In a message dated 7/15/99 8:18:19 AM Pacific Daylight Time, fred_s@...
writes:

<< Did anyone going to Manafest have any comments on it or tournament or
gaming
  experiences to report from it?

  Was there a V:tES tournament? >>

I was surprised at how many people were willing to do a Babylon 5 CCG demo at
9AM.  Doomtown appeared to do really well.  The V:TES tournament had 8.  Two
people tied for first.  The CCG room seemed reasonably active.  The boardgame
room was busy.  Open gaming could have been closer to the action.

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From SarahnMica@...:
>
>My husband and I are new to all this, so I cant quite remember the name of
>the convention we went to, I believe it was Manafest if that was the one in
>Oakland a couple months ago.

No, you're thinking of GameCon II.  Manafest was in the South San Fransisco
Conference Center, July 9th to 11th, this year.

>That was his first time in a Jyhad/V:TES
>tournament and there were about 8 people total.

Yup, I played in that tournament as well.  Enthusiastic but disappointingly
small.  Talking to some of the people who've been around here playing V:tES
in tournaments, they usually expect more players.

I never noticed the pickup Jyhad games.  But then, I never thought to look
for them.

Fred
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My husband and I are new to all this, so I cant quite remember the name of
the convention we went to, I believe it was Manafest if that was the one in
Oakland a couple months ago.   That was his first time in a Jyhad/V:TES
tournament and there were about 8 people total.  From what I heard, there was
another Magic event that conflicted that day so nothing really happened there
with Magic, which I heard was good so that there was lots more room for
everything else.  Of course, throughtout the weekend when we walked around
the hotel, there were tables everywhere and we saw many groups in their own
Jyhad games we wanted to join in on.  We were kinda disappointed in the low
amount of various dealers there and other events as we did expect a bit more
for the cost, but it was alright.
~Dana

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Did anyone going to Manafest have any comments on it or tournament or gaming
experiences to report from it?

Was there a V:tES tournament?  Decent Magic tournies?

It was the first year I've ever had to miss it, so I was a little bummed.

Fred
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Excerpts From the Cat's Diary - Day 752: My captors continue to taunt me with
bizarre little dangling objects. They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while I am
forced to eat dry cereal. The only thing that keeps me going is the hope of
escape, and the mild satisfaction I get from ruining the occasional piece of
furniture. Tomorrow I may eat another houseplant.

I will try to be there with my VTES decks....
( and M:tG decks, and Battletech deck, and INWO decks.... )

But sorry, no bells. :-)

Unfortunately my group hasn't gotten together since the last time
I mailed the list about the game night months ago.

--Vernon Putman
( vernon@... )

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> I know I'll bring my decks for sure.  Hopefully we can dig up
> at least 3 more folx.
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> gomi
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> "Frederick Scott" <fred_s@...> on 07/14/99 03:17:04 PM
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> From Dave Kohr:
> > Bay Area Games Day is a quarterly series of daylong open gaming sessions
> > held in the San Francisco Bay Area.  We play all sorts of strategy
> games:
> > abstract boardgames, German games, wargames, and collectible and
> > non-collectible cardgames.  The seventh edition of Games Day will be at
> the
> > Los Altos Public Library on Saturday, July 31, from 10 AM to 11 PM.
>
> I hope to see a goodly number of Jyhad/VTES players there with bells on!
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I know I'll bring my decks for sure.  Hopefully we can dig up
at least 3 more folx.

gomi




"Frederick Scott" <fred_s@...> on 07/14/99 03:17:04 PM

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Subject:  Jyhad/VTES at Gamesday




From Dave Kohr:
> Bay Area Games Day is a quarterly series of daylong open gaming sessions
> held in the San Francisco Bay Area.  We play all sorts of strategy games:
> abstract boardgames, German games, wargames, and collectible and
> non-collectible cardgames.  The seventh edition of Games Day will be at
the
> Los Altos Public Library on Saturday, July 31, from 10 AM to 11 PM.

I hope to see a goodly number of Jyhad/VTES players there with bells on!

