Akron Gaming Weekend -- would anyone show?

[TheLe]

Now that I have been to my first (mini) Con, I love it. Really, it was alot of fun.

Was thinking about having my own gaming weekend con in Akron.

I was thinking a 3-day event at a hotel somewhere. I would cover some of the costs myself, and get some sponsors.

No retailers, just games, seminars, and 2 or 3 big rooms reserved for the weekend.

I am still in the pre-pre-planning stages. Not sure if I can even pull it off.

I could use some advice. Would would I need to do to make it successful? How much would people be willing to pay (at door and prepay) for such an event?

I imagine that one of my first steps is to secure some GMs for games?

~Le

 

[Crothian]

I think it would be tough to do. You'd have to figure out costs and then figure out how many people to expect, what to charge to hpoefully break even. A lot of Ohio people I know goto one con a year, and that's usually Marcon or Origins.

 

[derbacher]

Having been to (or about to go to) two smaller cons in the past two months, the general rate seems to be a $20 badge fee. One con (SibCon in Butler,PA, run by the Circle of Swords gaming group) charged $1 per event over the badge fee. The second (GaspCon, this weekend in Pittsburgh, PA) does not charge a per event fee. Both offered a good mix of D&D, D20, and other RPG systems. GaspCon has table and other board games as well.

I would be thrilled to attend a gameday in Canton where gaming was the focus. (I passed on Con on the Cob because the games just weren't organized.) I'd also volunteer to GM games (D&D, RPGA or not, Eberron, Living Greyhawk, whatever, or M&M). I have a blast running games at cons and meeting new tables of players. Maybe we can set up a table or two of "Unorthodox Games", using pre-gen characters from your unorthodox series!

 

[TheLe]

Having been to (or about to go to) two smaller cons in the past two months, the general rate seems to be a $20 badge fee. One con (SibCon in Butler,PA, run by the Circle of Swords gaming group) charged $1 per event over the badge fee. The second (GaspCon, this weekend in Pittsburgh, PA) does not charge a per event fee. Both offered a good mix of D&D, D20, and other RPG systems. GaspCon has table and other board games as well.

I would be thrilled to attend a gameday in Canton where gaming was the focus. (I passed on Con on the Cob because the games just weren't organized.) I'd also volunteer to GM games (D&D, RPGA or not, Eberron, Living Greyhawk, whatever, or M&M). I have a blast running games at cons and meeting new tables of players. Maybe we can set up a table or two of "Unorthodox Games", using pre-gen characters from your unorthodox series!

Well, I may talk to Andy Hopp to see about getting a more organized "gaming" convention going. I would not be opposed to Canton, but I would prefer Akron.

I think Akron needs a con.

$20 is too high in my opinion. I would shoot for $5 or $10. Do people really pay $20??

`Le

 

[Enkhidu]

I haven't yet seen the magic words in this thread: Ohio Gameday.

 

[Joshua Randall]

You need retailers. Not only to make back some money, but to draw in more people.

 

[IronWolf]

I wouldn't make it, but that's because I fall into the two cons per year category - Origins and Gen Con. I would try to make a close Ohio Game Day (read one held in Columbus) if my schedule allowed it.

 

[TheLe]

You need retailers. Not only to make back some money, but to draw in more people.

Why? The promise of a dozen gaming sessions is not enough?

How about a "World's Largest Dungeon" con?

`Le

 

[jefgorbach]

Its been awhile since I attended but doesnt the University of Akrons gaming group still host the spring con? (for that matter does the UoA still having a gaming group?)

 

[fett527]

I'd also rather go back to trying to plan an Ohio Gameday. A 3-day type of event is just not gonna happen for me.