[Deptheads] Theme Ideas

Mon Jan 9 14:30:42 PST 2012

With those logs already on the fire we could theme May around steampunk/victorian theme and Sept. around horror. This gives every department/team time to organzie and prepare 1 event or more around the theme.
It also gives pr and marketing plenty of time to get the word out and work the theme into their material.
Steampunk/victorian includes all (miniatures to larps to rpg to movies to tabletop games to video games  etc.) and Horror is every gaming genre too. Costume contests could be based on the theme and with plenty of time in advance (and a good prize) people will work on costumes for it and attend. (I saw at least 7 steam punk costumes last feb). 
Themes give each convention an identity and feel without effecting the flow of any individual department... and for some people on the fence about coming a theme they love will get them to attend. 

V

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 From: Taralyn Frasqueri-Molina <theunsquare at hotmail.com>
To: deptheads at strategicon.net 
Sent: Monday, January 9, 2012 2:55 PM
Subject: RE: [Deptheads] Theme Ideas

If you're doing themes for the rest of 2012 (which is a brilliant idea!) I need to know soonz please and thank you :)  

I already have an artist working on May 2012 cover/t-shirt/flyer/badge art that is in the "steampunk airship captains play military games" vein, and an artist considering a horror theme (subject to change) for Sept 2012.  

There will be a lot of rework involved for the May artist at least, and deadlines missed, if we need to change - which I am OK with if ya'll are!  I just need to know GI Joe.

-T

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Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 12:17:09 -0800
From: fhoenix88 at yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [Deptheads] Theme Ideas
To: deptheads at strategicon.net

Thanks for bringing "Convention theme" back to the discussion table.
We have kicked around the idea of con themes for the past 5 years, with many creative themes and ideas, but we never organized it months before the con so they never took off. We have yet to have a theme, just con cover art linked to
or done by one of our guests.---Orcon 2011 cover was Squad leader box art by guest artist/game designer Roger MacGowan, Gamex 2011 cover and badges art was by Featured artist guest Bobby Doran, and Gateway 2011 was by guest game designer/artist Ted Alspach which had a few game pieces going into our con and making gaming jokes (and even one joking about his game ultimate werewolf). Last year was the first year for full sized con books with color art and the art dept/team has done an AWESOME job with it as well as the t-shirts.

Convention themes should be determined for the entire next year right after our september con during our 6 month break--coordinated with invited guests or ones to be invited, special events, art dept.,etc........For example: If someone looked at our website they would see the themes for each con for the year and if May were "Star trek vs Star wars" they could plan to run game, costume, or attend accordingly and we would have movies, video games, board games, card games, rpg, larps, ccg and cmg games, and miniature games around the theme as well as art. And once one con ended we would have 3 month to market the next theme. This being 2012 our sept. con could have a apocalypse/doomsday/the day after/ theme.

I am all for themes and we still could plan May and Sept. themes now and coordinate then market those themes well in advance. 

V  

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 From: Kryssie <phantom.hopscotch at gmail.com>
To: deptheads at strategicon.net 
Sent: Monday, January 9, 2012 11:00 AM
Subject: [Deptheads] Theme Ideas

So, something that I've been thinking about--and this comes from the creative/cosplay/gamer aspect of me--if we do these wonderful themed covers and such for the cons, why not play them up?  For example, it seems CLUE is our theme this year--why not stage a Live Action Clue game?  I can do it, but I would definitely need help in putting it together, but I think it may be fun for people to "come to a dinner party" and run it like a murder mystery game--plus it would fit in with the theme.

I'm sorry if this is disjointed and half typed...I'm both sick and at work.  So...lemme know what you guys think.  Please.

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