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Council of Five Nations
Council Guest Highlight: Ad Astra Games and Battleground: Fantasy Warfare |
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Submitted by DC on Thu, 10/08/2009 - 16:39.
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Council of Five Nations is happy to have two game companies represented on site this year. Ad Astra Games produces Squadron Strike (futuristic starship combat), Birds of Prey (dogfighting in the jet fighter age), and the Saganami Island Tactical Simulator system (space ship combat based on the very-popular Honor Harrington universe). Ad Astra will have a demo & dealer table all weekend, right by the Star Fleet Battles room upstairs. They will be running short demo games all weekend on demand, so if you're interested, drop by and check things out. They are also running four full events over Council weekend: B-Minis-2
* When Universes Collide * Squadron Strike
C-Board-1 * Birds of Prey Demonstration: Operation Bolo * Birds of Prey D-Board-13 * Birds of Prey Demonstration: Operation Bolo * Birds of Prey E-Minis-1 * The Battle of Cochrane's Rift * Squadron Strike Please click on the event code to see a full description. You can learn a lot more about Ad Astra's games at their web site: www.AdAstraGames.com Your Move Games produces several games (Succession: Intrigue in the Royal Court, The Battle for Hill 218, and Space Station Assault), but our favorite is Battleground: Fantasy Warfare. B:FW is a fantasy miniatures game that you can carry in your pocket. The rules are well designed and the game plays very well. This has been a big hit with the SWA membership and at several of our events. Nine of us were very happy to be part of the playtest team for the Battleground: Kingdoms campaign system (we got our names in the rulebook and everything!). YMG recently released Second Punic War: Rome vs Carthage, a real-world history version of the game using the same excellent rules engine. YMG will also have a demo and dealers table all weekend at Council. Stop by the table any time for a fast demo. There will be a Battleground tournament on Saturday night, starting around 8pm, upstairs. There might be another tournament on Sunday if there is enough demand. You can learn more about Your Move Games at their web site: www.YourMoveGames.com Please help us welcome both these companies to Council of Five Nations this weekend. |
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Registration Update for Council of Five Nations |
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Submitted by DC on Wed, 10/07/2009 - 22:04.
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The Council elves have been busy at work preparing for this weekend's festivities. One of their many accomplishments so far is tallying all the pre-registrations. We have some great news to share; it looks like it's going to be an excellent weekend! Our pre-registation number are very strong; we're up a good bit over last year. Sixteen games are already sold out: A-Board-4 * Shogun (2006) * Nick
Klercker
B-Board-2 * Successors: The Battles For Alexander's Empire • Successors * Eric Alexopoulos C-Board-11 * Small World * Rodney Sheldon of Carnage Gaming C-Board-3 * Puerto Rico * Jessica Bedell C-Minis-3 * Search and Destroy in Iraq • Ambush Alley * Michael Tracey D-Board-2 * Agricola * Carey Bostwick D-Board-4 * Stone Age * Michael Mullaney D-RPG-6 * D&D Demo • Dungeons & Dragons 4e * M Alexander Jurkat E-RPG-3 * A Day In the Swamp, A Night At the Opera • Call of Cthulhu, 6th Ed. /Delta Green * John Whitehead E-RPG-4 * A funny thing happened on the way to the Slave Market • Conan RPG (2nd Ed) * Ben Ossenfort F-Board-5 * Power Grid * Martin Szinger F-Board-7 * Kingsburg * Mike Haggett F-RPG-1 * Tide of Morning • Pathfinder Society * The Gathering G-Board-1 * Dominion * John Fitzpatrick G-Minis-1 * Fighting Chinese Pirates with the U.S. MARINES • Home Crafted * Mike Paine G-RPG-2 * Who's Guarding Gotham? (A beginner’s beginning game) • DC Heroes * Karen Seiz If you didn't pre-register, and were really hoping to get into one of these games, all hope is not lost. There are always people who... change their mind and trade tickets for something else, or don't show, or decide to sleep in, or whatever. Check in at the Registration Desk during the weekend to see if any tickets have come back. As a last resort, you can show up right before the game and see if there's a no-show. If someone is more than 10 minutes or so late, the GMs have instructions to let in wait-list players. Also, some of these games are being run multiple times (Small World, Dominion, Power Grid, Kingsburg, Pathfinder Society RPG) so you've got other chances to play. Three games are unfortunately canceled: B-Minis-5 * Battle in the North
Atlantic • War at Sea (Not to be
confused with A-Board-1, "Axis & Allies: War at Sea", which is
still on)
D-Board-6 * Carcassonne G-Board-5 * Tide of Iron Many games are close to full - too many to list. A quick skim shows that twenty-six have only one or two seats open at this point. So a suggestion to you folks who have not yet registered: arrive early and get those event tickets! Don't forget that we are offering about 15% more events than last year, so there is still lots of gaming goodness to make everyone happy. We're printing extra registration packets in anticipation of a great weekend. We hope you to see you all there. Council of Five Nations - Home Page |
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Council of Five Nations Weather Forecast |
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Submitted by DC on Wed, 10/07/2009 - 14:06.
