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  • #153081
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Hello everyone,

    I was able to pin down some details on when and where ArcanisCon 2020 may be held and what it entails.

    Before I begin, let me stress this is TENTATIVE and SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

    ArcanisCon 2020 in Chicago
    April 16th(Thursday night) – Meet-and-Greet/Possible Opening Gaming Thursday night.
    April 17th– April 18th (Friday – Saturday) 3 Slots/day
    April 19th(Sunday) No official slots planned, but we’ll be there to say our goodbyes to everyone
    Tables will be mustered only ONCE. You will play with that table over the entirety of the Con.
    Each group will be assigned a GM that will judge for that table through all the events.
    Judges will have their rooms/badges comped.

    Hotel
    SpringHill Suites by Marriott Chicago O’Hare
    8101 West Higgins Road / Chicago, IL 60631
    -All Double/Double rooms, Kings also available at this price
    -Rate: $109.00 per night, plus tax (17.4%)
    -Guests will be responsible for setting up their own reservations (Booking link or central reservations) and paying for their own charges.
    Guest Room Amenities:
    -Rate includes hot breakfast buffet for up to 5 guests per room
    -Complimentary local shuttle and Airport (ORD) shuttle
    -Free WIFI in guest rooms and meeting space
    -All rooms are suites and include microwave, minifridge and twin sized pullout sofa sleepers

    Itinerary
    We’re looking at a 1-round event Friday morning, with a 2-round Special Event that evening.
    Saturday starts with a 1-round event and then a 2-round Battle Interactive.
    There will be other smaller events, (for example, a Marketplace), but these are still in the planning stages.
    Pat Loboyko will be on hand to sketch characters and take commissions illustrating your Arcanis Hero!

    Badges
    Badges for the 2-days, 3-nights is $40. There will not be any further charges for events.

    What if I can’t make it on X day?
    Not sure about that. We have a contingency plan, but the hope is that you’ll come for the entire weekend for the full experience.

    Just a reminder, I’m leaving tomorrow for 3 weeks, so if you have any questions that PCI Staffers can’t answer, I’ll get to them as soon as I return.

    Thank you everyone and I hope to see you there!

    #277493
    frootsnax
    Participant

    No hurry for a reply. Hope you get a fabulous vacation!

    (A) Those dates would work for me.
    (B) That’s asking a lot of the judges to go three slots all day, both days. Personally I don’t usually want to judge more than 2 slots in any given day. Also as I understand it, under this format you are asking judges to learn 6 mods? That’s also a big ask if true. Maybe the mods can be played in any order and tables can migrate between judges?

    If there is a narrative reason, maybe that’s important to arrange things this way, maybe it needs to be that way.

    I guess I can always skip judging and just play if i decide it’s too much ….

    #277496
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    I’m still working to confirm we can make it. I share some of Eric’s hesitation about if I volunteer at all as a GM, signing up for all of the events. As a possible thought, allow a table to have more than 1 part time GM, so the same people sit at the same table through the entire event, but if say Eric and I are each a partial, he potentially runs 3 slots worth of events and I run the other 3.

    The Con opens on my birthday, so it’d be nice to play at least part of it. If there are strong reasons to leave things the way you’ve proposed that’s fine, I’ll just need to do some thinking.

    With a sweep of his hat,

    Paul

    #277497
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Ok, Nicole, Timothy, Ryan and I will be there. Not sure about Ben at this point.

    #277510
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    I’ll be there.

    #277514
    frootsnax
    Participant

    I’ll be there.
    That would be exciting! You were missed at Origins!

    #277515
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    I missed going to Origins, playing, seeing everone, too. Ah well, it seemed the practical choice at the time.

    #277516
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Is there going to be a Battle Interactive?

    #277517
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    I’m probably in for this as outlined, but I share Eric and Paul’s GM concerns. 2 standalones, plus the special event, plus a BI is a lot to prep. (Heck, it’s a lot to write, especially since I’m assuming that tables will come in both ARG and 5E versions.)

    James

    #277518
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    I’m probably in for this as outlined, but I share Eric and Paul’s GM concerns. 2 standalones, plus the special event, plus a BI is a lot to prep. (Heck, it’s a lot to write, especially since I’m assuming that tables will come in both ARG and 5E versions.)

    To be honest, my concern isn’t prep time at least personally. More is better, prepped is better than cold, but it can be still be done reasonably. My personal conundrum is while I usually volunteer to run the BI and perhaps an extra slot or two, I haven’t generally eaten the entire con. This last Origins was an exception, though I guess to be fair I probably would have done so this Origins. It just wouldn’t be my birthday at the con. \":)\"

    I guess we’ll see how it works out.

    #277519
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Ya, having to eat everything premiering at the convention is a huge hit from the judges. I wonder if they could start the con a day early for judges and slot zero and playtest a bunch of stuff to help ameliorate it, and maybe do an after con special for the judges like they have done in the past at certain (rare) historic events

    #277520
    frootsnax
    Participant

    Ya, having to eat everything premiering at the convention is a huge hit from the judges. I wonder if they could start the con a day early for judges and slot zero and playtest a bunch of stuff to help ameliorate it, and maybe do an after con special for the judges like they have done in the past at certain (rare) historic events Playtesting at the Con hardly hardly leaves much time to review or adapt the material based on feedback..I think that’s probably impractical.

    Zero slots are always welcome. I don’t know a single judge who isn’t happy to enjoy them when offered. But again, if the zeroes are on site the day before, then presumably all the judges would have read the mods before hand. Usually judges want the zero slots to experience the mod before they read and run it…

    I may be in the minority but I am usually happy to “eat” mods as long as I’m essentially getting the same cert for it. That’s standard practice in living campaigns, so I usually don’t mind that. My big concern is 6 different slots in two days including a BI and whatever the special event turns out to be. Yowza. That’s a lot!

    I liked Hat’s idea of multiple judges swapping in and out from a table. I don’t know if it’s too much of a headache to muster that way.But if I only had to commit for the BI (and maybe a mod on the other day) that would be WAY easier on me as a judge.

    #277617
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Henry’s message on 9-24-19 stated that the ArcanisCon 2020 dates and location were tentative and subject to change.
    Does anyone know if this has been firmed up yet?

    #277618
    drafit
    Participant

    Hello Stephen,

    Happy New Year!

    I could have sworn I posted this, but sorry for the confusion.

    Here is the info:

    Here’s a link where you can book rooms at the Con Rate:
    I’ll post details on the Con in another post.

    Here’s a link where you can book rooms at the Con Rate:
    I’ll post details on the Con in another post.

    Here’s your reservation link your guests can use to make reservations:
    Event Summary:
    ArcanisCon 2020
    Start Date: Thursday, April 16, 2020
    End Date: Sunday, April 19, 2020
    Last Day to Book: Thursday, March 26, 2020
    Hotel(s) offering your special group rate:
    SpringHill Suites Chicago O’Hare for 109 USD per night
    Book your group rate for Arcanis Con 2020 https://www.marriott.com/event-reservat … p=resvlink

    Happy New Year!

    #277621
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Henry,

    The information had been previously posted by you, just not in this thread. Thanks for re-posting it here.
    Next question: How/when can we actually sign up for the event? Having arranged my air travel and hotel room, I’d like to make sure I can actually play when I arrive.
    And thank you all, for doing this.

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