Monday, February 18, 2019

Scrum Con 2019 is in the Bag


Hot damn, we did it! Forgive my crowing, but I'm thrilled we managed to set up and launch our one day con within six months of the idea first percolating through our club's brain trust. Renting a hall, setting up tables and putting out hot dogs doesn't really make a gaming convention though. While I may have helped set the stage, it was really our game masters and attendees who brought the event to life.  Based on our post-convention satisfaction surveys, and the comments we received during the convention it sounds like our little con sated a hunger for a gaming focused local event.


Our Scrum Club learned quite a bit from our inaugural event, but with one nominally successful game day completed we've already begun discussing improvements for "the next one".


While I didn't get a chance to run or play in a game, I still had a great time chatting with attendees, welcoming some folks to their first con ever, and getting a chance to watch some very talented GMs work their magic.


If you attended Scrum Con, thank you for taking a risk on our little venture. And special thanks to the game masters who trekked in to put on a show for our players, especially Buck Surdu, Eric Schlegel, Greg Priebe of the HAWKS, Kelly Armstrong and Neil Carmichael of the Army of Central Maryland Wargaming, Joey McGuire, Ed Watts, and our RPG hosts Zeb Cook, Elizabeth Ferrara, Luke Stacks, Scott McKinley and Keith Sloan.


And to the Scrum team, Walt, Jared, Rich, Steve, Francesco, Zach, Josh and Joe thanks for all the hard work. You guys are really a great team to work with. Now let's get crackin' on planning Scrum Con 2!

12 comments:

  1. Brilliant job! What a great success.

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    1. Thanks Michael! A success, but hopefully just the first step in a series of cons.

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  2. Great to hear everything went well.
    I can imagine events like these having a learning curve, but the important part is that everyone had fun. So it sounds like a job well done.

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    1. Yep, we know it wasn't perfect, but it seems everyone had a good time, and we certainly learned a lot!

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  3. Looks really great. Well done. cheers

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  4. Congrats on the success - I suspect organizing something like this while keeping a day job is very taxing and you guys seemed to pull it off with style. Very sorry I couldn't be there - hopefully next time!

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    1. Thanks Miles! We'll iron out the bugs and you can join us for the "New and Improved Scrum Con 2" :)

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  5. Congrats on putting on a successful game day. 😀

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  6. Brilliant stuff John! Congrats on a successful first outing :)

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