[Deptheads] Re: Guests and Facebook

[Eric Burgess]

Victor,

Let me ask this directly: do we have a Guest of Honor for Gamex? It's less
than a month away.

Also, shall I confirm Eric Lang for Orccon 2015? I can get him in touch
with you about that. We might also try him of Gateway but he liked February
best.



On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 11:07 PM, Eric Burgess <erburgess at gmail.com> wrote:

> Just a note to say I'm back from the Gathering of Friends (Ticket to Ride
> designer Alan Moon's private, industry-focused convention) with some guest
> possibilities. This is mostly for Eric and Victor but others might be
> interested in voicing whether these guests would be good.
>
>
>    - Mike Fitzgerald (of Mystery Rummy fame) is happy to come out. He's a
>    domestic flight and a really nice guy. He also designs many
>    traditional-style card games as opposed to just board games and we might be
>    able to market that a bit.
>    - Eric Lang (tons of FFG games, including the Star Wars LCG) is happy
>    to come out, perhaps for Orccon 2015. He's in Ontario, CA so it's not
>    domestic but at least it's not across the Atlantic.
>    - William Attia (of Caylus fame) said he might consider coming next
>    year or thereafter. He's sending me an e-mail with information on when he
>    could potentially come.
>    - Ted Alspach may come down for Gateway 2014 to promote his new games
>    but Celesticon is trying to keep him there. If we covered costs, we could
>    get him down here. His new game, Castles of Mad King Ludwig, was one of the
>    hits of the show.
>    - Bruno Cathala is still interested in coming but that would be
>    Gateway 2015 more than likely. We could push to get him here for this year
>    and it would be great because he designed the next Days of Wonder release
>    (their first entry into a "Gamer's Games" line) and it's actually terrific.
>    - Kevin Wilson is willing to come back in the future. He'll be moving
>    to Seattle later this year and that'll make it a cheaper flight. He's a fan
>    favorite and has a bevy of great games coming soon (played his new X-Files
>    game and it's quite good). We could probably get Tom Lehmann down again,
>    too. He's always fun to host.
>    - Bugged Friedemann Friese again and he might be convinced if we flew
>    out his girlfriend with him. I didn't commit to that but if you want to pay
>    for two tickets from Germany, we could potentially get our favorite
>    green-haired designer.
>    - Jay Cormier (of Belfort fame) and his design partner Sen could also
>    potentially come out. They only have a couple of titles so far but they
>    have a great new party game that will be sweeping the nation soon. Also
>    Canadian - maybe in 2015 after their game hits.
>
> Also, I was thinking we might consider giving a pass for a free badge to
> all Gathering attendees next year. It's a lot of badges (about 350-375
> people) but we could make them non-transferable. The majority of the
> attendees are from the East and it might inspire some people to fly out,
> raise awareness among the most exclusive gamer convention around, and
> impress the publishers who could support the conventions. Just a thought -
> let me know if you like the idea and I can propose offering one in the gift
> bag to Alan.
>
> On Facebook - is anyone monitoring it? There were questions in there and a
> lot of chatter. Just wondering as I only check it out occasionally and we
> had a lot of messages, friend requests, and posts with questions.
>
> ...ERB
>
>
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