Thanks for the bumps keeping us from falling into obscurity, guys.
I met with the Trinocon folks last night and have a bit of further info:
The whole event will be referred to by the same name we've been using: North Carolina Game Day. Right now it seems like the total roster of events will be like this:
Blue Room - Electronic gaming including X-Box console games and the Bring Your Own Box LAN gaming. If you're interested in the latter of those events, post about it in this thread. Neal is watching the thread (Hi Neal!) and can relay that on to John (who's last name I didn't catch) who is coordinating this part of the Game Day. There will be a limited number of spots for the LAN gaming (looking like somewhere between 12 and 20) so I think they need a head-count of those interested.
Brown Room - Board games of all types. ENWorlders wishing to play board games are welcome to do so in here. As I previously mentioned, there will be a "Game Library" and you can check out a game using your drivers license. If you particularly like any of the games they've got, somebody will be on hand for you to order these games from. Also located in this room will be a table or two featuring some snack foods and drinks. You can purchase this stuff here rather than have to schlep down to the store on the first floor of the Student Center if you like. It sounds likely that there will also be bagels here so we don't have to send somebody out to Brueggers in the cold January morning.
Walnut Room - This is where all of the ENWorld RPG's will be held and we will also have three tables set up for RPGA games. Anybody who wants to play in the RPGA games needs to let it be known so that we can put you in touch with Jenna (who attended the first NC Game Day), the RPGA coordinator for Trinocon. The schedule for those games will be a bit different than our own because the RPGA requires 4 hour slots. That schedule will be:
9:00-1:00 First game slot
1:00-1:30 Lunch break
1:30-5:30 Second game slot
5:30-6:00 Dinner break
6:00-10:00 Third game slot
Here's my final analysis of what the larger format of the NC Game Day is going to mean for us ENWorlders:
It's going to be a "Good Thing". If folks want to go in and play a bit of X-Box during the breaks, they can. We'll have access to a larger selection of board games for those who want to participate in that. There will be snack foods and drinks available close by for decent prices. There will be extra people on hand for the pickup games that always seem to happen. Anybody who wants to try out the RPGA games will have a chance to do so. And mostly there will just be more people around who share our hobby. These are people with whom we have a lot in common and who knows, maybe a new game group might be formed. You never know.
Balance that with the downsides: There are none. At very worst, we'll actually come close to filling up the Walnut room instead of having tons of empty space where nothing is happening. It may be a bit tougher to hear those great quotes at the adjacent tables ("How do the zombies pay the rent?") so we need to take good notes.
One last thing: I want to make the reservation for Errico's Restaurant in the next couple of days. If you haven't already noted your intentions to attend, please do so. So far it sounds like we're going to have at least 14 people.
I'm planning to set the reservation time for 7:00. One reason for this is that it will allow my wife and daughter to come by for a few minutes to meet some of you wonderful people before they've got to head home for the bedtime ritual. I encourage anybody else with non-gaming spouses or significant others who would like to come to feel free to do so. The food is excellent and the people are nice (as long as you can stomach a bunch of gamer-speak). So let me know about that.
Let's see now, just two more months we have to bump this thing before Game Day!
