Big Geek Con #1 Report

Episode 158 Streamed Live Tuesday September 26, 2023 Main Topic: Big Geek Con 1- Post Shenanigans Report People to thank Workers/helpers: A special nod goes to Randy’s wife & K. Scott Appreciation to Joe Hardin and His wife, L. Neumann, Martenson, Greg T., Larry E., and Fladey ( for donations to raffle) as well as David Guyll (donations for raffle- extreme number of miniatures). The GMs: Fladey, Larry N., Larry E., Martenson, Kelley, Tim, and Benny S., Darth Thiek (Commander -style tourney), Halcyon, J. Demo, Nathan Lindy, and Geoff S. Special Kudos: Ben R. playing with Bennie. Bennie gave away his prize to a friend Far travelers: Darth Thiek, Fladey and guest, Abub. Nathan Lindy: ran Horde Wars like a boss! Business end Set up Advertising Setting up GMs and sessions How did we do? # of Attendees Friday: 34 Saturday: 47 Games played by BG and favorite things Randy - games played: Modern War by young 13 year old (his own homebrew), Cheating Death- by Tim Scott : TPK and a mighty screw up on my part, and 13th age by Larry E.- enjoyable ,but more guffaws by moi. (very tired) Randy’s Favorites: Loved my theme of not reading the dice right, loved my kids’ game(great ideas and cool thing), watching Horde Wars tables fill up non-stop, & inspired by my running of my module(very first session), and meeting the various dudes from the chat on this show. Joe - games played: Rifts Coalition Wars, Extreme Xcrawl, Horde Wars, Dungeon Crawl Classics, Palladium Fantasy, and 13th Age Joe’s Favorites: Meeting folks from the live stream, you guys ROCK! Getting some gaming in after a long break. Food: hot dogs, pulled pork, chips, cookies, soda, water, candy bars. Good/Bad/Ugly Suggestion Box: Sound buffering Credit card payment option on site Stagger early games Late start Friday/end Sunday AC/Fans needed Place merchandise closer to entrance Advertise at local games stores People buying weekend pass should get two “raffle” tickets (or more incentive) If possible buy stuff to raffle Game sign up online if possible Tabletop events and dates set earlier 45 minute registration pre-game Floating GM each slot Encourage folks to show up ten minutes before games More variety of diet pop Add a space on sign-in sheet for email and to text notifications Kids play place How about Big Geek Con 2? Shameless Plug Time: If you would like to support our show, please like, subscribe, and share us where you are listening or viewing the show. We are on all the socials, video and podcast places as well. Cash Support PayPal: https://paypal.me/biggusgeekus Streamlabs: https://streamlabs.com/biggusgeekus1/tip Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/biggusgeekus Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BiggusGeekus On the Web: Website: www.biggusgeekuspodcast.com Email: [email protected] Big Geek Emporium: https://biggeekemporium.com/