The GCOMMUNICATOR - 2004
Winter Edition
Newsletter for gamers issued by Games Club Of
Maryland
GCOM Annual Supporting Membership
Drive
Supporting Membership is an
OPTIONAL level of annual membership open to all GCOM members.
Current
GCOM members who pay the yearly dues of $20 become Supporting Members.
The
$20 covers Supporting Membership for one Calendar Year.
All Supporting Memberships expire on December 31st
of the year in which they were purchased.
Your money goes towards helping
GCOM exist, thrive and grow.
Some GCOM operating expenses are: -Website
-Advertising -Flyers -Operating supplies (such as paper, copies, files ect.) -
Seed money for GCOM conventions & products.
Help support the Hobby you
enjoy!
The additional benefits to becoming a Supporting
Member are:
1. A standing discount of $5 for each GCOM event where a fee is
charged. This includes Game Days and Euro Quest. 2. One order of Free GCOM
business cards. (For more details click on services on the GCOM website )
3.
Discounts on GCOM merchandise. (See website for details)
4. Ability to run
for office to serve on the GCOM Board of Directors.
5. Voting rights on
matters the board puts forth to supporting members.
6. Ability to recommend
new GCOM locations and host.
7. Ability to be on a GCOM committee.
8.
Invitations to GCOM Board of Director meetings.
9. As a Supporting member
you have been given access to GCOM website to do the following.
including
additional GCOM website access to: Add/Edit a Link and Add/Edit an
Event(limited to special events).
REMINDER: 2003 Memberships expired on December 31,
2003, so if you want to renew
your membership for 2004, please send us your
membership fee as soon as possible.
*Don't
forget that ONLY Supporting Members in 2004 will be able to VOTE for the new
GCOM Board of Directors in November.** Associate Members will not be allowed to
vote, as they were allowed to in 2002.
[See list of 2004 Supporting
Members below.]
Games Club of Maryland
Patron Membership
Patron membership is an
OPTIONAL level of annual membership open to all GCOM members.
Current GCOM members who
pay yearly dues of $100 become Patron Members.
The $100.00 covers
Patron Membership for one Calendar Year.
Your money goes towards
helping GCOM exist, thrive and grow.
The additional benefits to becoming a Patron Member
are:
1. All the benefits of a Supporting
Member.
2. One admission to GCOM's Game Days Convention. (Your admission is
transferable to any person you designate up to the pre-registration
deadline.)
3. Invitation to all Board meetings to observe.
4. Copied on
all board communications if desired by member.
5. Recognition in event
literature if desired by member.
6. Recognition on the website membership
list.
To Become a Supporting or Patron Member
for the Calendar Year 2004.
-Payment methods:
Make Checks payable to "Games
Club of Maryland".
1.Send the following information with your payment:
A. Your Full Name B. Post Office Address C. E-mail
Address
Mail to: Games Club of Maryland, Augusta Wood Ct., Reisterstown, MD.
21136.
** 3. NEW Payment option. GCOM Location that desire to
can accept a check or cash payment along with the following information:
A.
Your Full Name B. Post Office Address C. E-mail Address
**Locations hosts will need to e-mail the Supporting Membership
information to gamesclubofmd@comcast.net
AND mail a check made out to "Games
Club of Maryland" to the GCOM treasurer at:
Games Club of Maryland, 1241
Linkside Drive, Baltimore, MD. 21234
Associate Member Benefits
In addition to both Patron and Supporting member
benefits, you will continue to enjoy the benefits of an Associate
Member.
Associate Member
benefits are:
1. Getting gamers together across the state of
Maryland and beyond.
2. Twelve Locations
3. Member Recognition
4. Open
gaming space
5. Use of games and gaming equipment
6. Invitations to
special events
7. Convention Information
8. Game Reviews
9. Club Flyer
and bulletin board
10. Web page (discussion group/billboard use
available)
11. Biweekly GCOM scheduling updates and gaming news via
e-mail
12. Personalized membership business cards
13. Games Club of
Maryland Products
GCOM 2004 Supporting Members as of
01-28-04
John Adams-Charles Bahl-Scott Buckwalter-Rick Bynaker-Dominic
Crapuchettes-David A.Fair-Noreen K.Fair-Chuck Frascati-Paul Gauniel-John
Goon-Don Greenwood-Ed Karpowicz-Dan Karp-Bryan W. Kornele-Keith Levy-Mark
Love-Thomas McCorry-John Nestor-Steven Quade-John Renard-John P. Roberts
Jr.-Donna Rogall-Ed Rothenheber-Tim Rothenhoefer-Bill Scott-Rich Shipley-Harold
Siegelman-Wayne Smith-Brian Stallings-Denise Stallings-Jamie Tang-John
Weber.
