Figment of Your Imagination

RandomCon 2009, the first annual regional gaming convention held in the Phoenix metropolitan area over Mothers' Day Weekend, included several Shadowfist events.

Friday the 08th May 2009 @ 10:00 hours
Shadowfist Demonstration
In our first slot I ran one two player demo for new player Bryan C. and I.  He seemed to enjoy the game quite a bit.

Friday the 08th May 2009 @ 11:00 hours
Shadowfist Demonstration
Bryan C. stuck around and played a two player demo with new player Greg M.  Both seemed to enjoy the game.

Friday the 08th May 2009 @ 12:00 hours
Shadowfist Demonstration
Bryan C. and Greg M. stuck around and played a three player demo with me.  The two definitely enjoy this game and will probably play again.

Friday the 08th May 2009 @ 1300 hours
Shadowfist Demonstration
Bryan C. had to leave for another game he had scheduled, but Greg M stuck around.  New players Jssra, Del B., and Jake showed up, as did returning player Mike M.  We had several demos going on at once, and everyone had so much fun that I skipped my two hour lunch break and let this demo hour run three hours instead.  Greg, Jssra, Jake, and Mike expressed interest in attending the night's Whirlpool of Blood so they could get their own cards.  (Mike M. apparently lost part of his collection to water damage.)

Friday the 08th May 2009 @ 16:00 hours
Shadowfist Demonstration
Jake and Mike M. stuck around and played a three player demo new player Jason Y.  All of the players were having a great time.

Friday the 08th May 2009 @ 17:00 hours
Shadowfist Demonstration
Jake, Jason, and Mike M. stuck around and played a couple of two player demos with new player David S.  Great fun was had by all.

Friday the 08th May 2009 @ 19:00 hours
Whirlpool of Blood Swiss Draft Dueling Tournament
Despite the various new player's claims of interest in the night's draft tournament, only returning players James S., Ken S., Mike M., and Emilio R. showed up.  Needing something to eat and being tired, Ken and James left the tournament early.  This left Mike and Emilio to vie for the championship.  Mike won, and claimed a topless Sting of the Scorpion as his prize!

Saturday the 09th May 2009 @ 10:00 hours
Shadowfist Demonstration
No one showed up for Shadowfist, but the Vampire the Eternal Struggle TCG demos were going strong.  I chatted with the VtES coordinators, as I had once played back in the Jyhad days.

Saturday the 09th May 2009 @ 11:00 hours
Shadowfist Demonstration
New player Roy P. and returning player Mike M. played in a two-player demo.  Roy likes trying various games, but admitted that he has no intentions of picking up any collectible games. 

Saturday the 09th May 2009 @ 12:00 hours
Whirlpool of Blood Swiss Draft Multiplayer Tournament
Like the previous night, only returning players James S., Ken S., and Mike M. showed up.  Mike won again, and claimed a topless Katie Kincaid as his prize!

Over all the convention went well. We reached 8 new players and 4 old players, with 5 of the 8 new players interested in picking up the game.  The whole convention seemed lightly populated, possibly due to a combination of its newness (several people told me beforehand that they won't attend a first year con as they want all of the bugs worked out first), people choosing to boycott it (due to the politics of its sponsor organization WesternSFA), and the economy.  Our over all numbers were higher than VtES, the only other ccg in the CCG and Game Library shared room.  Greg M., who demoed both ccgs over the course of the weekend, said that while he liked VtES, he felt that it just wasn't nearly as good as Shadowfist.