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We're still a few days out, but the weekend forecast is looking like good convention weather. The past few years we've experienced unseasonably warm spells for Council, but this year looks to be nice and cool. Friday: Overcast, 50% chance of showers High: 60 F Low: 52 F Saturday & Sunday: Partly Cloudy High: 54 F Low: 41 F You can see the full forecast on Weather.com here. We're also approaching peak "Leaf Peeping" season, and the cool weather has given us some nice colors this year. Perhaps you'd like to take your wife or girlfriend on a weekend road trip this holiday weekend? (With a stop at Council, of course...) Please click here for a peak foliage map on the "I Love NY" web site. Note that the map is a week behind, so we're probably "near peak" here in Albany. Council Pre-registration is closed, but there are still lots of spots available in the 140+ games we're offering. We will have an update tonight on which games are sold out (we're starting to process pre-registrations today). Please click here to go to the main Council general info page Please click here to go to the Chronological listing of all events Please click here to download the Council Registration packet in PDF format Please click here to read the Registration booklet informational text Please click here for Directions to Council of Five Nations Please click here to go to the Council Hotel page Please click here to go to the Council Parking page |
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Highlight of Special Event Tracks at Council XXXII |
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Submitted by DC on Sat, 10/03/2009 - 18:02.
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Council of Five Nations is one of the longest-running Adventure Gaming conventions in the world; we’ve been around since 1976! We strive for Council to be a good, fun, “traditional” gaming convention. Our goal is to have a nice balance between role-playing, board games and miniatures. Many of our events have a common theme, or track - one or more of these ought to appeal to just about any Council attendee. The event tracks detailed below are:
Kid Friendly Games – We are offering a series of games where younger players are encouraged to attend. If this frees up mom or dad to play in another game, great! We’re asking that you exercise proper parental judgment as to whether your kid is old/mature enough to be participating without your supervision. This is not intended to be Day Care. That being said, here is the list of Kid Friendly games: Early-RPG
* Caravan 1 * Dungeons & Dragons: Edition 3.5
A-Minis-1 * Air Wars * Wings of War A-RPG-1 * Caravan 2 * Dungeons & Dragons: Edition 3.5 B-Board-6 * Dino Hunt B-Board-7 * Settlers of Catan B-RPG-3 * Redcloak Ruckus * D&D 3.5 OGL C-Board-12 * Vampires, Ghosts and Zombies...Oh My! * Haunting House & Vampyre C-Board-5 * Pandemic C-Minis-7 * STARCRUISER C-RPG-5 * The Peril of Professor Phelblottum * Spirit of the Century C-RPG-6 * Poke the Emperor * Unique D-Board-11 * Kingsburg D-Board-4 * Stone Age D-Board-7 * Ticket to Ride D-Board-9 * Battlestar Galactica D-Minis-4 * The Lost Regiment - First Encounter (15mm) * G&Z Rules D-Minis-5 * Patriot Wars: Clash on the Border 1777 * Trench Wars (modified) D-RPG-6 * D&D Demo * Dungeons & Dragons 4e E-Board-12 * Power Grid E-Board-6 * Dominion E-Board-9 * Carcassone: The City E-Minis-2 * Assault on Sagan Starport * Classic Battletech E-Minis-4 * Battle of Boxville (15mm) * G&Z Rules E-Minis-5 * The Battle of Ingouf Farm * Battlefront WW2 E-Minis-7 * Star Wars: The Battle for Tattooine * Homebrew Star Wars Miniatures F-Board-2 * Axis & Allies 1942 F-Board-5 * Power Grid F-Minis-2 * Road to Hanghai * Home Crafted F-Minis-5 * The Train * The Sword and the Flame (15mm) G-Board-2 * Ticket to Ride G-RPG-2 * Who's Guarding Gotham? (A beginner’s beginning game) * DC Heroes Board Game Geek Top 25 – We’ve gone out of our way to recruit GMs for the most popular games. The Board Game Geek ranking is one good way for us to gauge that, and we’re well represented. BGG favorites all weekend long! And this year’s two breakout hits, Dominion and Through the Ages, are being run multiple times so you’ve got multiple opportunities to try them out. A-Board-2
