I will be posting this survery on the web site soon but thought it would be
good to put it out there on our lists as well...

Ron McClung
Justus Productions

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Ok I'm gonna speak on the gamer funk on it's behalf. I'm a proud member of the
UNCC Sci-Fi Fantasy Guild, a former ST for two succesful chronicle LARPs, and a
huge fan of both Mace and Con Carolina. When I smell that gamer funk I don't
recoil, I think "I'm home!" I may be weird but I doubt I'm alone there.
 
Ben Burton

--- On Fri, 11/13/09, Ron McClung <seawolf@...> wrote:


From: Ron McClung <seawolf@...>
Subject: [Fans_of_MACE] Ron's MACE 2009 Report
To: fans_of_mace@yahoogroups.com, cga_congaming@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, November 13, 2009, 2:50 PM


 



As many have already posted, emailed and FB'ed, MACE was an incredible weekend.
I had a lot of fun!

Let me start out by thanking everyone involved - Jeff and Karen Smith, the
Grinning Goblin crew of Steve and Patrick (and their wives), and Winston.
Operationally, we had a great convention because of these people and many more.

I also have to give a big thanks for my GMs, Judges, event coordinators and
tournament directors. Without you guys (and girls), we would not have had such a
solid schedule of games, with some of the most variety and diversity we have
ever had. You guys did very well despite some of the problems my own errors (in
the system) caused. Thanks for your patience and hard work. You all are some of
the best GMs I know.

Specifically, thanks to Clint Black and Heath Medlin for organizing a great
Savage World weekend. Thanks to Dave Artman, Jason Morningstar and the guys at
Independent Story Games community for organizing a great indie weekend. Thanks
to Arnold and Paul for putting on another great storyline game system. Thanks to
Matt for running yet another D&D Dungeon Survival game. Also congratulation to
Jon Maness for winning this years GM Improv contest.

Thanks to all the pros that came out along with the supporting stores and
vendors, like That's How We Roll Games, Holistic Design and Hypermind Games.

Along with the thanks, I have to apologize to many for my behavior Saturday
afternoon. That was, at the time, the busiest we had gotten and I was being
pulled in 6 different directions. I appreciate everyone's patience and please
accept my apologies if I seemed a little grumpy. My focus is always to pack in
as much gaming as I can in the hours I am given and this time, we had too much.
It was pretty crazy. There were other extenuating circumstances but I don't need
to get into those.

The weekend for me started out pretty rough because on the way down Thursday, my
kids came down with colds that later develop into a terrible Croup-like cough.
This led to a complete lack of sleep on Friday but I muscled through it. Thanks
to my wife, Stephanie, for taking care of my kids and staying cooped up in the
hotel room with two sick kids while I ran gaming. I definitely married up.

Friday started out pretty slow but I intentionally scheduled fewer games.
Partially because Friday first slot is usually pretty slow but also I wanted to
ease into the new layout in the main gaming room. I was concerned about traffic,
noise and general closed-quarters of the tables and chairs. By the end of the
weekend, however, the new layout seemed to work REALLY well and I was very happy
with it. I will be using it in the future.

Only a few of my games did not make Friday. I would say we were at 80% by late
Friday afternoon. Friday night is when things really started and I was very
encouraged by the outlook. We were up around 90% make rate by then. By Saturday
however, we had exploded to more games making than I had tables for them to play
on.

I played Talisman Friday night with a good group of guys. That's a game that
could go on forever, so I limited everyone to one character. I was amazed how
quickly people die in that game. It may be the new version or just that I have
never noticed it because we always had back up characters but it did not last 4
hours.

Other highlights that night - meeting all the new people, especially the Savage
World pros and the podcast folks, Ron and Veronica Blessing. I wish I had more
time to hang with them. It was a pleasure meeting them.

Things ran rather smoothly except for a few minor database glitches that I
noticed and had to spend time fixing Friday night. Thanks to THE Jim Harris for
helping out with that. Little things like that tend to annoy me longer than they
should, so if I seemed annoyed Friday night, that's why. Also, in hindsight,
there were a few games that were poorly placed and I should have moved them
around before I printed everything. I am sorry to those that were not entirely
happy with where I put them.

This was also the start of the sudden temperature plunge that everyone
complained about all weekend. The hotel got colder and colder as the weekend
went on. I have an explanation or at the very least a theory on that later.

I shutdown about 1 AM Saturday morning, after cleaning and straightening up all
the rooms and putting away my stuff. There was still some gaming going on when I
went to bed and everyone seemed to be having a good time. I wasn't as tired as I
expected to be, which surprised me considering the night before. I slept pretty
well though. I really do enjoy the Sleep Number beds they have at this hotel.

Saturday started about 7:30 AM for me, my kids actually slept better on Friday
night and so did I. My wife was not much better but she slept in with the kids
and felt better later. Again, thanks to my lovely and gracious wife for taking
care of our kids.

Saturday really started out pretty quickly. It was becoming quite obvious fairly
early that it was going to be a busy day for me. The bad part was I had
committed myself to running demos for Holistic Design that afternoon, and they
were pressuring me to do more. Thank God we found someone else to help me - Wade
Key - who stepped up and volunteered to help with running some of them. The
demos went reasonably well and looked nice because of the terrain and buildings
supplied by HDI. Most players had a lot of fun. The Fantasy Encounters games
really pointed out the severe flaws in D&D 3.x, however. Primarily, at higher
levels (15+), the game really breaks down to absurdity. But the minis are cool!
And I got a few of them.

The worst timing of everything was about 1:30 Saturday afternoon. I had to pull
myself away from the HDI demos to deal with the log jam of issues that popped
up. From pick up games seeking tables to 4 other games that officially had
unassigned tables, I was pretty swamped. This brought out Grumpy Ron, a side of
me I am not proud of and wish I could control better, but thankfully those that
are close to me understand and tolerate. I am sorry for those that I may have
offended or toes I may have stepped on.

Simply put, I had more games than tables. That's a good problem to have but not
always an easy problem to deal with. We had games out in the lobby, games in the
Grinning Goblin, and games in hotel rooms. I thank everyone for the patience in
this situation. I really try to work hard to keep everyone happy, but it doesn't
always work out. Next time, I won't sign up to demo stuff right at that point
and instead be prepared to deal with the influx of games at that time.

