Go Play NW is a Seattle convention of indie gamers and game designers where we get together, greet old friends, make some new ones, and play some games.
Registration is now open for Go Play NW 2009! There are a few improvements and changes this year:
Registration is now open for Go Play NW 2009! There are a few improvements and changes this year:
- THREE days of gaming: from Friday night June 26 – Sunday June 28
- Cool location downtown: Freehold Theatre in the heart of Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood
- Friday Night Feast: a private buffet dinner (including vegetarian options and beer) will be available for a reasonable additional charge
- Location:Freehold Theatre, Seattle, WA
- Mood:excited
A week ago Thursday, my friends Doug and Eldy arrived for the Go Play Northwest 2008 game convention. Everyone had a great time, and the only big disappointment was that the local restaurant where we planned to have our Friday evening gathering somehow completely forgot our scheduled event and did not have the room reserved or buffet prepared. We still squeezed in there as best we could and had a decent gathering despite the slow service. It's funny how last year our social gathering was totally impromptu and worked out really well, while this year's failed to happen as planned despite our efforts. Hopefully next year it'll work out as intended.
For me, entirely through my own fault this con wasn't as good as last year's, as I did not play as many games as I would've liked, and should've signed up to some in advance. Still, the games I did play were fun. I also ran a game, a playtest session using a modified version of AGON to play Shadowrun. I was not as prepared as I should have been, so the gameplay was rougher than it should've been and we did not get through the whole scenario. Still, everyone enjoyed it and the basic points of the conversion seem to work well.
After the con, Doug and Eldy stayed through the following week, Eldy leaving Friday afternoon and Doug leaving earlier this evening. We went to see Iron Man, which was very entertaining. We played Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition on Tuesday with my regular gaming group (minus Tony), which was a lot of fun, and then balanced that out on Wednesday with a game of In a Wicked Age set in Talislanta (using the Talislanta oracle on Abulafia), and that was also a lot of fun. Apart from all the geekery, there was just general hanging out, going out to dinner, and having a good time visiting with my friends. Eldy's moving to Shanghai next week, planning to live there with his family for the next several years, so I'm very happy he was able to come out for this visit, and of course I'm always glad to have Doug come out and join in the gaming and geekery.
In between all that, I fit in snippets of work on my current big project, which now has a looming deadline and still a lot to be reviewed and edited. So although I'd like to take things easy next week after this busy run-around week, I'm going to have to get a lot done, starting right after I make this post.
For me, entirely through my own fault this con wasn't as good as last year's, as I did not play as many games as I would've liked, and should've signed up to some in advance. Still, the games I did play were fun. I also ran a game, a playtest session using a modified version of AGON to play Shadowrun. I was not as prepared as I should have been, so the gameplay was rougher than it should've been and we did not get through the whole scenario. Still, everyone enjoyed it and the basic points of the conversion seem to work well.
After the con, Doug and Eldy stayed through the following week, Eldy leaving Friday afternoon and Doug leaving earlier this evening. We went to see Iron Man, which was very entertaining. We played Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition on Tuesday with my regular gaming group (minus Tony), which was a lot of fun, and then balanced that out on Wednesday with a game of In a Wicked Age set in Talislanta (using the Talislanta oracle on Abulafia), and that was also a lot of fun. Apart from all the geekery, there was just general hanging out, going out to dinner, and having a good time visiting with my friends. Eldy's moving to Shanghai next week, planning to live there with his family for the next several years, so I'm very happy he was able to come out for this visit, and of course I'm always glad to have Doug come out and join in the gaming and geekery.
In between all that, I fit in snippets of work on my current big project, which now has a looming deadline and still a lot to be reviewed and edited. So although I'd like to take things easy next week after this busy run-around week, I'm going to have to get a lot done, starting right after I make this post.
- Location:Queen Anne, Seattle, WA
- Mood:tired
- Music:KEXP 90.3 FM
Go Play NW 2008 will be held at the Watertown Hotel in Seattle's University District, May 31-June 1 2008. Attendance this year is limited to 75 participants! Pre-registration is $40 for both days, and will increase after May 15, so sign up now! Visit the Go Play NW Wiki for more information.
Also, see the nifty T-shirt design by John Harper in this thread on the Story Games forum.
- Location:Watertown Hotel, Seattle, WA
- Mood:excited
- Music:iTunes shuffle mode
Back in November I announced plans for Go Play NW, a convention for people who like to design, run, and play independent role-playing games. We'll be getting together for two days in Seattle, playing our favorite games, talking about games, and generally having a good time. Since that announcement, our dates and venue have been chosen, and registration is now open.
See the Go Play NW wiki on WetPaint for more information and discussion of games to be run.
The new layout I chose for my journal includes a "sticky post" feature that lets me keep a post at the top of the page above the dated entries. If you've read my journal in the past week, then you've already seen a shorter version of this announcement. However, the sticky post won't show up on Friends pages or in RSS feeds, so I'm making a separate regular post to be sure people see the information. I'll also keep that information up in the sticky post until Go Play NW happens. I hope to see some of you there. (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
zannah, I'm looking at you and The James!)
- Dates: Saturday June 23rd and Sunday June 24th.
- Location: Seattle University, Seattle, WA.
- Guest of Honor: Clinton R. Nixon, designer and publisher of The Shadow of Yesterday, The Prince's Kingdom, and Donjon.
- Registration: Registration is $15 for one day or $25 for both.
- Room Options: Rooms are available at $65 per night for a single, or $50 per person per night for a double. These prices include breakfast and lunch the following day.