* Power Grid
A-Board-3 * Race for the Galaxy A-Board-4 * Shogun (2006) B-Board-1 * Through the Ages C-Board-3 * Puerto Rico C-Board-5 * Pandemic C-Board-8 * Twilight Struggle D-Board-1 * Dominion + Intrigue Expansion * Dominion D-Board-2 * Agricola D-Board-3 * Le Havre D-Board-9 * Battlestar Galactica E-Board-10 * Through the Ages E-Board-11 * Le Havre E-Board-12 * Power Grid E-Board-2 * Battlestar Galactica E-Board-6 * Dominion E-Board-7 * Railroad Tycoon F-Board-4 * Twilight Struggle F-Board-5 * Power Grid G-Board-1 * Dominion Star Fleet Battles – We will be running a Star Fleet Battles tournament all weekend. We’re even opening the doors early to make sure SFB players have the time to get in as many games as possible. Registration for this tournament is $5. Last year we had the largest SFB tournament in the country, bigger than even the National Championships at Origins. Early indications are that our tournament will be even bigger this year. If you’re interested in giving this challenging game a try, please look in your registration packet for a coupon, redeemable for a free game. Historical Miniatures – Our convention co-sponsor, Two Tin Soldiers, has helped us to offer an excellent selection of historical miniatures events throughout the convention. Periods represented: World War II, American War of Independence, Napoleonic, Age of Sail, American Civil War, Zulu vs Colonials, Ancients, World War I and Modern-Iraq Conflict. A-Minis-1
* Air Wars * Wings of War
B-Minis-3 * "Elbow Room" Bunker Hill, June 17th 1775 * Crucible of War B-Minis-4 * Outfox the Desert Fox * Battlefront WWII B-Minis-5 * Battle in the North Atlantic * War at Sea - CANCELED B-Minis-6 * The French are out! * Napoleonic Age of Sail C-Board-1 * Birds of Prey Demonstration: Operation Bolo * Birds of Prey C-Minis-2 * Close Action Fleet Battle * Close Action C-Minis-3 * Search and Destroy in Iraq * Ambush Alley C-Minis-4 * Take/Hold the Crossing * Battlefront WWII C-Minis-5 * Frederick on the Move * Koeneg Krieg C-Warrior * Warrior Ancients Tournament * Warrior D-Board-13 * Birds of Prey Demonstration: Operation Bolo * Birds of Prey D-Minis-3 * Quatre-Bras, June 16, 1815 * Napoleon’s Battles III D-Minis-4 * The Lost Regiment - First Encounter (15mm) * G&Z Rules D-Minis-5 * Patriot Wars: Clash on the Border 1777 * Trench Wars (modified) D-Minis-6 * Persians Folly * Tactica: Ancients E-Board-4 * Wings of War E-Minis-3 * Battle of Hubbardton, July 1777 * Crucible of War E-Minis-4 * Battle of Boxville (15mm) * G&Z Rules E-Minis-5 * The Battle of Ingouf Farm * Battlefront WW2 F-Minis-3 * Finding Pfc. Cheng * Modified EasyEight Battleground and TrenchWars man-to-man F-Minis-5 * The Train * The Sword and the Flame (15mm) G-Board-5 * Tide of Iron G-Minis-2 * River Crossing in France 1940 * Battle Front WW II Warrior: Ancients Tournament – Ewan McNay will be running this three-round tournament all day on Saturday the 10th. We expect players from all around the Northeast. See the Saturday 9am event description for details. RPGA Dungeons & Dragons – Jonathan Choy, our RPGA Czar, has lined up a great weekend of RPGA D&D. We are happy to offer eighteen different sanctioned events, including five that will debut at Council of Five Nations. Please click on the link for the special RPGA page on the web site. Important: If you are registering for an RPGA game, please also go to the Council page on Warhorn.net to pick the specific scenario you'd like. That will help us allocate GMs to serve everyone the best. Classic Battletech – We know there’s a strong Battletech community throughout the Northeast, and we’re happy to offer a track of events that will keep them entertained all weekend long. B-Minis-1
* The Battle of Misery
