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PAX East: DM D&D for WotC, get a free badge and/or hotel room!
My old friend Willi Burger is the RPGA coordinator for PAX East (Boston, April 6-8.) He's looking for as many D&D judges as he can find. I know I'll be running stuff for him. Come join me!
To volunteer, email Willi at rpgamarshal at aol dot com.
From his judge recruitment email:
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Originally Posted by RPGA Marshal
We're looking for judges for PAX East, April 6-8, 2012.
We always get more gamers than we can handle at PAX East and are looking to get every judge lined up that we can. Both three day badges (12 hours minimum) and rooms (24 hours minimum) are available.
If you would like to judge (we'd love to have you!) please let me know what you would like to judge, when, and whether or not you will need a room.
D&D Board Game Open Play - Friday & Saturday 11 am, 1 pm, 3 pm, 5 pm, 7 pm, 9 pm; Sunday 11 am, 1 pm, 3 pm
New and Experienced D&D Players - Rise of the Underdark: The Sun Never Rises
This short adventure is designed to introduce the players to the threat presented in the War of the Spider Queen D&D Encounters season. Players who complete this adventure have a chance to gain some benefits that they can carry over to the characters they play in the new D&D Encounters season. - Friday & Saturday 11 am, 1 pm, 3 pm, 5 pm, 7 pm, 9 pm; Sunday 11 am, 1 pm, 3 pm
D&D Convention Delve: Lair of the Dread Witch - Friday 11 am – 11 pm; Saturday 11 am – 11 pm; Sunday 11 am – 4 pm
So tempting! I wish there were a way I could get from Colorado to Boston easily; not this year, unfortunately.
__________________ Check out my blog, Online Dungeon Master, for maps and tips for running online games (especially in MapTool). Also, running in-person games with a laptop and projector.
It's a tremendously fun convention. Last year I volunteered on-site to run a game, but I'm being more organized this year. It's also a great chance to teach new people how to play. You almost never have that chance, and it's something I love.
In case anyone isn't aware, Willi is part of the Baldman Games crew, and its his team that makes up a chunk of the organization for PAX East's D&D games; if you've ever been to DDXP, Origins, or the Sagamore Ballroom at Gen Con, you've seen Baldman Games at work and they run a pretty tight ship. PAX attendees are (arguably) even easier to please, as they are quite used to waiting in lines, so it's a great low-stress event to interface with open Organized Play at.
If I wasn't already a PAX Enforcer, I would definitely sign up for this!
I'm defiantly signing up. I sat thru lines to play last year and not doing so to get some D&D on sounds good.
However I'm not positive I know were to ask. I sent a Email off to RPGAMarshal
@AO l.com as was indicated to do last year but I can't find a similar page for this years PAX EAST.
Hey PirateCat, I shot him an e-mail about it yesterday, haven't heard anything either. Was also from my Gmail, so the spam issue Lucek mentioned might be the issue...
a general sort of question to anyone who have done this before....
i've never been to a Con -- would it be overwhelming as my first Con experience to run games _and_ try and take in "the con experience" ?
and based on above comments, it sounds like it is a lower stress sort of crowd than other cons... is that an accurate assessment from your experiences?
i have been to local things, like LFR and even a DMed for a D&D Encounters session before to a bunch of newbies. But I seem to keep running in to the "loud obnoxious gamer' types which really just ruins the fun for me. so trying to decide how big of a gamble i would be making.
if this would derail the thread, feel free to PM me so as to not derail the thread too much.
Nobody can really make that call for you, as we don't know your limits for sensory or social absorption, but I would say that if you're already accustomed to running 4e in general terms you'd be fine. Judging from the summary of events none of them are particularly complicated, and you'll still get some free time to experience the rest of PAX (or not; your choice, of course).
I can't guarantee that you won't run into the "loud obnoxious gamer" type of person, but the vast, VAST majority of people at PAX are friendly and easy to get along with. I have only ever had issues with two people there in the three shows I've attended, and it wasn't because they were mean or like the type of person you describe, but rather that they just weren't open to being outwardly friendly or conversational.
I can offer with near absolute certainty that you'll have a great time and make some new friends. People at PAX aren't strangers; they're 30,000 friends that you just haven't met yet! Just remember that they're all there because they love gaming as much as you do and it's a breeze
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