Scott Mellon
United States
Erie
PA
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Yes, you read that right. This year's event is going to a 3 day con! Again!
This year's event will be held from Friday, October 21st through Sunday the 23rd.
We'll be downtown again at the Avalon Hotel.
There will be open board gaming as well as scheduled board gaming, a huge Flames of War tournament and other events.
This year, we'll be running the Play it to Win it again. We're going to change it up some this year, though. Last year, we had a lot of great games, and some so-so games. We've put our request out to only get the best of the best games, and we're just givin' 'em away. There will be a small auction Friday night (shhhh, it's a secret) and the main auction Sunday Morning. You will bid on the games you want with your EDoG Bones that you won throughout the weekend by playing all these great games.
I will also be bringing a good chunk of my collection to serve as most of the board game library. PM me or post to this thread any requests so I'm sure to pack that game you're looking for.
It's only $15 for the whole weekend if you prereg, and there are no ticket fees for events or any of that sillyness. The entire event is still only $20 at the door.
I THINK that rooms at the hotel are under $75/night, but don't quote me on that.
Here's the website with the rest of the details. It's much better than prior years.
Friday night is Pirate night, with some free pizza and you've got to see the cool edog pirate logo.
http://www.eriedog.com/index.html
Feel free to post any questions you might have here. If I don't konw the answer I'll get it.
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Count me in. There won't be enough hours that weekend.
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Scott Mellon
United States
Erie
PA
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Ya best be workin' on yer pirate slang fer the annual rum and pirates game, matey.
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Scott Mellon
United States
Erie
PA
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And so it begins.
Here's what we have shipping to us so far for the Play it to Win It
Indie Boards and Games
Haggis
The Resistance
Playroom Entertainment
Livingstone
Loco Motive (Tokyo Train)
GMT
Combat Commander - Europe
AEG
Thunderstone - Dragonspire
Infinite City x2 plus tons of promo tiles
Nightfall
Myth Pantheons plus promos
Rush n' Crush
Monkey Lab
The Isle of Dr. Necreaux
Abandon Ship
Cambridge Game Factory
Glory to Rome
Barons
Sirlin Games
Yomi
Puzzle Strike
Flash Duel
Tasty Minstrel
Jab
Smiley Pop
Eleminis
Out of the Box
Word on the Street
Pirate vs. Pirate
Cloud 9
10 Days in Asia
Stronghold
Survive
Confusion
Code 777
Columbia Games
Slapshot
Board Games Exchange
Gift Subscription
Right Games Company (Russian Game Company)
Potion-making. Practice
Evolution. The Origin of Species
The Kingdom of Crusaders
The Enigma of Leonardo
Zman Games
Ascending Empires
Master of Rules
No Thanks
Lords of Scotland
Minion Games
Nile Deluxor
Five Fingered Severence
Watch this spot for more games. I'll add them to this post as they come in.
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Scott Mellon
United States
Erie
PA
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Indie sent both of the above games to us last year, and they saw a lot of play. I think just about everyone that tried them, liked 'em.
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Scott Mellon
United States
Erie
PA
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This post will detail those games that have been requested for the library. Feel free to post your requests below and I'll add them here. Check out my collection. If I don't have it, I'll try and get a copy at the con.
I will edit this post as we go.
REQUESTED GAMES FOR THE LIBRARY
Zombies
Rum and Pirates (how can you not have it with Pirate Night and all)
Twilight Struggle
Merchants and Marauders
Endeavor
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Scott Mellon
United States
Erie
PA
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Stronghold will be sending games. We MIGHT be getting some of their Essen releases before almost anyone in the US.
I'll keep you posted as I get more details in September.
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Dallas Hoag
United States
Salamanca
New York
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agashamirv wrote:
REQUESTED GAMES FOR THE LIBRARY
Zombies
Rum and Pirates (how can you not have it with Pirate Night and all)
Twilight Struggle
I can bring these.
and just for clarification: you want these correct?
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Dallas
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Scott Mellon
United States
Erie
PA
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I have 'em. The requested list is what has been requested and will be brought. I can't bring the whole collection down, so I'm just noting what will be brought, based on what people have asked for.
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Scott Mellon
United States
Erie
PA
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Last night we learned loco Motive, and Livingstone. They were both pretty good. Livingstone reminded me of Thebes a bit, but is very different.
Everyone looked at me like I was crazy when I explained Loco Motive, but everyone was laughing by the time we finished it.
These are both fine additions to the Play it to Win it pool.
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Edog was awesome last year. I can't wait for the costume theme night!
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Scott Mellon
United States
Erie
PA
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Pre-reg is open.
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Scott Mellon
United States
Erie
PA
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The hotel is $72 a night, mention Erie Day of Games when booking. Parking is free for guests.
There is aslo a parking garage near the hotel at 10th and state that I'm told is free for the weekend.
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Scott Mellon
United States
Erie
PA
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Learned Evolution this week, it's pretty darn good.
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Scott Mellon
United States
Erie
PA
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There will be 2 sessions of Mansions of Madness being run Saturday at 1 and 3.
We will also have a Zman demo person on site. I'll get back to you with the list of games she's bringing.
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I'm the Zman rep that will be there all weekend. I'll be having timed demos of ascending empires, card games, pandemic with on the brink and grimore.
I'll also be bringing and informally teaching:
Agricola
yggdrasil
Junta
1960: the making of the Preseident
Wasabi!
Lords of Scotland (Play it to win it, donated game)
No thanks (Play it to win it, donated game)
Ascending empires (Play it to win it, donated game)
Grimore
Master of Rules (Play it to win it, donated game)
Chaos
Luna
Pick and Pack
*new addition* Ares Project :-)
There may be others, but those I am planning on having.
Hope to see you all there. 
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Robert Grode
United States
Pennsylvania
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What is the advantage of preregistering beside a $5 savings?
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Scott Mellon
United States
Erie
PA
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The advantage to you is you save $5 (25% off at the door price). I don't know anyone else who gives that big a percentage off for pre-reg.
The advantage to us is that we can plan better if we know what the attendance #'s will be, and therefore can have things running more smoothly for you, so that's another advantage to you.
In addition, everyone that pre-registers will get (I'm going off memory here, so the amount may be different) 5 bones. Those Edog bones can be used in the 'Play it to Win it' Auction on Saturday night and Sunday morning.
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Scott Mellon
United States
Erie
PA
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Pre-reg closes today.
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Andrew W.
United States
Eighty Four
Pennsylvania
Taoist, Pittsburgh Sporst fan, and welcoming to people who are kind, from any walk of life.
After 6 years of being the type of twerp that makes little attempts at humor, I received an award to encourage me to give it a rest.
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Sorry that I'm going to have to miss this one. I caught a whopper of a sinus infection. Also, Scott, our mutual friend is expecting a new nephew that very Saturday.
We hope to get our act together and visit you fine Erie denizens at a later date.
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Scott Mellon
United States
Erie
PA
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You'll be missed slacker man.
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Posted Wed Jul 20, 2011 3:15 am