C-Minis-1 * Apocalypse Legion Now E-Minis-2 * Assault on Sagan Starport F-Minis-1 * Republican Royal Joust Avalon Hill Classics – Some of us old-timers remember a time when these games dominated convention schedules. Council has a full schedule for you too. Some of these games might be the newer reprints, but we’ll always remember them as Avalon Hill classics. B-Board-3
* Titan
B-Board-4 * Magic Realm B-Board-5 * Diplomacy * Diplomacy (50th Anniversary Edition) C-Board-6 * Britannia C-Board-7 * Dune D-Board-8 * History of the World E-Board-8 * Titan F-Board-1 * Age of Renaissance RPG Variety – Dungeons & Dragons is the beloved granddaddy of a whole gaming genre, but there are hundreds of other great RPGs out there. We’re happy to have a wide offering of non-D&D RPGs all weekend long. B-RPG-1
* The Haunting * Call of Cthulhu
B-RPG-2 * Spurning Death’s Touch * Witch Hunter: The Invisible World B-RPG-4 * A Weekend in the Wilds * Alpha Omega B-RPG-5 * Better Friends * Godlike C-RPG-1 * The Puzzle of the French Blue * Elementary Watson C-RPG-2 * Tide of Morning * Pathfinder Society C-RPG-3 * The Rock * Fellowship of the White Star C-RPG-5 * The Peril of Professor Phelblottum * Spirit of the Century C-RPG-6 * Poke the Emperor * Unique C-RPG-7 * Coffee Break of The Living Dead * All Flesh Must Be Eaten C-RPG-8 * The Extraordinary Z-Corps! * Mutants and Masterminds 2nd Edition D-RPG-1 * Blood at Dralkard Manor * Pathfinder Society D-RPG-2 * Cold Snap * Witch Hunter: The Invisible World D-RPG-3 * The Battle for Michelangelo * 3:16 Carnage Amongst the Stars D-RPG-4 * Red Clone Down! * Star Wars RPG - Saga Edition E-RPG-1 * Museum of the Common Folk * Fellowship of the White Star E-RPG-2 * Playing with Fire * Cybergen E-RPG-3 * A Day In the Swamp, A Night At the Opera * Call of Cthulhu, 6th Ed. /Delta Green E-RPG-4 * A funny thing happened on the way to the Slave Market * Conan RPG (2nd Ed) E-RPG-5 * The Gift * Burning Wheel E-RPG-6 * Redshirts on the Loose! * Aces & Eights E-RPG-7 * Death on Dartmoor * Rippers RPG (Savage Worlds) F-RPG-1 * Tide of Morning * Pathfinder Society F-RPG-2 * Spurning Death’s Touch * Witch Hunter: The Invisible World F-RPG-4 * The Under-Mountain Witch * The Mountain Witch G-RPG-1 * The Rock * Fellowship of the White Star G-RPG-2 * Who's Guarding Gotham? (A beginner’s beginning game) * DC Heroes Horror – If you’re a fan of things that go bump in the night, we’ve got a whole weekend of ghoulish games to entertain you. B-RPG-1
* The Haunting * Call of Cthulhu
C-Board-12 * Vampires, Ghosts and Zombies...Oh My! * Haunting House & Vampyre C-Board-9 * Betrayal at House on the Hill C-RPG-3 * The Rock * Fellowship of the White Star C-RPG-7 * Coffee Break of The Living Dead * All Flesh Must Be Eaten D-Board-10 * Arkham Horror E-Minis-6 * ZOMBIES! * All Things Zombie, Two Hour Wargames E-RPG-1 * Museum of the Common Folk * Fellowship of the White Star E-RPG-3 * A Day In the Swamp, A Night At the Opera * Call of Cthulhu, 6th Ed. /Delta Green G-RPG-1 * The Rock * Fellowship of the White Star Science Fiction – Another popular genre. If you want to play nothing but science fiction offerings all weekend, we’ve got you covered. SFB *
Star Fleet Battles Tournament: The Council Cup * Star Fleet Battles
A-Board-3 * Race for the Galaxy B-Minis-1 * The Battle of Misery * Classic Battletech B-Minis-2 * When Universes Collide * Squadron Strike C-Board-2 * Fed Com Scenario * Federation Commander C-Minis-1 * Apocalypse Legion Now * Classic Battletech C-Minis-7 * STARCRUISER D-Board-9 * Battlestar Galactica D-RPG-4 * Red Clone Down! * Star Wars RPG - Saga Edition E-Board-2 * Battlestar Galactica E-Minis-1 * The Battle of Cochrane's Rift * Squadron Strike E-Minis-2 * Assault on Sagan Starport * Classic Battletech E-Minis-7 * Star Wars: The Battle for Tattooine * Homebrew Star Wars Miniatures F-Minis-1 * Republican Royal Joust * Classic Battletech F-Minis-4 * From Beyond Earth - The Beginning * From Beyond Earth (Homebrew Minis XCom Rules) As you can see, we've got more than a little something for every gaming taste. Questions or Comments?You can contact
us directly at council_/at/_swa-gaming.org (please replace the "_/at/_"
with the standard "@").