As a piece of advice to those that are reading this - Saturday afternoon is the
WORST time to expect a table for a pick up game. If you want to run a pick up
game at that time, find a place elsewhere, because chances are, all my tables
are going to be full.

Once the afternoon slot had started and everyone had settled down, things went
smoothly again. I started prepping things for the auction early on and was ready
on time. The auction wasn't but that was only because the ATM was busted and
everyone had to use credit card and thus set up a tab with Karen. That took a
while. The funniest thing about the auction was the sheer amount of stuff. As of
Saturday afternoon, we did not have a ton of stuff, and were expecting a short
auction. This is a case of "be careful what you wish for." because before we
knew it, hear comes one of the dealers who was going home that night and did not
want to take their products home. They donated practically everything they had.
Now we had a ton of stuff. So the auction went a little long despite the huge
lots of games and stuff we gave out. Thanks to everyone that bought something.
We made about $2300 at this year's auction, which is one of our best years.

Saturday ended with Battlestar Galactica board game, which really went
interestingly. My favorite moment was when Gaius Baltar deposed the president
and executed Admiral Kane in one turn. Well done, John!

Sunday, I woke up dead to the world. The cold that I had been fighting finally
hit me hard and I woke up with what felt like a hang-over. I wasted no time
packing up and getting my board game library in their boxes.

Side note: Next time, for the game library, I am going to have to break down the
games with expansions into their individual boxes. I currently have them all
mixed up and when someone grabbed my Arkham Horror, the freaked out because
there was no rules. Not true. It is in one of the two other expansion boxes. The
unfortunately reality in that case is that you either have to separate out the
basic set or play with all the expansions. Same with Talisman (although that has
less of an effect).

The rest of Sunday was spent packing, tying off loose ends, and waiting for some
of my game library to come back so it could be packed. I spent a little in the
auction, but made a little money in the end because I sold some of my old stuff.
Those that were wondering about my mystery box, it contained mostly the stuff I
did not sell.

The final highlight of the weekend was on Sunday, Jeff and I did a podcast with
Veronica and Ron Blessing, along with an interview with Ron Blessing. It will be
on their web site and thus on ours very soon. It was very cool. They were VERY
complimentary about our con and how it was organized. That's what we pride
ourselves and continue to strive to make better every year. Ron and Veronica
flew in from Arizona and plan to return next year. That's amazing to me. Thanks
to Ron and Veronica for so many kind words and an opportunity to do the podcast.

One of the weekend's coolest things was the Carrom games, brought to us by
Billie Boards. Set up in the hallway, it was perfect. It is a game people can
just sit down and start playing. I loved having them there. It was brilliant. I
just hate that I never got to sit down and play. Maybe next year we can have
some backgammon, chess and other games like that out.

The temperature was pretty cold all weekend. However, I wore shorts all day
Saturday and only felt a chill Saturday night after things settled down and I
was playing Battlestar Galactica board game. But those that were sitting all
day, playing games, said it was freezing. Even those that have . shall we say .
"extra insulation."

Early on Friday, someone asked us to turn down the AC in preparation for the
heat that they expected to develop in one of the back gaming rooms. This of
course was based on times past when it did get hot back there. Well, we did not
factor in the renovation that the hotel had gone through, which I can only
assume included an air system clean out and maintenance. Well, we were not
prepared for the efficiency of that renovated air system and by the time we
could do something about it, it was too late. By Sunday, the system was turned
off and it was still colder than it was outside (although it was
uncharacteristicall y warm in High Point on Sunday).

So lessons learned with respect to the AC for this hotel. However, for those
that complained, would you rather have the alternative and deal with "gamer
funk"? Given that, I think wearing a few layers wasn't so bad.

The weekend went fast, which means everything went amazingly well. Thanks to
everyone who came out and I look forward to doing it again. Keep in mind,
mini-mace in January.

In closing, I know that a lot of people had a great time and they are voicing
those opinions. A lot of the times, those that have some concerns or criticisms
are drowned out and we do not want that to happen. If you have a concerns or
serious criticisms that you do not feel is being addressed, feel free to email
me or Jeff privately. We want MACE to continue to do well and grow. The only way
to keep that going is to fix any problems there may be.
Ron McClung
MACE 2009

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MACE - www.justusproductio ns.com
ConCarolinas - www.concarolinas. org
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As many have already posted, emailed and FB'ed, MACE was an incredible weekend. 
I had a lot of fun!

Let me start out by thanking everyone involved - Jeff and Karen Smith, the
Grinning Goblin crew of Steve and Patrick (and their wives), and Winston. 
Operationally, we had a great convention because of these people and many more.

I also have to give a big thanks for my GMs, Judges, event coordinators and
tournament directors.  Without you guys (and girls), we would not have had such
a solid schedule of games, with some of the most variety and diversity we have
ever had.  You guys did very well despite some of the problems my own errors (in
the system) caused.  Thanks for your patience and hard work.  You all are some
of the best GMs I know.

Specifically, thanks to Clint Black and Heath Medlin for organizing a great
Savage World weekend.  Thanks to Dave Artman, Jason Morningstar and the guys at
Independent Story Games community for organizing a great indie weekend.  Thanks
to Arnold and Paul for putting on another great storyline game system.  Thanks
to Matt for running yet another D&D Dungeon Survival game.  Also congratulation
to Jon Maness for winning this years GM Improv contest.

Thanks to all the pros that came out along with the supporting stores and
vendors, like That's How We Roll Games, Holistic Design and Hypermind Games.

Along with the thanks, I have to apologize to many for my behavior Saturday
afternoon.  That was, at the time, the busiest we had gotten and I was being
pulled in 6 different directions.  I appreciate everyone's patience and please
accept my apologies if I seemed a little grumpy.  My focus is always to pack in
as much gaming as I can in the hours I am given and this time, we had too much. 
It was pretty crazy.  There were other extenuating circumstances but I don't
need to get into those.

The weekend for me started out pretty rough because on the way down Thursday, my
kids came down with colds that later develop into a terrible Croup-like cough. 
This led to a complete lack of sleep on Friday but I muscled through it.  Thanks
to my wife, Stephanie, for taking care of my kids and staying cooped up in the
hotel room with two sick kids while I ran gaming.  I definitely married up.

