Re: Worried about GenCon.

On Thu, 5 Feb 1998, Ground Zero Games wrote:

> Well, over here EuroGenCon is our only sizeable RPG show, but we have
a
> load of wargame shows of varying sizes. EGC is usually around
1500-2000
> attendees, 

Interesting... the Finnish RopeCon (http://www.hut.fi/~ropecon --
hmmm... 
it seems the English info pages are not up yet) rates about 1000-1500
(for
a three-day period), and it still seems to be growing. Then again, it's
the only con we have... 

> Our smaller shows are usually 300-500 people, but the stands tend to
only
> cost £20 - £50 and we can still take a proportionate amount per head
of
> customers.

When I was running Finnish Roleplayers' Association (89-92 or so),
50-100 
was a good attendance. Things have definitely exploded since.

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