[Deptheads] RPGA & D&D 5th

[Jim Sandoval]

That sounds awesome Fred! Let me know if there is anything I can do to help
out.

Jim

On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 12:35 PM, Fred Upton <frupton at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> We had a very successful launch of 5th edition D&D at Gateway.  More than
> 200 people came and tried a game, which is our highest by far compared to
> previous conventions.  At Gateway 2013 we had 129 total people playing RPGA
> events.  So we're up more than 50% from a year ago.  Some of that is
> cross-pollination with other departments but some of that is also from new
> faces.
>
> We don't have official numbers from anywhere else, but from the chatter in
> social media it appears we had one of the most successful convention
> launches of 5th edition anywhere except for Gencon and PAX.  And
> unofficially, we weren't all that far off from PAX in our number of tables
> of 5th edition D&D.
>
> Wizards has actually gotten clever about one aspect of their organized
> play in 5th edition, which is that they are emphasizing partnerships with
> local brick-and-mortar game stores.  We handed out a flyer at Gateway
> listing all the local stores we know of that are running 5th edition
> organized play events, so that our attendees can continue playing their
> characters at their local stores.  For us, this gets us word-of-mouth about
> our convention at these stores and should bring new people in to OrcCon.
> Wizards is allowing certain upcoming adventures to premier at various
> conventions.  That means you are the first place in the county that runs it
> -- the local game stores and other conventions get it the following month.
> Mickey and I will be making the case that we should get one of these
> premiers at OrcCon 2015.  This is a fairly exclusive thing so we don't know
> if we'll be able to get one or not, but we'll certainly be asking
> enthusiatically.
>
> -- Fred
>
>
>   *From:* Jim Sandoval <plustentoawesome at gmail.com>
> *To:* deptheads at strategicon.net
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 9, 2014 4:33 PM
> *Subject:* [Deptheads] RPGA & D&D 5th
>
>  I just wanted to send out mad props to Mikey in handling the 5th edition
> D&D rollout. I have gotten nothing but positive feedback on the RPGA events
> and am glad to see the grand ol' dame of RPGs getting some much deserved
> praise. Great job up there guys.
>
> Jim
>
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