Seek the Wolf in Thyself!
News about MACE from my end
It’s been nearly a month since MACE 2013 ended. I have been caught up in various things post-con related as well as real-life related, so this report is late in coming. Since it has been a month, much of the emotion and energy has died down in me but I have to say that this was definitely one of the best MACE events ever. Between the tons of gaming and connecting up with so many old and new friends, it was an amazing weekend.
PROJECT STATUS: ON GOING. An ongoing contest and project to create a Living campaign exclusively for MACE, set it at least 3 systems (Savage Worlds, Pathfinder, and Bare Bones Fantasy). Phase 1 decided on the specific setting, Emberbright by Matt Holmquist. Phase 2 details the Elven Magocracy Houses and is in progress.
MACE 2012 Report Part 2 SATURDAY Saturday started out bright and early for me at 7:30 AM, arriving at the gaming registration desk around 8:30 AM. Saturday for me was going to be very busy and I concentrated most of my volunteer shifts during this time. I had to fill in for two GMs sessions…
Playtest at MACE At MACE 2012, I was given an opportunity by Chad Bowser to run Call of Cthulhu 7th edition. He sent me the PDF of the August (GenCon?) version of the playtest rules, which I printed out and attempted to cram into my brain in the two weekend before the convention. When I…
MACE 2012 Report Part 1 A lot of anticipation built up to the 2012 move to Charlotte. Quite of few detractors from the Raleigh area voiced their displeasure with the move. “It’s like a whole state away…” when it was just an extra hour drive. We sympathized with those displeased but a business decision had…
Overall, I feel that MACE West 2011 was a success. There was very little one could complain about other than the weather. With about 130 people, we were a little short from what we hoped to get but not too short to kill the idea for next year. The concept has potential and so I…
As many have already posted, emailed and FB’ed, MACE was an incredible weekend. I had a lot of fun! If you have not heard, we had just under 500 in attendance, including the most number of gaming professionals ever. This broke our previous record in 2007. That’s amazing considering we were coming off one of…
When we started mini-mace, we were inspired by other events in the area that were running one-day game events (game days) and thought it would be a good way to keep the passion up for MACE, increase our exposure and get more games played. It has been 6 years since we started. Since then, mini-mace…
Tired and emotionally drained, I returned home Sunday night (Nov 9) after yet another MACE gaming con. Another successful year of gaming and fun behind us, I want to reflect and give you the bad, the good and the ugly. The bad was kind of obvious. We were down in attendance this year about 30%…
MACE 2008 starts this Friday, and I am heading down Thursday. This year, I decided to ease back on some of the things I have done for MACE. In particular, I am not doing a Stargate LARP. In fact, I doubt I will do a Stargate LARP again anywhere. I am running two games –…