Pre-PAX East Gaming Night returns?
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Well, after being forced to miss PAX Prime due to the fact that my new business was not generating sufficient revenue to allow a trip, I have saved up so I can hit up PAX East again. As such I want to start trying to get the feelers out about the desires this time around.
The new location of the convention is the trickiest thing I think. Having the gaming night at the Sheraton provided us with ample room to play, and even then we pretty much took over all available table space on the entire bottom floor of the hotel. I know I'm staying at the Westin this year which is right across from the new location, but have no clue how the lobby is there. Will it support the massive amount of people we had last year (I'm guessing we had around 50-100 people, possibly more or less because I was busy)? Are there alternatives that we can consider? Was the 2 nights before schedule from 7pm till whenever good for most people?
Trying to start planning everything now because I plan to organize my whole trip around it.
The new location of the convention is the trickiest thing I think. Having the gaming night at the Sheraton provided us with ample room to play, and even then we pretty much took over all available table space on the entire bottom floor of the hotel. I know I'm staying at the Westin this year which is right across from the new location, but have no clue how the lobby is there. Will it support the massive amount of people we had last year (I'm guessing we had around 50-100 people, possibly more or less because I was busy)? Are there alternatives that we can consider? Was the 2 nights before schedule from 7pm till whenever good for most people?
Trying to start planning everything now because I plan to organize my whole trip around it.
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I'll probably do that. Wasn't sure if any of the locals from Boston (I haven't been local in a decade) had an idea about the layout there, but a call will probably be best.
We need to see what the interest is. I held it at the Sheraton last year on Wednesday and Thursday because it was central to the convention center. The same can be said for the Westin this year.
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Totally in for both nights, it sounds awesome
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This is true, and I'll have my laptop with me to update the twitter feed if we get overloaded at the primary location (which I would vote for the Westin as well). It wouldn't be a major deal at all to expand out to another location as I know many people bring lots of extra CCG decks, board games, etc. But selecting a primary location is good so people know the first place to check for gaming.
The best part of the gaming night(s) I organized for PAX East last year was that it was anything goes. We have Magic the Gathering, Munchkin, Fluxx, Battlestar Galactica the board game, and all sorts of other games running all over the place. Everyone was super nice and welcomed newbies and showed them the ropes. I myself played Munchkin for the first time there and bought a copy on the first day of the show :P
Point is that my main priority for the planning is not what we will be playing, but rather what the primary location will be.
The Pre-PAX Gaming Night(s) takes place before PAX, probably Wednesday and Thursday like I setup last year. Truthfully there's not a lot of organization involved on my part, but I do run a twitter feed saying when everything is getting started, what I'm bringing, and what I've seen others bring down.
As stated in earlier posts it is card and board games. Video games are off limits unless I rent a meeting room and have TVs brought in. And that would mean it going from a free event to something I'd need to get together money for. Seeing as there's already the MMT and Pre-PAX Dinner as paid events I would prefer keeping this free. That and the fact that commercial sponsors aren't allowed as per historical precedence.
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We ran it Wednesday and Thursday last year. Even with the Pre-PAX Dinner going on we had the lobby packed. I see no reason to do it differently this year.
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The shade of the tastefully positioned floor lamps and decorative ferns, that is.
Awesome, I never got to meet up with you at PAX East last year to get the forum badges for distribution at the gaming night so glad you'll make it yourself this time!
Inky's coming with me, be forewarned of its jankiness.
That would rock my world in so many different ways if we could get Khoo or anyone else to sit down with us for a game. I know for a fact that at the last PAX East Jerry walked by us a good 4 or 5 times, asked what we were doing, and seemed very tempted to sit down and join us. It is unlikely that it would happen purely due to how busy they are in putting everything together, but I do think it would be the ultimate memory for any PAX goer.
On the off chance that any of them read this: I've got extra Magic the Gathering decks I'll bring, and a whole bunch of *Clix figures I'll drag along too in case you are interested in sitting down for a few
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Ooo, flatline, Tomb of Horrors? Which edition? Assuming we can go through with this anyway -- good point about the Westin lobby.
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This is basically the case now. I just like making things official.
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Although I have no idea what "Inky" is, this sounds like exactly the thing I would like to do this PAX. Huzzah!
I also propose we acquire cardboard cut-outs for Khoo, Jerry and Mike so they can play with us in spirit, because we all know they want to... C'mon, you couldn't turn down a leggy Leia with Khoo's face on it if you tried!
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I've had a countdown on my office wall since it's been under 100 days. But for some reason, I got really excited today when I saw it flip over to 50 Days XXX Hours.
I'm totally stoked for the gaming night. I didn't stay near the convention center last year, so I didn't do a lot of the extra stuff. I booked a hotel at the Westin right away to make sure I didn't miss out this year. I can't wait to watch, learn and play new stuff. And then of course go buy tons of games
Yeah I stayed a the Holiday Inn Brookline last year. Close enough to get there quick but far enough to have to make the train before the concerts ended. Not again! Westin all the way this year.
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