Comments on: Audio Report - Coming down after con season http://ogrecave.com/2007/09/21/audio-report-coming-down-after-con-season/ Unplugged gaming news and views Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:36:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: James S. http://ogrecave.com/2007/09/21/audio-report-coming-down-after-con-season/#comment-3242 James S. Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:50:24 +0000 http://ogrecave.com/2007/09/21/audio-report-coming-down-after-con-season/#comment-3242 Lee - Try living down in the southeast... the biggest thing we've got is DragonCon and its completely deadsville for gaming. White Wolf shows up but thats only because they're based in Georgia anyway so it really costs them very little to be there. Lee -

Try living down in the southeast… the biggest thing we’ve got is DragonCon and its completely deadsville for gaming. White Wolf shows up but thats only because they’re based in Georgia anyway so it really costs them very little to be there.

]]> By: Lee Valentine http://ogrecave.com/2007/09/21/audio-report-coming-down-after-con-season/#comment-3241 Lee Valentine Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:35:40 +0000 http://ogrecave.com/2007/09/21/audio-report-coming-down-after-con-season/#comment-3241 Great show, guys. Sorry the Ogre Cave is losing Chris as a regular. His insights were great and will be missed. One thing I wonder after listening to this show is why fewer eastern conventions (particularly in the NE) don't get more attention. And I'm not just referring to the Ogre Cave, but rather generally. Lee Great show, guys. Sorry the Ogre Cave is losing Chris as a regular. His insights were great and will be missed.

One thing I wonder after listening to this show is why fewer eastern conventions (particularly in the NE) don’t get more attention. And I’m not just referring to the Ogre Cave, but rather generally.

Lee

]]> By: Torquemada http://ogrecave.com/2007/09/21/audio-report-coming-down-after-con-season/#comment-3240 Torquemada Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:44:49 +0000 http://ogrecave.com/2007/09/21/audio-report-coming-down-after-con-season/#comment-3240 Hey, great show! Sad to see Chris go, he always backed (or not) the fun speculations with his retail xp. BTW, I've been interested in the new Battletech starter box since it was mentioned a couple podcasts ago. I'll get it as soon as my FLGS order arrives. Bye. Hey, great show!

Sad to see Chris go, he always backed (or not) the fun speculations with his retail xp. BTW, I’ve been interested in the new Battletech starter box since it was mentioned a couple podcasts ago. I’ll get it as soon as my FLGS order arrives.

Bye.

]]> By: Allan Sugarbaker http://ogrecave.com/2007/09/21/audio-report-coming-down-after-con-season/#comment-3239 Allan Sugarbaker Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:42:46 +0000 http://ogrecave.com/2007/09/21/audio-report-coming-down-after-con-season/#comment-3239 Dave: Thanks for the D&D Minis clarification. We'll have to keep an eye on the reactions of the hardcore minis players, as those are the folks who could be adversely affected by rules changes. Me, I just use the figures as roleplaying props these days, so I'll be fine. Chris will definitely be missed as a regular show contributor. We'll keep the retailer influence going as much as possible though: Steve Kani, our other regular, brings his work in retail to the mix, and other retail and industry guests will be making appearances now and then. Plus, we'll try to have Chris back once in a while! As soon as he wants to get his rant on again, we've got his seat saved for him. :-) Allan "Sven" Sugarbaker OgreCave.com Dave: Thanks for the D&D Minis clarification. We’ll have to keep an eye on the reactions of the hardcore minis players, as those are the folks who could be adversely affected by rules changes. Me, I just use the figures as roleplaying props these days, so I’ll be fine.

Chris will definitely be missed as a regular show contributor. We’ll keep the retailer influence going as much as possible though: Steve Kani, our other regular, brings his work in retail to the mix, and other retail and industry guests will be making appearances now and then.

Plus, we’ll try to have Chris back once in a while! As soon as he wants to get his rant on again, we’ve got his seat saved for him. :-)

Allan “Sven” Sugarbaker
OgreCave.com

]]> By: Dave T. Game http://ogrecave.com/2007/09/21/audio-report-coming-down-after-con-season/#comment-3238 Dave T. Game Mon, 24 Sep 2007 03:54:20 +0000 http://ogrecave.com/2007/09/21/audio-report-coming-down-after-con-season/#comment-3238 On D&D Minis: you may know this by now, but they're upgrading the rules to go along with 4e. Some vocal members of the base are mad because it won't be totally backwards compatible- Wizards is being cagey about how many of the old minis will get conversions. It would be nice if separate rules from 4e weren't needed, but things like point totals, morale, etc that minis players go for are probably here to say. PAX: I heard that a number of con organizers showed up just to find how it was run as a con and take notes back. And sorry to hear that Chris is going, his input as a retailer was always interesting to hear from that side of things. On D&D Minis: you may know this by now, but they’re upgrading the rules to go along with 4e. Some vocal members of the base are mad because it won’t be totally backwards compatible- Wizards is being cagey about how many of the old minis will get conversions. It would be nice if separate rules from 4e weren’t needed, but things like point totals, morale, etc that minis players go for are probably here to say.

PAX: I heard that a number of con organizers showed up just to find how it was run as a con and take notes back.

And sorry to hear that Chris is going, his input as a retailer was always interesting to hear from that side of things.

]]> By: dar http://ogrecave.com/2007/09/21/audio-report-coming-down-after-con-season/#comment-3237 dar Sun, 23 Sep 2007 04:47:27 +0000 http://ogrecave.com/2007/09/21/audio-report-coming-down-after-con-season/#comment-3237 In my humble opinion, one of the best coverages of Gen Con was Zachary the Firsts at therpgsite: http://www.therpgsite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7148 Tabletop Gaming News coverage was very heroic and together they almost made me feel like I was there... well made me really really regret not going. The Gen Con web site had some coverage, and some video by 'Geek Squad'. The videos, while neat, and kinda funny, were not a serious attempt to cover the con. Not to mention that their own coverage of the con was difficult to find. So much so that I gave up looking for the videos when I wanted to post them here. The blog coverage I didn't find until today. WoTC did a great job covering the Con in regards to 4e and other wizards only things. In my humble opinion, one of the best coverages of Gen Con was Zachary the Firsts at therpgsite: http://www.therpgsite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7148

Tabletop Gaming News coverage was very heroic and together they almost made me feel like I was there… well made me really really regret not going.

The Gen Con web site had some coverage, and some video by ‘Geek Squad’. The videos, while neat, and kinda funny, were not a serious attempt to cover the con. Not to mention that their own coverage of the con was difficult to find. So much so that I gave up looking for the videos when I wanted to post them here. The blog coverage I didn’t find until today.

WoTC did a great job covering the Con in regards to 4e and other wizards only things.

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