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Post by ash on Jul 22, 2008 15:39:06 GMT 9.5
I have been pondering as to whether or not to hold a large tournament here in renmark. I have been encouraged by numerous sources both in town and interstate to go ahead and do it but am thinking if it is viable.
The last few Shippycons failed to break even and its this fact that has me wondering....
Do I bite the bullet invest the $500-600 dollars in order to run a large undertaking?
The costs are high due to the fact that a venue will need to be hired (hotel probably)
What do you guys think?
Which games supported?
(40k obviously but try for fantasy aswell)
Its definately not outside of my abilities to pull off just wondering about the local support here....
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Post by majordodo on Jul 22, 2008 16:29:13 GMT 9.5
Id be up for it but not for a few months, gotta finish my army first. Ill run it by the guys at club meeting tonight here in mildura and see what interest there is. However most of them are new to playing.
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Post by battlewearypriest on Jul 23, 2008 13:42:08 GMT 9.5
ash you know that you would get just about all of the local guy to play except maybe one or two, no biggy, the only thing to worry bout is the non-local player interest! You would have to get exact number that are not gonna pull out at the last minute,
so there is prob' what 17 locals and if you're lucky you could get anything between another 15-30 players from else where. So ultimately the risk should be determanded by you getting a exact number of people, cost of venues, prizes and then weigh them against one another to see if it's worth gamble.
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Post by ash on Jul 23, 2008 14:41:25 GMT 9.5
I have no doubts that the locals will get involved its just the fact of the prizes being trophy based and not miniatures based that will make it not so popular for out of towners...
Maybe the major ones can have miniatures prize support?
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Post by danny on Jul 23, 2008 18:24:15 GMT 9.5
nah, i dont reckon you need to give away minis. i feel a trophy is a much nicer thing to get!
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Post by majordodo on Jul 23, 2008 21:31:00 GMT 9.5
Hmm i think the minitures idea is good, but you'd wanna make it something special. Maybe just a forgeworld voucher or something?
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Post by ash on Jul 24, 2008 12:50:35 GMT 9.5
hmmm... maybe rather than a regular tournament I could organise a theme weekend, one system, mini campaign but other things running along side to the theme/genre of the system but not strictly wargaming?
Yoiu know for fantasy have the games but also organise a full on medievel feast for the saturday evening etc?
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Post by majordodo on Jul 24, 2008 13:24:26 GMT 9.5
Yeah sounds awsome!! See if theres an SCA nearyby you can get in touch with if you do that, they do all the medieval re-enactments so they should have some tips on setting up the feast.
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