Prairie Game eXpo is made possible thanks to the help of volunteers. This thread is to help schedule volunteers running the Prairie Game eXpo.
All Volunteers will receive an extra opportunity to win for all the game prize draws.
Registration Table Schedule
Role: Welcoming attendees, making sure everyone signs the log book, answering questions.
10am - 11am: tlh878
11am - 12pm: JohnnyThrust
12pm - 1pm: jilly
1pm - 2pm: Tempest
2pm - 3pm: Mike Mcc.
3pm - 4pm: Reynard
4pm - 5pm: bboileau
5pm on: Open doors. We ask that all ambassadors keep watch for people in need.
Learn to Play
Role: Teaching easy / accessible games to people. "Learn to Play" is a PGX initiative to help introduce new games to PGX attendees. We will have three time slots available. We would like one, perhaps two volunteers for each game in each time slot. Game teachers will teach a single game to groups of people over a two-hour block. Please contact us here if you're interested.
10-12 - Mayhem. Game Teacher - NeikeDjour
12-2 - 7 Wonders (2nd Ed.). Game Teacher - Lori
2-4 - Wingspan. Game Teacher - Tempest
2-4 - The Game - bboileau
Please let us know if you are able to lend a hand at Prairie Game eXpo. Please reply to this forum.
I'll do the first shift at the registration table. (10am-11am). I can also come earlier to help with setup if that's needed.
JohnnyTrust will take the registration table 11-12. I can host a LTP from 10-12.
I will come help set up and can do the registration table at noon.
I'd love to help out! I just need to wait 'til we get a bit closer to the event to confirm my availability.
Quote from: NeikeDjour on February 10, 2023, 05:59:20 PMJohnnyTrust will take the registration table 11-12. I can host a LTP from 10-12.
What game would you like to teach for Learn to Play?
Quote from: Dana_Tillusz on February 13, 2023, 01:17:23 PMQuote from: NeikeDjour on February 10, 2023, 05:59:20 PMJohnnyTrust will take the registration table 11-12. I can host a LTP from 10-12.
What game would you like to teach for Learn to Play?
I'm not sure, have any suggestions?
I can teach 7-Wonders before the tournament.
I wasn't sure who to reach out to, so I'll just reply here as well, if you want to spread the word a little bit and have a poster let me know and I can put one up at my work.
Quote from: NeikeDjour on February 14, 2023, 03:02:46 PMQuote from: Dana_Tillusz on February 13, 2023, 01:17:23 PMQuote from: NeikeDjour on February 10, 2023, 05:59:20 PMJohnnyTrust will take the registration table 11-12. I can host a LTP from 10-12.
What game would you like to teach for Learn to Play?
I'm not sure, have any suggestions?
These games from your collection might work:
Bang! The Dice Game
Arboretum
The Game
Tsuro
Mystic Vale
Quote from: Tempest on February 15, 2023, 11:58:12 AMI wasn't sure who to reach out to, so I'll just reply here as well, if you want to spread the word a little bit and have a poster let me know and I can put one up at my work.
Sure, I'll drop one off after they get printed.
Quote from: Dana_Tillusz on February 15, 2023, 08:47:32 PMQuote from: Tempest on February 15, 2023, 11:58:12 AMI wasn't sure who to reach out to, so I'll just reply here as well, if you want to spread the word a little bit and have a poster let me know and I can put one up at my work.
Sure, I'll drop one off after they get printed.
Excellent. Just send me a message ahead of time so I can make sure someone's here to receive it haha.
Quote from: Dana_Tillusz on February 15, 2023, 08:47:05 PMQuote from: NeikeDjour on February 14, 2023, 03:02:46 PMQuote from: Dana_Tillusz on February 13, 2023, 01:17:23 PMQuote from: NeikeDjour on February 10, 2023, 05:59:20 PMJohnnyTrust will take the registration table 11-12. I can host a LTP from 10-12.
What game would you like to teach for Learn to Play?
I'm not sure, have any suggestions?
These games from your collection might work:
Bang! The Dice Game
Arboretum
The Game
Tsuro
Mystic Vale
Thanks! I was going through my list and I was thinking maybe Mayhem, I have the Looney Tunes version. I haven't played it yet though, so I'll get a few games in soon and decide if it would be a good one to set up. I feel like even just the figures might get passers-by interested, it's relatively new, and if I recall correctly it's supposed to be a light game.
I'll get back to you.
Okay, I would like to volunteer for the 1-2 slot at the registration desk, and volunteer to teach games in the 2-4 slot, if that's okay.
