Hi All,

I vaguely recall a couple of people saying they might be interested in the auction at UK Gencon - well, it will appear that it will be a bit of washout, collecting-wise.

Apparently the auctioneers are ONLY accepting full-charity donations. Which means that mostly only companies and stores will donate - not many ppl will sell games.

Not I think a great policy  

Cheers,
Malc

http://www.consupport.com/index.asp?Con=61


30 Aug to 2 Sep - It's in my diary but as it's summer hols time I'm probably not going to make it. (Shame as it's only 20 minutes from home)

Hi All,

tho not as impressive as your Gencon Indy collections, I got from Reading:

4th ed D&D Launch poster (1 of 2)
4th ed D&D UK t-shirt (1 of 308)
alpha call of cthulhu module due to be published at some future time by pelgrane press
the north shrinkwrapped
load of smaller stuff

Cheers,
Malc

Hi,

well, the "vibe" was a lot more positive than the last two Butlins ones, I thought.

Horsemen claimed attendance peaked around 1500, but I would reckon closer to 700 personally.

I think it was definitely more roleplaying oriented than its been for quite a while, tho this was mainly because internal industry politics meant that the Magic players werent there in force - maybe 60/70 tops.

The Campus was a half-decent venue, and with better signage, and if they can acquire another building in the "horseshoe" where the main action was, it will be a lot better.

Food and drink was acceptable and not expensive.

I believe it will be in the same venue next year, which would be much better than moving again.

Not much exciting in the auction (apart from the Cthulhu thing we bought, and the Missus got some CCG stock). The bring'n'Buy had TONS of stuff cheap, but not that much good stuff.

All in all more positives than for several years

Cheers,
Malc