Albany Game Day II: Fun was had by all. Now with pictures.
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LightPhoenix
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Many thanks to both you and Wolf72. I'm a veteran of mass transit, so I shouldn't have a problem making it there. And I walk to and from one of my jobs every day, about a half hour walk each way, so walking isn't a problem either.Welverin said:
Planesdragon
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They were/are an old skool yearly convention, and I do believe that they are still held. (I *think* that they're the ones who are held yearly in Schenecteady. Flights has had ads for it, but I haven't been to ZP enough to see any.)guedo79 said:
I only know two people who got involved in this Iriqouis inspired con, but my impression from it is that the thing is (1) more wargaming than RPG and (2) the RPG is very much RPGAish.
Baron Opal
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Past Glories
That's a real shame. Council of Five Nations was once the northeast's premier gaming convention. Throughout the 80's it steadily grew until about '89-'90 when we topped out at about 2000 attendees. We rented out that ice skating rink on Central in Schenectady, and we rented out some halls at Union College a couple of times. Some smart marketing and schmoozing with other convention managers resulted in the convention doubling in size each year until about '91, I think. I remember there was a major power struggle then in the gaming club that was based out of the Price Chopper Community Center (then the Studio of Bridge and Games). It had major repercussions. Circles of friends were broken and I know of two couples that split up over acrimonious debates. New folks were now in charge. Rather, there were fewer people in charge, but the once who ran the main convention were still in charge of it, so there was little thought of the aftermath by the rank-and-file.
The next two years sucked, majorly. There was some grace after the first; rather than growing, the next convention shrunk by about 10%. Bad, but recoverable. The next year was even worse, and then the attendance just fell. There was an incredible refusal to partake of RPGA events, mostly driven by a hatred of the Living City circle of games. While you can certainly have D&D games without the RPGA, people actually have to write the event and show up to run them. The main problems were poor organization, cancelled games, missing DMs, lost pre-reg packets. Awful. The main money man voiced his concern, and when he looked into the spending practices, the embezzelment was discovered. That pretty much killed it right there.
The last I heard, about the Council from two years ago, there was mostly miniatures and wargamining and there wasn't a D&D book in sight.
Baron Opal
That's a real shame. Council of Five Nations was once the northeast's premier gaming convention. Throughout the 80's it steadily grew until about '89-'90 when we topped out at about 2000 attendees. We rented out that ice skating rink on Central in Schenectady, and we rented out some halls at Union College a couple of times. Some smart marketing and schmoozing with other convention managers resulted in the convention doubling in size each year until about '91, I think. I remember there was a major power struggle then in the gaming club that was based out of the Price Chopper Community Center (then the Studio of Bridge and Games). It had major repercussions. Circles of friends were broken and I know of two couples that split up over acrimonious debates. New folks were now in charge. Rather, there were fewer people in charge, but the once who ran the main convention were still in charge of it, so there was little thought of the aftermath by the rank-and-file.
The next two years sucked, majorly. There was some grace after the first; rather than growing, the next convention shrunk by about 10%. Bad, but recoverable. The next year was even worse, and then the attendance just fell. There was an incredible refusal to partake of RPGA events, mostly driven by a hatred of the Living City circle of games. While you can certainly have D&D games without the RPGA, people actually have to write the event and show up to run them. The main problems were poor organization, cancelled games, missing DMs, lost pre-reg packets. Awful. The main money man voiced his concern, and when he looked into the spending practices, the embezzelment was discovered. That pretty much killed it right there.
The last I heard, about the Council from two years ago, there was mostly miniatures and wargamining and there wasn't a D&D book in sight.
Baron Opal
guedo79
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Ok. Games we have so far:
All Flesh Must Be Eaten run by AO
D&D Planescape "Anarchist's Anarchist" run by Me
D&D "Reliving the Good Old Days." run by AO
OGL Lonewolf run by Scholar
D&D game run by Kevin (last year he ran Slaughter House)
One more game that has to be confirmed before I get any hopes up
Alt(if needed):
Doug D&D game?
Guedo's Improv game
Sign ups will start either August 25th or when I have all 6 solid. We will add more games if we get more people.
All Flesh Must Be Eaten run by AO
D&D Planescape "Anarchist's Anarchist" run by Me
D&D "Reliving the Good Old Days." run by AO
OGL Lonewolf run by Scholar
D&D game run by Kevin (last year he ran Slaughter House)
One more game that has to be confirmed before I get any hopes up
Alt(if needed):
Doug D&D game?
Guedo's Improv game
Sign ups will start either August 25th or when I have all 6 solid. We will add more games if we get more people.
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Ao the Overkitty
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The title for the old heroes game is "Reliving the Good Old Days."
The play tests for both the All Flesh Game and the old heroes game went absolutely great this weekend.
The play tests for both the All Flesh Game and the old heroes game went absolutely great this weekend.
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