Fred
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From Dave Kohr:
> Bay Area Games Day is a quarterly series of daylong open gaming sessions
> held in the San Francisco Bay Area.  We play all sorts of strategy games:
> abstract boardgames, German games, wargames, and collectible and
> non-collectible cardgames.  The seventh edition of Games Day will be at the
> Los Altos Public Library on Saturday, July 31, from 10 AM to 11 PM.

I hope to see a goodly number of Jyhad/VTES players there with bells on!

Fred
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[My apologies in advance to those who get multiple copies of this--DRK]

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Bay Area Games Day is a quarterly series of daylong open gaming sessions
held in the San Francisco Bay Area.  We play all sorts of strategy games:
abstract boardgames, German games, wargames, and collectible and
non-collectible cardgames.  The seventh edition of Games Day will be at the
Los Altos Public Library on Saturday, July 31, from 10 AM to 11 PM.

Gaming will be in the library's Community Room, which is just off the lobby
in the southeast corner of the building.  Entry is free, but a small ($1)
donation to the library will be appreciated.

The library is in the Civic Center complex at 13 S. San Antonio Road (east
side of the road), just south of the intersection of San Antonio and Edith.
The library is located within walking distance of downtown Los Altos and
within a short drive of El Camino.

There is a Web page for Games Day at

	 http://www.io.com/~dk2/gamesday

For further information, contact Rick Heli (e-mail: heli@...) or Dave
Kohr (e-mail: kohr@...). (Dave is helping organize this Games Day but
can't actually attend it, so Rick will be the one who runs it.) There is a
mailing list for announcements related to Games Day and for planning what
to play, contact Dave if you want to get on this list.

Games Day has been held every 3-4 months since late 1997.  Average
attendance has risen to about 40-50 people, and many different games of all
sorts get played. With your participation, we can make Games Day VII the
best ever!

Dave
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In reply to your game inquiry,

I know of, and play in, a couple different places in the Sunnyvale area
on a semi-regular basis.  Typically on every other Thursday night we
have a group that gets together to play  6:30pm near Montague Expressway
and Zanker.  Then on Friday, though a lot less regularly, a game is
played that is near 101 and Mathilda at 7pm.  I would be happy to host a
game, or come to a game in the Fremont/Hayward area on a regular basis
assuming we got at least 4+ on a regular basis.  I prefer at least 5 but
will play with 4.  You and your husband would make three of us in the
Fremont/Hayward area.  All we need is a few more regular/semiregular
players to have at least 4 on a regular basis.

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We had a game or three planned for tomorrow evening but our headcount seems
to be stalled at three.  We'll be playing in Mountain View around 7ish.

Anyone interested let me know.

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> There is no newsletter, either, to my knowledge - either snail mail or
> E-mail.  There is one shop, Gator Games, which puts out a weekly list of
> stuff they're involved in but if you know about Aldo's Pizza night I
> expect you already knew about GG's newsletter.  For those who don't, you
> can E-mail gatorgames@... and ask them to add your E-mail address to
> their list.

We just lost our pizza night at Aldo's. We found out they do not consider us
regular customer after one and a half years. We have been highly successful
filling the pizza parlor even during the slow months and with summer
approaching we would have double the number of people coming since 'school is
out'.  A few months ago they have been become more hostile with the owners
wanting Lisa and I to bus tables and telling us we needed to help them clean
up. We always put all the tables and chairs back, picked up the big garbage
etc...  They were going to ban us from ordering sandwiches saying it was more
work than a pizza and they wanted me to start throwing out people whenever
anyone walked off the street and they needed a table. We had to make room for
anyone walking in, even though we paid our money and bought food. There was
no budging on this policy of theirs. So if a softball team of 20 walked in,
we had to start throwing out people. (which would happen with summer
approaching) This happen two weeks ago when there were absolutely no chairs &
some parents were standing already and a family of five walked in and they
were friends with the owners. They told me to throw out all the vampire
players for the night.  I wouldn't... and we clashed. Gator Games feels just
like the gamers, we have a right to be there and we paid our money.  They
can't have it both ways. So we canceled the night and we are looking for a
new place. We've check out a few places where we were invited first, but they
were too small. So Lisa and I will keep looking on our day off.  We do want
to find a place semi close to the store. We should find a place within a few
weeks that wants our business. His sister told me that they make $600 from us
on slow nights, its their loss.

