[Forge Midwest 2008] Seeking designer

[jrs]

Saturday afternoon at Forge Midwest, I stopped briefly at a table where a CCG was being played with these really cool hand-drawn cards. I did not stay long, but I checked out some of the cards. I don't remember the designer or game name, and I feel pretty stupid about that.

Who are you and what is the game's name?

Thanks!
Julie

[Ron Edwards]

Hi Julie,

That's William Hessian, who's posted a lot about the game in the Publishing forum. I'm not finding the game's name, actually, although perhaps I missed it among the posts there.

I was kind of bummed not to get a chance to meet William and to check that game out, actually. I guess all the play happened in the other room.

Best, Ron

[jrs]

Thanks Ron. He was in the other room. I looked for him later, but he wasn't around. I think he may have only been there Saturday.

I don't usually care too much about CCG's, but I would consider getting this one simply for the artwork.

Julie

[Valamir]

I played the game on Sunday and Totally Crushed Dave with my wacky monster minions.

I believe the name of it is Riot.  The rules are such that its likely to appeal to people who don't normally care for CCGs.

[Matt-M-McElroy]

I played several games with Wil and talked about playtesting, design and other ideas for a few hours on Saturday.

From those conversations it sounds like the name of the game will be changed to fit the story/setting/rules that he is working on.

Regards,

Matt

[williamhessian]

My CCG game (inexpensive CCG) is currently called Riot (to be re-named later) and thanks to the encouragement from Matt McElroy, I am starting a live journal about my game and its development. Check it out:

http://williamhessian.livejournal.com/

Anyways, Forge Midwest...

I personally had a blast. I was in town for the convention, but made plans to see two bands, meet with relatives and meet with a few friends. Giving me less time that hoped at the actual convention. I do want to boast that the coolest people I met in Madison were those at the convention.

1. Venue- i didnt know what to expect, but I enjoyed the coziness of it all. Even though I felt most comfortable hiding in the back room.

2. Selling Table- Being a starving artist, I was hoping not to spend lots of money, but just knowing that Matt and Willow (who were both great people to meet and test my game with) had items for sale I am now regretting not browsing and picking up some things.

3. Playing my game- I wanted to thank everyone that took the time to try out....and give amazing feedback to my RIOT game. I took a ton of notes, and had CRUTIAL meetings with Matt who spents hours reworking my game mechanics with me, Willow who threw out some very important tweaks that have changed the game dramatically (i also think she was the fastest to learn and understand the rules better than me, which happened in a matter of minutes), and learned a lot from Jason, Valamir, and Nev (Dave) who all played my game and gave me extremely helpful feedback.   

4. Girl Genius - the works: I only played one game, besides my own, since I did come primarily to playtest my game with game experts & enthusiasts. I loved Girl Genuius and will be buying it soon, thanks to Dave for recommending me playing it and to Willow for having it and playing it with Kelsey and myself. 

5. Other games- Being my first gaming convention such as this, I would like to attend another in hopes of playing more games. I have never played RPG based games but found myself drowling over the game of Mountain witch that was taking place. I was an interest spectator for a good hour. While I know my lack of experience in such games makes me a little uneasy about joining a game, they look like a lot of fun. I also want to try out the Racing Car board game (i have no idea what it was called) that was taking place in the back room. I would have enjoyed playing Puetro Rico also, as it is one of my favorites. 

And Ron, cute babies! And from what I overheard of your 'too-revealing conversation' i agree with you completely.

Thanks to everyone that set it up. You were all a blast to meet, and I look forward to the next one.

William

[williamhessian]

haha. forum newbie mistake. some how i thought this thread was attached to the forum midwest afterthought thread, and also have no idea how to edit my own posts. so please ignore everything under my livejournal link, until Ron or another moderator saves me from my forum shame.

thanks
william

[Valamir]

William, the racing game was Grand Prix.

It came out in 1995 and is still available from Mayfair, which says something about how good it is.

[williamhessian]

ahh yes. grand prix.  that looked fun, i liked the bidding aspect a lot. thanks Valamir.

btw you have a flawless 1-0 lifetime Riot CCG record. which is pretty respectable in these parts.