Hi Jeremy,

Thanks again for the great time at Housecon a few months ago. Just wanted to
check in and see what the ETA would be on having the mods run the weekend
reported with the RPGA? Thanks!

Nathan Meyers

Jeremy Jordan wrote:
> Hail and Well Met!
> So on my vacation I had time to formalize some of the wonderful
> things I've been working on for HouseCon. Some are traditions from
> last year- some are brand new thanks to my dear friends at Wizards of
> the Coast.
> HouseCon '08 will see player based awards just like last year, and
> this time they include trophies! We have six trophies to give out
> this year, and each comes with a Certificate of Merit and a gift,
> courtesy of WotC. Our awards and prizes this year are:
> -The "Top Strategist" Award: This award will be given to the player
> who wins the most points in the Axis and Allies miniatures tournament
> on Sunday (assuming at least four people play the event). In
> addition to receiving the trophy and certificate, the winner will
> receive the "North Africa 1940-1943" Map Set accessory, and first
> pick of minis for their next army.
> -The "Honored Squad Leader" Award: This award will be given to the
> player who wins the most points in the Star Wars miniatures
> tournament on Sunday (assuming at least four people play the event).
> In addition to receiving the trophy and certificate, the winner will
> receive a set of Star Wars "Galaxy Tiles", and first pick of minis
> for their next army.
> -The "Hero of the Convention" Award: This award is for the "Hero of
> the Convention". It may be earned through a heroic action in a game,
> or a heroic action in real life during the weekend. It is ultimately
> up to the Senior GM of the convention to determine who earns the
> award, based on recommendations from the GMs and other players. In
> addition to receiving the trophy and certificate, the winner will
> receive a 4th edition RPGA reward card and an alternate paint
> promotional mini of their choice.
> -The "J. Blaise Pittman Best Death Award" (formerly the Blaise J.
> Pittman Best Death Award): This award goes to the best character
> death (or really, the best death story) of the weekend. Due to the
> 4th Edition Delve this year, we expect competition to be much fiercer
> for this award then it was for last year's award. That being said,
> the death of a higher level character has more impact then the death
> of a 1st level nothing, so we will see how it pans out. In addition
> to receiving the trophy and certificate, the winner will receive a
> 4th edition RPGA reward card, and our sincerest condolences.
> -The "Never Give Up, Never Surrender!" Award: This award goes to the
> person who has played more sessions of the 4th Edition Delve then
> anyone else. To ensure competition is fair, I will post who is in
> the lead for this award, and how many times he or she has played the
> Delve. It does not matter how many times this person has killed his
> or her character, or how many monsters this player has killed- it is
> simply how often the player was willing to run through the delve. In
> addition to receiving the trophy and certificate, the winner will
> receive a 4th edition RPGA reward card, and an alternate paint
> promotional mini of their choice.
> -The "You're Name Here" Big Bling Award: This award goes to the
> person who has managed to cash in the most Delve reward coins. There
> are no parameters on how this person acquired the Delve reward coins,
> or on what they were spent on. This award simply goes to the person
> who trades more coins for promotional items then any other person at
> the convention. To ensure competition is fair, I will post who is in
> the lead for this award, and how many coins this person has cashed in
> thus far. In addition to receiving the trophy and certificate, the
> winner will receive a 4th edition RPGA reward card, and the honor of
> having future presentations of this award named after him or her
> (similar to the death award).
> Additionally, just so people know what I am offering for delve
> rewards, here's the rundown:
> -Loose D&D Minis (small to huge, common to rare, all new)
> -Loose Star Wars Minis (same as above)
> -Loose Axis & Allies Minis (including tanks)
> -Dreamblade (if anyone wants it at all, including promotionals)
> -Dice
> -Star Wars Minis League Counters
> -D&D Minis / RPG counters (making it much easier to track new stuff)
> -WotC Branded boxes
> -HouseCon and 4E D&D Life counters
> -HouseCon Plush Dragons
> -10th Edition Deck boxes (special design)
> -D&D alternate paint minis (like 20 different types- including Huge
> spiders, wererat rogues, boneshard skeletons, warpriests of moradin,
> carnage demons, flame snakes, etc; all different color then the
> normal, typically blood red)
> -Star Wars promo minis (like 10 different types, all marked "promo"
> and with stat cards- Rebel elite commandos, quarren bounty hunters,
> clone troopers, gamorrean guards, etc)
> -Promotional Maps for Star Wars Minis and D&D
> -"D&D Played Here" window clings (like stores have)
> -"Star Wars Minis Played Here" window clings
> -"Axis and Allies Combat Zone" window clings
> And I may even dig out some of my 3.5 and older D&D stuff, if anyone
> has interest in it. I'm still finalizing details on the various
> delve scenarios, but as I will have my books to help write them, they
> should be pretty damn good.
> -Jeremy Jordan
> Man with more promos then he knows what to do with.
>