Future North American Conventions

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#1

One of the things whilst chatting to the players (around 8 of us got
together Thursday night and chatted for a couple of hours - t'was most fun!)
that came up was doing some sort of Demo game at a convention. Maybe we
could fit that in with a FTF game?

If so who would be interested in that? We'd have to invest a lot of money
to get a laptop Mac amongst other things so we'd need serious commitment if
the players want us to do this.

Any thoughts/feedback?

Clint

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#2

Sign me up.

b

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One of the things whilst chatting to the players (around 8 of us got
together Thursday night and chatted for a couple of hours - t'was most fun!)
that came up was doing some sort of Demo game at a convention. Maybe we
could fit that in with a FTF game?

If so who would be interested in that? We'd have to invest a lot of money
to get a laptop Mac amongst other things so we'd need serious commitment if
the players want us to do this.

Any thoughts/feedback?

Clint
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#3

If so who would be interested in that? We'd have to invest a lot of money
to get a laptop Mac amongst other things so we'd need serious commitment if
the players want us to do this.

Any thoughts/feedback?

I'd look into renting or borrowing the laptop if the money is difficult to
justify. There are a lot of companies in Europe and the US that rent out for
short periods at what look like fairly reasonable rates.

On the other hand, if you bought the thing, you'd be able to resolve the PDF
font problem... :slight_smile: You might also want to consider a s/hand PowerBook.
Contact me offlist if you want details: I know a company that can help.

Gavin

#4

Anywhere within a few hundred miles of Chicago and I'm definitely in.

Chris Wolf

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From: Middle Earth Games [mailto:me@MiddleEarthGames.com]
Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 7:06 AM
To: mepbmlist
Subject: [mepbmlist] Future North American Conventions

One of the things whilst chatting to the players (around 8 of us got
together Thursday night and chatted for a couple of hours - t'was most
fun!)
that came up was doing some sort of Demo game at a convention. Maybe we
could fit that in with a FTF game?

If so who would be interested in that? We'd have to invest a lot of
money
to get a laptop Mac amongst other things so we'd need serious commitment
if
the players want us to do this.

Any thoughts/feedback?

Clint

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#5

Middle Earth Games wrote:

One of the things whilst chatting to the players (around 8 of us got
together Thursday night and chatted for a couple of hours - t'was most fun!)
that came up was doing some sort of Demo game at a convention. Maybe we
could fit that in with a FTF game?

That'd be great, but how many cons are there big enough ot justify that? Origins, GenCon and DragonCon are the only ones I can think of immediately.

    jason

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#6

<<DragonCon>>

YES DRAGON CON!!!! I could actually make it to that one. Hmm . . .shouldn't
have said that. Clint and co. will certainly avoid it knowing they would
bump into me. :slight_smile:

Russ

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Middle Earth Games wrote:

> One of the things whilst chatting to the players (around 8 of us got
> together Thursday night and chatted for a couple of hours - t'was most

fun!)

> that came up was doing some sort of Demo game at a convention. Maybe we
> could fit that in with a FTF game?

That'd be great, but how many cons are there big enough ot justify that?
Origins, GenCon and DragonCon are the only ones I can think of

immediately.

jason

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#7

It would depend on where the event would take place. Southern California would be great since it is the center of the universe :slight_smile:
Will

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----- Original Message -----
  From: Middle Earth Games
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  Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 5:06 AM
  Subject: [mepbmlist] Future North American Conventions

  One of the things whilst chatting to the players (around 8 of us got
  together Thursday night and chatted for a couple of hours - t'was most fun!)
  that came up was doing some sort of Demo game at a convention. Maybe we
  could fit that in with a FTF game?

  If so who would be interested in that? We'd have to invest a lot of money
  to get a laptop Mac amongst other things so we'd need serious commitment if
  the players want us to do this.

  Any thoughts/feedback?

  Clint
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#8

This is the problem we had last time.. :slight_smile: Everyone in the US wanting different locations... :slight_smile:

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It would depend on where the event would take place. Southern California would be great since it is the center of the universe :slight_smile:
Will

#9

This is the problem we had last time.. :slight_smile: Everyone in the US wanting
different locations... :slight_smile:

* Yeah . . . well . . . the US is kinda' . . . big.

Just focus on the Southeastern part of it and all will be well. :slight_smile:

Russ

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This is the problem we had last time.. :slight_smile: Everyone in the US wanting
different locations... :slight_smile:

>It would depend on where the event would take place. Southern California
>would be great since it is the center of the universe :slight_smile:
>Will

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#10

* Yeah . . . well . . . the US is kinda' . . . big.

