West Coast Con (Update)

Greeting Once Again From the West Coast (USA) Con Planning people.

There is good news and so so news

  First the so-so.  We are still trying to decide which place to hold
the convention at. Right now we are talking to one place in Mountain View and
one in San Jose. Orginally we thought that the one in Mountain View would be
better but the manager has raised the price by $1.50 per head and asks for
$300 to $500 minimum for us to have the use his playing area. As you might
expect this has put a damper on our desire to deal with him. Especially since
he started with no minimum deposit and a cheaper price. The place in San Jose
is looking better and better (resonable rate per person per day and no minimum
amount.) We are trying to get a feel for other stuff like places to eat, and
the like with the place in San Jose. We are still talking about this decision.
All this aside, we will be having the con the first weekend in August (July 31
to Aug2)
  The good news.  I have had several people e-mail me and want to run
games (FT, Stargrunt and Dirtside). Being basically sane I said YES. So, as of
right now we have at least two Stargrunt and two Dirtside games in the cue.
There are a mess of FT (orginal rules) and a couple FTII games in the cue. Did
I say mess, I meant a big mess of FT orginal. There are several people here
who have at least five or six scenerios already to go. A couple will need at
least five to six players to run properly. (I help playtest a couple of them).
Presently I am working, going to school, running a FT campaign game, dealing
with moving a church, building rc warships and redoing the kitchen and
bathroom. To say my life is busy is an understatement. I will try and keep
everyone informed as thing move along.