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an event for Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks

egilsdorf — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:51:23 GMT

Hi --

I'm a late addtion to the Gen Con program, but wanted to introduce myself. I'm a Boston-based gamer and writer for the New York Times and Boston Globe with a new book that's coming out September 1 from Globe Pequot/The Lyons Press. Called "Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks: An Epic Quest for Reality Among Role Players, Online Gamers, and Other Dwellers of Imaginary Realms," the narrative non-fiction book is (what I hope is) a humorous, lively, and provocative blend of travelogue, pop culture analysis, and memoir.

And I'm kicking off my nationwide book tour at Gen Con.

At Gen Con, I'll be at the Troll Lord Games booth (# 221) meeting folks and selling and signing books. I'll also be giving two readings followed by two booksignings immediately following:

Reading schedule:
Friday 8/14, 3-4pm, location: Marriott Phoenix
& Sat 8/15 4-5pm, location: Marriott Phoenix

Book Signing schedule:
Friday 8/14, 4-5pm, location: Author’s Avenue
& Saturday 8/15, 5-6pm, location: Author’s Avenue

"Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks" plumbs, explains and celebrates fantasy and gaming subcultures like Lord of the Rings, World of Warcraft, Harry Potter, the Society for Creative Anachronism, LARPS, and D&D.On a quest that begins in my own geeky teenage past and ends in our online gaming future, I ask gaming and fantasy geeks how they balance their so-called "escapist" urges with the kingdom of adulthood, crisscrossing America, the world, and other worlds—from Boston to Wisconsin, New Zealand to France, and Planet Earth to the realm of Aggramar. I also spend time in the book debunking popular stereotypes about gamers and geeks.

Here's what some folks have to say:

"a breathless adventure/quest/memoir " –Andrei Codrescu, NPR commentator and author ofThe Posthuman Dada Guide

"Witty, downright funny, poignant, honest and ... well, wistful....Reading Ethan Gilsdorf's tale conjured my own Dungeons & Dragons and fantasy experiences, vividly, right down to finding some of my old character sheets in a 3-ring binder a decade and more after I had stopped using them." –R.A. Salvatore, New York Times bestselling author of forty novels, including The Dark Elf Trilogy, Paths of Darkness, The Hunter's Blades Trilogy, and The Cleric Quintet and lead storyteller, 38 Studios game company

"A fun, quirky and fresh perspective for those wanting to know more about the amazing world of gaming." –David Brin, winner of the Nebula, Hugo, and Locus Awards, and author of The Postman, Kiln People and The Transparent Society

"An orcs-and-all journey through geekdom, told with affection for every elf, wizard and Dungeon Master it meets along the way. —Melissa Anelli, author of Harry, A History: The True Story of a Boy Wizard, His Fans, and Life Inside the Harry Potter Phenomenon  

"This is a delightful book—more fun than being a Dungeon Master to a group of high-level mages and thieves." —A.J. Jacobs, New York Times bestselling author of The Know-It-All and The Year of Living Biblically

"Gilsdorf takes a Kerouac meets Cliffs Notes approach and gives us On the Road for the Star Wars generation."–Juan Carlos and Victor Piñeiro Escoriaza, creators of the award-winning documentary Second Skin

If you drop by booth #221 you can get info to register for The Great Geek Giveaway --- a trove of cool prizes and merchandise, including the new Dungeon Master's Guide 2 (http://tiny.cc/p7u7K ), a set of original paperbacks in TSR's "Endless Quest" (Choose Your Own Adventure) book series, a DVD of the gamer documentary "Second Skin" (http://www.secondskinfilm.com/) now hitting theaters, music from Harry and the Potters (http://harryandthepotters.com/), a signed copy of my book, and other goodies.

You can read more about my book "Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks" here: http://www.fantasyfreaksbook.com/

Drop by Troll Lord Games booth # 221 and let's chat. I look forward to meeting you!

Ethan Gilsdorf

Ethan Gilsdorf
ethan@ethangilsdorf.com
http://www.ethangilsdorf.com
http://www.fantasyfreaksbook.com
617-718-7007

My book "FANTASY FREAKS AND GAMING GEEKS: An Epic Quest for Reality Among Role Players, Online Gamers, and Other Dwellers of Imaginary Realms" will be published September 1, 2009, by The Lyons Press/Globe Pequot Press.

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Re: RPGA Events?

Outpost_Games-d — Wed, 14 May 2008 13:21:34 GMT

Enough 'evidence' has been gathered by various people on this board for me to submit my opinion on GenCon and WOTC.

First, I'll talk a bit about Hasbro's problem with GenCon being in Bankruptcy and trying to do business.

Hasbro's problem with GenCon being in Bankruptcy is that GenCon is operating under a court-appointed trustee. So, while GenCon would probably be okay with Hasbro using its $431K credit to offset the fees for GenCon 2008, the trustee cannot agree to that deal as it gives Hasbro preferential treatment as a creditor to the bankrupt GenCon. In other words, Hasbro would be able to convert their 'credit' on a $1 for $1 basis for services and fees for GenCon, while Lucasfilm and Walt Disney could not. The trustee cannot allow a deal like that; at least not without the unanimous consent of the creditors committee - and we can see that based on the number of creditors and the $$ involved, that is not likely to happen.

