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<blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 1440258" data-attributes="member: 99">I guess I'm to blame for the NC Game Days.We don't play at a game store.&nbsp; We have been using space at a local university student center.&nbsp; We're able to obtain this space for free thanks to some of our attendees being students there and we are now solidifying ties to a student organization that will be able to obtain this space on an ongoing basis.You can go look at any of the NC Game Day threads to see how we organized things for the first three iterations.&nbsp; Last time, at NCGDIII, we hooked up with the folks involved with a local con and established a relationship with them.&nbsp; The guy who heads up that group (who posts here as Morgenes) made an amazing web site that we're using to coordinate our events going forward.I'm not sure how we would do things differently if we were holding our game days in a store.&nbsp; I'm sure it would be heavily dependant on the store owner.&nbsp; I think one important thing you might want to do (if you haven't already) is to take a poll here on the boards to determine the general level of interest in your area.&nbsp; That should give you an idea as to how large an event you are looking at and this will lead to other considerations such as how long your slots need to be, how many games you need to run at a time and so forth.I'll also note that we have made an effort to set up time outside the confines of the Game Day proper in order to meet and socialize.&nbsp; We usually schedule a dinner on the Friday night before the Game Day and then have dinner the night of the Game Day itself (Saturday).&nbsp; This is nice because you get to chat about stuff including, but not limited to, gaming and do so while you're not under the time constraints that the gaming slots dictate.I'm not sure what else to tell you but if you have specific questions, I'll answer them as best I can.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rel, post: 1440258, member: 99"] I guess I'm to blame for the NC Game Days. We don't play at a game store. We have been using space at a local university student center. We're able to obtain this space for free thanks to some of our attendees being students there and we are now solidifying ties to a student organization that will be able to obtain this space on an ongoing basis. You can go look at any of the NC Game Day threads to see how we organized things for the first three iterations. Last time, at NCGDIII, we hooked up with the folks involved with a local con and established a relationship with them. The guy who heads up that group (who posts here as Morgenes) made an amazing web site that we're using to coordinate our events going forward. I'm not sure how we would do things differently if we were holding our game days in a store. I'm sure it would be heavily dependant on the store owner. I think one important thing you might want to do (if you haven't already) is to take a poll here on the boards to determine the general level of interest in your area. That should give you an idea as to how large an event you are looking at and this will lead to other considerations such as how long your slots need to be, how many games you need to run at a time and so forth. I'll also note that we have made an effort to set up time outside the confines of the Game Day proper in order to meet and socialize. We usually schedule a dinner on the Friday night before the Game Day and then have dinner the night of the Game Day itself (Saturday). This is nice because you get to chat about stuff including, but not limited to, gaming and do so while you're not under the time constraints that the gaming slots dictate. I'm not sure what else to tell you but if you have specific questions, I'll answer them as best I can. [/QUOTE]

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