Forge @ GenCon SoCal 2006

[Josh Roby]

Oh, and "I'm in" means "Me, my wife, and probably my two brothers and maybe my sister in law" in terms of bodies available to be booth monkeys.

[Justin D. Jacobson]

Might I suggest running "Smorgasbord" or "Speed Gaming" events, especially in the first couple days of the con, where people can play six games in a three-hour slot, and come away with a flyer listing off, "This is what you played, here's a short description to remind you, it's available at the Forge Booth for $X."

This is a great idea--even for Indy. Allow me to refine. You could run scheduled events of one-hour demos of three related games. For example: Indie Superhero Block (Capes, WGP, and something I'm forgetting), Indie Sci-Fi Block (Burning Empires, Dawning Star, Shock), etc. You could even have blocks by game elements and not just color, e.g., a narrativist block, a GMless block, etc.

Clinton, If I were able to come out for the first two days, would that fly?

[Clinton R. Nixon]

Clinton, If I were able to come out for the first two days, would that fly?

That will fly great, especially since I will personally represent your stuff after that.

- Clinton

[Josh Roby]

So how many confirmed do we have?  How many do we need?  By when?

[Iskander]

I'm working out being there to represent IPR, pending details of how much time off I'll get from my new job. If I'm really lucky I'll be able to wangle a business trip to Mountain View to cover part of the cost. Brennan and I will get back here as soon as we've figured our shit out.

[Jake Richmond]

I'd like to come with Panty Explosion. What are we looking at cost wise? And will anyone share a room with me?



Jake

[Jake Richmond]

Hmm, actually looks like I have my room problem taken care of. So, what are we looking at cost wise per participant?

[Gordon C. Landis]

Clinton,

I can commit to being there, as a person (attendee/demoer/whatever).  As a publisher - are we taking similar buy-in numbers as the Indy booth?  If so, I can do that.   

Gordon

[Clinton R. Nixon]

Clinton,

I can commit to being there, as a person (attendee/demoer/whatever).  As a publisher - are we taking similar buy-in numbers as the Indy booth?  If so, I can do that.   

Gordon

Gordon,

Luke, IPR, Justin, and I are talking it out right now, but yes.

[okiran]

Hi y'all,
     I planned to attend SoCal this year but have found a distinct lack of indie game events scheduled (no offence to Panty Explotion, just not my kind of game).  If y'all have a booth and demos running I'll definitely stop by and spend some time (and perchance, money).  So, what I really want to know, are y'all going to have a booth or not?  Thanks!

[Justin D. Jacobson]

Short answer: Yes, we are having a booth.

I can't speak for Clinton, Luke, et al., but: I'd love to do schedule games, but I'm only out there for two days and I know the booth is a little short-staffed to begin with. So, I'm planning on concentrating on in-booth demos. However, since there won't be the congestion found at GC Indy, I expect these could be slightly longer and more in-depth. We'll see.

[Luke]

I just checked the schedule. We have games, seminars and other events scheduled. Look for FORGE SoCal in the event listing.

-L

[okiran]

I found the SoCal Forge games in the events catalog.  But the only Full Light, Full Steam game w/ any open slots left (pirates) is the only w/ a senario I'm not interested in playing.  Damn.  Should of bought my badge sooner.

[Luke]

That's a shame. But often times when I'm at a convention keeping an open mind and playing in a game I'm not certain I'm interested is a great entry point to meeting new people and finding out about other games I am interested in.

At the very least, stop by the booth. We will be running demos.
-L

[Josh Roby]

Okay, everything is filling up?  I feel less weirded.

If anybody can explain to me why one FLFS game has no takers and the other three are full, though, I'd appreciate it, cause I'm stumped.