[Deptheads] Strategicon - Troubling Trend

Fri May 9 13:27:45 PDT 2014

I find myself in quasi-semi-almost agreement with Burgess.

The reason I wanted those tables in the hallway was exactly for that, high profile demo space. These should be full each show and used for demos/kickstarters.

That said, if a company wants to just demo and not sell their product we should not be telling them they can't have a table all weekend. We have more than enough table space to spare that a few grouped tables all running demos disrupts the convention.

I feel dirty agreeing with ERB, but WTF can I say?

John

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>On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 11:45 AM, Eric Burgess <erburgess at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Tim.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>>     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.
>>>
>>>     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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