Friday started out pretty slow but I intentionally scheduled fewer games. 
Partially because Friday first slot is usually pretty slow but also I wanted to
ease into the new layout in the main gaming room.  I was concerned about
traffic, noise and general closed-quarters of the tables and chairs.  By the end
of the weekend, however, the new layout seemed to work REALLY well and I was
very happy with it.  I will be using it in the future.

Only a few of my games did not make Friday.  I would say we were at 80% by late
Friday afternoon.  Friday night is when things really started and I was very
encouraged by the outlook.  We were up around 90% make rate by then. By Saturday
however, we had exploded to more games making than I had tables for them to play
on.

I played Talisman Friday night with a good group of guys.  That's a game that
could go on forever, so I limited everyone to one character.  I was amazed how
quickly people die in that game.  It may be the new version or just that I have
never noticed it because we always had back up characters but it did not last 4
hours.

Other highlights that night - meeting all the new people, especially the Savage
World pros and the podcast folks, Ron and Veronica Blessing.  I wish I had more
time to hang with them.  It was a pleasure meeting them.

Things ran rather smoothly except for a few minor database glitches that I
noticed and had to spend time fixing Friday night.  Thanks to THE Jim Harris for
helping out with that.  Little things like that tend to annoy me longer than
they should, so if I seemed annoyed Friday night, that's why.  Also, in
hindsight, there were a few games that were poorly placed and I should have
moved them around before I printed everything.  I am sorry to those that were
not entirely happy with where I put them.

This was also the start of the sudden temperature plunge that everyone
complained about all weekend.  The hotel got colder and colder as the weekend
went on.  I have an explanation or at the very least a theory on that later.

I shutdown about 1 AM Saturday morning, after cleaning and straightening up all
the rooms and putting away my stuff.  There was still some gaming going on when
I went to bed and everyone seemed to be having a good time.  I wasn't as tired
as I expected to be, which surprised me considering the night before.  I slept
pretty well though.  I really do enjoy the Sleep Number beds they have at this
hotel.

Saturday started about 7:30 AM for me, my kids actually slept better on Friday
night and so did I.  My wife was not much better but she slept in with the kids
and felt better later.  Again, thanks to my lovely and gracious wife for taking
care of our kids.

Saturday really started out pretty quickly.  It was becoming quite obvious
fairly early that it was going to be a busy day for me.  The bad part was I had
committed myself to running demos for Holistic Design that afternoon, and they
were pressuring me to do more.  Thank God we found someone else to help me -
Wade Key - who stepped up and volunteered to help with running some of them. 
The demos went reasonably well and looked nice because of the terrain and
buildings supplied by HDI.  Most players had a lot of fun.  The Fantasy
Encounters games really pointed out the severe flaws in D&D 3.x, however. 
Primarily, at higher levels (15+), the game really breaks down to absurdity.  
But the minis are cool!  And I got a few of them.

The worst timing of everything was about 1:30 Saturday afternoon.  I had to pull
myself away from the HDI demos to deal with the log jam of issues that popped
up.  From pick up games seeking tables to 4 other games that officially had
unassigned tables, I was pretty swamped.  This brought out Grumpy Ron, a side of
me I am not proud of and wish I could control better, but thankfully those that
are close to me understand and tolerate.  I am sorry for those that I may have
offended or toes I may have stepped on.

Simply put, I had more games than tables.  That's a good problem to have but not
always an easy problem to deal with.  We had games out in the lobby, games in
the Grinning Goblin, and games in hotel rooms.  I thank everyone for the
patience in this situation.  I really try to work hard to keep everyone happy,
but it doesn't always work out.  Next time, I won't sign up to demo stuff right
at that point and instead be prepared to deal with the influx of games at that
time.

As a piece of advice to those that are reading this - Saturday afternoon is the
WORST time to expect a table for a pick up game.  If you want to run a pick up
game at that time, find a place elsewhere, because chances are, all my tables
are going to be full.

Once the afternoon slot had started and everyone had settled down, things went
smoothly again.  I started prepping things for the auction early on and was
ready on time.  The auction wasn't but that was only because the ATM was busted
and everyone had to use credit card and thus set up a tab with Karen.  That took
a while.  The funniest thing about the auction was the sheer amount of stuff. 
As of Saturday afternoon, we did not have a ton of stuff, and were expecting a
short auction.  This is a case of "be careful what you wish for." because before
we knew it, hear comes one of the dealers who was going home that night and did
not want to take their products home. They donated practically everything they
had.  Now we had a ton of stuff.  So the auction went a little long despite the
huge lots of games and stuff we gave out.  Thanks to everyone that bought
something.  We made about $2300 at this year's auction, which is one of our best
years.

Saturday ended with Battlestar Galactica board game, which really went
interestingly.  My favorite moment was when Gaius Baltar deposed the president
and executed Admiral Kane in one turn.  Well done, John!

Sunday, I woke up dead to the world.  The cold that I had been fighting finally
hit me hard and I woke up with what felt like a hang-over.  I wasted no time
packing up and getting my board game library in their boxes.

Side note: Next time, for the game library, I am going to have to break down the
games with expansions into their individual boxes.  I currently have them all
mixed up and when someone grabbed my Arkham Horror, the freaked out because
there was no rules.  Not true.  It is in one of the two other expansion boxes. 
The unfortunately reality in that case is that you either have to separate out
the basic set or play with all the expansions.  Same with Talisman (although
that has less of an effect).

The rest of Sunday was spent packing, tying off loose ends, and waiting for some
of my game library to come back so it could be packed.  I spent a little in the
auction, but made a little money in the end because I sold some of my old stuff.
Those that were wondering about my mystery box, it contained mostly the stuff I
did not sell.

The final highlight of the weekend was on Sunday, Jeff and I did a podcast with
Veronica and Ron Blessing, along with an interview with Ron Blessing.  It will
be on their web site and thus on ours very soon.  It was very cool.  They were
VERY complimentary about our con and how it was organized.  That's what we pride
ourselves and continue to strive to make better every year.  Ron and Veronica
flew in from Arizona and plan to return next year. That's amazing to me.  Thanks
to Ron and Veronica for so many kind words and an opportunity to do the podcast.

