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I learned that we are, indeed, goin’ to Gen Con! Clearly, one of the big thrusts of the show will be 4E.

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This is a much more viable reason than Lucasfilm issue. Still waiting for some kind of official announcement but I can at least see where this would be in their best interest not to do business at least temporarily with Gencon.

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For those that may not have seen it, here’s the post.

That makes it interesting. That, I can buy into.

Still, it will be interesting to see. After that, I’m still at 70-30 that they will still show.

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@ Dave – Origins is, what, about a third the size as Gen Con? I’m just sayin, I think it’d be a dumb business move to drop Gen Con altogether.

Definitely an interesting drama, to say the least!

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WotC isn’t afraid to bail on a convention when they could use the exposure. They pulled out of Origins when launching Dreamblade, and that might have been a big factor in its failure.

Speaking of Origins, they’ve had their schedule delayed, AND Mike Mearls is a guest this year. Mayhap a switch? We’ll see…

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The one piece of damning evidence is that there are no WotC events on the Gencon schedule.

There are “WotC/AH” events that are Axis & Allies games, but nothing else.

So they may be coming as presenters, but if they aren’t running games, that’s unusual.

(A second option, of course, is that they have booked an entire room/building for constant pickup 4e games. That also seems unlikely to me.)

Oh, and Mark Twain, in response to reading his own obituary in the newspaper.

EDIT: nor are there any games under the RPGa title in the gencon document, which is extremely odd. There are numerous 4e games run by others, though, such as Goodman Games.

I did read the wizards “response.” I question it’s validity. It claimed to have come from their Help Desk.

I’ve worked in enough help desks to know that 1) you’re the last to know what’s going on in the company and 2) Help desk folk aren’t allowed to give out the kind of information he claimed to be giving. If that was truly Wizards’ position, there would be something more official. That, or the help desk guy is getting fired, because they don’t want it to get out yet.

Most years, I’d agree with you about the importance of Gen Con to Wizards. This year, though, is critical. By August, Wizards won’t have reliable numbers on 4E. It would be a bad business move to piss off that many gamers, and miss out on the huge marketing opportunity, by dropping GenCon. This year, it’s just good business sense. If they don’t show, it will hurt their sales, there’s no question.

Could I be wrong? Sure. I don’t think I am, though. Heck, I’ll buy you a Coke at Gen Con if I am (assuming you’re going.)

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