F:AT at BGG.Con 2013

Are any F:ATties thinking of going to Dallas for BGG.con this year? I know that a lot of you live nearby and have frequented in years past. There's a pretty decent chance that I could make it this year, so I thought it'd be cool to see if anyone wanted to meet up.

My Fiance and I will be making the trip this year, just not sure when we're going to get up there. Always looking for more AT folk to play with, as my group leans more towards fun-murdering and cube pushing. Maybe I'll actually get around to posting a few photos I took from last year...but what's the hurry.

Bought a ticket last year but didn't have the time or money to go to Dallas when it came time. Loathe to buy another ticket in advance again because of that. I've heard it's a good time if you get with the right folks though.

I guess I was under the impression that we had a pretty strong showing last year, but it sounds like that might not have been the case. I might just stay home and save my money, since most of the people I'd know would be people I already game with right here in Kansas City.

No, you're right, I definitely think there are some folks who regularly go up there---I posted a thread on it last year and there were. You might look up the 2012 thread and see who the people were who went then and PM them.

Last year I gamed with Steve Avery (who did not wear a single tank top, much to my disappointment) and looked at a prototype with Zev. But beyond that, I didn't see any other F:AT regulars (though keep in mind, I could probably be sitting next to you and not know it). I'll be a bit bummed if no one else shows, but I'll still find a way to have fun. =]

95% sure I'm going this year. If I do I've been instructed that I need to bring the unicorn outfit and ride around on Cocktavian for a bit.

But if your main reason to go to specifically BGG Con is to see people from the Fort (and it's not remarkably inexpensive for some reason), you'd be far better served at either WBC or ConnCon despite their being much smaller events. Even Repopalooza in November will have a lot more of "us" than BGG Con. There are only a couple regulars here who even live in TX, let alone Dallas. By far the biggest concentration of regulars here is between DC and Boston, so our local jams get loaded up with quality! Atlanta would be the only other spot with a notable number of quality nerds and it still lags far behind.

MattLoter wrote: 95% sure I'm going this year. If I do I've been instructed that I need to bring the unicorn outfit and ride around on Cocktavian for a bit.

But if your main reason to go to specifically BGG Con is to see people from the Fort (and it's not remarkably inexpensive for some reason), you'd be far better served at either WBC or ConnCon despite their being much smaller events. Even Repopalooza in November will have a lot more of "us" than BGG Con. There are only a couple regulars here who even live in TX, let alone Dallas. By far the biggest concentration of regulars here is between DC and Boston, so our local jams get loaded up with quality! Atlanta would be the only other spot with a notable number of quality nerds and it still lags far behind.

For me the appeal of BGG.con is cost, since there are a lot of KC gamers who drive down to Dallas every year, and who all share hotel rooms. I could do registration, hotel, and transportation for about half the cost of what it would take to go out to ConnCon or WBC, just because those are a little beyond driving distance for me.

The main appeal of a con that big is that I could meet people I only really know online. I'm still a little on the fence. I'll try to make a decision before the end of the week and let you guys know if I'll be there.

So anybody here going this year?

This will be my first time there. I'll be demoing Flick Wars at the Print & Play Productions booth and demo table.

Swing by if you're there and say hi from F:AT!

I'll be there!

I'll be selling games, playing games and testing protos. Heck I'm leaving tomorrow for the Dallas Games Marathon to do playtesting until BGG.con starts.

And eating lots of bbq!! Gonna get the meat sweats!

Zev