One of the weekend's coolest things was the Carrom games, brought to us by
Billie Boards.  Set up in the hallway, it was perfect.  It is a game people can
just sit down and start playing.  I loved having them there.  It was brilliant. 
I just hate that I never got to sit down and play.  Maybe next year we can have
some backgammon, chess and other games like that out.

The temperature was pretty cold all weekend.  However, I wore shorts all day
Saturday and only felt a chill Saturday night after things settled down and I
was playing Battlestar Galactica board game.  But those that were sitting all
day, playing games, said it was freezing.  Even those that have . shall we say .
"extra insulation."

Early on Friday, someone asked us to turn down the AC in preparation for the
heat that they expected to develop in one of the back gaming rooms.  This of
course was based on times past when it did get hot back there.  Well, we did not
factor in the renovation that the hotel had gone through, which I can only
assume included an air system clean out and maintenance.  Well, we were not
prepared for the efficiency of that renovated air system and by the time we
could do something about it, it was too late.  By Sunday, the system was turned
off and it was still colder than it was outside (although it was
uncharacteristically warm in High Point on Sunday).

So lessons learned with respect to the AC for this hotel.  However, for those
that complained, would you rather have the alternative and deal with "gamer
funk"?  Given that, I think wearing a few layers wasn't so bad.

The weekend went fast, which means everything went amazingly well.  Thanks to
everyone who came out and I look forward to doing it again.  Keep in mind,
mini-mace in January.

In closing, I know that a lot of people had a great time and they are voicing
those opinions.  A lot of the times, those that have some concerns or criticisms
are drowned out and we do not want that to happen.  If you have a concerns or
serious criticisms that you do not feel is being addressed, feel free to email
me or Jeff privately.  We want MACE to continue to do well and grow.  The only
way to keep that going is to fix any problems there may be.
Ron McClung
MACE 2009

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   Seawolf's Den -      www.seawolfsden.net
   MACE -  www.justusproductions.com
   ConCarolinas -  www.concarolinas.org
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Hopefully I won't get my hands slapped too hard by Ron/Jeff for sorta off-topic
post here.

Was talking with a few of the Triad area RPGA / DnD guys on Sunday about getting
a regular game going on a weekly basis.

If you are interested, please email me at  JeepNerd at Triad.rr.com  and I will
setup an email list / so we won't clutter up this list anymore.

The goal will be to provide a weekly game, we know Greg and gang are getting
lots of play time because of something similar down in Charlotte and I think
Durham area has a regular crew as well.

Hopefully this will support MACE / RPGA by providing more local players AND
Heralds who can help GM at the cons.  Right now that is one of the few times we
are playing / would rather play.

If we can play MORE locally, allows us to support Greg / and the cons /
minimace, etc as Heralds.

Oh and to be "slightly" on topic, GREAT time, glad the set was well used for
Treasure Quest room, temp was cold but I was able to adjust via my coat.  (If
too hot, we can only take off so much clothing before it just gets UGLY!!)

Thanks
One of the HINTON boys...   ;)

I'm going to come out as admiring the temperature.  I was in costume and dreaded
the usual stifling heat that results from large numbers of gamers.  Hooray! 
Awful sweatage did not occur.  In addition, the cool temperatures seems to have
eliminated the gamer funk problem that usually drives off the uninitiated after
their first con.
-Calvin Kelley

--- In Fans_of_MACE@yahoogroups.com, "pepsterd20mod" <pepsterd20mod@...> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> --- In Fans_of_MACE@yahoogroups.com, JustUsProd@ wrote:
> >
> >
> > Thanks to everyone that made MACE a great success this year.   We do not
have the final attendance numbers yet.  But when we do, I will let everyone
know.   Ron did a great job as usual.   The GMs did a fantastic job.  The
majority oif the games made this year.    The Gaming professionals who were
there were great.   The Savage Saturday night event was a huge success.  The
Grinning Goble did a great job.
> > THe attendees were great this year.  The hotel was better.   THe temperature
was cold, but the rroms were not as stinky.  And the auction did fairly well.
> >
> > So all in all, it was a fantastic weekend.  I enjoyed every minute of it.
> >
> > Thanks to everyone who came.   Let us know what you thought.
> >
> > Jeff Smith
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
> >
> I had a fantastic time overall.  My only complaints would be about the chill
downstairs and the locked bathroom in the Boardroom.
>
> There is a thread on the Pinnacle boards about MACE and how awesome it was. 
MACE sets the bar high for gaming conventions.  I know Clint Black has bragged
on MACE for years about how well organized MACE is.  The only complaint I heard
from the Professionals was they thought the Talk with the Professionals seminar
was too close to the afternoon slot and they didn't have time to eat and prepare
for the afternoon game sessions.
>
> Many thanks to Jeff and Ron for their support of Savage Saturday Night and
congratulations on the new attendance record!
>
> Heath
>

--- In Fans_of_MACE@yahoogroups.com, JustUsProd@... wrote:
>
>
> Thanks to everyone that made MACE a great success this year.   We do not have
the final attendance numbers yet.  But when we do, I will let everyone know.  
Ron did a great job as usual.   The GMs did a fantastic job.  The majority oif
the games made this year.    The Gaming professionals who were there were great.
The Savage Saturday night event was a huge success.  The Grinning Goble did a
great job.
> THe attendees were great this year.  The hotel was better.   THe temperature
was cold, but the rroms were not as stinky.  And the auction did fairly well.
>
> So all in all, it was a fantastic weekend.  I enjoyed every minute of it.
>
> Thanks to everyone who came.   Let us know what you thought.
>
> Jeff Smith
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]


>
I had a fantastic time overall.  My only complaints would be about the chill
downstairs and the locked bathroom in the Boardroom.

There is a thread on the Pinnacle boards about MACE and how awesome it was. 
MACE sets the bar high for gaming conventions.  I know Clint Black has bragged
on MACE for years about how well organized MACE is.  The only complaint I heard
from the Professionals was they thought the Talk with the Professionals seminar
was too close to the afternoon slot and they didn't have time to eat and prepare
for the afternoon game sessions.

Many thanks to Jeff and Ron for their support of Savage Saturday Night and
congratulations on the new attendance record!