So, it's not that Hasbro will not DO business with a company in bankruptcy or that Hasbro and GenCon don't WANT to work out a deal; it is that decision makers of both parties are extremely constrained in what they can do because of the restrictions of GenCon operating under bankruptcy protection. Bankruptcy not only protects a company from creditors, but also protects each (small) creditor from the other (large/current) creditors as all parties scramble to get as much as they can from the bankrupt company.

Keep in mind that GenCon is 100% at fault here. GenCon is the company that over-extended itself and sought bankruptcy protection from creditors. Because of that, certain business decisions and transactions either are simply not possible or take much longer to execute. The problems we are talking about on this list ALL began and end with GenCon, LLC, not WoTC!

In summary - Facts:

-GenCon LLC owes Hasbro $431K, which is probably just a bit less than what WOTC would normally pay to GenCon for the tremendous convention booth and display area plus the three very large organized play areas for MTG, RPGA and Miniatures (DDM, Star Wars, Axis & Allies) at GenCon.

-Hasbro is NOT going to pay for ALL the booth and play space as long as GenCon owes them the $431K and Hasbro cannot get $1 for $1 credit conversion; and the bankruptcy will not be discharged/resolved before GenCon.

-WOTC, the RPGA and DCI have committed to the end user gaming community to not only be at GenCon, but also to debut their new D&D 4e product with LFR at GenCon.

Current Opinion:

At the very last minute (like end of July), Hasbro and Gencon will reach an agreement (somehow) that will bring WOTC, the RPGA and DCI to GenCon; although in a much smaller footprint than in years past. My expectation will be that the WOTC booth and display area will be 20-50% of the size it was in past years and that a lot of the organized play areas will be reduced or consolidated.

So, I am patiently waiting for an announcement after Origins (where the end user community will really be able to deliver some direct feedback to WoTC and RPGA) that Hasbro and GenCon have reached a tentative agreement. I am keeping some slots open - I am already qualified for the D&D open and am a returning top-three finalist for the DCC open. I just hope that I can login fast enough after GenCon posts the reduced set of RPGA events in late July to get the games I want.

event previews - cycle 1 TCG & minis games added

Derek Guder — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:04:52 GMT

Another heads-up about the event catalog preview - TCGs and miniatures games submitted during cycle 1 have been placed and should be active now. You can view them in the previews available here.

And please - keep in mind that the event listing is by no means complete. So far we've only gone through cycle 1 events. There are still plenty more events to add that were submitted later. We've had more than 4000 events submitted so far this year, so there's still a ton of events to go through

Re: event catalog update - cycle 1 LRP & BGM added

Derek Guder — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:44:55 GMT

The Wednesday event program is something I love, but it'll have to be ironed out after all the events over the core 4 days of the show. It's really hard to give any kind of hard timeline on when that will happen.

If anyone is concerned about the status of their events, just sign into your account and check there. If it's "pending event review" then we haven't looked at it. If it's "accepted for consideration" then it looked fine but we haven't been able to confirm space for it yet. If there was a problem, it would be "returend for correction" or "rejected."

I can't promise that we'll get back to every event submission within a week or whatever - but we're going through them as quickly as we can and everyone should be getting a response much, much earlier this year than they have in the past.

event catalog update - cycle 1 LRP & BGM added

Derek Guder — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:22:06 GMT

Another week, another batch of events. This time we've added all the cycle 1 board games and LARPs to the event catalogs. The independent RPGs are also listed now. Everyone have a party

new blog post

Derek Guder — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:11:39 GMT

I just put up a new blog post talking a bit more about the event charts - as well as the coolest event I've seen so far.

Re: Initial event catalog available for download!

Derek Guder — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:38:04 GMT

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When do y'all think the KFG wednesday stuff will show up? Only the Hoteps game is currently listed.

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The Wednesday schedule likely won't be up for a little while yet - I'm concentrating on reviewing and placing events for the normal run of the covnention first, and once that's running nice and smoothly I'll be able to sort out final details for the Wednesday program.

So likely a few weeks yet.

Re: Mass Die Roll for Gary Gygax

wrenn — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:29:26 GMT

i am all for the mass roll, but i had a few other tribute ideas. my first thought was a candle carving competition event in memory of Gygax. sign ups on thurs. then on sunday the contestants get judged and light them in his honor. or going with the dice theme gencon could collect d20's outside exhibition hall in a see thru container. once collected gencon could auction off the dice and send the proceeds to some nonprofit/ charity/ philanthropic org. or better create one. (the Gygax foundation). if such a foundation/ group was created it could be funded almost exclusively through gen con event donations and his people. this way even though he has died, his vision and legacy will never be forgotten.

please send me feed back.

Event Scheduling Timeline

schoon — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:47:39 GMT

Hi Everyone,

A quick question that hopefully has an easy answer: once one's events have been reviewed and accepted, at what point do they typically get scheduled? Or in other words, when will I be able to start scheduling other parts of my Con?

Thanks