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<blockquote data-quote="lud" data-source="post: 4967219" data-attributes="member: 59402"><p>Intro, the question is at the bottom...</p><p></p><p>I am just walking out of a local gaming convention, nice people, nice staff. I had a very nice day (I attended only the Sunday out of the 2 1/2 days convention)</p><p></p><p>... but we were only about 40 - 50 peoples...2/3 of them playing RPGs the other third on board games.</p><p></p><p>A few observations:</p><p></p><p>Location: </p><p></p><p>i. In one of the 10 largest cities in the US/Canada</p><p></p><p>ii. Was held in an hotel downtown less than a 5 minutes walk from 2 metro lines (subway) and close to free parking</p><p></p><p>Date:</p><p></p><p>iii. Mid October, no holidays, not in the middle of "vacation season", middle of school semester...</p><p></p><p>Cost:</p><p></p><p>iv. Cost per day is the same as a movie ticket</p><p></p><p>Web Presence:</p><p></p><p>v. Convention has a web site, forum and was making use of Warhorn...</p><p></p><p>Game selection:</p><p></p><p>vi. LFR (DnD4), Pathfinder, board game competition, an a variety of other RPG were on the schedule</p><p></p><p>Language:</p><p></p><p>Tricky part here, yes one of the 10 largest city in the US/Canada is in a region where more than 50% of the people speak the other official language of North America beside Spanish and English : French...</p><p></p><p>This could be an issue, but if I take DnD 4th edition as an example:</p><p></p><p>The books are translated almost as they come out in English, there is still a printed version of Dragon in French, even some of the setting originating from France have been upgrade to 4th edition (Sub note: The roleplaying industry in France probably generated as much material as the US one since the 80s...)</p><p></p><p>Game were availalble both in English and French, some were actualy bilingual... </p><p></p><p>So I'll assume for now that language is not the key factor...maybe I am completly wrong...</p><p></p><p>So, I am asking myself why only 40-50 people? Do so few people play board games or rpg?</p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange">The main questions:</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange">How many people in the US/Canada have played a pen and paper roleplaying game at least once in the last year and plan to play again in the future?</span></p><p></p><p>Basically, how big is the pool of people to start with?</p><p></p><p>From there a few follow-ups come to mind:</p><p></p><p>What % of those players would be interested in going to a convention? (Those not in the "I know I really don't care" group)</p><p></p><p>Otherwise, if they are not at the convention, why? (Don't know about it, too expensive, ...?)</p><p></p><p>What do you think?</p><p></p><p>Lud</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lud, post: 4967219, member: 59402"] Intro, the question is at the bottom... I am just walking out of a local gaming convention, nice people, nice staff. I had a very nice day (I attended only the Sunday out of the 2 1/2 days convention) ... but we were only about 40 - 50 peoples...2/3 of them playing RPGs the other third on board games. A few observations: Location: i. In one of the 10 largest cities in the US/Canada ii. Was held in an hotel downtown less than a 5 minutes walk from 2 metro lines (subway) and close to free parking Date: iii. Mid October, no holidays, not in the middle of "vacation season", middle of school semester... Cost: iv. Cost per day is the same as a movie ticket Web Presence: v. Convention has a web site, forum and was making use of Warhorn... Game selection: vi. LFR (DnD4), Pathfinder, board game competition, an a variety of other RPG were on the schedule Language: Tricky part here, yes one of the 10 largest city in the US/Canada is in a region where more than 50% of the people speak the other official language of North America beside Spanish and English : French... This could be an issue, but if I take DnD 4th edition as an example: The books are translated almost as they come out in English, there is still a printed version of Dragon in French, even some of the setting originating from France have been upgrade to 4th edition (Sub note: The roleplaying industry in France probably generated as much material as the US one since the 80s...) Game were availalble both in English and French, some were actualy bilingual... So I'll assume for now that language is not the key factor...maybe I am completly wrong... So, I am asking myself why only 40-50 people? Do so few people play board games or rpg? [COLOR=DarkOrange]The main questions: How many people in the US/Canada have played a pen and paper roleplaying game at least once in the last year and plan to play again in the future?[/COLOR] Basically, how big is the pool of people to start with? From there a few follow-ups come to mind: What % of those players would be interested in going to a convention? (Those not in the "I know I really don't care" group) Otherwise, if they are not at the convention, why? (Don't know about it, too expensive, ...?) What do you think? Lud [/QUOTE]
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