GCOM Location Updates
We currently have twelve locations.
-Newest Location GCOM Damacus Opened January 2004.
Sessions every Friday from 7:00pm to Midnight.
-Games Club of
Delware-Newark Location is closed.
GCOM
Communications
Any GCOM member an join our yahoo discussion group.
Available at
groups.yahoo.com/group/gamesclubofmd/, this online discussion
group -- provided for free by Yahoo! -- is open for viewing by the general
public and posting by anyone who joins the discussion group.
To join this discussion group, or login if you've already joined,
click here.
To sign up for a Yahoo! ID (which you must have
before joining the discussion group),
click here.
A discussion of Game Days is under way.
GCOM Special Events
Eight Annual Field Trip to Prezcon
February 24th-29th 2004.
DoubleTree Hotel, Charlottesville,
Virginia
www.prezcon.com
Games Club of Maryland is planning its 8th annual
Field trip to Prezcon.
Join the members of GCOM on its annual trip to
Prezcon.
GCOM is planning to stay on site at the Double Tree Hotel.
Special rates are available at the DoubleTree Hotel for PrezCon Attendees:
$79 for a single, double, triple, or quad hotel. Call the DoubleTree Hotel at
(434) 973-2121 to make room reservations, and mention you are attending the
PrezCon Game Conference to get special rates.
Keith Levy will be coordinating reservations for
rooms if you are interested in getting a roommate or staying in a close block of
rooms. GCOM will also be offering car pooling and coordinated times of
departure for those needing or willing to provide transportation or for those
wishing to drive down in caravan style. Charlottesville is a three-hour drive
from the Baltimore Metropolitan area. Actual departure dates and approximate
times will be announced as they are offered.
E-mail Keith at GamesClubofMD@comcast.net if you are
interested in sharing a room or for carpool information.
*Game Masters are needed to run RA and Carcassonne.*
Known GCOM members planing to attend as of
1-28-04.
Scott Buckwalter, Tony Cadden, Joshua Cooper, Don
Greenwood, Paul Haynes, Charles Hickok, Keith Levy, Mark Love, Dan Mathias, Tom
McCorry, Steve Quade, Ron Wuerth.
GCOM 01-16-04
Attendance
Four locations running simutanously
15 in attendance at Columbia
5 in attendance at
Damascus
14 in attendance at Silver Spring
17 in attendance at Reisterstown
Total Attendance=51
Game Days 2004
April 22nd, 23rd, 24th AND 25th, 2004
Days Hotel, 9615
Deereco Road, Timonium, Maryland
An Open Gaming Event
Have Fun,
Learn, Share, Grow, Play
| When: |
Thursday, April 22nd at Noon THRU Sunday,
April 25th at 10:00 PM.
Eighty two (82) hours of available open gaming
time!!! |
| What: |
Open to the public. Four days of open
gaming. Have fun, learn, bond, make friends and compete with the best group of
gamers around. The camaraderie is great!! The convention known for learning new
games and playing your favorites as well. Experienced Game Masters available to
teach most games. |
| Featuring:
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| Eighty two (82) hours of available open gaming time.
Learning new games and play your favorites as well. Exclusive Demonstrations.
Snacks. |
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| Pre-registration: |
By Friday, April 15th, 2004: All Four Days: $35.00,
Three Days: $30.00, Two days: $25.00
Registration at the Door: Four Days:
$45.00, Three Days: $40.00, Two Days: $30.00, One Day: $20.00
Kids fourteen
and under: Half off the prices listed above with paying adult.
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WANTED: Volunteers for Outreach,
Advertising, Communications, On Site Personell, Demonstration Game
Masters,
Game co-ordinators.
Game Days...
...is Games Club of Maryland's annual open gaming
convention.
...is our most important event of the year.
....represents what GCOM is all about.
...shows what GCOM does every day at its various
locations.
...Game Days is an oppurtunity for the gaming
community to come together and share thier common ground of an
incredible hobby.
...is an oppurtunity to show the general public why
the gaming hobby is so great.
...is an oppurtunity to show other gaming groups
why GCOM is great for the hobby.
...is our chance to invite the world to partake in
the wonderful hobby of gaming.
Euro Quest 2004 Face To Face
Meeting
WHO: All GCOM Supporting Members are invited.
2004 Supporting Members dues must be paid in full by the start of the meeting in
order to attend. See current list of 2004 Supporting Members above.
