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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(un)reason" data-source="post: 8004119" data-attributes="member: 27780">Polyhedron Issue 14: Sep/Oct 1983part 5/6Convention Report I: Another article with a fair bit of negativity in, although this time it's not their fault. CWI-Con and East Con turn into a study in contrasting problems. The first attracted the wrong sort of audience, focussing on boardgames, so there were very few RPGers in attendance, and they didn't have enough for a full sized tournament. The second had more than enough gamers, but was poorly organised and didn't allot nearly enough space, so they had to cut their booked 300 person tournament down to 80 and turn all the rest away. They're definitely going to think more carefully about which conventions they attend in the future to avoid repeating these mistakes. This is why established companies wind up putting checks and balances in in the first place. No point making rules against problems that never happen, but plenty of reason to make ones covering situations that have happened before, and will likely happen again if not fixed. I guess we'll have to keep reading and see if they manage to reduce incidents like this in the future.Convention Report II: We've already had Mary's perspective on Gen Con. Now, unsurprisingly, it's Kim's turn. He also found it pretty exhausting, but is able to recall a bit more of the fine detail for us. It was substantially bigger than last year, with a load of extra events added on last minute to meet the extra demand. Which meant things were pretty jam-packed, but people took it fairly well. While D&D was obviously the biggest game there, their smaller ones still all have large enough fanbases to run multi-team tournaments, and the winners are listed here. While they had their own problems, it does seem like the bigger a convention is, the more likely it is to be well run. All about having the right team, just like in the games. 1983 RPGA Member Ranking: As with the clubs, the number of members who've scored significant amounts in tournaments is increasing, but slow enough that they can still list everyone on less than a page. Unsurprisingly, it's a pretty steep pyramid, with the top two miles ahead of everyone else, and then a load at the bottom.  Can Kelly Foote and Dave Axler keep up their dominance of the tournament scene, or will some young turk overtake them next year? Tune in in 6 issues time or so to find out!</blockquote>

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