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Price will be raised to $150 for regular tickets. I think it was $110 last year and sold out in two hours.

THis year they are going to be making "Premium" Tickets available. It will be a Dutch Auction starting at $1000 and dropping $50/day to a floor of $300. Includes a few bonuses, biggest of which is a guaranteed hotel room (you still pay for the room).

https://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/17 ... ium-badges

At $150 it's starting to push my limits of interest. I'll still pay that if I can get if I can get a ticket since I generally get more gameplay there than I get the rest of the year combined, but it is the first time I have even given the cost consideration. I will not be buying anyone else a ticket at that price though.

No tickets aren't on sale yet, this is just heads up (for Isgrimnur).

You could just move your plans up a week and hit the extended DGM.

It's a thought, but DGM is not the same to me. The size of BGG.CON means I can always find something to entertain me. My days of hanging around DGM for 12 hours are long past. When I can't get BGG.CON tickets or the price goes beyond my willingness to pay I will consider it. Two more years until BGG.CON moves to the larger venue and hopefully tickets become easier to come by, though I wouldn't bet on prices ever coming back down.

Spring BGGCon for MemDay weekend is $75.

They could not possibly have picked worse dates for BGG.Spring. It's bad enough that it's a holiday weekend where people generally have social commitments.

5/26 - X(10) becomes X(11)
5/27 - celebration of bdays for X, my wife and myself
5/28 - Coop's age starts rounding up
5/29 - kids off school and wife works

It's not their fault that your family spawned at a bad time.

Premium tickets when on sale last night. 4 tickets sold at $1000.

...and they added a copy of an unannounced CGE summer release for all premium ticket buyers.

5 sold. I assume that was Isgrimnur.

Premium tickets sold out at $350.

Regular Joe (and Coop and Wayne and Scott) tickets go on sale March 1st. No time was given.

Noted. I have plenty of free time on the first morning of the month. It's not like anything else goes on during those mornings.

3/1 @1pm CST

Slightly better.

I'll be heading back to the office after a team lunch. I hope I can register on my phone... maybe I need to leave lunch early. I expect a stupid fast sellout this year.

Shoot me your CC details and I'll get you registered.

I'm in.

Isgrimnur wrote:I'm in.

Same. Still 132 tickets available as of a minute ago. Maybe the limit on tickets per transaction (4) helped.

I was at a team lunch and managed to pull it off on my phone... once one of the team members reminded me at 1:01.

It didn't beat a one-hour sellout.

Actually, it did, because the post didn't go up until 1306, done by 1405.

Much slower than I expected, but glad we got that out of the way. See you in 8.5 months.

The time approaches. I just made my listing on the Virtual Flea Market. I am only listing 9 games this year and only one of them is a Kickstarter fail!

First Martians was spoken for 6 minutes after listing it.

PTO has been approved for a while for my regular Thursday and Friday appearances.

So close, and yet so far...

You could always call in sick Wednesday...

You'll be happy to hear that I only sold 7 games in the VFM this year and only 5 different buyers.

I don't really have any goals for this year other than to clarify if there is a new expansion to Tash-Kalar out and to acquire it if true. I'd also like to play some Star Trek: Frontiers (Mage Knight board game reskin) with someone that knows what they are doing. A round of Whitechapel with my spiffy new minis (and the expansion if you insist). Other than that I am *really* going to try to join randoms and play new games... beyond what SpaceLord makes my play.

My sciatica has become a real bitch lately so I am not sure how that is going to figure in to things. Sometimes sitting down HURTS.

I'll see you guys there. I arrive tomorrow night.

Anyone going to the Spring con in May?

Redfive wrote: ↑Thu Apr 26, 2018 2:10 am Anyone going to the Spring con in May?

I wasn't planning on it as my oldest has his birthday on the 26th and mine is on the 28th so we are generally a little busy that weekend. Also it is the weekend before the last week of school. it looks like there are only a handful of tickets left, plus the inevitable last minute transfers. I am kind of tempted to buy a ticket just in case I might get a chance to go check it out. I've been to the fall con a bunch of times (no idea on count actually) now, I'd kind of like to see what Spring is about.

Have never been to Fall but went to Spring last year and will be back starting on Friday this year--looking forward to it!

Redfive wrote: ↑Thu Apr 26, 2018 10:43 am Have never been to Fall but went to Spring last year and will be back starting on Friday this year--looking forward to it!

OK, I am registered for my first ever BGG.Spring. I don't know how much time I will get to attend, but I will be there for a day or two at least. Do you have a group? Isgrimnur is normally my gameplay facilitator otherwise I just wander around at random telling people they are playing Tash-Kalar wrong.

Hey, wanna play Tash-Kalar?

coopasonic wrote: ↑Fri Apr 27, 2018 9:58 am

Redfive wrote: ↑Thu Apr 26, 2018 10:43 am Have never been to Fall but went to Spring last year and will be back starting on Friday this year--looking forward to it!

OK, I am registered for my first ever BGG.Spring. I don't know how much time I will get to attend, but I will be there for a day or two at least. Do you have a group? Isgrimnur is normally my gameplay facilitator otherwise I just wander around at random telling people they are playing Tash-Kalar wrong.

Hey, wanna play Tash-Kalar?

Yes, we have a pretty sizable group going of friends and some of our daughters (mid-teen) that are into gaming and I am certain we can get you in on games. I'll reach out when we get a little closer and we can find a way to hook up. Looking forward to it!

About Noon on Saturday

1) Meet Coop
2) Teach Coop how to play 7 Wonders Duel
3). Prof—-get smashed by Coop

Redfive wrote: ↑Sun May 27, 2018 6:04 pm 1) Meet Coop
2) Teach Coop how to play 7 Wonders Duel
3). Prof—-get smashed by Coop

Hey Isgrimnur, have you played 7 Wonders Duel?

I have not played any 7 Wonders product.

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Thu Jan 26, 2017 5:49 pm It's not their fault that your family spawned at a bad time.

It's like they met in a cult that adheres to a strict deadline.