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Council of Five Nations - GM Event Submission
Hello prospective Council Game Masters,
Thank you for clicking, and for your interest in running games at Council of Five Nations XXXI, this October 10–12, 2008.The Council of Five Nations Philosophy
Council strives toward the goal of
"quality over quantity." We're a medium-sized con (we expect 250+
this year), but we try to have top-notch events. As with all the
Councils in the past few years, our goal is a nice balance between
role-play games, miniatures, board games and other stuff. We
thank you for helping make this happen, and for helping us maintain our
high standards of event quality.
What we’re looking for
We're looking for good, popular games
that will draw attendees in the door. What’s hot these days?...
that’s what we want. Really obscure stuff, and games that haven't
been popular for a long time, have generally not done well for us at
previous conventions. Also, the sexier your event description
sounds, the better your chance of filling the game.
Same location as last year: Proctors Theatre and Conference Center
We had a good experience at Proctors
last year, so we've made a commitment to keep Council there through
2010. By staying in one place, this helps us learn from
experience. We will have fewer event tables in the basement this
year, and the registration table will be on the first/main floor.
We expect little improvements like this will make things better for
everyone.
Event Czars
Having several people help coordinate
the different types of events worked well last year, so we're not
changing that. If you’ve got a question about running a
particular type of
event, please contact the appropriate person below:
| Role Play Games | Jason Murphy | murphsbox@hotmail.com | (518) 810-1270 |
| Board Games | Eric Paperman | eric@swa-gaming.org | (518) 347-2158 |
| Miniatures | John Rigley | jrigley@nycap.rr.com | (518) 573-8223 |
| Historical Minis | Steve Keyer | TwoSoldierX@aol.com | (518) 459-4941 |
| Other Questions | Dave Cheng | dave@swa-gaming.org | (518) 464-1977 |
Kid-Friendly Games
In order to make it easier for parents
to attend, we have a goal of offering a few kid-friendly games during
these four time slots: Saturday morning, Saturday afternoon, Sunday
morning & Sunday afternoon. This has worked really well for
us the past few years.
So, if you've got a game that would be good for our younger attendees (perhaps ages 8-12), and you're good with kids, we'd love to have you GM for us. Please indicate "kid friendly" by checking the box on the online form.
So, if you've got a game that would be good for our younger attendees (perhaps ages 8-12), and you're good with kids, we'd love to have you GM for us. Please indicate "kid friendly" by checking the box on the online form.
Prizes
Some game companies and retailers are
donating prize support for select
tournaments. If we get something appropriate for your event,
we'll let you know. Otherwise, if you would like to supply and
award a prize for your event, that is entirely up to you. We’re
not making a big deal about prizes this year.
Game Master Incentives
To show our appreciation, running a
game that is listed in the
pre-registration booklet will get you free registration for the whole
weekend. You will still need to purchase tickets for events you
want to play in (most games are $2). Events not submitted in time
for the pre-reg booklet will earn you a $10 discount on the
registration fee. Please understand our rationale – we feel
that the best way to promote the con is to have as "full" a pre-reg
booklet as possible. If an event misses the pre-reg book, it's
far less effective in helping us draw attendees.
Extra Special On-Time Game Master Incentive: Free Council T-Shirt
As a special token of appreciation to
our Game Masters, and
as an incentive for you to get your events in promptly, all GMs who
submit events by Sunday, August 10th will get a free Council of Five
Nations T-Shirt. People running multiple events can have multiple
shirts - one per event. Outfit your whole family! Please
list the size(s) you want on the Event Registration Form (online
version below).
Return Deadline - Sunday,
August 10th
Please make every effort to get your
event descriptions to us by
Sunday, August 10th. We
want to be sure to have lots of good events
for the pre-reg booklet. There is no guarantee events received
after August 10th will make it into the pre-reg booklet. However,
if you don't get us your events by press time, we will still happily
include them in the on-site schedule. But remember the better
discount, and the free T-Shirt, if you get your events in early!
Event Submission Format
It seems like this internet thing is
really catching on. In the past few years, over 95% of our events
have been submitted online, using the web form (keep scrolling down
below). This is our preferred method, as it makes things easiest
for us.
However, if you prefer the more traditional paper form, you can download one here and mail it to us.
However, if you prefer the more traditional paper form, you can download one here and mail it to us.
Questions? Comments? Requests?
Please direct your questions, and submit all event descriptions, to either the Event Czar listed above, or to:
David Cheng
1700 Western Ave #512
Albany NY 12203
Phone: (518) 464-1977 (any time before 11pm Eastern time is fine)
Fax: (801) 751-9120
Email: dave@swa-gaming.org
1700 Western Ave #512
Albany NY 12203
Phone: (518) 464-1977 (any time before 11pm Eastern time is fine)
Fax: (801) 751-9120
Email: dave@swa-gaming.org
Thank you again for your help with Council of Five Nations. We can't do it without you.
Sincerely,
The Council Organization Team
You can download the Council Event Registration Form in PDF format here.