Heath

We did what I thought would have been impossible this year.  We had our highest
attendance ever.   We had 490 in attendance.   This is tremendous considering
the poopy economy.  And all I can say is thank you.   You are the ones that made
this happen.   We had a gret weekend and for those that missed it, they missed
one heck of a convention.   Thanks to everyone involved.   Now lets see if we
can break 500 next year.

Jeff Smith


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The Grinning Goblin is an ever evolving entity.  We do take your comments and
suggestions seriously, and we will work to make whatever changes are necessary
to make as many of you happy as we can.  We have overcome some pretty common
hurdles for food service and a few not so common hurdles related specifically to
a gaming convention.  I only ask that you please keep in mind that we only do
this once per year and that none of us at the Grinning Goblin have food service
related careers.  We do what we do because we enjoy MACE and the people involved
in it, and we genuinely get a kick out of providing a good service to good
people.  We had some issues this year with one of our vendors and we will be
looking at alternatives to overcome that in the future.  So please keep the
comments coming!  As MACE gets better every year, we at the GG will try to keep
up and your input is a valuable part of that evolution.



Again, we sincerely want to thank all of you at MACE who made this another great
year for the Grinning Goblin.





To: Fans_of_MACE@yahoogroups.com
From: seawolf@...
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 18:58:25 -0500
Subject: RE: [Fans_of_MACE] MACE





> 2. The Grinning Goblin ... However please stop interrupting every game
around me
> to ask if anyone wants a sandwich. I came to do some hardcore gaming and
if I
> want a sandwich I'll tell you.

That's one of those damned if you do, damned if you don't kind of things.
Most people really appreciated at-the-table service. And Since the GG was
only going to make 2 or 3 orders per day, it is either you order then or
don't order at all. They tried to have some generic sandwiches available
but many went to waste because people were too picky while other times they
did not keep well. So they went with the ordering of sandwiches this time.

At least that is my understanding...

Ron





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I had a great time this weekend and wanted to thank everyone involved. I didn't
run into any organizational or informational hiccups. I had no problems finding
any of the games I was playing. I didn't even have any real problems with the
hotel. The only issue I ran into was not having packed properly for the
temperatures on the first floor. I was cold last year and remembered to pack
some sweatshirts, but I think I could have used a jacket this year.

The staff members I interacted with were all super nice and helpful, including
the Grinning Goblin crew. I appreciated the table service for sandwiches. The
interruption to our games was minimal and it removed a lot of the time
constraint pressure of running to get food during the lunch break.

I don't travel on the con circuit so MACE is a big deal for me each year and I
really enjoyed being able to get in six games in a single weekend. The variety
and quality of the games offered made for a memorable experience. Is it too
early to register for next year? :)

Thanks for MACE 2009,

- Mike K.




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I had a great time at Mace. Greg put together another great RPGA convention, and
my thanks to the other organizers, as well as to the judges and to my friends
who came out to play.

The food was reasonably priced, and the people of Grinning Goblin were courteous
and efficient. I appreciate their table service, and don't find it too
disruptive. I wish they had offered the refillable drink mug they had last time,
but I can understand these economic times may have forced something different.

Room for improvement: My major complaint (which is minor considering my overall
satisfaction) was I wished the temperature in the gaming rooms was better
regulated. Also, I don't find the hotel's comfort number beds to be particularly
comfortable.

Joey

The main complaint I heard about the food service was, "No coffee".





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From: Fans_of_MACE@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Fans_of_MACE@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Ron W McClung
Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 6:58 PM
To: Fans_of_MACE@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Fans_of_MACE] MACE





> 2. The Grinning Goblin ... However please stop interrupting every game
around me
> to ask if anyone wants a sandwich. I came to do some hardcore gaming and
if I
> want a sandwich I'll tell you.

That's one of those damned if you do, damned if you don't kind of things.
Most people really appreciated at-the-table service. And Since the GG was
only going to make 2 or 3 orders per day, it is either you order then or
don't order at all. They tried to have some generic sandwiches available
but many went to waste because people were too picky while other times they
did not keep well. So they went with the ordering of sandwiches this time.

At least that is my understanding...

Ron





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> 2. The Grinning Goblin ... However please stop interrupting every game
around me
> to ask if anyone wants a sandwich. I came to do some hardcore gaming and
if I
> want a sandwich I'll tell you.

That's one of those damned if you do, damned if you don't kind of things.
Most people really appreciated at-the-table service. And Since the GG was
only going to make 2 or 3 orders per day, it is either you order then or
don't order at all.  They tried to have some generic sandwiches available
but many went to waste because people were too picky while other times they
did not keep well. So they went with the ordering of sandwiches this time.

At least that is my understanding...

Ron

Games and the people were great as always. Hotel was crap. It has been going
down hill few a couple of years now.

Good Points:

1. Good selection of products in the dealer room.
2. Grinning Goblin did a good job.
3. The MACE crew did a good job as always.



Bad Points:

1.The cold.

2.No bathroom on 2nd floor.

3. What happened to the ice water in the game rooms?

4. Jimmy John's



Thanks to all my players.





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From: Fans_of_MACE@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Fans_of_MACE@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Bob Miller
Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 1:28 PM
To: Fans_of_MACE@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Fans_of_MACE] MACE





As always had great time at the con, got in lots of gaming.

Hats off to the Grinning Goblin crew as always.

The bad side of course was the grief with the hotel, check in being held up
because they were not cleaning the rooms fast enough. That is unacceptable
because they knew we were coming and they knew how many rooms we were
taking. They also know when our event starts.
The fact you have to ride the elevator to find a working ice machine is
ridiculous.
I spent a lot of time in the board room on the second floor this year. The
hotel not opening the bathroom there when they knew we would be going into
the night is also unacceptable.
Add to that the refusal to allow late check outs and the hotel is still not
showing up as any sort of flower but more like the fertilizer.

Just my opinion and observations.

P.S. Hopefully some one can make the sandwich provider understand how much
money they lost by delivering the sandwiches late to the goblin Saturday.

