[Deptheads] Twitter Question - Playtest Corner

Thu Feb 2 15:53:39 PST 2012

I was actually talking for future cons.  This con is kinda already planned.
:-D

On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 1:31 PM, Tim <Tim at stugiii.com> wrote:

>  What Victor said is correct, though I think Kryssie was talking about
> scouting a location for Gamex/Gateway.  Actually from my point of view, I
> would think play testers would want to be in the Grand Ballroom with board
> games.  They will attract more interest that way.  More interest equals
> more "testers" which equals more data points.  Though that is just my way
> of looking at it.
>
> Just my two sesterces...
>
> Tim
>
>
> On 2/2/2012 11:55 AM, Victor B wrote:
>
>   Orccon each year is our largest convention by far. We ran out of rooms
> already and turned down events and may still have to cancel scheduled
> events because of lack of rooms due to room conflicts.
> All events that use the smaller rooms have to go thru the Event
> Coordinator- Tim. An empty room may be because an event there finished
> early or didn't run; but another event may be scheduled to run there soon.
> Neil, Tim and Eric Burgess will make sure the playtest group has tables
> and space at Orccon. Probably not a private room this time but easily
> done for Gateway and Gamex. Get dibbs in now.
> Having a playtest corner each convention is a great idea and I am for
> supporting and promoting local game designers and groups. "Strategicon-
> where great games are born".
>
>   V
>   *From:* Kryssie <phantom.hopscotch at gmail.com><phantom.hopscotch at gmail.com>
> *To:* deptheads at strategicon.net
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 2, 2012 9:41 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [Deptheads] Twitter Question - Playtest Corner
>
> What if we got them a room and clearly labeled it and put it on the maps
> or something?  RockBand has it's room.... is there another available in
> that same general area?  Just suggesting.  I can take a look around over
> the Orccon weekend, if someone with the power wants to come along and
> brainstorm with me. :D  Otherwise, I'll just look like my normal crazy self
> walking around and poking my head into doorways. :D ...only this time, I'll
> be making a list!
>
> On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 5:28 AM, Tim Keennon <tim at stugiii.com> wrote:
>
>  The consensus at the meeting was that we didn't gain anything by moving
> them.
>
> Tim
>
> On Feb 1, 2012, at 23:14, Eric Burgess <erburgess at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>   I had asked this question on the list before but no one answered. The
> SoCal Playtesting Group asked to be included in the main room, not the
> 'corner'. They can run their sessions on Open Gaming tables, I guess.
>
>  By the way, are we putting the HQ/Library/Wargame Bootcamps at the back
> or not? Just wanted to know if we are going to try that out.
>
> ...ERB
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>
> On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 10:01 PM, Tim <tim at stugiii.com> wrote:
>
> There is no room on the 2nd floor, or the third floor.  Possibly there is
> room for a table outside the dealer's room/open gaming.
>
>
> On 2/1/2012 4:31 PM, Kryssie wrote:
>
> Maybe this is something we could establish somewhere?  I don't know if
> outside the exhibit hall is a good location, or if we'd want to set them up
> on the second floor around the RPG area?  It would be nice to have a place
> for people to run stuff like this every convention. :-)  Maybe get some new
> faces and games...
>
> On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 4:13 PM, Neil Figuracion <fadtwentythree at gmail.com>wrote:
>
> Not totally correct as per last meeting. We discussed setting up space on
> Friday and Sunday for playtesting. I've already responded to Rick an
> Satine.
> twenty-three-skidoo,
>  Neil Figuracion
>   On Feb 1, 2012 3:44 PM, "Victor B" <fhoenix88 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>  There is no playtest corner scheduled this convention.
> At Gateway we had Protospiel West , playtester's corner, and guest of
> honor Ted Alspach and Jim Pinto were doing publishing panels. Featured
> events for the con.
> At Orccon 2012 we have Seth Jaffee, head of development and game designer
> for Tasty Minstrel Games running 2 playtest sessions for some games
> submitted to the company.
> We also have a pirates deck building game playtest, WW1 wargame playtest,
> a ccg playtest and a few others....but no playtester's corner.
> Rick knows the drill. Tell him to invite his friend out (even without a
> playtester's corner) and they can always gather a few people to
> playtest games in open-gaming area (when space is available)
>
>
> V
>
>   *From:* Taralyn Frasqueri-Molina <theunsquare at hotmail.com>
> *To:* deptheads at strategicon.net
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 1, 2012 4:15 PM
> *Subject:* [Deptheads] Twitter Question - Playtest Corner
>
>  Anyone haz answer?
>
>
>  *Rick Baptist* @*slikkrikk0* <https://twitter.com/#%21/slikkrikk0>
>  @*strategicon* <https://twitter.com/#%21/strategicon> Curious if there
> is a playtest corner this time around? I have a friend that wanted to bring
> some prototypes. Thanks!
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