You can also call Dave at (518) 464-1977, any day until about 11pm Eastern time. Please click here to go to the main Council general info page. Please click here to download the Council Pre-Registration packet in PDF format. Please click here to Pre-Register via the online form (with immediate PayPal or Credit Card payment) Please click here to read the pre-registration booklet informational text (the stuff besides the event listings... see below) Please click here for Directions to Council of Five Nations. Please click here to go to the Council Hotel page. Please click here to go to the Council Parking page. |
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Council of Five Nations pre-registration info - Available Now! |
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Submitted by DC on Sun, 09/13/2009 - 07:42.
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We know you've been waiting for it, and it's finally here... You can now see and download the Council of Five Nations XXXI (October 10-12) registration material at our web site. Highlights: Over 140 events! A nice balance of RPGs, Board Games & Miniatures. Lots of RPGA D&D in every slot. Historical miniatures in every slot. Lots of Euro games. Kid-Friendly games in almost every slot. Four Battletech games in glorious 3D. White Wolf WoD: Vampire LARP. The biggest Star Fleet Battles tournament in the world. Warrior: Ancients tournament. TC Realms D&D. Fellowship of the White Star. Friedrich tournament. Lots of non-D&D RPGs. Our super-popular Annual Discount Auction. Witch Hunter: Dark Providence. Avalon Hill classics. Pathfinder Society. More! The event information is available to you in various formats too. If you'd like to download the pre-registration booklet in Adobe Acrobat PDF format , please click here to go to our downloads page. If you'd like to browse the offerings online, we have everything posted. You can even register online.
We have numerous event tracks that we're highlighting. Each has its own special web site (all these events are in the Chronological listing too, of course): PLEASE NOTE: We will be adding even more pages for various special event tracks. Check back soon!
We hope you'll find lots of events to your liking, and that we'll see you at Council of Five Nations in less than five weeks. More info coming soon! |
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Council Event Schedule Looking Good! |
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Submitted by DC on Tue, 09/01/2009 - 20:03.
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We want to thank all the good folks who, once again, have pitched-in and volunteered to run games at the upcoming Council of Five Nations (Oct 9-11, 2009). We've got about 10% more games than last year, which is awesome. We always try for a nice balance of RPGs, board games, miniatures, and some other stuff, and once again you've helped make that happen. Things look good for us to have the pre-registration material ready for download by the end of the upcoming Labor Day weekend. Watch your email box, and the SWA web site, for the most up-to-date news. Thank you again - we couldn't do it without great GMs like you! |
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Last Big Push for Council Events |
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Submitted by DC on Fri, 08/21/2009 - 21:46.
