NC Game Day XX! October 3rd

[Rel]

TWENTY?! We're having our twentieth NC Game Day!? Unbelieveable!

Since attendance for GenCon was down this year among the ENW/CM gang it looks like some folks are making up for it by attending the fall Game Day this year so it should be a great time. I'm certainly looking forward to it!

Our official website can be found HERE. Here is some important info that you need to know, especially if this is your first time attending:

To schedule a game, the following must happen in order:

1) You must register on this site, and request to be a GM. If you were a GM on a previous Game Day, you should still be a GM on future Game Days, so go to step 3.

2) An admin (Rel or Morgenes) approves you as a GM. *

3) You submit your event (My Events -> Submit), filling out the required fields and submitting it.

4) An admin reviews and accepts the event, and assigns it to a table.


Important: Right now we are only taking submissions for GM's to run games. If you're going to run a game send it in as soon as possible. Players can take a couple weeks to look over their options. At 5PM on Friday, September 18th we will open up registration for players to sign up for these games. We will continue to take submissions for games after this but there is a good chance that folks will already have signed up for stuff so the sooner you get it in, the better your chances of having players.

If you want folks to be able to sign up for your game in advance, use Open Game as the "Game Type".

The "slots" on Saturday are 5 hours long and run from 9 AM - 2:00 PM and 3:00 PM to 8:00 PM. When you submit your event, you probably want the start and end times to line up with those slots so that it doesn't interfere with other games your players might want to play.

The additional notes field is so you can tell the administrators about any special needs you might have, like a certain size or shape of table, or power needs.

If you have previously registered at the NC Game Day site then you don't have to do that part. If you've previously run a game at NC Game Day then you don't need to register as a GM. All you have to do at that point is submit your game and have it approved and slotted.

Questions? Post them here. I haven't arranged a block of rooms this time like we did in April but I can probably do that if there are enough people who need them. Let me know your thoughts on that.

*One wrinkle with requests to be new GMs: We have suddenly had a HUGE spam problem at the site over a THOUSAND spam GM requests have come in. If you are a first-time GM this Game Day, please post that you are making such a request along with whatever username you are using at the site so that I can make sure your request gets approved. If you don't get approved within a day or two, let me know and I'll check it again.

Finally don't miss the various social event that will be happening in the evenings. We'll most likely do the party at my place on Friday and dinner out on Saturday this time around. But that has yet to be firmed up so stay tuned.

 

[Rel]

Bump!

 

[Mark Causey]

So~ anybody gonna be able to make this?

 

[Psion]

So~ anybody gonna be able to make this?

Barring some scheduling calamity, I'll be there.

 

[Hadrian the Builder]

Is the party open to everyone who participates, or just GM's?

 

[Rel]

Is the party open to everyone who participates, or just GM's?

I'm not sure I understand the question.

Right now we're taking submissions for games from GMs. On Friday these games will open for player signup.

If by "party" you mean the social gatherings then they are open to everybody, whether player, GM or spectator.

 

[Hadrian the Builder]

I just meant the social gatherings. Also, having never participated in the NC Gameday, are you only looking for RPG GM's or are you also looking for voluteers who can bring (and be responsible for) setting up games like Settlers of Catan?
Also, are there typically RPGA events at the Gameday?

 

[Rel]

Ah. Yes the social gatherings are open to all. In fact I strongly encourage people to attend them since I view the NC Game Days as at least as much of a social event as a gaming event. I've made some wonderful friends as a result and I love just getting time to hang out with everybody when we're not gaming.

Plus we eat lots of corndogs.

In addition to the RPGs there is usually an entire room usually set up with boardgames going on. However that isn't guaranteed since the people who bring those board games may or may not show up. But if you wish to bring some then there is plenty of space for it.

In the early days of the NC Game Day there were groups that came to run RPGA events but they haven't been around much for the last 2-3 years. Again, if you want to run an RPGA event then there is plenty of space to do so and you'd be welcome.

Historically our fall NCGD is compartively lightly attended since many people "just" got back from GenCon. This year it looks like we're going to have a decent turnout. I'm guessing maybe 20-30 people but it always varies. The winter NCGD tends to be a bit larger than that and the spring NCGD in April is our big two-day event that draws a big crowd from all over the country.

 

[Mark Causey]

I have to check with my wife, but if I'm free for that day I think I'll run a Risus game of Shadows Over Mystara, my favorite D&D arcade game. New surprises and old graphics guaranteed!

 

[RyvenCedrylle]

ooh ooh! I missed it last year. This and MACE.. grr.. I've got half a mind to run a Dogs in the Vineyard game - not that I've ever played it myself, but I think I could totally do it anyway.

Also - if anyone is going to run Burning Wheel or Mouse Guard, let me know - I'd like to try that too.