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The best option would be the one where the most people will visit the museum.
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We don’t want to put it somewhere completely unconnected to the game, though.
We would be happy to consider somewhere in the NE US if there was a connection to the game.
As for the draw, Wikipedia says that approximately 20 million people have played D&D. Most of them remember it fondly, and would love to re-capture a piece of their youth.
But, it’s an hour and a half from Chicago, an hour from Milwaukee, and gamers from as far away as Minneapolis and even Indianapolis could make a day trip of a visit to the museum. There are positives and negatives to each location, and we’re just trying to make sure that everyone sees all sides…As an example, Lake Geneva is an hour and a half out of Chicago.
Well, tourist-wise, it IS the home of GenCon. As for population, it’s less than a day’s trip from St. Louis, Columbus, Chicago, Detroit, Louisville, Nashville, etc, etc.Indianapolis has very little going for it population-wise or tourist-wise.
To address your thoughts: one attraction amongst hundreds is absolutely true, but we’re unlikely to appeal to the same crowd as, say, airboat rides in the Everglades. Hurricanes can be prepared for to minimize losses, and they almost always give days or weeks notice. There is a very strong connection to D&D – Dave Arneson, co-creator of D&D, taught game designing (based in large part on his work with D&D) at Full Sail University for 20 years in the Orlando area.Florida has it's own set of issues (not centrally located, one attraction amongst hundreds, hurricane area, no connections either).
There is a very strong 3rd- and 4th-edition connection here, and it’s a large city in its own right with a decent tourist flow. In fact, an online contact in Sweden said that of the 4 locations we’re considering for the museum, it’s the one he’s most likely to get to.Renton is probably the last place you should pick.
Which is why we want to appeal to those who remember it fondly. We want to remind them how much fun they had. Maybe they get back into the hobby, maybe they just have a fun few hours at the museum… but it keeps the game alive in their minds and in the world.… the hobby is shrinking. Gaming stores have closed. I know of a lot of former D&D gamers who do not game anymore because of life, or who do not play D&D anymore because of other RPGs or other easier hobbies (like MMOs).
Well, tourist-wise, it IS the home of GenCon. As for population, it’s less than a day’s trip from St. Louis, Columbus, Chicago, Detroit, Louisville, Nashville, etc, etc.
There is a very strong 3rd- and 4th-edition connection here, and it’s a large city in its own right with a decent tourist flow. In fact, an online contact in Sweden said that of the 4 locations we’re considering for the museum, it’s the one he’s most likely to get to.
Huh? If one is going that way, sure. I've been there exactly twice in my life, both of them as moving trips as I passed through the area with a Penski truck.
I've been there four times, and I live on a different continent to you. For me, if it's not where Gen Con is, I'll never go. I'm certainly not going to make a transatlantic trip just for a museum - it has to be where something bigger I'm already doing is.
But non-US visitors like me probably shouldn't be considered too heavily. The odds are we won't go to it wherever it is in the US.
The gaming community is large and creative, and there's still time for some attention-grabbing stretch goals. Some neat perks donated by interested parties.