Date: Sunday, February 15th, 2004.
Time: 7:00 PM Sharp.
Place: GCOM-Reisterstown, 9 Augusta Wood Ct. Reisterstown,
MD. 21136.
Play Testers Wanted
GET FREE PIZZA AND SNACKS FOR PLAYTESTING.
The Ludo
Club is developing some games and needs playtesters to finalize them. These
games are mostly on the level of a "Beer and Pretzels" game or lighter. Here's
how it works: Call us at 410-536-4263 or email Steve@theludoclub.com and join out
"Playtester's Team." When a playtesting session comes up we will contact you to
see if you can make it to the session. Pizza will be provided, plus there will
be an open snack bar so snacks and drinks will be provided as
well.
February and March Regional Gaming
Events
Winter Activation Meeting
(WAM)
February 5-8, 2004 at Marriott Hunt Valley Inn.
http://www.boardgamers.org/specific/wampre.htmSponsor: Boardgame Player's Association. Co-hosts: Stuart Tucker
and David
Dockter. Four- and Five-round Swiss play of Card-driven wargames:
Barbarossa
to Berlin/Paths of Glory (starts Fri 8am; 5 rounds); For the
People (starts Fri
8am; 4 rounds); and the following "Open Play" events
which allow flexible
scheduling: We the People (anytime from Thur 9pm
onward; 5 rounds); Wilderness
War (anytime from Fri 8am onward; 5 rounds);
Hannibal (anytime from Fri 3pm
onward; 4 rounds).
Farpoint 2004
February 13 -15, 2004 at Marriott Hunt Valley Inn.
Farpoint is a Baltimore-based, Science Fiction Media
Convention. We're a Fan-Run, Fan-Friendly Con, with a lot more to offer than
your basic Autographs-And-A-Dealers-Room "Show."
Featuring the Gaming Oasis run by GCOM member Chris
Shockey and demos run by other GCOM members.
Prezcon
February 24th-29th 2004. DoubleTree Hotel,
Charlottesville, Virginia
www.prezcon.com
PrezCon, Inc. is proud to host its 11th annual event that
has become the premier winter boardgaming convention. Over the years, PrezCon
has grown from a small, regional convention to the big event it now is, drawing
attendees from all over the USA, Canada, and Europe. We will be running 65+
Tournaments with many Trial Events and Demos to boot! The events will include
some of your old favorites, Eurogames, as well as some of the classic war games.
We continue track scheduling for 2004. What does that mean? It means that if
play Eurogames games, you will be able to play every heat of every Eurogame game
we host. If you play wargames, it will be the same and so on. This will make
your convention gaming schedule easy to follow, and it will allow you to play in
all your favorite games! We will continue with the track Ironman Championship!
This means all of our schedule will be their own Ironman Championship! As in the
past, the gaming facilities will be centralized in a few closely located meeting
rooms at the Double Tree Hotel. We expect even greater things this coming year
and hope to see you.
*Game Masters are needed to run RA and Carcassonne.
Contact Scott Stewart, Prezcon Tournament Coordinator for
more information at sstewart@prezcon.com .
Cold Wars
March 12-14th, 2004. Lancaster Host Hotel.
Cold Wars is one of the largest gatherings of historical
miniatures gamers and Dealers on the East Coast. We expect more than 2,000
attendees from across the nation, as well as from Canada and overseas.
Lancaster, PA.
Enlightenment VII AGE OF RENAISSANCE WEEKEND
March 12-14,
2004. Marriott's Hunt Valley Inn, Hunt Valley, MD
The Boardgame Players' Association is pleased
to announce the seventh Annual meeting of its Age of Renaissance minicon gaming
conference in a bigger venue. Having outgrown its previous site, Enlightenment
will remain at more spacious digs at the home of WBC: Marriott's Hunt Valley
Inn. The action begins Friday night at 6 PM and continues with two more rounds
on Saturday at 10 AM and 5 PM. A fourth round will be played Sunday morning. The
winner for the weekend will be that player with the highest total for any three
of the four rounds.
Enlightenment uses a unique scoring
system that keeps most players in contention for a prize throughout the weekend
rather than being eliminated by a poor showing or relegated to the "losers'
table". Every player scores points as a percentage of the winner's
score.
GCOM TRIVIA
Question
What game is indirectly responsible for the
existence of GCOM?
Games Club of Maryland
Have Fun, Learn, Share, Grow
Play
GCOM Board Of Directors
Winter 2004 Newsletter Compiled by Keith Levy