[Deptheads] Strategicon - Troubling Trend

[Eric Burgess]

The solution is: find a prominent, excellent Demo Area for these guys and
make them sign up to use these tables for limited amounts of time. Then, if
they want pickup games later, they can use open gaming tables if they are
playing but do not allow open gaming tables to be 'unscheduled demo' space.

As Shane says, if they wanted dedicated space all weekend, they can pay for
a dealer room or (if our space allows), ask they to pay for dedicated
'demo' space. I find that slightly unfriendly to small publishers but not
so much that it shouldn't be considered. But make it a package - create a
badge for "Designer/Publishers" that includes a dedicated table (with the
caveat that if they aren't there, it becomes open for others), maybe give
them access to the VIP event or something and charge just a bit more for
it. Then, they'll have some 'skin in the game' on it if they want a table
all weekend or they can always just schedule time in the demo area for 2
hour slots (or whatever) if they don't want to spend the money on it. We'd
put Guests in this space for some amount of time (some are machines who
demo constantly, while others will just schedule events and then others can
be there when they are not).

Note you could pull out parts of that idea and still make it work well.



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On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 8:48 AM, Tim <tim at stugiii.com> wrote:

> I think they belong downstairs as well.  The other locations just are not
> tenable options
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> Tim.
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> *From:* deptheads-bounces at strategicon.net [mailto:
> deptheads-bounces at strategicon.net] *On Behalf Of *Shane Sauby
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 08, 2014 7:28 PM
> *To:* Strategicon Department Heads
> *Subject:* [Deptheads] Strategicon - Troubling Trend
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> Hi everyone,
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>     So the trend that I noticed a year ago with kickstarter has gotten
> worse.  I am getting more and more game publishers wanting to come in and
> take over tables in the ballroom for the entire days or the whole weekend.
> I am a little uncomfortable with this idea because it limits the number of
> events that I can put on for the attendees.  Also, I would think that game
> publishers who want to show off all their games should be in the dealer
> room.  I know it is already full, but I believe they belong there, or at
> least in the foyer between the dealer room and the ballroom.
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>     Another option, which I would like to suggest, is to rent tables in
> the room at the bottom of the escalators.  If SJG, Columbia, Chaosmos,
> Gorilla Games, etc. all had there own tables down there, I would not have
> to use that space since it would free up several tables in the ballroom.
> Something I would like people thinking about going forward.
>
> Shane Sauby
> Boardgames Supervisor
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