Thanks for the coments, Charles. I think this would be a commonly held view amongst gamers who have access to regualr campaigns. But there are a lot of gamers out there, perhaps beyond the advertising net thorwn by most cons, or, like myself, who have moved to the wilds of Kerry, who may wna the campaign experience at an event to which they are able and wiling to travl and attend.
________________________________ From: jackothemorn <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, 7 April, 2010 18:36:16 Subject: Re: [irish gaming] Mini campaigns at cons --- In igam...@yahoogroups .com, Nick Huggins <ksha...@... > wrote: I remember a sentiment of "if I don't intend to experience the whole > story I won't book > into a small part of it." > > Nick. Pretty much my sentiments. With an emphatic "No, thank you but no." While us Galway folk do sell the likes of Itzacon as a con for games and gaming over and above the social peripherals that come with all cons (Pubquiz, chats, a few drinks and catching up) I wouldn't recommend that they or any existing con do this without being left with the possibility of either no or too few sign ups or splitting the vote on their actual RPG timetable. And as someone who in the past has gm'd every single slot of a convention more than once, I relish the thought, to paraphrase Nick, of being stuck with the same folk for three days. I campaign outside cons. I run games for who I want as my players, I play with who I like and so on. Cons aren't about this, never have been. Triways and Trilogys aside, this is the domain of larping. Larping requires a different sort of concentration than TT, it is more conducive to pauses and coasting without losing its focus. If I get a chance to fit in a game of In Nomine, Cthulhu and Continuum in one day at a con I'll take it rather than a full day of any of them. Variety is the spice of life. Charles. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
