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Figment of Your Imagination
co-founder, Tricuspa Figment Live Action Systems
Crossposted to http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/shad
Phoenix Con Games 2006, the second annual regional gaming convention held in the Phoenix metropolitan area, included several Shadowfist demos: http://www.conevents.com/page/event/phx_
In our first slot I ran two three player demos for five new players, and one player who hadn't played in a few years. Of those six, only the returning player and three of the new players wanted their free boosters after the event. The other two new players enjoyed the game, but weren't interested in making an investment to play and passed their boosters to one of the other new players.
In our second slot I ran one four player demo for one player who had heard of Shadowfist years ago but never players, and three youths whose father looked but didn't join the fun. All four enjoyed the game and kept their boosters.
In our third slot I ran one three player demo for two new players and the returning player from the first slot, and when a fourth showed up mid-game I joined him in a demo duel. All four enjoyed their games, and all but one of the new players were interested in their free boosters.
The fourth slot was Sunday afternoon and unattended. After waiting an hour and a half I went home, the convention only having a half hour left.
Over all I believe our demos went well. We reached 12 new players and 1 old player, with 9 of the 12 new players interested in picking up the game. The convention includes an End of Game Feedback form on the back of the signup sheets, and here's some of the Player Comments submitted to the convention:
Phoenix Con Games 2006, the second annual regional gaming convention held in the Phoenix metropolitan area, included several Shadowfist demos: http://www.conevents.com/page/event/phx_
In our first slot I ran two three player demos for five new players, and one player who hadn't played in a few years. Of those six, only the returning player and three of the new players wanted their free boosters after the event. The other two new players enjoyed the game, but weren't interested in making an investment to play and passed their boosters to one of the other new players.
In our second slot I ran one four player demo for one player who had heard of Shadowfist years ago but never players, and three youths whose father looked but didn't join the fun. All four enjoyed the game and kept their boosters.
In our third slot I ran one three player demo for two new players and the returning player from the first slot, and when a fourth showed up mid-game I joined him in a demo duel. All four enjoyed their games, and all but one of the new players were interested in their free boosters.
The fourth slot was Sunday afternoon and unattended. After waiting an hour and a half I went home, the convention only having a half hour left.
Over all I believe our demos went well. We reached 12 new players and 1 old player, with 9 of the 12 new players interested in picking up the game. The convention includes an End of Game Feedback form on the back of the signup sheets, and here's some of the Player Comments submitted to the convention:
- "Game was very enjoyable, easy to learn"
- "Great Refresher course! Very Enjoyable"
- "Fun Demo - Very Knowledgeable regarding the game."
- "Good person to run a demo. Enthusiastic + wants to get people
involved" - "Good Demo. Good Card Flavor. Nice Themed Decks"
- "Lots of Fun - GM Knows His Stuff - Probably Going to Get It"