Re: Magic the (addiction) now owns the ORIGINS con...

From: jbrowning@hayes.com (Damage Control)

Date: Sun, 07 May 1995 00:00:00 +0000

In article <3odp9j$le9@sun.sirius.com>, Bill Rapp <conquest@dnai.com> writes:
> I just got the lastest issue of Paper Mayhem, and in the editorial
> that Dave writes, he states that Wizards of the Coast purchased Gary
> Smith's Andon Unlimited.
>
> I attended (as a vendor) Origins last year. The con was dissappointing
> from the marketing perspective. Magic, as it has at most cons, took
> the lion's share of players attention. The con also made the mistake
> of trying to operate out of several buildings making it appear very
> disjointed. In all fairness though, Gary (Andon) had his hands full;
> he lost or fired the initial coordinator, and had to scramble to pull
> off a miracle to get the thing off and running. In addition,
> attendance was down.
>
> How will Wizards of the Coast affect the con? Will pbm moderators
> support the con? Will pbm subscribers support the con?
>
> Does Wizards care???
>
>

Worse yet, this means WotC now owns AndCon, which was purported to be the
"National PBM Con". Not anymore, from what I see and hear - virtually no
GM I've spoken to that went last year plans to go back. I do have high
hopes for the PBMCon in Chicago June 2-4, however.

JB
jbrowning@hayes.com

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Magic the (addiction) now owns the ORIGINS con...
Bill Rapp <conquest@dnai.com>
Fri, 05 May 1995 00:00:00 +0000