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We’re in the final stretch of Council of Five Nations event planning. We had hoped to have the pre-registration material out by now, but we need a few more good events before we’re comfortable releasing the schedule. So, we’re writing you today to make our Last Big Push for events. Here’s what we’re looking for: * Role-Play Games. We have a strong lineup of RPGA again this year, so that’s covered. But we are light on non-RPGA RPGs. If you have something you think would be popular, we’d love to have you GM for us. * We’d like at least three more Historical Miniatures events. We currently have a good selection covering many popular eras. World War II is still the most popular, and we’d like a couple more WW2 events. We’d also like a couple more other historical minis events – whatever you’d like to do. HMGS guys, please step up! * Non-Historical Miniatures. We’re doing pretty well in this category. We go hot-and-cool with Battletech, but this is definitely a Hot year – we’ve got great Battletech events all weekend long. We also have the creators of Squadron Strike (space miniatures) onsite to run demos and scenarios. But we could use a few more non-historical miniatures events. Full Thrust? Warhammer (various flavors)? Star Wars? Lord of the Rings? We’d love to have any of these if you’d like to run one. * Board Games. We are Super-Hot with a full schedule of great board games. We already have more than last year. So, no more board game events please – we’re good! GM Incentives As always, if you run at least one event that gets published in our pre-reg booklet, you get in free for the whole weekend. All you pay for is the tickets for individual events that you play in. Council has, and has always had, one of the most generous GM policies you’ll find anywhere. Also, similar to last year, all GMs will get a special GMs-Only Council of Five Nations T-Shirt. These are not available for sale to general attendees. Sizes Small – 5XL available. Council of Five Nations appreciates it’s GMs, and we love to show the love! Deadline We’re really down to the wire, so no more excuses or procrastinating. We need your events by this coming Monday, August 24th. Please submit your event description ASAP so we don’t have to track you down and beg. We’re so close! How to submit your event Our preferred method is our online event form: http://www.swa-gaming.org/CouncilEventForm If you encounter problems, you can also email your event description directly to us at: Council /at/ swa-gaming.org. In a pinch, you can email or call the appropriate gaming czar and dictate your event right to him:
We're down to the final stretch. Please help us get across the finish line! Thanks. |
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Early Council of Five Nations Info |
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Submitted by DC on Thu, 07/09/2009 - 22:02.
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Hello Northeast Gamers, About 1,400 of you have either already received or will soon receive a bright orange postcard from us. Orange is the color of Autumn, and of Council of Five Nations. It happens every year around this time; the Schenectady Wargamers Association starts cranking up the Council of Five Nations machinery once again. This year will be our 32nd Council, one of the longest-running Adventure Gaming conventions in the world. Please block-off October 9, 10 & 11 on your calendars. We also now have preliminary Council info up on our web site. Here are the highlights. COUNCIL NEEDS GAME MASTERS No game convention can exist without
folks like you volunteering to run games, and we're no exception.
We'll have somewhere between 125-150 events this year, and it'll take a
lot of GMs to make that happen. Maybe you?
We offer some sweet incentives: Free entry to the con and a special GMs-only T-shirt (last year's was black, this year will probably be some other color that goes nicely with the gold embroidered logo). If you're interested in running a game for us, you can find all the details here: We really, really need your events by Sunday, July 26th
so we can get the pre-reg material out nice and early this year.
Please don't procrastinate - get those events in now.
HOTEL LODGINGS We've got your hotel options lined up
and ready to go. We have a special web page set up with all the
info:
Make your reservations now!
NEW FOR 2009 - TOUR OF SARATOGA BATTLEFIELD The Battle of Saratoga (1777) is often
cited as the turning point of the American War of Independence
(summaries here and here).
Of special interest to our Historical enthusiasts, we have arranged for
a private group tour of the Saratoga battlefield (click
here for web site). This will happen during the afternoon of
Friday, October 9th, the first
day of the convention. We'll get you back in time for the 7pm
events. The cost is $10 per person. We are not doing this to make
money;
we just want to provide this unique opportunity to interested Council
attendees. Please click
here for the web page we've set up for the Council of Five Nations
outing to the Saratoga Battlefield:
GENERAL COUNCIL INFO The main Council info page is a hub of
all the information you need to attend Council of Five Nations.
It is the page that will be updated the most frequently. You can
always find it here:
Check it often for the latest updates
on Council of Five Nations XXXII.
We hope to see all of you this October. The SWA Planning Team |
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Report on Council of Five Nations XXXI |
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Submitted by DC on Sat, 11/01/2008 - 10:07.