We do have a weekly newsletter that says ours events, all the new game &
anime stuff out for the week and I been posting poke'mon updates in it. I get
press releases & retailer news so I put them in the (e-mail me list) and
thats all you have to do to get the ones you want. All you do is have to say
you want the newsletter.

Jean Seaborg (owner)
Gator Games & Hobby
4212 Olympic Ave
San Mateo, CA 94403
650-571-7529
Fax 650-571-6774
Store hours Tues-Fri 11-7, Sat 11-6 PST
Closed Sunday & Monday
email: gatorgames@...
Please leave real phone number so mail order can get ahold of you when
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From gdamiano@...:
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>Hello!  I hope I'm not violating any rules by posting here, but I just had
>a quick question.
>
>With summer approaching, I'm looking for a newsgroup or newsletter of some
>sort related to Silicon Valley card gaming.  If anybody knows of such a
>group for Star Trek, Star Wars, and/or Pokemon, it would help me out A
>LOT.  Thank you for your time.

Certainly a reasonable enough question.

I'm not totally sure what you're looking for, however.  "Newsgroup"
suggests Usenet newsgroup and, alas, there are none that I know of for
CCG gaming specifically in Silicon Valley.  The closest thing is this list,
which is why I created it.  The general purpose newsgroups for CCG gaming
are in the rec.games.trading-card heirarchy.

There is no newsletter, either, to my knowledge - either snail mail or
E-mail.  There is one shop, Gator Games, which puts out a weekly list of
stuff they're involved in but if you know about Aldo's Pizza night I
expect you already knew about GG's newsletter.  For those who don't, you
can E-mail gatorgames@... and ask them to add your E-mail address to
their list.

If you were looking for something else I haven't addressed, let me know.

Fred
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Hello!  I hope I'm not violating any rules by posting here, but I just had a
quick question.

With summer approaching, I'm looking for a newsgroup or newsletter of some sort
related to Silicon Valley card gaming.  If anybody knows of such a group for
Star Trek, Star Wars, and/or Pokemon, it would help me out A LOT.  Thank you for
your time.

- Pogo of Go

(Also, I offer a morn of loss for Aldo's Pizza Night; I only went twice, and I
thought summer was going to be my big chance to play a little more.  Hopefully,
Gator will find a replacement soon, as they did prior to Aldo's.)


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In a message dated 5/6/1999 4:26:57 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
Dave.Papay@... writes:

Howdy all...

[Some of you are being sent this directly, but are also members
  of the Mailing Groups that have been included.  Sorry for Duplicates].

>  Unfortunately, the Dragon Dice night scheduled for
>  Tuesday,  May 11 at Aldo's has been cancelled.
> Gator Game and Aldo's  pizza have terminated their "game night" agreement,

Jean runs her own mailing list - the message below was
sent out - for those that didn't get a copy - here's whatsup.

> and no  alternate location has been identified at this time.

I live in Redwood City - as an alternative to Aldo's, I would be
happy to host on Tuesday if there is interest for everyone to
come.  Gene & Kevin were interested in army construction.
The door will be open - email me if you need directions.

Jean - if you would like to post a copy at the store, please do.
We chatted last wednesday that you had some interested players.

As the summer approaches, even a weekend Dragon Dice BBQ
sounds like fun and we'll all have time for more than a one game.

I will be running a Standard 36pt Constructed Tournament
at GameCon II in Oakland over the Memorial Holiday.
http://www.epicast.com/gamecon/

Lastly, I can be found weekly playing Dragon Dice in the TSR chat room.
http://www.tsrinc.com
Select community -> chat (IChat) - goto  /xak room from the /lobby.
24pt Army construction with House Rules.
For more details, check the alt.games.dice newsgroup.

