Greetings all,
I apologize from the cross posting, but I figured this was the
easiest
way to talk about GenCon. I've got to give a major thank you to
Jared,
Bart, Daniel, Marissa, John and Scott for their help with
everything this
year.
Wednesday:
I got there at 2 PM and went to the HQ to get Jared and Marissa's
badges.
There was a issue with our badge count because I chose to put
"AYAW?" as
a ZED - Isle of Misfit Events as it would be highlighted. But, it
didn't
get factor into our badge counts. GM HQ worked hard to fix that, (big
love to Dana, Dominic and Derek for working with us). We held the Lab
Rabbit meet up which turned quickly into a huge game of "Monty Python
Fluxx" and "Are You the Traitor?"
The Hyatt Ballroom hosted "AYAW?" with some side games of "AYTT?"
Event Counts:
Lab Rabbit Meet-Up: 16
AYAW? 75
Thursday:
The biggest issue was that the area assigned for "AYAW?" was really
a bad
spot for the game. We were basically in front of the exits. When we
submit events next, we got to make sure that we get the area in
front of
212, by the escalators.
Event Counts:
Fluxx Happy Hour: 26
Treehouse Happy Hour: 0
AYAW?: 26
Friday:
The "AYAW?" room area was resolved.
Event Counts:
Fluxx Happy Hour: 32
Treehouse Happy Hour: 8
AYAW?: 22
Saturday:
Marissa came into town today and helped run both happy hours. The
Fluxx
version was full again, while the Treehouse had limited attendance.
The
biggest thing that happened was that they had to evacuate the
convention
center. We heard a siren and figure that a game had ended. Then, the
lights came on and a voice told us to calmly leave the convention
center.
We waited around 30 to 45 minutes as the fire department had to be
called
to look through the center and discover that there wasn't any fire.
Event Counts:
Fluxx Happy Hour: 23
Treehouse Happy Hour: 4
AYAW?: 32
Sunday:
It was a huge day of rest. Woke up early to pack up. Got a change
to play
Revolution. Marissa, John, Bart & Daniel & I met to discuss the
convention. We discussed that I could break up what I do as Event
Coordinator into several different roles. This year I collected
tickets,
ran events, dealt with problems, talked to the event headquarters,
handled vendor relations. Therefore, next year the role break down
would
be similar to the Top Rabbit, Tournament Director & Demo Rabbits
system
we have at Origins. I'll work this out on the wiki. Also, we'll
change
Treehouse Happy Hour to the Looney Happy Hour. We addressed having
something between the 2 to 4 PM slot. We still don't know what yet.
Finally, we are in the Alpha/Beta stage of getting a room to ran
events
next year. I've been in talks with Steve Jackson Games and their
event
coordinator, Marc. They seem okay with combining our forces and
sharing a
room to hold events. We still need to run it past GenCon. Then, it
was
time to go back into the exhibit hall one last time. I got to demo
Android from Fantasy Flight. After the demo, I left Indy to head back
home.
Event Counts:
Lab Rabbit Meet-Up: 5
AYAW? Ribbons: 96
Break Down:
GenCon was an overall success. "MPF" and "AYTT?" were well recevied
by
the players. The booths that I talked to told me that sales and
traffic
were down. Another thing was that we had five booths listed on our
promo
sheet, but there were a good five to ten more that were selling our
stuff, so we were well represented at the con. Finally, a thought
that I
had was that if those who went to GenCon wanted to pool they money,
we
could possibly get a suite next year. I'll look into that as well.
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Shane Tilton,
Event Coordinator of GenCon,
Looney Labs
740.610.0424