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<blockquote data-quote="Glyfair" data-source="post: 3753655" data-attributes="member: 53"><p>Somewhere on the WotC forums a possibility was mentioned, and I know at least one WotC employee replied.</p><p></p><p>Yes, the virtual tabletop allows friends from across the country to game together regularly. However, it also can help bring the convention experience home as well. Only a small percentage of gamers get to visit the big gaming conventions. The chance to game with Gary Gygax, Monte Cook, Keith Baker, or whomever was pretty much limited to those who got to do that (unless they happen to live in your town). Now, you can manage that at home.</p><p></p><p>I know Keith held a contest to see who "won" spots at his table at GenCon. I can definitely see him doing a semi-regular contest (depending on his workload) and running a one-off virtual Eberron game. </p><p></p><p>Certainly the more popular WotC designers, and probably freelancers, would be options for this. There might be options for ex-WotC or non-WotC celebrities as well. Sure, some might not like virtual tabletop gaming (I can see some of the older Gygax era gamers not being interested in the learning curve to run such a game), others might not want to encourage WotC. Some certainly would be interested (I could see Monte Cook doing it).</p><p></p><p>In fact, I can see WotC using this as a promotional tool. I'm pretty sure they will consider expanding UnCon in this direction. Maybe they could give away, or auction off for charity, spaces at a table with real celebrity gamers? With the right finesse, they might be able to offer a table with a D&D designer DMing and Will Wheaton or Vin Diesel. It wouldn't even necessarily have to have been a celebrity know to game. Sure, Tom Hanks is unlikely, but maybe they could get Lucy Lawless, Kiefer Sutherland or Michael Rosenbaum to play so they can push the <em>Dragonlance</em> movie.</p><p></p><p>Thoughts?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Glyfair, post: 3753655, member: 53"] Somewhere on the WotC forums a possibility was mentioned, and I know at least one WotC employee replied. Yes, the virtual tabletop allows friends from across the country to game together regularly. However, it also can help bring the convention experience home as well. Only a small percentage of gamers get to visit the big gaming conventions. The chance to game with Gary Gygax, Monte Cook, Keith Baker, or whomever was pretty much limited to those who got to do that (unless they happen to live in your town). Now, you can manage that at home. I know Keith held a contest to see who "won" spots at his table at GenCon. I can definitely see him doing a semi-regular contest (depending on his workload) and running a one-off virtual Eberron game. Certainly the more popular WotC designers, and probably freelancers, would be options for this. There might be options for ex-WotC or non-WotC celebrities as well. Sure, some might not like virtual tabletop gaming (I can see some of the older Gygax era gamers not being interested in the learning curve to run such a game), others might not want to encourage WotC. Some certainly would be interested (I could see Monte Cook doing it). In fact, I can see WotC using this as a promotional tool. I'm pretty sure they will consider expanding UnCon in this direction. Maybe they could give away, or auction off for charity, spaces at a table with real celebrity gamers? With the right finesse, they might be able to offer a table with a D&D designer DMing and Will Wheaton or Vin Diesel. It wouldn't even necessarily have to have been a celebrity know to game. Sure, Tom Hanks is unlikely, but maybe they could get Lucy Lawless, Kiefer Sutherland or Michael Rosenbaum to play so they can push the [I]Dragonlance[/I] movie. Thoughts? [/QUOTE]
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