Ok gang we had some stellar performances in the RPG room this con but over all the room was half empty all weekend long. Not due to any fault expect that large quantities of GMs were just not available. I believe we had every free GM in Central Oklahoma at the con. I've been talking to store managers in Tulsa and OKC and the truth is out there: RPG play and sales in OK are way, way down.

That sucks because the guys we had running this con were great! Sean and Brent made a magnificent effort to get Pathfinder organized play off the ground, yet they only had the two of them. Loren Dean was by far the most popular GM at the con with his totally rocking Crafty Games table and Danny held a great classic in Deadlands but the truth is we just didn't have enough games to fill those tables and I can't seem to find the talent locally. This is a rough state of affairs since in days of yore we could rally 15-20 GMs from Stillwater alone.

So the question is what can be done for RPGs? Obviously they need to be at the con but with so many other games pushing their play space to the seams and RPGs dragging I'm under some serious pressure to give that OK2 ballroom to a bigger event like Cards or miniatures. Plus I can't seem to find a volunteer brave enough to spear head a serious RPG presence at the Con.

Can RPGs bounce back and fill that space? And if it needs more time to grow where can we work the RPGs in elsewhere in the hotel so we can use that OK 2 ballroom on a larger draw?

Please post your thoughts

Jim,

I am willing to run a game system called Feng Shui.  Matt Grider has run it before.  Lot os fun, based on cheesy martial arts movies (Big Trouble in Little China being a prime example1)

Will

OK,

Here's the final solution.

We're gutting a bank of hotel rooms adjioning the main lobby (where Magic and Warhammer will be) and placing two 7 person tables in each. These we have dubbed the "RPG suites". Why, well they get their own bathrooms and AC units unilike the rest of the con and that's pretty "suite"

So RPGA will be running 4 tables in two adjoining rooms and Pathfinder will be running two tables in one room and Fantasycraft will be running Wyrmstone on the last the tables in the last room. These tables may have holes in their schedule. Both the Fantasy Craft and Pathfinder rooms may have openings,especially in the evenings when their day time participants are in the LARP. The RPGA rooms will no doubt run full tilt 24/7.

In addtion the Executive room in the main hallway directly across from the Oklahoma 1 Dealers Room wlill hold 2-3 7 person rounds and we're hoping to place the assorted demos and one shots in there over the weekend. the most pick up gaming will happen here and currentky we have Jake henzel scheduled to run a L5R game and Ogre running a DR. Who RPG Demo in this area. I figured this is were Peter Bradley will run his Castles and Crusades demo and I figure we'll settle Will's Feng Shui table and Danny's Dead lands in there too

Mark,

Sound great! we would love to have Fiasco! on Friday Night.

Please email me at wohtrent@yahoo.com and we'll get you set up on the schedule.

Thanks,

Jim Trent
StillCon Committee Chair