[Deptheads] Guest of Honor: Vlaada Chvatil

[Tim]

Eric B.

That is all great news!  I was just looking at Space Alert yesterday, 
looks like it will be a blast to play.

A few items:

1. How much space will he need for the Space Alert room, in terms of tables?

2. You and Lana should talk to Norm Carlson.  Anything you guys set up 
you should keep him in the loop (he is going to be coordinating the 
special guests in 2014, so Gateway will be a transition con). He also 
has some events for Vlaada as well and we need to be sure things are 
don't conflict.  Ideally you should include him on the email threads and 
introduce him to Vlaada.

3. Do you need a room for an interview?  We might want to use the 
seminar room or Salon 105 since I assume there will be a good sized 
audience.

If possible I would like to lock some of these events down early so we 
can reserve the space.

That's all for now.

Tim

On 6/3/2013 10:00 PM, Eric Burgess wrote:
> Okay, folks - I don't have a picture and bio yet but Vlaada and I have 
> exchanged long e-mails this weekend and this is going to be epic.
>
> 1) Vlaada-Thon - Shane and I discussed (and I think I have someone 
> willing to administer) a "Vlaada-Thon" where players will get points 
> for playing Vlaada's games.
>
> 2) Galaxy Trucker - Vlaada will be bringing new, exclusive ships for 
> the players in a final for a Galaxy Trucker event we should run.
>
> 3) Through The Ages - He will have special CGE (his publishing 
> company) exclusives for prizes and he may have a special 
> exclusive-to-Strategicon announcement at the show regarding the game. 
> That's not for sure so mum's the word there.
>
> 4) Space Alert - For those that don't know, Space Alert is a realtime 
> game that has a soundtrack so if people are really going to play it, 
> they need a quiet space. I'm hopeful we can get a room somewhere to 
> run a Space Alert tournament. Each table would have a game on it with 
> players and one sound system would guide them through the game. 
> Ideally, we'd run a 101 or two beforehand for new players.
>
> 5) He'll have his Spiel 2013 release in prototype form for our 
> attendees to get an exclusive look at. It is something the eurogamers 
> and the wargamers alike might enjoy.
>
> 6) He will have expansions for the wildly popular Tzolkin and Last 
> Will on-hand. Tzolkin was the most-checked out game at the last two 
> Strategicons.
>
> 7) I asked him if he might be willing to do something with the improv 
> folks. While I don't think he's the actor type (although he's a 
> naturally funny guy, as anyone who has read his rules would know), 
> he's agreed to provide some 'inspiration' for the groups and is happy 
> to converse with them ahead of the event. I'm no improv guy but I can 
> only imagine they would love to do some shows based on his wonderfully 
> thematic games Dungeon Lords, Dungeon Petz, and Galaxy Trucker in 
> particular. If they don't think that's comic gold, they aren't 
> thinking clearly.
>
> 8) Dungeon Petz - He'll have an exclusive version of their new 
> expansion for Spiel 2013 as well. I'll be asking Z-Man for a copy 
> because we don't have one.
>
> We could use second copies of a few of his games. I'll look into 
> acquiring a second Through The Ages, Galaxy Trucker and Dungeon Lords 
> - but I'll strongly encourage people to bring them, too.
>
> Shane - Let's talk space considerations. I'm assuming we can run the 
> Vlaada-thon in an extended VIP section.
>
> The Space Alert room - we could probably use one of those smaller 
> rooms on the third floor. Maybe we could run an Escape event (also a 
> 'soundtrack' game) there, if you like. We have a copy and I could get 
> more considering Queen just said they'd like to send us more support 
> (thanks to their local rep spending time at the con and being 
> impressed with it).
>
> Let's plan the improv stuff soon if they want Vlaada to attend.
>
> I have Lana Berman taking care of Vlaada while he's at the con. Thanks 
> again BIG TIME to Kryssie for looking after Mike Nystul.
>
> Paiva - Vlaada won't need a table but he's happy to do a signing in 
> the room. Name the time - I think mid-morning Saturday would be cool 
> but you tell me.
>
> Feedback very welcome. People are going to really love Vlaada - he's a 
> great guy. He'll be the most popular guest since Antoine for sure.
>
>
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