*** I am aware of that... :slight_smile: :slight_smile: Just makes it hard to organise. East is best for us but we're happy to travel where the players are. One plan could be to have two US locations - or one US one UK.

Clint

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Just focus on the Southeastern part of it and all will be well. :slight_smile:

Russ

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> This is the problem we had last time.. :slight_smile: Everyone in the US wanting
> different locations... :slight_smile:
>
> >It would depend on where the event would take place. Southern California
> >would be great since it is the center of the universe :slight_smile:
> >Will
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#11

Clint,

You know my opinions already.

Los Angeles or San Diego have major events that reach a healthy
number of people.

Either of these sites are great for SO-CAL.

Sign me up for volunteer work and/or participant at either location.

I would make the trip to either!
Gary

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>* Yeah . . . well . . . the US is kinda' . . . big.

*** I am aware of that... :slight_smile: :slight_smile: Just makes it hard to organise.

East is

best for us but we're happy to travel where the players are. One

plan

could be to have two US locations - or one US one UK.

Clint

>Just focus on the Southeastern part of it and all will be well. :slight_smile:
>
>
>Russ
>
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> > different locations... :slight_smile:
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> > >It would depend on where the event would take place. Southern

California

> > >would be great since it is the center of the universe :slight_smile:
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#12

Just $.02 from the slow, backward south ...

Dragon Con is _heavily_ attended, and Atlanta is one of the the busiest
airports in the world. Delta can get you here from _anywhere_.

I would, of course, help in any/every way I could ...

And, if you're doing a true, full FTF, I'd go to another city (Delta
_does_ fly everywhere ... :slight_smile: ).

b

GearonSkywalker wrote:

Clint,

You know my opinions already.

Los Angeles or San Diego have major events that reach a healthy
number of people.

Either of these sites are great for SO-CAL.

Sign me up for volunteer work and/or participant at either location.

I would make the trip to either!
Gary

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wrote:

* Yeah . . . well . . . the US is kinda' . . . big.
     

*** I am aware of that... :slight_smile: :slight_smile: Just makes it hard to organise.
   

East is

best for us but we're happy to travel where the players are. One
   

plan

could be to have two US locations - or one US one UK.

Clint

Just focus on the Southeastern part of it and all will be well. :slight_smile:

Russ

From: "Middle Earth PBM Games" <me@M...>
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Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 11:08 PM
Subject: Re: [mepbmlist] Future North American Conventions

This is the problem we had last time.. :slight_smile: Everyone in the US
       

wanting

different locations... :slight_smile:

It would depend on where the event would take place. Southern
         

California

would be great since it is the center of the universe :slight_smile:
Will
         
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#13

Well, finally caught up on this thread...

Just a few thoughts.

Demo game would be a good thing, although you may be able to
accomplish the same thing by having sample turns available for
several consecutive turns. Such a display would let nwepeople see
what the game is about.

I would beware of attempting to do a FtF at a convention. A FtF
would likely take up most of the time at the convention and would
therefore preclude any other gaming. Not sure how many people are
open to this. I personally would not participate at a convention.
Since this is such a focused effort, it seems best to keep it
separate from other events.

In regards to a US FtF. I would love for one to occur but remember
the annoyance of the last attempt. There were way too many people
who were unwilling to compromise on location while at the same time
were not able to offer up facilities for gaming in their area. I
figure that this will continue to be the case and have decided to
attempt to attend a FtF in Cardiff. I'd love to go out drinking with
Ulrik again! (last time was in Copenhagen and was a great time, even
though I did get in trouble for that)

When is the next UK FtF?

Chris

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One of the things whilst chatting to the players (around 8 of us got
together Thursday night and chatted for a couple of hours - t'was

most fun!)

that came up was doing some sort of Demo game at a convention.

Maybe we

could fit that in with a FTF game?

If so who would be interested in that? We'd have to invest a lot

of money

to get a laptop Mac amongst other things so we'd need serious

commitment if

the players want us to do this.

Any thoughts/feedback?

Clint
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(EST)
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#14

Demo game would be a good thing, although you may be able to
accomplish the same thing by having sample turns available for
several consecutive turns. Such a display would let nwepeople see
what the game is about.

*** Not quite. Describing the game, and we have done it a lot, takes a while to explain and showing exactly how you move an army to hex 2627 is not going to work. :slight_smile:

When is the next UK FtF?

*** Provisionally March. I don't want to start taking names for that yet though so please be patient.

Clint