From: damosan@c...
Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 16:10:16 -0400
Subject: [GZG] Historicon
I spent Saturday at Historicon in Lancaster. I saw a few listers there which is always a hoot. For those of you that were there -- did it seem kind of, well, empty this year compared to Historicons of the past? Damo
From: Mark Kinsey <Kinseym@p...>
Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 16:59:14 -0400
Subject: Re: [GZG] Historicon
> Damond Walker wrote: It seemed empty compared to this years Cold Wars, and I thought Historicon was supposed to be bigger.
From: Jerry Acord <acord@i...>
Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 17:30:14 -0400
Subject: Re: [GZG] Historicon
> Mark Kinsey wrote:
> It seemed empty compared to this years Cold Wars, and I thought
Yes and yes... I don't think I've ever had as much elbow room at an
HMGS-East con (but I don't generally go to Fall In!, just Cold Wars and
Historicon). I only went on Saturday, however, and heard it was more packed on
Thursday and Friday ("Does that seem right to you?") (just
watched the Firefly bounty-hunter episode last night).
Good seeing some of the ECC-ers there, as always, and looking forward to
X.
Cheers
From: Derek Rogillio <derek@r...>
Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 17:50:26 -0400
Subject: Re: [GZG] Historicon
> On 7/23/06, Jerry Acord <acord@imagiware.com> wrote: Hi Jerry, It was good to see both you and Damond there. I'm definitely looking forward to ECC! I was there Wednesday night all the way through Sunday afternoon. Overall, it seemed less crowded on Saturday than it did on Friday. I don't know why that was the case, but it certainly seemed that way to me. On the other hand, I think some of the feeling of spaciousness compared to Cold Wars comes from the amount of additional space used by Historicon. Cold Wars doesn't use the Wheatfield room, the showroom, or the any of the other upstairs rooms other than the Lampeter. At any given time there are quite a few additional games in those rooms. Also, there are a couple of rooms downstairs that aren't used for Cold Wars. My gut feeling is that it was a good bit larger than Cold Wars but was smaller than previous Historicons. Either way, I had a blast! I am officially gamed out for the next 24 hours!
From: Martin Connell <mxconnell@o...>
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 11:50:17 -0400
Subject: Re: [GZG] Historicon
Friday seemed more crowded than Saturday, but that's not saying much. Even Friday was seemed way down over last year. Friday night a whole flip chart of Friday games still had openings. On Saturday while looking at scenery on tables I was often asked if I wanted to join in, they had open seats. A friend cancelled his game on Saturday afternoon because he only had one sign up. 10:30am on Satuday was as crowded as 1 pm on Thursday. Which is to say I would not have had much trouble wheeling a shopping cart down the isles. It was spooky! Many speculate it's gas prices. Don't know if we should be concerned about the impact of GZG-ECC. Good seeing you guys! Martin [quoted original message omitted]
From: Paul M. M. Jacobus <paul@o...>
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 08:10:43 -400
Subject: Re: [GZG] Historicon
> Many speculate it's gas prices. Don't know if we should be concerned Oh, I don't think we have to worry about this year's GZG-ECC. Gas prices or no, this is GZG-ECC-X, it's virtually historic. People would walk if they had to. -P. that guy with the long hair and the comic book shirt. no, the other one.