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I conducted a Demo last night at The Game Chest in the Valley View Mall
in Dallas. I thought I would relate my experiences in case anyone else
ends up doing it. The Game Chest has a game room at the back of the
store, and that is probably where they wanted me, but I figured I
wasn't going to get much action back there behind closed doors where no
one could see me.
They had a nice large Chess table setup in the doorway of their mall
entrance. I asked if I could commandeer it for demo purposes and they
agreed. So I cleared the chess pieces off of the large table and spread
out some VTES cards. I then sat down, read my book, and waited. The set
up at the front of the store invited people to look and if they did,
then I started talking about the game and offered them a free deck if
they wanted to play.
One girl and her boyfriend seemed really interested. He was a MtG
player and she, by the nature of her dress, was undoubtably a Goth a
heart. I decribed the game to her and she seemed really interested, but
said that she wanted to think about it. She asked when I was around and
I said that I tend to do demos every Thursday. As she left, she told me
she would definitely be back.
Later, a MtG player expressed interest. I told him, as I tell everyone,
that this was Richard Garfield's second CCG and that if he understood
the mechanics of MtG than this would be a snap. He was playing in no
time. And then another person seemed interested. At this point we
relocated from the Chess table back to the back of the store. Everybody
had a good time, I gave them their demo decks and rulebooks, got their
contact information, and will try to work them into the local
playgroup. (Time for the Barbed Wire Project!)
At any rate, I just wanted to say from having done a couple of these
that signage really doesn't seem to matter all that much. Game stores
have a ton of stuff on the walls and people hardly seem to take notice.
I think the key is just to secure a table in a key location and spread
out the cards so people and see the art. Then just wait for people to
take interest. I think that putting up a sign at the demo saying, "Come
learn VTES. Free cards!" might tend to be a draw too. I need to put one
together.
Cheers,
Preston
I conducted a Demo last night at The Game Chest in the Valley View Mall
in Dallas. I thought I would relate my experiences in case anyone else
ends up doing it. The Game Chest has a game room at the back of the
store, and that is probably where they wanted me, but I figured I
wasn't going to get much action back there behind closed doors where no
one could see me.
They had a nice large Chess table setup in the doorway of their mall
entrance. I asked if I could commandeer it for demo purposes and they
agreed. So I cleared the chess pieces off of the large table and spread
out some VTES cards. I then sat down, read my book, and waited. The set
up at the front of the store invited people to look and if they did,
then I started talking about the game and offered them a free deck if
they wanted to play.
One girl and her boyfriend seemed really interested. He was a MtG
player and she, by the nature of her dress, was undoubtably a Goth a
heart. I decribed the game to her and she seemed really interested, but
said that she wanted to think about it. She asked when I was around and
I said that I tend to do demos every Thursday. As she left, she told me
she would definitely be back.
Later, a MtG player expressed interest. I told him, as I tell everyone,
that this was Richard Garfield's second CCG and that if he understood
the mechanics of MtG than this would be a snap. He was playing in no
time. And then another person seemed interested. At this point we
relocated from the Chess table back to the back of the store. Everybody
had a good time, I gave them their demo decks and rulebooks, got their
contact information, and will try to work them into the local
playgroup. (Time for the Barbed Wire Project!)
At any rate, I just wanted to say from having done a couple of these
that signage really doesn't seem to matter all that much. Game stores
have a ton of stuff on the walls and people hardly seem to take notice.
I think the key is just to secure a table in a key location and spread
out the cards so people and see the art. Then just wait for people to
take interest. I think that putting up a sign at the demo saying, "Come
learn VTES. Free cards!" might tend to be a draw too. I need to put one
together.
Cheers,
Preston
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