[Blog] Minnesota Team Plan Dave Arneson Convention in October 2022

[Havard]

Interesting. The story just keeps changing. The 'Minnesota Team' is basically Kevin McColl, with Griffith Morgan sort of attached, and they have yet to develop any kind of actual plan for running a convention of any kind, let alone one in honor of Dave Arneson. What used to be the original 'Blackmoor Bunch' has fragmented a bit, with each person pushing their individual agendas.

Both sets of convention organizers have been in contact with me to try and get me to support their events - up to this point, it's been "either you're with me, or you're against me!", and that's gotten very, very old. I am loyal to Dave Arneson, not to any particular faction of his fans; I agree with you that events honoring Dave and his legacy would be great, and these event organizers could come up with a much better event *cooperating* then by the behaviors that they've displayed to me. (And to others, I am saddened to note.)

Because of what's been going on around here - I, I am unhappy to have to say - behind the scenes, I do not plan on participating in either of the 'Duelling Dave Cons' in any way. I've been asked to run my huge miniatures games - and bring my players to the event as paying customers, of course - as well as run RPGs - and bring those players as customers, of course - so I feel that I'm being viewed as a cash cow rather then as a real person. I've put a ton of money into my games and my gaming over the years, and that stopped dead when this whole 'convention thing' exploded onto the local scene. I am concentrating on the games I run with and for my friends, and that's about it.

I wish both events and their organizers all the best, and I hope that their events are successful. But, I'm staying well away from the situation; I don't need the dramatic phone calls while I'm at work, the agonized e-mails, and the postings on the Internet.

So, good luck to them all.

Thanks for your input on this Chirine!

Sorry to hear about your experiences and your decision to stay out of both conventions. Two events sounds like it could be twice the fun, but I agree with you that this would require cooperation and a shared goal of honoring Dave's legacy. 

I have always known you to be loyal to Dave and you have been very supportive of this site. Not having you attend would be a big loss for both conventions as I see it. 

October is still a while off. Hopefully we see positive development in the weeks ahead.

-Havard