Hi Everyone!
We wanted to thank all of the members of the North Coast Gamers
who came out to the Holiday Game Bash! It was good to see everyone again to
such a friendly event. I also wanted to thank the members of other groups
that came out, particularly the gang from NOWS who hosted some great games.
We also wanted to extend special thanks to Alex Ford, Lisa Ford, Dan Radakovich, Ken Podolski, Becky Roberts, Lydia
Roberts, Kaylee Mazur, Sean McClain, and Emanuel Felouzis who helped out a huge amount with the scheduling,
setting up, check-ins, raffles, and/or tearing down of the event. I’d
also like to thank all the GMs that prescheduled their events before the
deadline. We had some great games going
on all day!
The gaming at the Holiday Game Bash this year was great!! This year, the adding of the second floor
rooms made a huge difference! We had nearly 50 more people attend than
last year, but the added space made it feel very comfortable. For those
of you who never made it upstairs, we had 6 additional rooms, 3 dedicated to
miniatures and 3 dedicated to RPGs. Additionally, the Artemis Bridge Simulation Event had its
own dedicated room and was a huge success. People loved the experience.
I thought I would attach their site for the people that asked where to
get the game: http://artemis.eochu.com/ There were many, many more games played this
year from classic board games to new strategy and Euro games. I saw several brand new games being played
that are not yet published yet! More
announcements on the brand new games when they are officially released!
We kicked off the day with the annual Board of Directors meeting. We had a good turnout for that,
but we would have loved to see more folks. The PDF of the Annual Board
Report is LOCATED
HERE. There is a great amount of
information about the Sponsoring Organization and very interesting statistics
for the North Coast Gamers. There are announcements for new leadership, so don't forget to take
a look!
We had a couple of great fundraisers that included the Fight Cancer Benefit for Chris Ziga.
We rose over $750 at the Bash along with over $500 at the Roleplayathon! Huge thanks for
all those that donated games, bought tickets, and donated cash for Chris in his
fight against cancer. Everyone said it was great to see Chris in 'gaming
spirits' ;-)
The Holiday Game Bash was successful from a financial standpoint
as well! After renting the hall, purchasing the games for the prize
giveaways, etc., the organization cleared nearly $600! (More details are
included in the Annual Board Report)
As I mentioned, we had a great fund raiser for Chris Ziga.
Two tables of games were donated by members to help raise the money and STEPHANIE BAKER walked away with over
$1,000 in games that covered 2 full tables!!! Congratulations to
Stephanie!
It has been a great year once again and we’ve had a lot of
fun! We are looking for your active
involvement in all of the activities in 2012.
We are still in need of event organizers across North Coast Gamers,
Writer’s Bloc, and the Natural Adventures programs. We also need help with newsletters writers,
research writers, blog writers, etc. too!
If you’d like to volunteer in any way, let us know!
Take care and the best Holiday Wishes to you and your family!
