CONVENTIONS

[RandR]

What are some New England conventions next year? When & where?

[RandR]

Well, it looks like you'll just have to put up with me at GENCON & ORIGINS. I JUST CAN'T SEE ANY WAY AROUND THIS ACYIVITY.

[Bobsalt]

Are you guys going to Origins and Gen Con (Indianapolis) this year? My C.O. ...er...wife...said I can go to Gen Con this year.

[Yoper]

Eric and I from the Detroit Group will be at Origins and are going to play.  Probably on Thursday. 

We think that you (Mark) should run '41 scenarios so that all players are immediately in the action. 

Running '39 scenarios keep some of the players on the sidelines for awhile and the game could also have gone in the dumper by the time the USA and USSR get into the game.

Craig

[Mark]

Hi - I think we are planning on doing Thurs-Sat at Origins this year and just Friday and Saturday at Gencon.  Still tentative on plans at this point.

We are currently planning to bring The Struggle for Europe and Asia as well as the new game under development to demo.

[John D.]

Good idea. We will plan on this. We have actually discussed this before. We agree - for conventions - it is a good idea to start the 41 game.

John

[John D.]

Hi Bob,
    I should be at Origins for sure. 
   

[RandR]

With all this talent, we should have a rousing good time!

[kriegspieler7]

I just noticed, you won't be at Gen Con Indy this year.  What a disappointment.
I'll get over it though.  To quote Forest Gump, "It happens."  Now I'll have to bring my game and hope there'll be some takers.  I hope I can still offer it.  You guys keep up the good work. 

How about sending me some cards to hand out?

[Bobsalt]

You guys aren't going to Gen Con? That's a disappointment - I was able to get my wife to go along with letting me go for a couple of days. I doubt I can swing Origins. Oh well - why drive for a few hours to lose when I can lose in my own basement?

[Mark]

I'm sorry - blame it on John - I usually do. . .

It sounds like Kriegspieler will be there - I would think that there is the makings for a good game.

[Bobsalt]

I may do that. Indy is a little less than a 2-hour drive from here as opposed to about 4 hours to Columbus. Jason has expressed interest in going as well if his wife clears it. We were thinking of going probably Thursday night or Friday morning and staying until Saturday night. A lot could happen between now and then, so I can't commit yet. Also, Jason is captain in the National Guard, so he is occasionally pulled out of town on weekends for various things - hopefully he will be free that weekend.

A question to the group as a whole - I haven't been to Origins since the early 90's. Back then it was primarily a wargame convention as opposed to all the fantasy stuff. Is that still the case? Gen Con appears to be much more fantasy and RPG than wargames. If Origins is still primarily a wargame con I may go ahead and try to go there instead. When is Origins this year?

[Yoper]

Origins Game Fair is a 24 hour game convention in Columbus, Ohio at the Greater Columbus Convention Center with game demos, tournaments, and casual play; along with a huge exhibit hall with all of the games you want to buy, an auction, an art show, seminars, and much more. Fair-Only passes get you into the exhibit hall and hundreds of game demos for games we guarantee you’ve never heard of (Saturday and Sunday)! Passes for the full show include over 4,000 tournaments and casual play games for all genres of gaming (Wednesday-Sunday).

Registration opening at 7 a.m. on the Wednesday June 25th, 2008 (games starting at 8 a.m.) running 'till 8 p.m. on the 29th. Registration is open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesday - Saturday (and 'till 4 p.m. on Sunday) and though game-playing is 24 hours a day, games tend to be between 8 a.m. and Midnight. The Exhibit Hall is open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday - Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday.

Does that work for ya?

Craig

[Yoper]

Mark and John realize that they need to try to focus on getting revenge on the guys who keep kicking their butts.

Unfortunately, Dan won't be coming this year so Mark can't get that monkey off his back.

Craig

[John D.]

Man - He still talks about it to this day....