Another T-shirt Idea

Though I love Farragut (anyone with Glasgow as a middle name can't be
all bad) and the bastardized
"Damn The Pulse Torpedos! Full Thrust NOW!" as a tagline (catchy! plus
wargamers will know the reference at least vaguely),
I have another thought:

A Con shirt.

By that, I mean we put the generic quote/logo on the front. On the back,
we feature a number of text entries next to check boxes.

GZG-ECC I (98)
GZG-ECC II (99)
GZG-ECC III Y2K (00)
GZG-ECC IV 01 (First of the Millenia)
etc (insert other events that should be on the list)

etc. We did this for a large project team at work. The idea being you
could check off the parts you went to. It worked pretty well.

Also, I think this adds "date/event" specific linkage without tying the
shirts to this particular event - a danger if you have to order some
minimum number. Make it something that can sell to non-attending gamers,
or next year at the con, and you have a more viable design.

As for evangelism, I just ran an SG2 event at Autumn Assault in November
(have the AAR half written and all the maps drawn) and am conducting an
intro to FT FB for two guys at work this weekend (with Tom M) - New
French Republic meets the NI (why not I says?). And of course, preaching
to the converted, 'Los and I will be running a whompin' big scenario at
GZG ECC - 5 or 6 tables put together and several hundred figs and a
bunch of vehicles. So... that'll keep me busy till post February. :)

So far, since taking up this game, I've added 3 solid FT players, and
another two or three part time ones, who also sometimes double into the
SG2 world. So that's not too bad... ! :) (and no, I'm not looking for a
hero cookie!)

The point remains, we should take advantage of the last year of this
Millenia (2000) to try very hard to demo FT and SG2 and DS2 at as many
public events as possible. The larger the gamer base, the more work we
force Jon, his lackeys, assistants, and sculptors to do! :)