I'm open to suggestions, but I was thinking something out of:
Space Base
Wingspan
Small World
I could also potentially do lighter fare, like Codenames, or Sushi Go. I'm open to suggestions :D
Quote from: NeikeDjour on February 22, 2023, 10:03:21 AMQuote from: Dana_Tillusz on February 15, 2023, 08:47:05 PMQuote from: NeikeDjour on February 14, 2023, 03:02:46 PMQuote from: Dana_Tillusz on February 13, 2023, 01:17:23 PMQuote from: NeikeDjour on February 10, 2023, 05:59:20 PMJohnnyTrust will take the registration table 11-12. I can host a LTP from 10-12.
What game would you like to teach for Learn to Play?
I'm not sure, have any suggestions?
These games from your collection might work:
Bang! The Dice Game
Arboretum
The Game
Tsuro
Mystic Vale
Thanks! I was going through my list and I was thinking maybe Mayhem, I have the Looney Tunes version. I haven't played it yet though, so I'll get a few games in soon and decide if it would be a good one to set up. I feel like even just the figures might get passers-by interested, it's relatively new, and if I recall correctly it's supposed to be a light game.
I'll get back to you.
Mayhem would be great! We plan on trying the Teen Titans Go version this week.
Quote from: Tempest on February 23, 2023, 05:27:12 AMOkay, I would like to volunteer for the 1-2 slot at the registration desk, and volunteer to teach games in the 2-4 slot, if that's okay.
I'm open to suggestions, but I was thinking something out of:
Space Base
Wingspan
Small World
I could also potentially do lighter fare, like Codenames, or Sushi Go. I'm open to suggestions :D
Those all work, Tempest. All of them would draw interest.
Space Base is a game I'm definitely interested in playing. Maybe later in the day or a future Meeple Monday?
Sure, put Wingspan in the L2P slot, and I can bring Space Base along just in case!
Quote from: Dana_Tillusz on February 23, 2023, 09:10:55 AMQuote from: NeikeDjour on February 22, 2023, 10:03:21 AMQuote from: Dana_Tillusz on February 15, 2023, 08:47:05 PMQuote from: NeikeDjour on February 14, 2023, 03:02:46 PMQuote from: Dana_Tillusz on February 13, 2023, 01:17:23 PMQuote from: NeikeDjour on February 10, 2023, 05:59:20 PMJohnnyTrust will take the registration table 11-12. I can host a LTP from 10-12.
What game would you like to teach for Learn to Play?
I'm not sure, have any suggestions?
These games from your collection might work:
Bang! The Dice Game
Arboretum
The Game
Tsuro
Mystic Vale
Thanks! I was going through my list and I was thinking maybe Mayhem, I have the Looney Tunes version. I haven't played it yet though, so I'll get a few games in soon and decide if it would be a good one to set up. I feel like even just the figures might get passers-by interested, it's relatively new, and if I recall correctly it's supposed to be a light game.
I'll get back to you.
Mayhem would be great! We plan on trying the Teen Titans Go version this week.
I got 2 games of it in over the weekend, I think it would be a good LTP. We ended up having a difficult first match cause we picked a bunch of expansion characters with weird movesets. The second game went better when we chose base characters.
I'm thinking I might have to make a symbol sheet for it, we had to keep looking them up in the rulebook.
I can take the LTP slot from 2-4 pm with "The Game" and do the registration table from 4-5 pm.
I can do the registration table from 3-4pm
I think something got mixed up on the scheduling there; I think I ended up in the 12-2 L2P slot, and at the desk from 1-2; I can help out before or after, but probably not during haha.
Quote from: Tempest on March 29, 2023, 04:18:14 PMI think something got mixed up on the scheduling there; I think I ended up in the 12-2 L2P slot, and at the desk from 1-2; I can help out before or after, but probably not during haha.
Must've been a mistake.
Seeing as it's not something people are signing up for ahead of time, I've just changed the time for it to 2-4pm.
Sure thing, thanks!
I see that no one is covering the registration table from 2pm - 3pm.
Oh wait... everyone is in the 7 Wonders tournament.
Hmm... tough choice....
Well... I am the reigning PGX 7 Wonders champion so I should defend my title... on the other hand I should share and let someone else be champion for a while.
Oh, ok... I'll cover the door from 2 until 3.
Thanks to the volunteers who worked the registration desk, did Learn to Play, and, in general, helped out at Prairie Game Expo. We had 159 attendees which was 3 times the amount we were hoping for. I spoke to the Shriners throughout the day and at the end of the event and they were very very pleased.
This was our first Prairie Game Expo in three years and we had a new venue and new partners in the Shriners.
We'd like your feedback from a volunteer's perspective.
The next Prairie Game Expo is Saturday, October 7, 2023. Same venue. Same space.