--- On Mon, 11/9/09, JustUsProd@aol. <mailto:JustUsProd%40aol.com> com
<JustUsProd@aol. <mailto:JustUsProd%40aol.com> com> wrote:

From: JustUsProd@aol. <mailto:JustUsProd%40aol.com> com <JustUsProd@aol.
<mailto:JustUsProd%40aol.com> com>
Subject: [Fans_of_MACE] MACE
To: Fans_of_MACE@ <mailto:Fans_of_MACE%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com,
CGA_ConGaming@ <mailto:CGA_ConGaming%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, November 9, 2009, 9:40 AM



Thanks to everyone that made MACE a great success this year. We do not have
the final attendance numbers yet. But when we do, I will let everyone know.
Ron did a great job as usual. The GMs did a fantastic job. The majority oif
the games made this year. The Gaming professionals who were there were
great. The Savage Saturday night event was a huge success. The Grinning
Goble did a great job.

THe attendees were great this year. The hotel was better. THe temperature
was cold, but the rroms were not as stinky. And the auction did fairly well.

So all in all, it was a fantastic weekend. I enjoyed every minute of it.

Thanks to everyone who came. Let us know what you thought.

Jeff Smith

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As always had great time at the con, got in lots of gaming.

Hats off to the Grinning Goblin crew as always.

The bad side of course was the grief with the hotel, check in being held up
because they were not cleaning the rooms fast enough. That is unacceptable
because they knew we were coming and they knew how many rooms we were taking.
They also know when our event starts.
The fact you have to ride the elevator to find a working ice machine is
ridiculous.
I spent a lot of time in the board room on the second floor this year. The hotel
not opening the bathroom there when they knew we would be going into the night
is also unacceptable.
Add to that the refusal to allow late check outs and the hotel is still not
showing up as any sort of flower but more like the fertilizer.

Just my opinion and observations.

P.S. Hopefully some one can make the sandwich provider understand how much money
they lost by delivering the sandwiches late to the goblin Saturday.


--- On Mon, 11/9/09, JustUsProd@... <JustUsProd@...> wrote:

From: JustUsProd@... <JustUsProd@...>
Subject: [Fans_of_MACE] MACE
To: Fans_of_MACE@yahoogroups.com, CGA_ConGaming@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, November 9, 2009, 9:40 AM







 











Thanks to everyone that made MACE a great success this year.   We do not have
the final attendance numbers yet.  But when we do, I will let everyone know.  
Ron did a great job as usual.   The GMs did a fantastic job.  The majority oif
the games made this year.    The Gaming professionals who were there were great.
The Savage Saturday night event was a huge success.  The Grinning Goble did a
great job.

THe attendees were great this year.  The hotel was better.   THe temperature was
cold, but the rroms were not as stinky.  And the auction did fairly well.



So all in all, it was a fantastic weekend.  I enjoyed every minute of it.



Thanks to everyone who came.   Let us know what you thought.



Jeff Smith



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I had a great time this year. All the games I played in were great and I got to
knock a few things off my "to do" list. Attendence was up so that was nice. I
brought seven people with me who had never been to Mace and they all rave about
what a great time they had too. I have two gripes though:

1. I hate that hotel with a burning passion. They obviously couldn't give two
whoops about keeping us happy and are just generally unhelpful. No bathroom on
the second floor gaming area was a joke so was the freezing temperatures on the
first floor.
 
2. The Grinning Goblin was obviously a lot better this year and that helped the
con overall. However please stop interrupting every game around me to ask if
anyone wants a sandwich. I came to do some hardcore gaming and if I want a
sandwich I'll tell you.
 
Overall this year was one of the best in recent memory. Can't wait for next
years.
 
Benjamin Burton


--- On Mon, 11/9/09, JustUsProd@... <JustUsProd@...> wrote:


From: JustUsProd@... <JustUsProd@...>
Subject: [Fans_of_MACE] MACE
To: Fans_of_MACE@yahoogroups.com, CGA_ConGaming@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, November 9, 2009, 9:40 AM


 




Thanks to everyone that made MACE a great success this year. We do not have the
final attendance numbers yet. But when we do, I will let everyone know.. Ron did
a great job as usual. The GMs did a fantastic job. The majority oif the games
made this year. The Gaming professionals who were there were great. The Savage
Saturday night event was a huge success. The Grinning Goble did a great job.
THe attendees were great this year. The hotel was better. THe temperature was
cold, but the rroms were not as stinky. And the auction did fairly well.

So all in all, it was a fantastic weekend. I enjoyed every minute of it.

Thanks to everyone who came. Let us know what you thought.

Jeff Smith

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It'll take me a few days to recover and run the numbers, but the RPGA/MMRPG
gaming was gangbusters!  I had between 10 and 13 tables (out of the 9 rounds in
the room) running in nearly every slot.  There were a number of first-time
convention judges and a lot of new faces.

Thanks to all my judges, and to Ron, Jeff and all the staff and volunteers of
MACE.

-Greg G
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MACE          November 6-8, 2009 http://www.justusproductions.com
StellarCon    March 2010 http://www.stellarcon.org
ConCarolinas  June 4-6, 2010 http://www.concarolinas.org




________________________________
From: "JustUsProd@..." <JustUsProd@...>
To: Fans_of_MACE@yahoogroups.com; CGA_ConGaming@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, November 9, 2009 9:40:11 AM
Subject: [CGA_ConGaming] MACE


Thanks to everyone that made MACE a great success this year.   We do not have
the final attendance numbers yet.  But when we do, I will let everyone know.  
Ron did a great job as usual.   The GMs did a fantastic job.  The majority oif
the games made this year.    The Gaming professionals who were there were great.
The Savage Saturday night event was a huge success.  The Grinning Goble did a
great job.
THe attendees were great this year.  The hotel was better.   THe temperature was
cold, but the rroms were not as stinky.  And the auction did fairly well.

So all in all, it was a fantastic weekend.  I enjoyed every minute of it.

Thanks to everyone who came.   Let us know what you thought.

Jeff Smith







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I had a great time. I think my gear table was a hit, all my games made and I had
a great time running them. It seemed more full than last year and the larp did
well. Grinning goblin kept running out of food so I take that as a good sign. 
I am looking forward to knowing how many people were there, and am excited about
minimace.

Danielle Horsley
PR StellarCon 34
e-mail: gypsydragon@...
Smile, it makes people wonder what you are thinking. 