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The results from Council of Five Nations (three weeks ago, for those of you who missed it) are in. We thought you might like to hear about how things went. ATTENDANCE We had about 225 attendees this year; up 18% from last year's 190. Of special note, forty (18%) of you got $5 off your entry fee by registering in a group. We love that kind of group commitment to attending Council. Also, nineteen (8%) attendees got in at the heavily-discounted student rate. Today's students are tomorrow's gamers, and we're happy to make it easier for students to attend Council. EVENTS We had roughly the same number of events as last year (125). We're very happy to see so many of them filling up, and there were far fewer "did not run"s this year. We'll keep working to build attendance and have even more run at full in the future. Highlights: Our Star Fleet Battles tournament was, once again, the largest in the country - even larger than the national championships at Origns. RPGA D&D and TC Realms D&D were particularly well attended. And most of our historical miniatures events ran at full or near-full. THE FACILITY: PROCTORS CONFERENCE CENTER This was our second year at Proctors, and we learned from the mistakes we made last year. Registration and the dealers area were on the ground floor, making them easier to find. RPGs were upstairs, to better manage the sound levels. We had fewer tables down in the basement, again to mitigate sound issues. We've received mostly good feedback about the facility and how things went this year. We're finalizing our report to Proctors' management; do you have anything you think we should add? Please reply to this email and let us know. After things went well last year, we entered into a three-year agreement with Proctors, so we're very confident we will be there at least two more years. And since there is more space for us to grow into, expect us to be there even longer as long as things continue to go well. The Schenectady Wargamers Association is happy to be part of the Downtown Schenectady renaissance! PROFITS Even with the expense of about $800 for all our GMs to receive a Council logo t-shirt, we still made a decent profit this year. Thanks to all of you for your support! Having a nice little treasury means we can do good things: * not worry about spending a little extra money to make everyone's Council experience better * do even more to promote Council & the SWA so attendance at all our events improves. Watch for even more good stuff from us in the future! ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Many, many thanks to all the Council of Five Nations XXXI Game Masters: Jonathan Abrams, Eric Alexopoulos, Philip Armstrong, Bill Ashbaugh, Gene Beirne, Eric Belser, Paul Bennett, Chris Bernardi, Grant Bolling, Dan Bostwick, David Bostwick, Carey Bostwick, Mildred Cady, Veronica Cano, Tim Carleton, David Carr, Tersha Choy, Tom Ciampa, Michael Crossman, David Cuatt, Brian Damour, Charles Davis, Troy Ferris, Joe Fox, Jaime Francis, Mike Griffin, Mike Haggett, Austin Hogan, Alex Jurkat, Robert Kirker, Art Lobdell, Frank Luberti Jr, Ralph Mabb, Tom Marli, Chris Martino, Dan Mazzola, Ben McFarland, Brett McLean, Ewan McNay, Dage McNitt, Robert Mulligan, Doug Neet, Chris Nichols, Ben Ossenfort, Mike Paine, Jennifer Paperman, Steve Parenteau, Jane Pattison, John Robb, Andy Roy, Mike Russman, Karen Seiz, Gerry Seypura, Rodney Sheldon, Christopher Tosh, Bernie Trombley, Michael Tutt, Marvin Veeder, David Waxtel, Nathan Whitchurch, John Whitehead, Mark Zaslavsky & Andrew Zorowitz The SWA Leadership Team organized the event: Jonathan Choy, Bill Dickerson, Jarrod Ferullo, John Fitzpatrick, Stephen Kent, Stephen Keyer, Nick Klercker, Jason Murphy, Eric Paperman, Mike Reynolds, John Rigley, Eric Rocque (currently serving in Iraq, but with us in spirit), Vince Romeo, Robert Rowe Jr., Robin Toll, Joe Tomasulo & David Cheng And Thank You to our local retailers in attendance: Zombie Planet Coopers Cave Games & Paintball Silver Eagle Wargame Supplies COUNCIL XXXII in 2009 This is the time of year when people buy their calendars for the upcoming year. Please mark October 9-11 as Council of Five Nations XXXI. We'd love to see you there. ... and we'd love to see you at our monthly Game-a-thons. |
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Parking Update for Council of Five Nations |
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Submitted by DC on Thu, 10/09/2008 - 14:44.
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Just got back from Proctors. There is a situation you will want to know about if you're driving in for Council this weekend. They are repaving the South Clinton Street lot that is directly behind Proctors and the Parker Inn. There are some spots still available, but they are working with about 65% fewer than normal. Unless you get there really early, you should probably plan on parking in the garage on Broadway. For maps and such, feel free to check out our parking page: www.swa-gaming.org/CouncilParking See you this weekend! |
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