Don't let the fact that Birmingham has some truly awesome curry houses influence you...

I'd be totally up for it if Logue isn't invited.
Huzzah!

I am sure he will be to busy being a 'Professor' ;-)

Wait... you both were at Gen Con UK... I know... Because I hung out with you guys....Or is that get drunk with you guys... I don't remember..;-)

That's right, you don't remember...

Good, good.

I've sent professor piehead an email to wake him up, he usually has a doze on a sunday afternoon as if he doesn't get his nap he brings his rusks back up at teatime.

He is, loathesomely, the master of the Con I must say.

I think the fine Mr Jacobs should come this year, as he was too woosy to join the ale-supping/owlbear wrestling/curry eating/pneumonia catching/logue insulting last year...

It would be fantastic to have any of you guys along.
And honest I'm not thinking of Birmingham just to get a good Balti!

I think the fine Mr Jacobs should come this year, as he was too woosy to join the ale-supping/owlbear wrestling/curry eating/pneumonia catching/logue insulting last year...

Wait... I don't remember Owlbear wrestling... Was I drunk?...

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I think the fine Mr Jacobs should come this year, as he was too woosy to join the ale-supping/owlbear wrestling/curry eating/pneumonia catching/logue insulting last year...

Wait... I don't remember Owlbear wrestling... Was I drunk?...

What, erm, no - no owlbear wrestling, or custumes...

It would be fantastic to have any of you guys along.

And honest I'm not thinking of Birmingham just to get a good Balti!

Ah, the balti triangle...

.And honest I'm not thinking of Birmingham just to get a good Balti!

I have only one problem with Birmingham... I have an Ex-girlfriend living there.. and if my wife knew that... even if I know noting would happen, she would not let me go..:-(

Big problem for me doing this at Gamecon is I'm going to be working it probably for PP/Cerberus.

Balti Triangle sounds quite appealing, I must say. B&B prices in the area don't sound too bad either.

If you're interested in this, we'd, as GameCon, based in Manchester and held annually (this year is 17th and 18th of October) in the City Centre of Manchester at the Palace Hotel can help host this.

Just let us know at RPGManagerZZ@ZZgamecon.co.uk (please remove the ZZ's)

Thanks for the offer Peter. I'm thinking of trying to run this well before October though (end of June is most likely) but if I get a team together and this goes well perhaps we'd be up for running Pathfinder at GameCon too.

I have only one problem with Birmingham... I have an Ex-girlfriend living there.. and if my wife knew that... even if I know noting would happen, she would not let me go..:-(

What the heck! Take the wife . . .

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I have only one problem with Birmingham... I have an Ex-girlfriend living there.. and if my wife knew that... even if I know noting would happen, she would not let me go..:-(

What the heck! Take the wife . . .

She would be bored to death...

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I have only one problem with Birmingham... I have an Ex-girlfriend living there.. and if my wife knew that... even if I know noting would happen, she would not let me go..:-(

What the heck! Take the wife . . .

She would be bored to death...

I'm sure there's lots to do in Birmingham. It's a pretty big city.

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Dragnmoon wrote:

I have only one problem with Birmingham... I have an Ex-girlfriend living there.. and if my wife knew that... even if I know noting would happen, she would not let me go..:-(

What the heck! Take the wife . . .

She would be bored to death...

I'm sure there's lots to do in Birmingham. It's a pretty big city.

I am sure there is... But I will be gaming... therefore my wife will be bored...;-)

Yorkshire would be fine for me :)

And me!

How about Leeds Armouries, since I see from their blogs that both Jason and Lilith appear to have loved the place?

I have only one problem with Birmingham... I have an Ex-girlfriend living there.. and if my wife knew that... even if I know noting would happen, she would not let me go..:-(

I'll take her off your hands for the day, keep her busy.

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Yorkshire would be fine for me :)

And me!

How about Leeds Armouries, since I see from their blogs that both Jason and Lilith appear to have loved the place?

I think the best thing to do for Paizocon UK... is to move it to.... Germany ;-)

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I have only one problem with Birmingham... I have an Ex-girlfriend living there.. and if my wife knew that... even if I know noting would happen, she would not let me go..:-(

I'll take her off your hands for the day, keep her busy.

Just send me her measurements...I mean her address, and I'm good to go...

I hope you are talking about the Ex-Girlfriend... and Not my Wife.. ;-)

Well, I can divide in two, asexually (sigh), so the more the merrier!

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Yorkshire would be fine for me :)

And me!

How about Leeds Armouries, since I see from their blogs that both Jason and Lilith appear to have loved the place?

The armouries are cool, about the best thing in Yorkshire, second only to the Rd to Lancashire......

Of course, there's the curry mile in Manchester's Rusholme - about 1 mile from our venue :)

We'd certainly want to have PF at GameCon - I love the advanced 3.5 feel that is in it and really respect the designers. It can only be strong! I'm your servant - just let me know what you'd like to do.

Pete

Big problem for me doing this at Gamecon is I'm going to be working it probably for PP/Cerberus.

That could be awkward. I'm sure we can get you some time off though :)

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Yorkshire would be fine for me :)

And me!

How about Leeds Armouries, since I see from their blogs that both Jason and Lilith appear to have loved the place?

the leeds armoury is great, but its in leeds, thats just to far for anyone in the south to go. Birmingham is probably the best bet we have.

I guess I'm very lucky to have a gaming wife.

However, my wife and I would come, but distance and baby commitments have priority... I don't think a bored baby in a big room of gamers would be appreciated.

Would've been nice to run something...

Cheers! :D

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Mark Peyton wrote:

Yorkshire would be fine for me :)

And me!

How about Leeds Armouries, since I see from their blogs that both Jason and Lilith appear to have loved the place?

the leeds armoury is great, but its in leeds, thats just to far for anyone in the south to go. Birmingham is probably the best bet we have.

