Well, it has been a while since I last posted to this humble blog. I am surprised I have any readers left at all! But, I have crossed off an item on the bucket list!
I ran events at Historicon.
So, what did I learn....a lot!
In fact I wrote the lessons down because I think they bear out for anyone considering running a game at any convention!
Historicon 2015
Lessons Learned
1.
Prep is everything. I could have been better
prepared and well, I forgot some crucial items that made the first demo into a
near disaster. The second went well because I did crash prep with Annie’s help.
No more of this. I want to be ready 30 days out from the convention from now
on!
2.
Looks of my table. My tables were fair to
middling at best for the demo, and the second game while very good, could have
been better. So, how do we fix this?
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More terrain (build it or buy, I am thinking
build)
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Better storage arrangements (Preserve what I do
have longer).
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Get rid of anything that doesn’t contribute to
the look I want.
3.
Poise, I have to stop being nervous. I am good
at this, really good, and I have proved it in the past as I used to run
Battletech successfully, a lot. So, you have slain the Historicon beast, now,
let’s do it again, only better.
4.
Organization, get a system and stick with it!
