Thursday, October 9, 2008

Con on the Cob Aftermath!

Games, Art, Freaks and Fun! That's how the con is billed on the COTC website, and it had plenty of each (me adding to the freak factor). GameWick Games set our banner up in the corner of the large gaming hall and then hunkered down for some WEGS-ing. The gaming hall was a big hotel banquet room that had about 20 tables set up for rpgs, boardgames, cards, etc. Relatively small, but tabletop gaming is not the primary purpose of the con; there's a whole music, movie, art blend, too. A very eclectic little con.

We had scheduled two demo slots and three full length games (5 events total). We had players for both demos, but only one game ran (Friday night's Dwarf Walks Into A Bar) . When no one showed for one of the games, I hung around the table a bit and managed to round up some players for another demo. Actually, the players rounded themselves up: a lady who played a demo at Origins saw me standing there, asked if I was doing anything and then summoned a couple of friends to see what WEGS was all about. Sad to say, we only sold a single book; but on the bright side, that's one more book sold at this con than we did last year (this being the first year we've attended)... The Cob is a good con to geek-out at, especially for local gamers. There's a good chance we'd do it again next year.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Larry, I just want to say I had a great time visiting with you and Sue at the con. It's too bad you didn't have full tables, but I think you got your name out there. I know Kris enjoyed it, so that's one new WEGS player at least. Now more people will be familiar with WEGS for the next time you guys set up at COTC.

El Willy said...

Hey Kim,

We had a great time at the Cob. Thanks for hanging with us - had a blast with the Sunday game! It was worth it in our book. Glad the Elf Warrior lives to see another day!!!