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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>My first and main thought is that LARP and role playing are rather synonymous. You might want to instead go with the distinction of LARP vs. Tabletop RPG, because that is the main difference between mine and Jim’s departments.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tara</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from my Windows 10 device</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:deptheads@strategicon.net">Strategicon Department Heads</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, May 29, 2019 11:29 AM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:deptheads@strategicon.net">Strategicon Department Heads</a><br><b>Subject: </b>[Deptheads] Event Types</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>For the purpose of event generation, Departments will be becoming Event Types.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I’m trying to figure out how to make things work right for all events. These are the two issues involving Event Types that I’m aware of.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>1. Events running in areas not consistent with their real event type. i.e. Most Steve Jackson Games.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>2. Events appropriate in multiple event types and often listing in multiple departments.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The first one I can adapt to easily provided I know what lengths I have to go for the second one.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b>Here is where I need your help.</b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>What is the likelihood of an event being appropriate for more than two event types? I need everyone to think hard. Can you think of any game that would really fit in more than two event types?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>For this exercise, please look at War Games and Party Games as splinter groups of Board & Card Games, and Adventurers’ League and Pathfinder Society as splinters of Roleplaying, which means they don’t need to be listed in the group they split from.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b>I need a list of such games.</b> If it’s long enough, I have to think hard how to handle the process.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Events Types will be<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Board & Card Games<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Collectible Cards & Minis<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>LARP<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Miniatures<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Party Games<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Roleplaying<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Adventurers’ League<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Pathfinder Society<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Video Games<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>War Games<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>General<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Event Classifications for users will be<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Event<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>101<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Demo<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Tournament<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Playtest<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Seminar<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Admins instead of Tournament will see<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Small Tournament<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Medium Tournament (selected)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Big Tournament<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Mega Tournament<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Sponsored will be a checkbox seen by all.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Special will be a checkbox seen by Admins only.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks for helping me help everyone make more sense of events.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Tanya<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>