I got,
it's just odd looking and despite the fact that I know Asmodee's line quite
well, I don't know what the heck this is. I've sent them a note but I
suspect that they won't air-ship the right crate back. So, I'm kind of
stuck lugging down this thing to the con so Stefan can mail it back. A real
bummer as we had built some excitement over Ghost Stories but oh well,
someone goofed. Once I get confirmation that Asmodee won't ship the right
one, I'll spread the word to our community.

That's it. I'll be down at the convention on Thursday night to drop Antoine
off from a day of sightseeing and then I'll drive home to load the library
and drive back to the con. Vic - if we can get your help to store it that
night, we'd appreciate it. We might get there kind of late because of my
drives back and forth...

...ERB
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