RE: GZG catalog item pics needed

>On Fri, 29 June 2001, Rick Rutherford wrote:
>
>> Really? I would've thought that this would be the height of the game
>> convention season...
>
>Britain differs quite a bit from North America in this regard. They
seem
>to have more shows, but they tend to be smaller. Population density
means
>that a show can run on just a Saturday or just a weekend and be
profitable.
>
>Weather has a lot to do with it. In North America, the weather goes in
>extremes. Much of the US and Canada is just a major pain to navigate
for a
>good chunk of the year. Even when you can get around, you can't rely on
>it. One bad snowstorm could ruin a convention.
>
>Population density is less, so people attend from further away. That
means
>longer travel times, which usually means using up vacation time. In
>Britain, the shows are easier to get to. I think there's also an issue
>with vacation time. Europeans get a lot more vacation as standard than
>North Americans.
>
>This all runs into conventions being big events in North America, with
>gamers scheduling their vacation time around them. In Europe,
particularly
>Britain, conventions are smaller and more frequent, and tend to be
>entertainment for the non-summer months.

That's about it - almost all our shows are one or two day events, and
our
longest drive to any we attend is about 4 to 5 hours. Excluding UK
Gencon
(which isn't a wargames show at all), there is only one show in the
calendar that is residential - all the rest are day-visit events,
usually
open from 10am to about 4pm or so.
July and August are our major holiday months - the schools are off, and
a
lot of businesses have fixed holiday times round about then as well.
The major shows start again in September, with Colours.

Jon (GZG)
>
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