[Deptheads] Re: Guests and Facebook

[Eric Burgess]

Also, I'm going to livestream on the Strategicon USStream channel from the
Boardgame Library some games played at our table there, inviting local
publishers to show off their games to us, too. I'm appealing to the local
guys especially to get their strong support but also as thanks for the
publishers who send games to the library.

Please let me know if there are any issues there (as in, too much bandwidth
to broadcast if we're limited, promotional concerns, etc.) If I do not hear
otherwise, I will assume it is fine.


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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