Andrew Hart
(650) 599-9934

> Subj: 5/10 Gator News, Sales & Events
>  Date: 5/9/1999 10:36:01 AM Pacific Daylight Time

>  Gator Games News, Sales, & Events for the Week of May 10 to May 15
>  If you don't want the newsletter, just hit reply and ask to be removed.
>
>  We are closed on Sundays & Mondays.
>  We will be closed Tues, May 25, we will move
>  Preferred Customer day to May 26 & 27.

>  *Events at Aldo's Pizzeria (Open Game Night) Tues. & Wed. 6pm to 9:30pm*
>  Game Night is permanently canceled.
>  Dragon Dice Tournament, Tues. May 11th. is canceled.
>  Sorry for the length of this, but many customers want to know what
> happen and I wanted to present both sides of the dispute fairly.

>  Unfortunately, Aldo's has only so many chairs, and with school getting out
> and softball season starting (both our busy times), there just isn't enough
> chairs at Aldo's to accommodate both our needs.  Last year, we had more
> standup games like Warhammer Fantasy & 40K, now there are more
> card games players, so bringing in more tables won't help like last year.
> Aldo's and Gator's agreement is that we have to make room for
> their 'regular walk-in customers' and for over a year and a half, we've
> been able to do that. With business picking up at Aldo's and with
> all the new card game attendees, there just isn't enough chairs to
> do both with summer approaching.  Aldo's position is that if there was
> any chairs or tables open, Gamer's could use the table
> and chairs until a 'non-gamer regular' customer needed it. We would have to
> make the gamer or parent move, by standing or playing on the floor if
another
> chair or table wasn't available. Many parents have had to wait in the car.
> The Gamer's and their Parent's argument is that you pay for your seat by
> buying Aldo's food and that you are their regular customer since most have
> come steadily for months now and many of you have families which buy during
> the week at Aldo's, which Gator understands.  Aldo's does not see it that
way
> and their bottom line is to make room (including chairs) for their
'regular'
> customer.  This is where the clash is happening. We have lost many adult
> gamers over this agreement already.
>
>  Aldo's did say they would accommodate three nights, one for role-playing,
> one for Poke'mon and one for Magic as long as they were supervised by Gator
> Games and the same agreement would apply. Again, we would have too many
> people attending with too little chairs with school being out in a few
weeks
> and softball starting. Jean was not agreeable to supervising more nights.
She
> works 6 days a week now, along with Wed. game night. Other suggestions was
> moving the Vampire RPG'ers to another night to make more room,  it was
> unreasonable to the vampire people, many couldn't come any other night.
> Another, was to make it a certain age or over but again with all the
college
> students returning home, the weekly gamers that show up now would be turned
> away for the summer.
>
>  Anyway we do it, someone will be unhappy. There is not a happy solution to
> this and our win-win situation with Aldo's doesn't work anymore which was
to
> have a place to play and Aldo's has business they normally wouldn't have.
> This realization happen on Wednesday (5/5/99) when a family of five came in
> and there just wasn't anymore chairs, and someone had to decide which
chairs
> to take away from gamers or their parents. Some gamer's left so we didn't
> have to make this decision whose chairs to take away.  Aldo's and Gator
Games
> are both upset, but game night just doesn't work anymore with the original
> agreement of making room for their 'regular' customers. Gamers are not
> considered 'regular' customers and there doesn't seem to be any other
> recourse but for Gator Games and gamers to find another place to play. Game
> Nights are now considered canceled by Gator Games.
>
>  Aldo's Pizzeria would still like your business and as long as there is
room
> for you, you may still go play at anytime as long as you buy your meal
there
> since you are patronizing their restaurant as many of you do now during non-
> game nights.  Remember though, you will be asked to leave if the place
fills
> up and Aldo's wants your table for other customers. Gator Games would like
to
> salute Aldo's Pizzeria as Game Night did work for over a year and a half
and
> Gamers had a nice and safe place to play thanks to Albert and Martha, the
> owners of Aldo's.
>
>  We will try and find another place that is bigger to fill our needs and
> where we are considered a customer. Gator Games is very sorry this has
> happened. If you have any suggestions, please e-mail with the information.
>
>  Good News: An owner of a Round Table in San Mateo says she is horrified of
> our situation and had planned to bring her children to game night when
school
> was out for the summer. She can't believe Aldo's have treated us this way.
We
> will be meeting with her and her husband on Monday night to see if their
> place is big enough to hold us. Let's keep our fingers crossed.

