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HavenCon. Discussion Points and Ideas. Overall Mission. Objective: Make Money Threshold: Break Even (PR). Venue. Course of Action A: Holiday Inn FSK
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HavenCon Discussion Points and Ideas
Overall Mission • Objective: Make Money • Threshold: Break Even (PR)
Venue • Course of Action A: Holiday Inn FSK • Course of Action B: Lewis Town Firehouse ($1875/15 hour day, 500 person capacity, $200 deposit, tables, chairs, a refrigerator, counter, bathrooms, parking, ~8 miles north of Frederick) • Faux School: $1200/day • Stone Manor Country Club: $1800/day • Frederick Fairgrounds Knoll Building: $2000/day • American Legion and/or VFW. • Frederick Recreation Center.
Costs • Venue • Logistics • Advertising • Special Tables • Gaming supplies • Snack and drinks • Other possible costs?: Security Deposit, Insurance Riders, Possible City/County Permits.
Games • What possible games? • LFR D&D4.0 • D&D (1.0-4.0) • Warhammer (Fantasy and/or 40K, tournament?) • Magic the Gathering (tournament) • White Wolf • Other games? • Video Games • Malafaux • Warmachine • Pathfinder • Board Games • LARP
Sponsors (Stores) • Frederick? • Brainstorm Comics • Beyond Comics • Hobbytown USA • ? • PA? • Comics World • Comix Universe • ComicstoreWest • Adventurers Guild • ? • Hagerstown/WVa? • Atomic Comics • ? • Baltimore • Alliance Comics • Canton Games • Amazing Spiral Books • Cosmic Comics and Toys • Legends Games and Comics • Collector’s Corner • Game’s Workshop • ? • DC Metro Area • Dream Wizards • Game Parlor • Phoenix Comics and Toys • Big Planet Comics • Alliance Comics • Barbarian Comics • Labyrinth Games • Compleat Strategist • Area 42 Games • Huzzah Hobbies • ?
Sponsors (Corporate) • WoTC • Games Workshop • White Wolf • Green Ronin • Restaurants (Roy Concessions) • Chaosium • Paizo • Steve Jackson Games • AeG • Blizzard • Looney Labs • ?
Players/Participants • How to advertise/contact in: • Frederick • PA • Hagerstown • Baltimore • DC • Facebook, Meetup, Yahoo Groups, Email lists, Website, Adverts in Stores. • ?
DMs/GMs/Judges • How many do we need? • How do we advertise/contact? • Suggested: 40/200 people • Possible Volunteers • See previous slide for advert/marketing avenues • ?
Attendance • Objective: 400 • Threshold: 200
Slots/Game Session • How many? • Duration for each slot/game session? • ?
Con Date • Objective: 21-23 October 2011 • Threshold: Sometime in October 2011
Con Name • ?
Sign Up Administration • How do people register? • Online? • Onsite? • How do people sign up for games/session? • Online? • Onsite? • ?
Pricing • SynDCon: $30/3day pass (pre-register), $35/3day pass (onsite register), $3/2 hour slot ticket. • Suggested: • 3 Day Pass (pre-register): $27.00 • 3 Day Pass (onsite register): $32.00 • $4.00/4.5 hour slot/session (pre-register) • $5.00/4.5 hours slot/session (onsite register) • possible maximum of 600 tickets sold for a full day if assume 3-4.5hour sessions • 172 People needed to attend and 774 ticket slots sold to break even. This also assumes venue prices based on $1875/day plus $2000 for misc. expenses. • Vendor charges? Or Sponsor Charges? • ?