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Jeremy Grenemyer
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Posted - 22 Aug 2015 :  23:55:17  Show Profile Send Jeremy Grenemyer a Private Message  Reply with Quote  Delete Topic
Has there ever been a Realms-only gaming convention?

Question popped into my head while reading about the Conpocalypse: http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?2842-Is-the-Conpocalypse-Nigh#.Vdj7HkpHaK1

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BEAST
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Posted - 23 Aug 2015 :  04:02:22  Show Profile  Visit BEAST's Homepage Send BEAST a Private Message  Reply with Quote
There should be!

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Delwa
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Posted - 23 Aug 2015 :  04:38:17  Show Profile  Visit Delwa's Homepage Send Delwa a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I'd go. I'd buy a ticket every year, even if I couldn't afford to travel there, just to do my part to keep the thing going financially.

- Delwa Aunglor
I am off to slay yon refrigerator and spoil it's horde. Go for the cheese, Boo!

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Jeremy Grenemyer
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Posted - 23 Aug 2015 :  06:29:03  Show Profile Send Jeremy Grenemyer a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I'd never heard of a gaming convention that focused only on the Realms. The last Con I went to was in 2007.

Tell you what: if I won the lottery, I'd be up for financing something like this. (A guy can dream, right?)

So, if money was no option in terms of producing a multi-day Realms convention, what would you guys want to see?

I would want an event that was three days long.

I'd hire Renaissance Faire veterans to walk around each day in the convention hall, dressed in period clothing for a given city or nation during the era described in the Grey Box: Bezantur on day 1; Cormyr on day 2; Waterdeep on day 3.

If the Realms movie was being filmed concurrently, I'd try to convince the producers to lend clothes from their wardrobe department and set pieces.

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Wooly Rupert
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Posted - 23 Aug 2015 :  15:45:03  Show Profile Send Wooly Rupert a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I like the idea, but I'm not sure the fan base is big enough to support a full-on convention... GenCon is a pretty big deal, as far as conventions go, and there was only 100-something of us at the CKeep gathering. Sure, not all fans of the Realms are on these boards, but given those numbers, it doesn't make me hopeful for a convention with such a singular focus.

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Jeremy Grenemyer
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Posted - 24 Aug 2015 :  06:11:25  Show Profile Send Jeremy Grenemyer a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Never fear, Wooly. We're In no danger of causing a Realms convention by accident with this discussion.

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Edited by - Jeremy Grenemyer on 24 Aug 2015 06:20:28
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