8< clipped for brevity

>  Gator Staff (Jean, Lisa, Kyle, Matt, Mark, Patrick, Adam)
>  Gator Games & Hobby
>  4212 Olympic Ave
>  San Mateo, CA 94403
>  650-571-7529
>  Store hours Tues. to Fri. 11-7, Sat 11-6 PST -
>  CLOSED SUNDAY & MONDAY
>  email: gatorgames@...

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Does anyone know about any Jyhad tournaments happening at BayCon?

Is anyone one going to be there playing anyway?

I will be there with Jyhad, Battletech and Magic.

--Vernon Putman
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Curevei@... asks:
> Does anyone know what CCGs are planned at Gamesday, May 2?
>
> Though oriented toward boardgames, group CCGs seem to be O.K.
>
> Shouldn't someone post the Gamesday announcement here?

At the moment, no CCGs are planned, because nobody has planned any. I'd
like to play some Shadowfist, myself. And either 2 player or multiplayer
is fine.

Here's the Games Day announcement. If you want to plan specific games, I
recommend joining the Games Day mailing list.

-----

Subject: [GAMESDAY] Bay Area Games Day VI will be Sun. May 2 in Los Altos

Bay Area Games Day is a quarterly series of daylong open gaming sessions
held in the San Francisco Bay Area.  We play all sorts of strategy games:
abstract boardgames, German games, wargames, and collectible and
non-collectible cardgames.  The sixth edition of Games Day will be at the
Los Altos Public Library on Sunday, May 2, from noon to 11 PM.

Gaming will be in the library's Community Room, which is just off the lobby
in the southeast corner of the building.  Entry is free, but a small ($1)
donation to the library will be appreciated.  In addition, your humble
organizer (i.e. Dave Kohr) will bring soda and has to pay a $10 fee to
reserve the room, so he'll gladly accept small contributions toward those
expenses.

The library is in the Civic Center complex at 13 S. San Antonio Road (east
side of the road), just south of the intersection of San Antonio and Edith.
The library is located within walking distance of downtown Los Altos and
within a short drive of El Camino, so there are lots of places to get
dinner.

There is a Web page for Games Day at

	 http://www.io.com/~dk2/gamesday

For further information, contact Dave Kohr (e-mail: kohr@..., daytime
phone (650)933-8694, night/weekend phone (650)428-1398).  There is a
mailing list for announcements related to Games Day and for planning what
to play, contact Dave if you want to get on this list.

Games Day has been held every 3-4 months since late 1997.  Average
attendance has risen to about 40-50 people, and many different games of all
sorts get played. With your participation, we can make Games Day VI the
best ever!

Due to popular demand, the next Games Day will be held on a Sat.
Unfortunately I had to schedule Games Day VI on short notice and was only
able to get the room on a Sun.

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

Dave
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From Curevei@...:
>
>Does anyone know what CCGs are planned at Gamesday, May 2?

Last time Tony and some other players and I played some Jyhad.
Unfortunately, it doesn't look like I can make it this time but
perhaps some of the same folks will show up with cards again.

>Though oriented toward boardgames, group CCGs seem to be O.K.

I believe so, yes.

>Shouldn't someone post the Gamesday announcement here?

