2/25-3/1 Las Vegas, NV – 0 miles
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Well, time to put Dice Tower West to bed. Four days of gaming and marketing (and yes, I got to play a few games). Lots of new games being debuted at the convention. DTW is very much a gaming convention and little else.
Probably the best debut game which I played was Tavernin, a card came similar to poker but building an adventuring party. Well designed. In kickstarter and will be out in the fall.
Second was a game (also in development / kickstarter) For All Mankind. Finally, a space game in our solar system where the planetary movements have some impact on the game. Still ironing out a few bugs, but definitely worth a look!
Ok… on to what TANSTAAFL Press did. I was the only book seller at the show. This is both good and bad. It meant I had no competition for book $ but at the same time it meant no one went to the show looking for books. That means book sales are going to be harder.
The bottom line… After taxes (they make the show responsible for collecting them), actual physical book costs, and show cost (it is a bit more expensive than I’m used to), I broke even. This means the cost of getting to the show is effectively a marketing expense. A bit disappointing when I’d hoped for more. But you can’t skew the data and still make viable predictions from it. I’ll likely do this show again (if I can wrap it into a multi con trip) if for no other than that I have a good friend in Vegas that I can visit with.
Update on the story “Programming Loyalty” in Well, It’s Your Cow! anthology ( https://www.amazon.com/Well-Its-Your-Cow-Anecdotal/dp/1732247714). As I mentioned before, I’ve been contacted by the individual interested in converting Programming Loyalty into a play (YEA!) More as this progresses!
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