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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Carl Stanford" data-source="post: 871477" data-attributes="member: 10901">I am one of the organisers of the international EuroGT (<a href="http://www.eurogt.org" target="_blank">www.eurogt.org</a>) and let me tell you that language and distance are barriers.At the EuroGT we have an attendance of around 40 people, coming from Sweden, UK, Germany, Switserland and of course the Netherlands. Only 40 people while Warhammer Fantasy Battle is very popular in Europe, probably more popular than RPGs.People from France, Italy or Spain don´t attend because they feel language is a barrier, as they don´t speak English very well (or at least they think that) and they certainly don´t speak any Dutch.Also, distance is a barrier as European airlinetickets are very expensive compared to US domestic flights. People are also not used travelling 7 hours by car to go to a convention.I have been to GenCon Europe when it was held in Belgium and it was just as bad, or even worse, as GenCon UK this year.In the Netherlands we have only one game convention, namely The Mega Gaming Days and even that convention is struggling, focussing much more on traditional board games then roleplaying games.So, GenCon Europe in Amsterdam might work but the organizers have to create a whole new market almost from scratch. Also, they need to come up with a solution to lower the language and distance barriers, mainly for the French, Spanish and Italian players.</blockquote>