Back fron GTS!!!

[MEG Hal]

After a 4 hour wait in the airport i arrived in Vegas around 12:30 am PST. Now most would say got to bed and get ready for a crazy few days but when we all get together it does not work that way. It was crazt, it seemed we had double the people from last year. I heard it was up 30-50%--WizKids had a drop ship and it was very big, and very cool. It was so busy I barely had time to run by everyones booths. GR got a slew of Origins nominations (congrats) and fun was had by all (except for the war, we were glued to the TV for a bit).

Highlights in no particular order:
Hard Rock dinner with Jim Butler
Dinner with a crew of people and where we decided to pretend Alex (Mongoose) was from France, and he also had "desert issues", it was funny if you where there.
Breakfast with AV from WoTC
Breakfast with Monte and Sue Cook, I love those guys!
Getting all the positive feedback on our books
Meeting new publishers and retailers
Seeing all the great new product from all of us--some highlights was Living Imagination, Troll Lords, OWC, seeing Armageddon 2089-Total war in person (by Mogoose, it is a BEAUTIFUL book)
Seeing Ed S from WoTC and Stan -Game Mechanics again
Meeting Andy Collins and Gwendolyn Kestrel for the first time
Seeing The Sigil for the first time
And working on some awesome deals for MEG to be even bigger and blink more in 2004!
Seeing all my friends whom I do not see enough of
Darkfuries coming over and giving me a compliment
An unknown female (ok, I know her) saying how cute I was---the husband was with her so it was all good(they know who they are
Basic overall goofiness with my pallies to numerous to mention
Meeting and enjoying hanging with the West Coast half of Necromancer Games, Bill W


Lows in no particular order:
Not sleeping enough (been up over 24, but wanted to post before I went to sleep)
Realizing that you need pants to get into GTS
No one new how big this show was so publisher freebies were tough this year
Losing money--again!
Falling alseep within 10 minutes of LoTR: TT on our hotel room TV (Gandalf and the Balrog were falling, next thing I knew I was getting yelled at for snoring)
Not getting one of those D&D 3.5 briefcases


Overall it was a very good show and you will hear about pieces fo it over the next 6 months or so.

Thanks all in making my GTS 2003 show a personal success.

 

[kingpaul]

Glad you had fun Hal. Now, the big question, will I be able to hara...err...see you at Origins this year?

 

[Darke]

Thnaks all in making my GTS 2004 show a personal success.

2004?

whoooa, you're fast!

das Darke

 

[kingpaul]

Re: Re: Back fron GTS!!!

2004?

whoooa, you're fast!

Either that or

• sleep deprived or
• somehow has created time travel

 

[The Sigil]

Highlights in no particular order:
...
Seeing The Sigil for the first time
...
And working on some awesome deals for MEG to be even bigger and blink more in 2004!

It was good to be seen, believe me. Hal's a lot of fun and a great guy... even if he DID have to wear pants to get in.

And you really ought to hurry up and announce some of those deals, Hal.

--The Sigil

 

[MEG Hal]

Re: Re: Re: Back fron GTS!!!

Either that or

• sleep deprived or
• somehow has created time travel

For sure A--working on B.

 

[MEG Hal]

Re: Re: Back fron GTS!!!

2004?

whoooa, you're fast!

das Darke

Fixed, did not want to wait until after I slept--and it showed.

 

[MEG Hal]

Re: Re: Back fron GTS!!!

It was good to be seen, believe me. Hal's a lot of fun and a great guy... even if he DID have to wear pants to get in.

And you really ought to hurry up and announce some of those deals, Hal.

--The Sigil

Need to cross T's and dot I's but we we know for sure you will know for sure thanks Spencer.

 

[RangerWickett]

One of my friends, an aspiring game designer, said that he went by you guys's booth and said hi, because he recognized Wild Spellcraft. I hope he bought something, but I think he was just giving out business cards. Do you recall meeting a Zach Anderson?

Dang, it sounds like it was fun. This was GAMA, right? I don't know for certain, because it doesn't get enough publicity to keep it straight from everything else. *sheepish grin*

 

[MEG Hal]

One of my friends, an aspiring game designer, said that he went by you guys's booth and said hi, because he recognized Wild Spellcraft. I hope he bought something, but I think he was just giving out business cards. Do you recall meeting a Zach Anderson?

Dang, it sounds like it was fun. This was GAMA, right? I don't know for certain, because it doesn't get enough publicity to keep it straight from everything else. *sheepish grin*

Yes Zach came by and he asked some good questions and we talked a bit, he was floored seeing your name on the cover of a book .

GTS is GAMA I just state it as GTS since now GAMA also bought Origins it is easier to identify. And I may have given him a copy, at this show you give stuff away no sales, it is all for retailers and distributors. So the sales will hopefully be coming every month rather then at the show .

I can not remember if he got a copy, I just remember him stopping, looking at the cover and then asking some interview like questions, he is interested in breaking in the business and I hope I gave him an honest yet informative view on that subject.