Time to shake off that post PAX withdrawal/depression... With a Seattle tabletop gaming day! I'd like to get some people together for a day of tabletop gaming, hanging out, and sharing of PAX experiences. The last time spearheaded something like this, we did it in the Sheraton Lobby (where I was staying) and it worked out fine. Console gaming would be nice too, but problamatic in a hotel, because you can't change the inputs on their TV's... Unless a universal remote would work??? Gameworks is also right across the street; and there are many restaurants in the area.
A Saturday would probably be best... and I,d be up for doing this next weekend (labor day weekend) if we get the people. But let's just start by putting down our name, if we could bring any games, and any other contact info you wish to put. So we all can know what we're looking at for people and games. If there is already a thread for this, I understand if someone wishes to move this post there. But I ask that you please not move this to a thread that's about to be closed... Thanks
Damian Allen
I could bring Battlestar Galactica, Chrononaughts, Zombies, Zombie Munchkin, and maybe maybe Axix & Allies or Ravenloft (if I buy it)
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I've got a lot of open time this weekend, but I might have to hop in and out to meet students.
I can bring:
BSG + all expansions
Nightfall + Martial Law
7 Wonders
Dominion + Cornucopia
Carcassonne
Ghost Stories (if I have a chance to pick it up)
As of now I'm unsure which days work best for me though I must add I'm partial to watching football on Sundays and might join late or early as previously mentioned.
I could bring Flux, original edition
You could always start on Saturday and end on Sunday. Best of both worlds?
I'd gladly play Carcassonne, Flux, Dominon, Axis & Allies, or Ravenloft. At PAX, I missed a chance to try the Game of Thrones CCG and would be interested in that, too. I can bring Memoir '44, Glory to Rome, and Sentinels of the Multiverse.
LexiconGirl - We definitely could make it an Saturday/Sunday thing... which would give people who work Saturdays plenty of time to still participate.
whatatravisty22 - there are other in between PAX Prime/East gatherings in the Seattle area. In fact, there is usually a specific thread for such things covering a a whole season of 6 month period. But I didn't see the one for right now, which is why I created this thread.
Dan-O - Good idea about the Seattle Metro Gamers, it's always a good idea to have a multiple ideas for venues in mind. The preset tables space there would be awesome as well.
Originally, when I organized this type of gathering after PAX 10, I wanted to make it a full weekend. With not just tabletop gaming, but console, and maybe even a small LAN as well. But that idea was too lofty at that particular time... so we scaled it back to just tabletop gaming. However, I'd still to do a gaming weekend with at least tabletop and console gaming. LAN's are harder to do... and if you want a really good LAN, talk to Big Red here on the forums. The variety of gaming (tabletop, console, LAN, ect... ) is one of the things that makes PAX great. Finding a place to have something where we could do tabletop, console, and especially LAN is difficult. I looked into spaces like conference rooms in the convention centers. Libraries, and hotels, but you can only rent then until 8-10PM... at the latest. A Hotel suite work work, for both tabletop and console. But we would need additional TV's since hotels typically the input function of their TV's, making it impossible to play an external console on them. Noise and the amount of people could be an issue. I also looked into renting a vacation house or condo for a weekend... But if we were to rent a space, then it would have a per person cost, and we'd need definite confirmations from people as well. I would prefer to keep this free, or very low cost. If there was a cost, I want to make sure it would be worth it.
For now, lets stick with the idea of tabletop gaming at the Sheraton Lobby, since it has table space, chairs, is open 24 hours, and is free. Gameworks and several restaurants are within a block as well. I would also probably be staying the night there. The Metro Seattle Gamers might be an alternative as well... so I'll contact them and look look into it. Go ahead and post any ideas for a venue that would accommodate tabletop and console gaming...
Sentinels of the Multiverse was one of THE greatest surprises I have ever had at a PAX. That game is AMAZING and I'm glad I got a copy!
"Yes! A Thousand times Yes!"
If I've got time (have a girl's day out planned tomorrow) I could bake something maybe for Sunday (like an unofficial thank you from the brigade?) What are the Sheraton's rules on bringing in outside food into their lobby?
I'm not sure what the Sheraton's rules on bringing outside food into the Lobby are... but it's not a movie theater, where they make most of their money from the sale of food and drink. After PAX, we had at least 10 Pizza's in the Lobby. So I don't think they would object so long as we don't create a mess, and don't create problems for anyone else. Just to be sure... we'll give a cookies to the front desk manager first, lol.
I don't want to move discussions away from the forums. I'm thinking of a FB page in addition to the forums. There are probably far more people on facebook then all the other major social networking sites combined... So adding a page there would give us access to far more people. There's surely many gamers out there who are not on the forums, but would still be interested in participating in meetups & events. A FB group page would be a good place to easily refer people to, when recruiting others, so to speak. Almost like a business card. Somewhere they can go and get information about the group, events, ect... all in one place. A link from the FB page to the discussion thread here would make it very easy for people outside the forums to find the thread and possibly join in.