First, I would like to thank Matt for organizing the gameday and to Curt and the
GREAT people at Games Plus for being wonderful hosts.
Curt, I enjoyed the miniatures event with you, Nazriel, and the Esteeme Ejja_1. It was interesting, and I am tempted to get the Miniatures Rulebook.
Trev, do not berate your DMing skills. I have seen MUCH worse at larger events. I had a good time, and enjoyed the chance to roleplay a little with the townspeople, while trying to eliminate our opponents. When you get a chance, can you post some of the photos you took at the Gameday?
Joe G. Kushner: I am sorry you did not enjoy yourself at the Gameday. Maybe we should have left more events open, even when there were few players signed up. We always have a fair amount of walk -ins.
Joshua Dyal wrote:
If it were up to me (and it's not, but this is my advice from organizing a similar event) I'd say no to very many (or even any) open games. It's not hard to sign up in advance, and it makes it phenomenally easier for the organizers.
I tend to agree, as a DM should have some idea how many people may play in an event. I have run a few events at EN World Gamedays, and I was able to incorporate walk-ins by just making a few extra characters in advance. Preparation is important to me as a DM. I think it is easier to prepare for an event where people preregister than just have an unknown number of people show up for an event.
Perhaps it might be a good idea to avoid as many event cancellations as occurred this last time. Do we know how many walk-ins we got during the Gameday? There may well have been a few other people who came and left. This is NOT something I want to see at Gamedays.