I've thought for sometime that the "Kids'n'Parents" demographic is where Matrix
Games wouold truly catch on. I'm very happy to see that experience bears this
idea out.

Best luck with the new games you're experimenting with Chris!

--- In MatrixGame2@yahoogroups.com, Chris Engle <HamsterPress@...> wrote:
>
> Well I'm back from Ohio after a busy five days. All in all it was a
> successful show.
>
> I ran around 35 people through "Thunder Hamsters and the Temple of Cheese" a
> hybrid board game Matrix Game in which hamster heroes race into the temple
> and steal stuff. I had mothers and daughters playing which I think is a very
> cool demographic to hit.
>
> On Wednesday I gave a war college talk on how the British militia and
> yeomanry were used to suppress the working class in England between 1790 and
> 1819. It had nothing to do with Matrix Games but was well attended and you
> have to love talking about the Peterloo Massacre. Really puts goot Tory
> values on notice (You killed peacefully gathered women and children? Maybe
> you are not morally superior...)
>
> Aside from that I spent a lot of time in the Retail Lounge meeting store
> owners. I made a sale of some "Dead Man on Campus" games to the Fantasy
> Shops in the St Louis area. That was cool. I'm going to have to do a lot
> more networking with store owners to build up getting MGs in them. I think
> it is going to boil down to face to face meetings to build up relationships.
> The selling angle is that my "art product" games are unique and will make
> your store look different. I got a lot of feedback on what I need to improve
> in the packaging so I've got some experimenting to do to see what I can
> improve now.
>
> Lots of work ahead...
>
> Chris Engle
>
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