Re: FT at Origins, or lack of

>From: krs@geohex.com
>
>I received NO requests for prize support from anyone for
>Origins.  We haven't attended the show in the last few
>years due to low turnout, VERY poor sales, and very high
>cost.	I was fortunate that Fortress Games, one of my
>wholesale accounts, wanted to represent us at the show
>otherwise we would have had no presence at all.

Yes, Fortress Games was the ones, nice people.
(but everyone that I talked to at any booths were nice people <G>)

>My feeling is that the card events overshadow everything
>else at that show, and miniaturists are few and far
>between.  We used to do very well at Origins when the
>show had less of a focus on card games.

I saw many miniature games, but not too many people at
each game.  They had the miniature games upstairs and
out of sight.  Someone on the shuttle back to the
airport said he never saw them and had wanted to (those
terrain set ups are great to look at).

Maybe Historicon has taken a lot of the miniaturists, also?

Also, B5 Wars ran demos in the Breezeway, a windowed hallway 
between the hotel and convention center - both had events, which 
attracted a few people and where I watched a game.

>If you are planning to attend Origins next year and wish
>to run some events I would be happy to sponsor you.
>
>KR, Geo-Hex
 
I'll keep that in mind.  I've commented to others that I might have
more fun if I ran events, that way I know I get to play what
I want to play and cannot blame the GM for not being there. :)
My main problem would be the transportation of miniatures.

Maybe run a demo game Thursday and Friday mornings with
main events in the afternoons and Sat./Sun.

Sunday seems to be a bad day to do anything.  Most everyone
is packing to go home and don't care to lug their baggage
around due to the noon checkout time.  I missed the FT game
at Sunday noon cause I had to leave at 2 for the airport.
I didn't bother looking for it since I figured it wasn't being run
just like the other ones.

Glen