Yes, indeed:
# Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 17:11:09 -0700 (PDT)
# From: kohr@... (Dave Kohr)
# To: gamesday@...
# Subject: [GAMESDAY] Bay Area Games Day VI will be Sun. May 2 in Los Altos
#
# Bay Area Games Day is a quarterly series of daylong open gaming sessions
# held in the San Francisco Bay Area.  We play all sorts of strategy games:
# abstract boardgames, German games, wargames, and collectible and
# non-collectible cardgames.  The sixth edition of Games Day will be at the
# Los Altos Public Library on Sunday, May 2, from noon to 11 PM.
#
# Gaming will be in the library's Community Room, which is just off the lobby
# in the southeast corner of the building.  Entry is free, but a small ($1)
# donation to the library will be appreciated.  In addition, your humble
# organizer (i.e. Dave Kohr) will bring soda and has to pay a $10 fee to
# reserve the room, so he'll gladly accept small contributions toward those
# expenses.
#
# The library is in the Civic Center complex at 13 S. San Antonio Road (east
# side of the road), just south of the intersection of San Antonio and Edith.
# The library is located within walking distance of downtown Los Altos and
# within a short drive of El Camino, so there are lots of places to get
# dinner.
#
# There is a Web page for Games Day at
#
#  http://www.io.com/~dk2/gamesday
#
# For further information, contact Dave Kohr (e-mail: kohr@..., daytime
# phone (650)933-8694, night/weekend phone (650)428-1398).
#
# Games Day has been held every 3-4 months since late 1997.  Average
# attendance has risen to about 40-50 people, and many different games of all
# sorts get played. With your participation, we can make Games Day VI the
# best ever!
#
# Due to popular demand, the next Games Day will be held on a Sat.
# Unfortunately I had to schedule Games Day VI on short notice and was only
# able to get the room on a Sun.
#
# Dave
# ====
# Dave Kohr     Silicon Graphics, Inc.    Mail Stop 7U-178     (650)933-8694

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Does anyone know what CCGs are planned at Gamesday, May 2?

Though oriented toward boardgames, group CCGs seem to be O.K.

Shouldn't someone post the Gamesday announcement here?

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This is exactly the sort of thing I should be using to get word out, and I
haven't been taking advantage of it.

Along with a couple of others in the area, I run Babylon 5 CCG events.  We
get prize support for demos and tournaments from the publisher.  We have a
rather elaborate tournament/demo infrastructure.  We also don't catch
everyone who may be interested in learning the game.

Regular play:  at Neutral Ground, Wednesday nights and even Tuesday nights;
PJ's in Concord, ask for details.

Demos, not including regular play:  check
http://www.geocities.com/~vorlon-space.

Upcoming demos:  GameCon II, TBD; ManaFest, 3PM Friday, 9AM Saturday and
Sunday.

Upcoming tournaments:  April 17, Epic Worlds in Castro Valley, 12PM, cards
available for borrow, social; GameCon II, Sunday, constructed; ManaFest, 11AM
Saturday (social), 11AM Sunday (constructed).

Lists:  local list - bay-area-b5ccg@onelist.com; official Players' List -
b5ccg@....

I should be able to answer any questions.

Ian Lee

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Bay Area Games Day is a quarterly (sort of) series of daylong open gaming
sessions held in the San Francisco Bay Area.  We play all sorts of strategy
games: abstract boardgames, German games, wargames, and collectible and
non-collectible cardgames.  The sixth edition of Games Day will be at the
Los Altos Public Library on Sunday, May 2, from noon to 11 PM.

Gaming will be in the library's Community Room, which is just off the lobby
in the southeast corner of the building.  Entry is free, but a small ($1)
donation to the library will be appreciated.  In addition, your humble
organizer (i.e. Dave Kohr) will bring soda and has to pay a $10 fee to
reserve the room, so he'll gladly accept small contributions toward those
expenses.

The library is in the Civic Center complex at 13 S. San Antonio Road (east
side of the road), just south of the intersection of San Antonio and Edith.
The library is located within walking distance of downtown Los Altos and
within a short drive of El Camino, so there are lots of places to get
dinner.

There is a Web page for Games Day at

	 http://www.io.com/~dk2/gamesday

For further information, contact Dave Kohr (e-mail: kohr@..., daytime
phone (650)933-8694, night/weekend phone (650)428-1398).  There is a
mailing list for announcements related to Games Day and for planning what
to play, contact Dave if you want to get on this list.

Games Day has been held every 3-4 months since late 1997.  Average
attendance has risen to about 40-50 people, and many different games of all
sorts get played. With your participation, we can make Games Day VI the
best ever!

Due to popular demand, the next Games Day will definitely be held on a Sat.
Unfortunately I had to schedule Games Day VI on short notice and was only
able to get the room on a Sun.

