The official Gameday 29 attendance count is: 41

Given the many cancellations in the afternoon, that’s a really good number! And it doesn’t even include a few of the people who drove down from Madison. A few people commented to me that it seemed like Gameday felt “small” this time around, but it really just the small number of events in the afternoon. If anything, the fact that we had such a good turnout, yet the events still felt “intimate” is a great thing.

So…

I want to thank: our hosts, Games Plus; all of our volunteer GMs; and everyone who showed up to play. It was great to see both old and new faces, and that people were traveling from far and wide. I can’t tell you all how much I appreciate that.

I want to send out big thanks to our Burning Empires group; I had a BLAST. Bill’s heroic GM’ing, Willow’s face-punchingly-awesome rules mastery, and David’s sly criminal mind made for a thoroughly enjoyable game. It was really cool to see BE in action and flowing quickly. Not only did I have fun, but I feel like I learned a lot about the game. I know folks were worn out by 6:30, but I seriously could have kept going. Thanks!

Thanks again, everyone. And keep an eye out for news about Gameday 30, or as I think we will call it: Gameday XXX.

Share your memories and thanks

To grab a seat for an Gameday 28 event, post in the ENWorld thread linked above.

If you want to run an event for Gameday 28 (and you know you do), go there, read the first post, and then start contributing!

I’ll create a thread on ENWorld at that time and send out the thread to this list, as well as post the link on Facebook. Once you receive the URL, post in the thread if you’d like to run an event. The initial thread post will have details about submitting events.

And now: some new stuff!

First, I’ve made a map of the games room at Games Plus. Take a look.

The tables are labeled, A-I, and each table is marked with its ideal seating. Now we’ll determine in advance which table you’ll be at for your event, plus we can better match event size to table size. So, yes, if you’re running a smaller event, you’ll be running it at at tables A or B; a typical six-player event, you’ll be at C-G; and, Games Plus permitting, big events or wargames will be at tables H or I.

Second, I’d really like us to shoot for at least six events in each slot (morning and afternoon): five “GM + 6″ (or larger) events and one “GM + 4″ or larger event. Assuming we have those six, we can add on more events (of any size). This gives us a baseline of accommodating 40-42 attendees, GMs included. (“GM” can of course, mean “person running event”; your game need not have a GM role.)

Again, this is the ideal. Obviously, it depends on what kind of events people want to run. Still, the more players we can accommodate, the more people can attend. The more people we bring in, the more Games Plus loves us.

Okay, hopefully this all makes sense. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

See you on Monday!

If you’d like to play in an event for Gameday 26, that’s where you need to go.