--- On Mon, 11/9/09, JustUsProd@... <JustUsProd@...> wrote:


From: JustUsProd@... <JustUsProd@...>
Subject: [Fans_of_MACE] MACE
To: Fans_of_MACE@yahoogroups.com, CGA_ConGaming@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, November 9, 2009, 9:40 AM


 




Thanks to everyone that made MACE a great success this year. We do not have the
final attendance numbers yet. But when we do, I will let everyone know. Ron did
a great job as usual. The GMs did a fantastic job. The majority oif the games
made this year. The Gaming professionals who were there were great. The Savage
Saturday night event was a huge success. The Grinning Goble did a great job.
THe attendees were great this year. The hotel was better. THe temperature was
cold, but the rroms were not as stinky. And the auction did fairly well.

So all in all, it was a fantastic weekend. I enjoyed every minute of it.

Thanks to everyone who came. Let us know what you thought.

Jeff Smith

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On behalf of the staff at the Grinning Goblin, we want to thank all of the great
gamers who made this one of our best MACE events yet!  Another heartfelt thanks
goes out to Jeff Smith and Ron McClung for putting MACE together and providing
such a great atmosphere for gaming.

We look forward to seeing all of you again!

Sincerely,

Bob and Frank
Owners and proprieters of the finest traveling goblin snacks and sundries
caravan this side of the misssisiiss...misissi...mi....the big blue curving
water thing.

Goblins rule!  Paladins drool!

Thanks to everyone that made MACE a great success this year.   We do not have
the final attendance numbers yet.  But when we do, I will let everyone know.  
Ron did a great job as usual.   The GMs did a fantastic job.  The majority oif
the games made this year.    The Gaming professionals who were there were great.
The Savage Saturday night event was a huge success.  The Grinning Goble did a
great job.
THe attendees were great this year.  The hotel was better.   THe temperature was
cold, but the rroms were not as stinky.  And the auction did fairly well.

So all in all, it was a fantastic weekend.  I enjoyed every minute of it.

Thanks to everyone who came.   Let us know what you thought.

Jeff Smith




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Just let everyone know...

MACE 2009 preregistration will be closing tomorrow, Wednesday November 4.


See you at the con.

Ron McClung
MACE 2009

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My rooms were reserved before Best Western took over and I had early check in on
them. Best Western stated there were no notes requesting early check ins.
So apparently when they transferred over they dropped all the early check ins.
So there may be more people unaware that they no longer have early check
requests or any other requests they had previously.


--- On Sun, 11/1/09, Ron W McClung <seawolf@...> wrote:

From: Ron W McClung <seawolf@...>
Subject: RE: [Fans_of_MACE] New Fee
To: Fans_of_MACE@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, November 1, 2009, 3:44 PM






 





                   Nope, we did not know about that.  I'll check with Jeff and
see what he can

do about that.



Yea, it does make it difficult for people to get in games the first session

if they can not check in. You might be able to work with the GM and start

late.



Ron



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From: Fans_of_MACE@ yahoogroups. com [mailto:Fans_of_MACE@ yahoogroups. com] On

Behalf Of rpp_sx69

Sent: Sunday, November 01, 2009 2:07 PM

To: Fans_of_MACE@ yahoogroups. com

Subject: [Fans_of_MACE] New Fee



Just called the hotel to make some changes in my room reservations and was

told they have a fee for early check in. They are charging half a day fee

for any early check ins. So the only way to avoid the fee is you can not get

your room until 3 pm.

The front desk doesn't care that our event starts at 3 pm. This is another

reason we need a new hotel.



Just in case you weren't aware of this fee.



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Yahoo! Groups Links































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Nope, we did not know about that.  I'll check with Jeff and see what he can
do about that.

Yea, it does make it difficult for people to get in games the first session
if they can not check in. You might be able to work with the GM and start
late.

Ron

-----Original Message-----
From: Fans_of_MACE@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Fans_of_MACE@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of rpp_sx69
Sent: Sunday, November 01, 2009 2:07 PM
To: Fans_of_MACE@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Fans_of_MACE] New Fee

Just called the hotel to make some changes in my room reservations and was
told they have a fee for early check in. They are charging half a day fee
for any early check ins. So the only way to avoid the fee is you can not get
your room until 3 pm.
The front desk doesn't care that our event starts at 3 pm. This is another
reason we need a new hotel.

Just in case you weren't aware of this fee.




------------------------------------

Yahoo! Groups Links

I talked to the hotel about this.   We should be able to check in  by 1:30.
  And some of the rooms might be available before then.    Of course with
that being said, some of the rooms may not be ready until  later.  It all
depends on when the rooms have been cleaned and if they are  ready for check in.


So, please be considerate when you check in.  There is a group  checking
out before we arrive.   As long as we can get into our rooms  at 1:30 we
should be good.

Thanks,
Jeff Smith


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Just called the hotel to make some changes in my room reservations and was told
they have a fee for early check in. They are charging half a day fee for any
early check ins. So the only way to avoid the fee is you can not get your room
until 3 pm.
The front desk doesn't care that our event starts at 3 pm. This is another
reason we need a new hotel.

Just in case you weren't aware of this fee.

Ron, Hate to bother you again but I think you or Jeff sent out an email
telling where DMs and guests were to pick up their badges but I can't
find it. Can you send it to me again? Andy

   ----- Original Message -----
   From: "Ron W McClung"
   To: Fans_of_MACE@yahoogroups.com, CGA_ConGaming@yahoogroups.com
   Subject: [Fans_of_MACE] Possibly affecting MACE Travel
   Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:32:46 -0400

    



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   RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A rockslide in western North Carolina near the
   Tennessee state line has closed Interstate 40, and officials say it
   could
   take several months to clear the debris. The state Department of
   Transportation on Sunday issued an emergency declaration. Initial
   estimates
   from engineers are that it could take several months to clean up the
   entire
   slide and restore traffic.

   DOT said a contractor is en route to begin clean up.

   The rockslide occurred shortly after 2 a.m. near mile marker 3 in
   Haywood
   County.

   A detour has been set up. Motorists traveling west to Tennessee
   should take
   I-40 West to I-240 West in Asheville to I-26 West. Follow I-26 West
   from
   Asheville to I-81 South in Tennessee, back to I-40. Eastbound
   motorists will
   follow the reverse directions.
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The new issue of The Morning Star is posted on our web site...

www.justusproductions.com

Included in this special Halloween issue is....

