[CON] ECC V Update

First, the short news...

Ground Zero Games - East Coast Convention V

When:  March 1-3, 2002
Where: Ramada Brunswick, Lancaster, PA What: GZG gaming all weekend long! With
late night breaks for Formula De, Nuclear War, Car Wars, etc. Great vendors!
KR, Bill Spring, and Mike Sarno

Now, the long news...

We've gotten a very good response for event submission and the schedule has a
wide variety of events planned throughout the weekend. We have a few more
slots open for Full Thrust, one slot for Dirtside, and a few for Stargrunt.
Jerry will be updating the web page with the events schedule once I send the
first draft to him.

Gamemasters: Please prepare your event descriptions and
              send them to me off-list.

(Is anyone from the Atlanta gaming group planning on coming or running a
game?)

As we introduced last year, we will be having a selection of door prizes to be
awarded based on your preregistration order. Depending on when you submit your
registration on or after December 1st, you will get to pick from a collection
of figures. We'll have Full Thrust ships, Dirtside tanks, 15mm and 25mm
figures available this year.

On a personal note:

Some of you know that on my first day back to work after the convention this
year, I learned I was losing my job at the General Electric Corporate R & D
Center after 19 years.

I interviewed for a position at the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory and
received an offer. I have recently been granted a clearance and this was my
first week of work. It has been a remarkable week and I'm sitting next to a
couple of gamers, both board and miniatures, in my work area!

It will be very satisfying work to be helping the US Navy and the nuclear
submarine and carrier fleets, especially in our current war efforts.

> --- Jon Davis <davisje@nycap.rr.com> wrote:

*Sigh*

Somehow... Someday I WILL get to another Con. But next year after the 13th of
Febuary will be an absolute bitch of a time to try to get away at all for
anything short of the end of the world.

I want a stab at winning the Carter Island Award (which I just recently heard
was actually given out at the last Con!! You guys are never going to let that
go!  It was just a batallion-sized game!  OK, the
defenders had two batallion equivelants.).

> John Atkinson wrote:

You want to win a Carter Island award?!?

Ok...

The plan that the organizers have put into place for multiple timeslot events
will be to run the event on Saturday. Therefore, the GM can spend Friday night
in preparation and table setup. Saturday morning and afternoon for the gaming.

That's the plan we have in place for Don's Sardaukar Stargrunt game.