- Deadline: Deadline for pre-registration is June 1, 2007.
See the Go Play NW wiki on WetPaint for more information and discussion of games to be run.
The new layout I chose for my journal includes a "sticky post" feature that lets me keep a post at the top of the page above the dated entries. If you've read my journal in the past week, then you've already seen a shorter version of this announcement. However, the sticky post won't show up on Friends pages or in RSS feeds, so I'm making a separate regular post to be sure people see the information. I'll also keep that information up in the sticky post until Go Play NW happens. I hope to see some of you there. (
zannah, I'm looking at you and The James!)- Location:Queen Anne Park, Seattle, WA
- Mood:excited
- Music:KEXP 90.3 FM
I'm just going to reprint the original announcement, as written by Mike Sugarbaker:
In the great city of Seattle, Washington, at a moderately nice hotel, there shall be a weekend of those games we like to play. We (a committee of five that includes myself, John, Tony, Brandon (judaicdiablo) and Mike) are currently scouting locations and generally trying to finalize a time. Right now, we are heavily leaning towards one of the following weekends:
June 1-3
June 8-10
June 15-17
Our favorite is June 8-10. That's Friday through Sunday. Yes, we will have full-on gaming on Sunday. (Friday will be a little less structured.) June 15-17 has Father's Day in it so it is the least likely of the bunch.
We currently think our location will be a hotel in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle. Food and drink are plentiful nearby and things are just generally swell there. The problem is that rooms will be more expensive - we don't yet have a quote that feels solid enough to relay to you all - and we will likely have to ask a touch more for covering the meeting space. That's just how it has to be in a place like Seattle proper.
As far as scheduling events, we want to follow the Forge Midwest model and keep things fairly loose, but we will be applying some technology to try and make things a little more transparent, both before and during the event. This will probably just amount to a wiki page.
It would be great if we could start to get an idea of who's interested in coming. Since we're posting this notice in multiple fora, we'd like to not do that part here in the forum thread. To express your interest in attending, send email to goplaynw@gmail.com. Feel free to include any preferences or commentary in your email for our reference. Some things you could possibly tell us that would be helpful:
Name
Address
Phone
Email
I will be renting a hotel room
I will be sharing someone else's room or staying off site
I'm not sure if I will be renting a hotel room
Game(s) I want to run
Game(s) I want to play
How I heard about Go Play NW
Comments and suggestions
This thread is of course for anything else you might do besides RSVP: express excitement and undying love, complain, tell us we're stupid, etc.
West Coast represent! Gooooo Play!
Let me add that by "games we like to play," we are thinking of indie RPGs like Dogs In The Vineyard, The Shadow Of Yesterday, Prime Time Adventures, John's own AGON, and many many others; BUT, we would certainly be happy to have people who want to run more traditional games such as D&D or White Wolf's World of Darkness line. Also, a lot of the indie games are easy to learn and play in single sessions, like at at con - you don't have to commit to an endless series of weekly gaming nights in order to play and enjoy RPGs! - so this is a good opportunity to introduce new people to gaming. I hope to see some of you there!
In the great city of Seattle, Washington, at a moderately nice hotel, there shall be a weekend of those games we like to play. We (a committee of five that includes myself, John, Tony, Brandon (
judaicdiablo) and Mike) are currently scouting locations and generally trying to finalize a time. Right now, we are heavily leaning towards one of the following weekends:June 1-3
June 8-10
June 15-17
Our favorite is June 8-10. That's Friday through Sunday. Yes, we will have full-on gaming on Sunday. (Friday will be a little less structured.) June 15-17 has Father's Day in it so it is the least likely of the bunch.
We currently think our location will be a hotel in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle. Food and drink are plentiful nearby and things are just generally swell there. The problem is that rooms will be more expensive - we don't yet have a quote that feels solid enough to relay to you all - and we will likely have to ask a touch more for covering the meeting space. That's just how it has to be in a place like Seattle proper.
As far as scheduling events, we want to follow the Forge Midwest model and keep things fairly loose, but we will be applying some technology to try and make things a little more transparent, both before and during the event. This will probably just amount to a wiki page.
It would be great if we could start to get an idea of who's interested in coming. Since we're posting this notice in multiple fora, we'd like to not do that part here in the forum thread. To express your interest in attending, send email to goplaynw@gmail.com. Feel free to include any preferences or commentary in your email for our reference. Some things you could possibly tell us that would be helpful:
Name
Address
Phone
I will be renting a hotel room
I will be sharing someone else's room or staying off site
I'm not sure if I will be renting a hotel room
Game(s) I want to run
Game(s) I want to play
How I heard about Go Play NW
Comments and suggestions
This thread is of course for anything else you might do besides RSVP: express excitement and undying love, complain, tell us we're stupid, etc.
West Coast represent! Gooooo Play!
Let me add that by "games we like to play," we are thinking of indie RPGs like Dogs In The Vineyard, The Shadow Of Yesterday, Prime Time Adventures, John's own AGON, and many many others; BUT, we would certainly be happy to have people who want to run more traditional games such as D&D or White Wolf's World of Darkness line. Also, a lot of the indie games are easy to learn and play in single sessions, like at at con - you don't have to commit to an endless series of weekly gaming nights in order to play and enjoy RPGs! - so this is a good opportunity to introduce new people to gaming. I hope to see some of you there!
- Location:Queen Anne Park, Seattle, WA
- Mood:busy
- Music:KEXP 90.3 FM
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