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[Adam]

I, however, don't have the text.

Does 95 cards sound about right?

[Bull]

I, however, don't have the text.

Yeah, that was my point. If I could just find my copies, we could put the two together... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

I have a couple last ditch places to search, but I'm not too hopeful. :/

Does 95 cards sound about right?

Yeah. It wasn't a huge set, as I recall. Might have been a bit larger than that, but not too much.

[Bull]

OK, finally finished my card sorting, and built some extra decks to hand out.

My suggestion is that we go with 50 point games, at least to start. All the decks I built can handle more than that, but... THis will help make the games go quicker.

My "Starter" decks are pretty simplistic. Basic Skill & Muscle decks, with a decent sampling of gear, locations, specials, contacts, etc. I stayed away from the more "Advanced" stuff that really require a more specialized deck construction (Magic, RIgging, Decking). I will have all my extras with me, so if anyone wants to dig out the cards to tweak a deck in those directions, they can, but it'll at least get them started (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

As such, I'd suggest anyone who's bringing pre-built decks bring a "Basic" deck as well to play against the newbie decks. Something a little more stripped down that won;t force an opponent to rely on tricks they're not gonna have.

I have 5 decks to hand out. Plus the sealed stuff I still have as well. Should help get folks started (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Bull

[john_doe]

Sounds good to me. Even if i don't get to play any games, it will be nice to meet, and socialize with some fellow SR junkies...

I just hope i'm still alive after Friday night's SR tournament to make it...

[adamu]

Damn - you guys are making me slaver all over my keyboard just thinking about getting a peak at any part of those 95 cards!!!

[Bull]

Sounds good to me. Even if i don't get to play any games, it will be nice to meet, and socialize with some fellow SR junkies...

I just hope i'm still alive after Friday night's SR tournament to make it...

Bah, drag the other SR Gms with you (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[adamu]

Okay - people, the final word on drinking at this event is...

Sorry - I will have to request this be a dry gathering.

The Hilton seems pretty relaxed about the whole thing, but when it came right down to it, their lawyers said the only way I would be totally safe would be with third-party event insurance, which they said was generally dirt cheap.

So I looked into that, and initial quotes ranged from only $100-175 including liquor liability. I figured, what the heck, once in a lifetime event, try to make everyone happy.

But then when it came down to the actual application, it turns out that since the thing is open to the public and I really can't say who or how many people will be showing up, those types of insurers won't cover me.
They referred me to the sorts of underwriters that will cover our type of event, and the price went way way way up.

Although not a drinker myself, I know that a lot of people's enjoyment of our games might have been enhanced if they could sip their favorite beverage while playing. I had hoped that would be possible. Unfortunately, as the person whose name is on the room, it is more liability than I can take on.

So I fear this must be an alcohol-free event.

[DireRadiant]

Sounds good to me. Even if i don't get to play any games, it will be nice to meet, and socialize with some fellow SR junkies...

I just hope i'm still alive after Friday night's SR tournament to make it...

I can promise you'll live. The characters on the other hand.... opportunity to leave early if there is a TPK.

[adamu]

Won't do any good - room's not available until 2300 hours anyway.

[john_doe]

I can promise you'll live. The characters on the other hand.... opportunity to leave early if there is a TPK.

LOL, i guess i should have seen that one coming...

[john_doe]

So I fear this must be an alcohol-free event.

I'm ok with that.

[Aaron]

We're still looking at Circle City 3 in the ... Hilton was it? Yes?

[adamu]

That's the word so far. Hilton has all that "subject to change" stuff, but I will get final confirmation before the Con.

I will be re-posting the place and time on this thread right before the Con whatever happens.

And the ultimate failsafe is that even if they change the room, the event will be on their daily bulletin board or whatever, so all you have to do is ask staff where the SRTCG Blowout/DS meet-n-greet is.

[Aaron]

Could I bother you to copy the most current information into the top post of this thread, if it hasn't been already? It's easier to find there.

[Jack Robustus]

At this point I have 11 decks to give out at the big SRTCG gathering. They each have a loose theme, although there is also enough variety in the decks to put together a credible team. I'd like to say they are as simplistic as Bull suggested, but I feel they should be easy to play. I'll include my own difficulty rating in the descriptions. They are all fairly small and every one will meet the 50 point limit easily. As I mentioned back in April, each will come with a rulebook and a reference card.

The Decks are:

Cheap Cyber:features characters capable of using cyberware, and equipment like cyberarms, hand razors, etc. (easy)
Rigger: about 10 riggers and enough drones to make them usuable. (moderate)
Kill 'em All:a Yak heavy deck featuring lots of ways to kill opponent runner teams (difficult)
Ganger:the name says it all. (easy)
Firearms:guns and accessories and the runners to use them. (easy)
Drones:remote vehicles and characters with pilot skill (difficult)
Shamans:spirit heavy and the runners who can summon them (difficult)
Big Money:a Mafia heavy deck featuring many cards designed to increase your safehouse coffers (medium)
Magic:Mages and spells for all situations. (moderate)

I have the capability to put together two more decks. If you want to reserve one of the decks above or request a different theme deck, please send me a PM.

[adamu]

Could I bother you to copy the most current information into the top post of this thread, if it hasn't been already? It's easier to find there.

Done.