Dave
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The Silicon Valley Bones Rollers
will be gathering at Neutral Ground - 7:30pm
http://www.matchplay.com for directions.

36 Point Armies tournament format.

If you are just curious or want to learn,
you are welcome to stop by.  Lessons given.

Come meet Dave Papay - 1998 World Champion.


[Sorry for the very late reminder.
  My home computer crashed over the weekend.]

See you there
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This was picked off the Bay Area Gamers (BAG) mailing list.  It doesn't
have any direct relevance to CCG gaming but general game convention
announcements are also on our charter and this event appears to be heavily
game-oriented.

Fred

From: Peter Corless <pcorless@...>
Subject: [BAG] Looking for a Few Good Gamers
To: bag@...
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 14:58:40 -0800 (PST)

Hello everybody!

People looking for fun and to meet new and old friends alike, and to play
head-to-head and multiplayer strategy games might want to come to...

                              Celebrate History!
                               9-11 April 1999
                       http://www.celebratehistory.org

This is our second annual event, and it promises to be a killer convention.
We promise to bring you "all eras, all interests, all together!"
It's in just a week.

We'll have both miniatures and board game programs. Decision Games, GMT,
Pacific Rim, Green Knight Publishing, Scenic Effects and other game companies
will have product demonstrations, tournaments with prizes, and so on.

The game schedule also has a lot of ready-to-play miniatures events (we
provide the GMs, and they provide painted miniatures, teach the rules, etc.)
There will be game tables for board gamers to "Pick and Play" from a
collection of games we'll have available, and you are free to bring your own.

The Celebrate History program is here:

    http://www.celebratehistory.org/1999/program/

And the Gaming Events program can be found at the bottom of that menu.
As well, there will be presentations by both military and civilian
Living History groups -- from Romans to Johnny Rebs to G.I.s -- as
well as speakers, authors, and VIP "eyewitnesses to history": World War II
fighter aces, bomber crews, submarine commanders, USMC veterans from Korea,
and so on.

There are two things we are trying to do with "Celebrate History" -- first,
to have a delightful show for people who are "already into it" -- those
who love historical games, seminars, books, living history, music and dance,
costuming, etc. Secondly, we want to use the show to "recruit" more folks
into these areas of interest! This is the "show to grow".

If you want to, we'd love to have people who like to teach and demonstrate,
to get people who would otherwise never play to sit down and try a game.
As well, if someone dropped by -- say, a kid who seems interested but
rather shy -- perhaps you could take time to explain what gaming is, how
it works, how to get started, etc?

As a professional game designer and publisher, I'd love for you all to come
down and enjoy our weekend's program, and to also challenge you to get your
friends and family to also attend! ;-)

We are asking everybody to go with the "theme" of the show: HISTORY!
Railroad games are perfect, Axis & Allies, historical strategy games, etc.
We're just trying to avoid "fictional" genres like horror, fantasy & science
fiction. (e.g.: Egyptians are great, Klingons are not.)

We've done our best to make this a top-flight premiere show, right in your
back yard. Historical organizations, from the USS Hornet Museum, to the
Friends of the Fighter Aces, the Great War Society, the Art Deco Society,
the National Civil War Association, and all the way back to Legio X Fretensis
and Nova Roma will be at the show... How can you miss this?

For those people who have never been able to get "significant others" to attend
traditional "hobby" shows, this is definitely the place for couples and
families. We'll have a "Shore Leave in San Francisco" swing dance on Friday,
a "Blue & Grey and Gold Rush Ball" of Victorian Era music on Saturday, and
so on. There'll be fashion shows, women's history, a dealer room with dozens
of vendors and so on. My *mom* came out last year, and (literally) had a ball!

First time she ever came to a "gaming" convention. And that was because
it had so much more than traditional shows. We made "history"!

Admission to Celebrate History 1999 is $20 per day, or $50 for the weekend.
This includes access to all gaming, seminar, and living history events except
for banquets and receptions and dance events (which are reasonably priced
extra).

Oh, did I mention? Kids 12 and under are free, and 13-18 years old are $5 off.
Please bring your kids, and your friend's kids. Start 'em while they're young!

