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Re: Brickfest 2001?
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lugnet.pirates, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug
Date: 
Sat, 27 Jan 2001 06:32:05 GMT
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Christopher Weeks wrote:
> 
> In lugnet.org.us.wamalug, Frank Filz writes:
> > Mr L F Braun wrote:
> > >    Frank--what about that idea you had to run some kind of Pirate Game
> > >    outside Brickfest?  (In particular, a weekender sort of thing, maybe
> > >    a "PirateFest"?)  If BrickFest will be soon (like April), maybe some-
> > >    time over the summer might something like that be possible?  (Whoa,
> > >    really convoluted English alert!)
> > 
> > I think a Piratefest would be awsome. I'm not sure if I could come up
> > with a venue though (my apartment certainly isn't big enough for a
> > game). I think someplace in the mid-Atlantic region would be best, which
> > would suggest D.C. as a good option.
> 
> Once Lindsay is back, GardenSLUG (Lindsay, Andy Lynch, and I all played last
> summer, so we probably have significant concentrated interest) might be willing
> to host it if you're willing to come a bit farther north.

How long was your drive to DC? NJ would probably be doable, though I'd
be inclined to do it on a long weekend.

> I have a couple options in mind.  We have local game cons and Piratefest could
> easily be tied into one of them.  (As a matter of fact, Steve Jackson is
> sometimes a GOH at the larger of the two (but that's in the fall), so the
> tie-in is quite natural.)  Also, and I'd have to talk to those involved, the
> local game store that I patronize has a largish vacant slot in the strip mall
> with it that they use for mini-cons a few times each year.  If we could make a
> marginally profitable tie in (maybe sync with a mini-con, seek players from his
> customer base, or bring AFOLs to his game shop) then he might hook up with the
> mall management in order to make that space available.  The place in the mall
> is really big (like a medium drugstore or a small grocer), so there would be no
> real space restrictions.

The strip mall sounds interesting. Would there be time problems? That
sounds like an interesting location to do semi-public events (like the
way Baylug does their meetings at the library).

Frank



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(...) 3.5 hours. (...) I don't follow. Actually, the only problem related to time (and I just thought of this) that I can see is that the mini-cons that happen there are typically Friday night straight through to Sunday afternoon with no locked up (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-01, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)

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(...) Once Lindsay is back, GardenSLUG (Lindsay, Andy Lynch, and I all played last summer, so we probably have significant concentrated interest) might be willing to host it if you're willing to come a bit farther north. I have a couple options in (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)

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