Allan mentioned it's hard for GZG to make it at a convention. This is possibly
true in that they either get stuck with the WarHamster crowd
or the Historical (stop-please-yes-you-do-know-every-minute-detail-of-
the-entire-civil-war-please-stop-the-hurting!) crowd. But Allan
hasn't been to an ECC or WCC! (IIRC)
East Coast Con (haven't been to a WCC, but waiting for info on the next one to
see if I can make it!) is a hoot. Lots of great listers present (names to
faces and all that), lots of great games, a good
ration of games/players (lots of people willing to put on an event,
especially if Jon nudges them...*grin*), and an excellent organizing staff
(hats off many times over to Jon Davis, Mark "Indy" Kochte, Jerry "Papers? I
don't have no stinkin' papers!" Han, and a few other folks who help out like
Nick C. and Erik K. (I've surely missed someone but consider yourself patted
on the back).
I've attended CanGames in Ottawa, GenCon 20 in Milwaukee (huge
miniatures events at the time - the year I was there, a MicroArmour
Fall of West Germany scenario was being run that took an entire gymnasium!), A
bunch of RedCons (historicals and future hist at Royal Military College, Con
now renamed to something else), etc. and to all but one of the ECCs (work got
in the way). The most generally interesting was GenCon, but the best ones for
gaming were the ECCs. I found the people polite, easy to game with, and among
the best sportsmen I've had the pleasure of meeting. And the glee of watching
Mr.Bell Sr.shooting Brian was pretty special too!
So, if you want to do GZG: Go ECC or WCC. You'll meet a good class of gamer,
play the games you love, and have a ball.
No, this was NOT a paid testimonial. And rumors of Jon D slipping me a healthy
"honorarium" are clearly fabricated..... *grin*
Tomb
> On Thu, 8 Aug 2002 09:08:21 -0400, kaladorn@magma.ca wrote:
> Allan mentioned it's hard for GZG to make it at a convention. This is
I apologize, that's very true. It's just that the vast majority of miniatures
only conventions are either historical or operated by GW. And I did mean
historical conventions. GZG games work well in sci-fi conventions, too.
Which,
by the way, I should point out that _someone_ on this list should run
some GZG games at Worldcon next year. It is in Toronto, after all, TomB and
Adrian and Jerry. Hint. Hint. Hint.
> Jerry Han wrote:
I was gonna say, anyone here on the list able to *afford* to go to that?? It
was here in Baltimore not too long ago. I couldn't afford to even look in the
door from the street (it was, I think,
$45 for a 7-second peer in through the door ;-)
Mk
> On Thu, 08 Aug 2002 11:14:46 -0400, Jerry Han <jhan@warpfish.com> wrote:
> I took one look at the membership prices for Worldcon and I ran
That _is_ a huge downside to Worldcons. They are expensive. It was
something like US$150 for the weekend in Winnipeg back in '94. GenCon's
pricing, at less than a third of that, was a bargain by comparison...
> On Thu, 08 Aug 2002 11:32:20 -0400, Indy <kochte@stsci.edu> wrote:
> I was gonna say, anyone here on the list able to *afford* to go
I answered too quick on that last post, but to Jerry, you might want to find
out if game judges would get a discount.
I think there are plenty on the list who could afford to go. There are plenty
that have gone to GenCon. If you're flying somewhere and staying at a hotel,
the entrance fee is a small chunk of the overall cost.
That having been said, I probably won't go to it. I didn't much enjoy myself
in Winnipeg, but that Worldcon was one of the worst ever. It was a thought,
though. It would be cool to run some events there, if you could get in for
free (or cheap), any way.
> kaladorn@magma.ca wrote:
Being in Louisiana doesn't help getting to either.
> So, if you want to do GZG: Go ECC or WCC. You'll meet a good class of