[Drogos]

So if say my GF and I, who will be in town for another event, were to stop by, would we need to have con passes? We're planning on going for a day, but you know how plans go sometimes.

[Bull]

Don;t believe so. This isn't an actual convention scheduled event, and it's not even in the convention center itself. It's in one of the adjoining hotels.

[adamu]

Bull's right on. No actual affiliation with the Con or anything. No admission, just show up ready to play cards and/or meet fellow DSers.

[Bull]

I'm gonna sticky and edit the title slightly to make this thread a bit more obvious, since I've done a little "Advertising" to friends on Livejournal and on RPGnet. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Digging through a box of VS cards for a friends, I came across like 4 more crap-ass old decks, from when we were doing a "Sealed Deck League", which is what I bought thestill-sealed decks and boosters for originally. Gonna see if I can put together a halfway tuned deck or two more with them in a bit.

Anyways, one thing I did realize that I'm very short of is Rulebooks. The 6 Sealed Starters I have will have rules in them, obviously, but for any extra decks we pass out, I only have a few books kicking around to give away. So if anyone has any extras, bring those along please?

Also, if anyone has any thoughts on something special we could do? Contests and the like? (A tournament would be ideal, but I don't think we'll really have the time for anything like that, along with the general meet and greet, teaching the nubs to play, and all that.

Maybe if this goes over well enough, we could actually schedule a tournament at Gen Con next year, though (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

<chuckle>

So yeah, Adam (U or J), Caine, Jack, and whoever else... Suggestions? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ork.gif)

[Bull]

Ok, I now have a couple prizes in mind. But we need a really good contest, I think (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Caine Hazen]

I think I saw 4 or 6 rule books when I was sorting through cards. Got 4 decks set and ready to roll, I'll bring my extras in case someone needs to build one or more.

No booze, no problem, I'm sure we'll be plenty drunk before we get there.

[Bull]

Just idle curiosity, but has anyone been hitting up ebay since we started talking about doing this, either wanting to get a bunch of cards cheap for the Con, or simply out of nostalgia since we keep talking about it?

I used to usually see a pile of SRTCG stuff on eBay, sometimes at decent prices, and sometimes way overpriced. But the last few weeks I've been watching it, and there's been almost nothing except a couple hideously overpriced auctions. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Jack Robustus]

@Bull I am giving out a rulebook and reference card with each of my precon decks, so those players will be set. I also have two more books and three more reference cards to give out. I'll be bringing my printouts of the errata, so we can prove that the threat rating for Halloweener Hell is actually 6/4 and that isn't some number we are pulling out of our collective asses. Also, handy for proving to all the hideous nature of Maglocks.

I've been doing some playtesting over the past couple nights to get my head around the game again. One thing that I noticed straight away is that objective stacks with high point cards are going to make for really short games, too short in my opinion. I tweaked my precon decks and added in some of the lower point cards like Cake Walk, Milk Run, Extraction, Courier Run, Steal Wiz Softs, etc. My aim being to make it take three runs to win instead of two. I left out any challenges that gave rep bonuses as well. We'll see how it goes.

Another thought, we need to cover some etiquette points up front. The first being the use of paper and pen/pencil to write down stats on challenges as they are reconned. This was standard operating procedure in the games that adamu and I played. I don't know if the rest of the SRTCG world rolled that way. We need to reach agreement on that point before the event.

@All interested gamers I would like to highly encourage participants to bring their own tokens. The primary use of tokens is to indicate how much (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nuyen.gif) you have on your credstick. adamu has a tupperware container of various token objects including pennies, 1 yen coins and other stuff. I have a ziplock bag of pennies and cardboard bingo counters. Bull has suggested using dice. This is all well and good, but once you start playing the game you will understand the need to have plenty of tokens available and I am not sure the three of us can supply enough tokens for the event. Some cheap token ideas for everyone:

--the ever dependable pennies
--new washers (like nut and bolt washers)
--cardboard chits from old board games
--lots of polyhedral dice

This is going to be a lot of fun. I can't thank adamu enough for putting in all the legwork for this event. Big kudos to Bull as well.

[Mydnight]

Just idle curiosity, but has anyone been hitting up ebay since we started talking about doing this, either wanting to get a bunch of cards cheap for the Con, or simply out of nostalgia since we keep talking about it?

I used to usually see a pile of SRTCG stuff on eBay, sometimes at decent prices, and sometimes way overpriced. But the last few weeks I've been watching it, and there's been almost nothing except a couple hideously overpriced auctions. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Its funny you should mention this Bull. I just put up an ebay auction with a bunch of CCG cards, though it looks like everyone here is pretty well set! Even still, if people are interested here's the link from the other thread I started...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...E:IT&ih=014

I gave a lot of details, and no the cards aren't stolen >.< I will be attending Gen Con actually, so if someone here on the boards wins the auction I'd be more than happy to deliver it in person. The auction has over 1000 cards with about 300 different titles (that's over 1000 cards total, among which there are more than 300 unique titles).

@Adamu. I have some experience in the hotel industry (having worked in limited service hotels for four years) and if you have any questions or inquiries or need some help please feel free to drop me a line. It looks like you've got things covered for the most part (didn't know you would need insurance for the alcohol, most people in limited service hotels BYoB), but if there are any loose ends I'd be more than happy to help (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)