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Old 08-20-2010, 10:03 AM
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This is a nice idea Al, for obvious reasons. Due to the financial costs all the way around, it might be something for a few to take upon themselves, outside of the MFCA as not to burden the association. taken as a bussiness venture would have to be the premise, as the up front costs with booth, travel, hotel & misc. merchandise would be thousands. keep me updarted Al.
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Old 08-20-2010, 01:31 PM
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Guys, Gencon is probably a poor choice for MFCA because it is a wargaming/gaming convention that uses a big Pay to Play model for its business. Everyone pays, even the guys running the games pay unless they get a very large turnout for their games....if they collect enough tickets from gamers, then they get reimbursed....eventually. The model failed out here in Los Angeles and GenCon LA folded very quickly. Origins is a similar convention every year in Columbus, OH. It costs less, so you might look at it...but it still is a Pay to Play event...with huge turnout.

Cheaper options are conventions put on by the Historical Miniature Gaming Society. They have very large conventions out east, the biggest is Historicon. Typically held in July...this year it moved to Valley Forge, PA. That should be much cheaper to get into and attendance is in the thousands. I think it would be a great place to recruit out east. Wargaming conventions in most of the country are not huge affairs....but still would be good and cheap alternatives to expand your base.
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Old 08-20-2010, 05:14 PM
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If the MFCA ever does decide to do a booth, I can definetly help with technical design and other aspects of the design stage since that is the industry I work in. (Museum and trade show exhibit I & D.)

Wolf is right, we have to have a product to sell, so we need to seriously start looking at packaging a product to sell (Gameboard with accessories, figures and bases).
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