WARNING! Change is scary

MACE Updates

GM Improv

Clint Black interview

How to have a Good Campaign Part 3

Featured Events - features are Head 2 Head games and That's How We Roll
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I don't know if anyone needs a room but it turns out I have an extra room booked
at the hotel. I will be releasing it Wednesday next week if no one needs it.
If some one does kindly contact me and I will switch the reservation into your
name.

Thanks,
Bob Miller

Hello all,

Just to give you an idea of what we have going on at MACE this year, I
think this is the most variety of games we have ever had on the schedule.


-Board Game -
10 Days in the USA
A Touch of Evil
Agricola
Andromeda
Arkham Horror
Around the World in 80 Days
Axis & Allies (Revised)
Battlestar Galactica Board Game
Battlestations
Betrayal At House On The Hill
Bloodbowl
Carcasonne
Catan: Traders & Barbarians
Cities & Knights of Catan
Deadlands Board Game
Dominion
Duck! Duck! Go!
El Grande
Fearsome Floors
Fury of Dracula
Galaxy Trucker
Give Me the Brain
Grind
Hamburgum
Hero Quest
I`m the Boss!
Icehouse Pyramids
Incan Gold
Killer Bunnies
Last Night on Earth
Le Havre
Mission: Red Planet
Monkey Arena
Pandemic
PostHumous
Power Grid
Redneck Life
Risk (2008 edition)
RoboRally
San Juan
Settlers of Catan
Shear Panic
Space Hulk 3rd Edition
Starfarers of Catan
Stone Age
Tales of the Arabian Nights
Talisman 4th Rev.
The Downfall of Pompeii
The Red Dragon Inn
Ticket to Ride: Europe
Ticket to Ride
Tikal
Transamerica
Trivial Pursuit
Twilight Imperium 3rd Edition
Unexploded Cow
Vikings
Wasabi!
Wits and Wagers
Zombie Town
Zombies!!
soft landing

-Card Game (Collectible/Trading)-
Epic
Illuminati: New World Order
Legends of the 5 Rings CCG
Magic: The Gathering
World of Warcraft TCG
Yu-Gi-Oh

-Card Game (Traditional) -
Apples to Apples
Alien Zombie Tentacle Apocalypse
Aquarius 2.0
Are You A Werewolf?
BANG!
Blink
Burn in Hell
Chez Geek
Chrononauts
Citadels
Fluxx
Galloping Pigs
Gloom
I Drank What?
Illuminati
Lord of the Fries
Mag Blast
Monty Python Fluxx
Munchkin
My Word!
Nanofictionary
Ninja Burger
Pig Pile
Race for the Galaxy
Smarty Party
Snorta!
Times Up!
Way of the Fist
Zombie Fluxx

-Live Action-
Dominion, The Red Shores Fantasy LARP
Heroes of Rokugan II (L5R RPG 3rd)
Talan LARP
Treasure Quest Live Dungeon Challenge
World of Darkness LARP

-Miniature Game -
AT-43
Arcane Legion
Babylon 5 Wars
Battletech (Classic)
Car Wars
Carnage
Caveman/Mammoth Hunting
Confrontation: Age of Ragnarok
Fantasy Encounters
Full Thrust
Giant Monster Rampage
Hordes
Malifaux
Napoleonic Historical Minis
Red Sun, Blue Sky
Rezolution
The Uncharted Seas
Warlands
Warmachine/Hordes
Warmachine

-Role Playing Game-
3:16 Carnage Amongst The Stars
A Penny For My Thoughts
All Flesh Must be Eaten RPG
Annalise Interim Edition
Apocalypse Prevention, Inc.
Basic Role Playing System
Buffy, The Vampire Slayer
Burning Wheel
Call of Cthulhu (Classic BRP)
Call of Cthulhu Classic
Changeling: The Lost
Contenders
Cthulhu Now
D&D Survival Dungeon (4e)
Dark Fantasy of Sundrah
Dark Heresy
Deadlands Reloaded (Savage Worlds)
Deadlands: Hell on Earth - Savage World
Delta Green: Call of Cthulhu
Dogs in the Vineyard
Dread
Dungeons & Dragons 4e
Exalted 2nd Ed.
Exalted
Fellowship of the White Star d20
Fiasco
Ganakagok
Geiger Counter
Geist: The Sin-Eaters
HarnMaster
Heroes of Rokugan II (L5R RPG 3rd)
Hollow Earth Expedition
In A Wicked Age
Ingenuous
Kobolds Ate My Baby!
Little Fears
Living Forgotten Realms (D&D 4e)
Maid: The Role-Playing Game
Misery Bubblegum
Mutant Future
Pathfinder Society
Pathfinder/Forgotten Realms
Peryton Fantasy Role Playing Game
Prime Time Adventures
Psi Run
Pulp Hero (Hero System)
Savage Worlds - Neccessary Evil
Savage Worlds - Runepunk
Savage Worlds - Shaintar: Immortal Legends
Savage Worlds - The Shift
Savage Worlds - Weird War II
Savage Worlds
Scion: Hero
Serenity
Shadowrun Missions
Sorcerer
Spirit of the Century
Supernatural (Cortex System)
The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Trail Of Cthulhu
Tunnels & Trolls
Unending River
Universalis
Warhammer Fantasy Role Play
Wayfarers Fantasy Roleplaying Game
Werewolf: The Apocalypse
Witch Hunter: Dark Providence
Wushu

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A rockslide in western North Carolina near the
Tennessee state line has closed Interstate 40, and officials say it could
take several months to clear the debris. The state Department of
Transportation on Sunday issued an emergency declaration. Initial estimates
from engineers are that it could take several months to clean up the entire
slide and restore traffic.

DOT said a contractor is en route to begin clean up.

The rockslide occurred shortly after 2 a.m. near mile marker 3 in Haywood
County.

A detour has been set up. Motorists traveling west to Tennessee should take
I-40 West to I-240 West in Asheville to I-26 West. Follow I-26 West from
Asheville to I-81 South in Tennessee, back to I-40. Eastbound motorists will
follow the reverse directions.
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