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5 years ago ::
Mar 05, 2008 - 2:40PM
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May 23, 2005
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With the ability to play modules from any region in your region, what incentive is there for people to travel to conventions to play?
I know that LG had a lot of conventions that people traveled to. So this ability to play mods from any region within your region worries me that the conventions will become a thing of the past.
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5 years ago ::
Mar 05, 2008 - 3:09PM
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Aug 21, 2007
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Since game conventions existed before LG (perhaps different ones), and some Events ran during the life of LG (which featured only globally accessable campaigns, like LD and LF as examples), perhaps the situation is not as dire as you depict. Actually, I am more concerned about the rising cost of gasoline becoming a barrier.
Keith
Keith Hoffman
LFR Writing Director for Waterdeep
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5 years ago ::
Mar 05, 2008 - 3:21PM
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May 23, 2005
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Well I know that there was a lot of travel between my area and the region just to our south. And they were all LG only 3 day events. My local group help 2 conventions a year and there were at least 3 to 5 in Oklahoma each year as well that were LG only conventions.
Its this type of convention that I am talking about. Not every one can have the huge multi-genre conventions like DDXP etc.
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5 years ago ::
Mar 05, 2008 - 7:50PM
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Maybe judges eat less mods if they travel to conventions where they can play them first? If you don't live near folks interested in playing D&D, it provides a weekend where you can play. Assuming that there are still interactives, where else would they be run?
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5 years ago ::
Mar 05, 2008 - 7:55PM
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May 23, 2005
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I was thinking about it over dinner. I would expect 6 to 8 modules per region per year (betting on 6). Would it be possible to have something similar to an access interactive as one of those mods that is playable only somewhere within that region? Maybe have 2 of them one mid year and one end of year. That might draw people to come for a day or 2 of gaming to get the interactive and play the other mods from that region so they could run them in their area. But without some big help from the powers that be the medium sized (20 to 40 people) Living campaign only conventions will be a thing of the past.
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5 years ago ::
Mar 06, 2008 - 7:07AM
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Dec 21, 2006
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My assumption is that lower TU costs in-region and unique interactives might help maintain some of the draw. While there won't be the the reason to cross regional borders other than lowering the TUs spent (if we still even have TUs), conventions will have basically the entire LFR catalog to pick their offerings from.
The ability to play 4-10 mods in a weekend with other avid campaign members is still a draw to me. I might be less likely to cross borders but, I will certainly go to my local cons because they'll now offer out of region stuff and hopefully some sort of exclusive interactive.
This will likely mean fewer hotel rooms rented which can impact con pricing but, how many fewer is unknown.
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5 years ago ::
Mar 06, 2008 - 8:33AM
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My assumption is that lower TU costs in-region and unique interactives might help maintain some of the draw. While there won't be the the reason to cross regional borders other than lowering the TUs spent (if we still even have TUs), conventions will have basically the entire LFR catalog to pick their offerings from.
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Chris said at Gencon last summer that LFR will not have TUs
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5 years ago ::
Mar 06, 2008 - 10:44AM
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At DDXP it was discussed that there would be convention only adventures. Those adventures will be the draw of conventions for LFR players. I expect (hope) these will resemble "Interactives" from the LG world. You should know though that these "convention only" events are not going to be one shot deals. The word round the campfire was that any convention in a region could order them within a specified time frame. So if you have a con in Colorado in June, and a con in Utah in July, odds are good the convention only adventure will be the same at both of them.
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5 years ago ::
Mar 06, 2008 - 10:52AM
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Dec 21, 2006
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Chris said at Gencon last summer that LFR will not have TUs
Wow, first I have heard on that and I have been keeping an eye on the topic. Was that in one of the releases or podcasts or something? The people I know involved in LFR have told me it's up in the air as recently as December.
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5 years ago ::
Mar 06, 2008 - 4:08PM
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Aug 23, 2007
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I was thinking about it over dinner. I would expect 6 to 8 modules per region per year (betting on 6). Would it be possible to have something similar to an access interactive as one of those mods that is playable only somewhere within that region? Maybe have 2 of them one mid year and one end of year. That might draw people to come for a day or 2 of gaming to get the interactive and play the other mods from that region so they could run them in their area. But without some big help from the powers that be the medium sized (20 to 40 people) Living campaign only conventions will be a thing of the past.
Apparently it was said at DDXP that there would be 4 to 5 modules per region each year. The 5th module is a reward to getting the other 4 out on time.
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