Full pricing and registration details are here:

   http://www.celebratehistory.org/1999/registration/

Tickets can be bought online at ticketweb.com, or through City Box Office.
Call 1.800.748.9901 for more info or to register.

Hope to see you all at the show!

-Peter Corless.
  President, Chairman
  Celebrate History!
  "All Eras, All Interests, All Together"
  info@...

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   Celebrate History is a non-profit corporation of the State of California,
   and has filed to become a 501(c)(3) non-profit with the Internal Revenue
   Service. Celebrate History's mission is "to create, promote, and manage a
   series of public services that advance and increase the study of history."
   Its motto is to bring "all eras, all interests, all together" and its
   goals are "to educate, to preserve, and to inspire."
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I mentioned registering your e-mail address on the web (www.egroups.com)
in my previous mail.

There's a hitch that keeps confusing people.  When you first go to that
page, you get the login form.  If you've never logged in before, you
wouldn't know what password to use.  The answer is: don't use this page.

Click on the link to "New users: Register for a FREE egroups.com account."
(The link is the blue 'Register' word.)  This will take you to another page
where you begin the registration procedure, including the selection of your
password.

Fred
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I was wrong about members being unable to subscribe to the new svccg list
in digest mode.  You can subscribe in regular mode (as everyone is now
except for Andrew Hart and my Cisco E-mail account), full text digest mode,
some sort of "daily summary mode" (I don't know what it means...), or read
via the web only.

You have to go register your E-mail address on egroups, including giving
yourself a password.  Once you do, the web page should indicate you're
already subscribed to 'svccg'.  (If it doesn't, contact me and let me know
what e-mail address you registered yourself as - chances are, I added you
under a slightly different address, somehow.)  Under the "mode" column, it
will say "E-mail" in blue, which is a link - click on it.  This will take
you to a display which will allow you to edit your 'svccg' subscription.
Next to 'Read mode', it will say 'Receive individual e-mails', and there
will be a little box.  Click on the little box and a select menu will come
up and allow you to change to 'Receive daily summaries', 'Receive daily full
text digest', and 'Read it on the web'.  Choose your poison, click on the
'Apply Changes' box at the bottom, and you're there.

If anyone has any troubles with it, drop me a line.

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Howdy all...

It looks like things will be getting started about 6pm.

I have a rough idea of who's coming, but also will
extend an invitation out to everyone on the
SVCCG@Egroups.com mailing list
(fomerly SiliconValleyCCG@Onelist.com).

Please send a reply with 'Head Count' so I have enough
tables setup ready for everyone.  I expect Brad & Eric
from SF.  Ian Lee and Myself so far.  Fred Scott already
replied that he'd be out of town.

My address is 1602 Silver Avenue - Redwood City.
From either 101 or 280 take Woodside Road to Valota.
Down Valota 1/2 mile.  On right is Silver.  If you make
it to the Stop sign at Redwood Avenue, you've past it.

On the right, the last Duplex before the street bends left.
There should be plenty of parking.

Front door is through the gate on the left of 1604's Garage.
Back Unit.

Home phone: 650-599-9934

Andrew

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I plan to run 36pt Tournament at Game Con II.
Memorial Day Weekend in Oakland, CA.

Later in July (a week following Origins).
Manafest '99  (7/9-711) South San Francisco.

Dragon Dice RPG Campaign.
Bring your dice and thanks to DaveP's new Esfah Maps,
we'll have locations to play from.

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From Taven@...:
>
> From: Taven@...
>
> In a message dated 3/17/1999
> SiliconValleyCCG@onelist.com writes:
>
> As long as Fred is planning on moving this list off of Onelist,
> I'm hoping to bid for salavage rights to keep it open also.

I'm not sure what you mean by salvage rights but the SiliconValleyCCG
mailing list at ONEList.com should now basically be shut down.  Everyone
should being using svccg@egroups.com beginning now.  I have changed the
welcome message to catch any new subscribers attempting to add themselves
to the old list and invite them to use the egroups list if they wish to
join us.  In due time, SiliconValleyCCG@ONEList.com will be completely
deleted.

Fred
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Testing, testing, testing...

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