And IIRC, it is extremely expensive to hire the hall there...

Of course, there's the curry mile in Manchester's Rusholme - about 1 mile from our venue :)

Hmmm, a room full of gamers loaded up on curry, farting themselves inside out?

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.And honest I'm not thinking of Birmingham just to get a good Balti!

I have only one problem with Birmingham... I have an Ex-girlfriend living there.. and if my wife knew that... even if I know noting would happen, she would not let me go..:-(

Then tell her it is in Manchester. Or Leeds. Or invite her to come with you and meet all those cool people you correspond on the Net with.

I would humbly suggest that the ideal place should have good road and rail connections. Leeds is OK, but Birmingham and Manchester are actually pretty good. Manchester is probably about 2 hours by train from london, so it isn't too bad. Due to its proximity to me, I'd personally prefer Birmingham, which has reasonable rail and excellent road connections.

Leeds has the M1 and the A1, but bother of those roads are not much fun at all. I think the trains are OK there, but have never tried so don't know. Anywhere too far north is pretty much out for anyone in the south and south-west of England - this might count out Manchester too.

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Birmingham or reading

Reading is only just outside London - and miles away from Rugby.

There used to be a weekend con called the Dudley Bug Ball....

A guy called Steve Turner organised it. Dudley close enough to Rugby for you, Aubrey?

Kithran may have his contact details, unfortunately I don't.

Dood-lay? Yeah, I suppose it's alright. (Actually, it's very close to where my real world group live and where we play, so it should be fine. That said, it's only a couple of miles from Birmingham.)

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Yorkshire would be fine for me :)

And me!

How about Leeds Armouries, since I see from their blogs that both Jason and Lilith appear to have loved the place?

Extremely expensive as a venue. I help run a comic convention based there and it's way too expensive for this. There are a number of hotels though that may have enough room.

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Big problem for me doing this at Gamecon is I'm going to be working it probably for PP/Cerberus.

That could be awkward. I'm sure we can get you some time off though :)

Never happened in the years I've been doing demoing. I may get enough time to run to a stall and buy things when I'm at Salute for example.

Any more news?

Any more news?

No real news at present, which is why I haven't posted anything else. I've made contact with Aston University about it and I'm currently waiting for them to get back to me. They are very central and accessible as a location but I'm still undecided about the best date for it to be honest.

Have you guys thought about a date yet?

My first suggestion would be to find when term time finishes at Aston, then work around that, as it would be nice to game in privacy rather then having to cope with a lot of students and classes.

I personally would want it to be in July, as that's when my own term time finishes, but it's far more important to get a date that appeals to any of the guests we'd want there, like the various designers. Though, with a lack of GenCon UK this year, it seems the summer window for conventions is wide open (though perhaps not sustainable for the next few years)

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what numbers are you expecting to come? I mean in wild guess what is the size you are going to cater for?

it is a shame here we dont have something similar to gen con in the US where they get 25k turning up. gencon uk in 2007 reported almost 1800 people.

Have you guys thought about a date yet?

Still working on that. I'm waiting to hear back from Aston University about when would be possible.

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what numbers are you expecting to come? I mean in wild guess what is the size you are going to cater for?

it is a shame here we dont have something similar to gen con in the US where they get 25k turning up. gencon uk in 2007 reported almost 1800 people.

I'm thinking this will be fairly small. From looking through this thread I figure we'd be certain to get about 30 people and I'm thinking a maximum of 50 people.

We wait with 'bated breath. I really hope Aston come up with the goods.

If you need anyone to go and make inquiries, or check things out in person, I live on the northern edge of Birmingham.
Aston University sprawls a bit and is something of a walk from the closest station, but it is well served by buses, and taxis are available in the city centre.
Whilst Aston University is adjacent to a canal, I am uncertain to what extent moorings are available in the immediate vicinity; The Typhoo Basin project is in hiatus, and other than that, I think that the closest might be either up in Gas Street or down at Cuckoo Wharf, at least a mile away, I would think.

For significant others, Birmingham has no shortage of shops, there are a handful of free museums/houses, and there are other museums/attractions which charge entrance fees such as the National Sea Life Centre.

I think that the closest Games shop would probably be Wayland's Forge in the city centre, which carries various roleplaying and board games, and has a modest Paizo line.

As others have observed, Birmingham city centre has no shortage of curry-houses, other eateries, or pubs. :D

Charles, think you could get all the information on the buses that serve Birmingham and Aston University. Numbers, how often they run, how much they cost etc? I'm sure that sort of information would come very much in handy.

Charles, think you could get all the information on the buses that serve Birmingham and Aston University. Numbers, how often they run, how much they cost etc? I'm sure that sort of information would come very much in handy.

I'm due in town a some point over the next few days, so I can try and investigate if they don't carry that information on the University website.

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Hmm. Aston University refers you to a broken link at Travel West Midlands. I'll try to make some inquiries.

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Don't let the fact that Birmingham has some truly awesome curry houses influence you...

I'd be totally up for it if Logue isn't invited.
Huzzah!

I will come dressed as Seoni the whole outfit! (^^,)

How about Leeds Armouries?

Extremely expensive as a venue. I help run a comic convention based there and it's way too expensive for this. There are a number of hotels though that may have enough room.

No problem.

I have friends off the boards, who live round Brum, and went to Aston U. I'll drop them a note.

I will come dressed as Seoni the whole outfit! (^^,)

Your idea intrigues me and i wish to learn more...

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I will come dressed as Seoni the whole outfit! (^^,)

Your idea scares me!

If you need anyone to go and make inquiries, or check things out in person, I live on the northern edge of Birmingham.

Thanks for the offer. I may take you up on that in the near future.