Lurin
Paragon
Foreward
As our second season draws to a close and we look forward to the off season events and a brand new series of adventurers in the year 2011, as before I'd like to that a minute to thank those that often work in the background without enough of the credit being given to them. It's also a time for me to give everyone of our participants a bit of a look behind the curtain so to speak, to see what's coming up, and keep up to date on planned changes.
Thank Yous
First off the thank yous, I have to start with our plot staff who work incredibly hard writing before games, prepping costuming, and dealing with an egotistical owner who often sounds something like a dictator when he's in a 'directing' mood. So big thanks goto our Plot Staff from this year, Stephen Stana, our head of plot, Emilynn Henderson, who helps keep us focused and reminds us of all the little things we need to remember as well as writing plot. Emma Berg whose energy helps keep our npcs excited to play and who without the game would run much slower. This season we also half to thank Paige Hubell for her incredible efforts as our general manager, she was instrumental in our obtaining the Excelsior (newest) site as well as keeping me sane over the year. Thanks also goes to Brent Woodward who stepped out of his Player Character shoes to help fill in on NPC staff to implement plot this year. I wish I had time to thank everyone who donated time and items this year by name , but if you wish to see a list of everyone who helps make our game great, you need to look no further then our roster!
Beyond the "main staff" team who work hard in all areas (not just plot) when needed, I'd also like to take a moment to thank a couple of players that have really stepped up to help with the logistical work of the chapter. Ryan B. who heads our tavern commitee and preps our food each weekend, he does a great job making sure everyone has something warm (and relatively nutritious) to eat. Special thanks go to our players that hail from St.Cloud for their enthusiasm spreading our game, and to those brave folks willing to travel long distances from Duluth, or even Chicago, IL!
Attendence
Our attendance continues to grow by leaps and bounds, our season closure this year saw well over sixty attendees. I know that I personally am blown away by this number and we are excited to continue to see similar or larger numbers as we move forward. This is the largest active Larp in the state, which is extremely exciting to see.
Income/Costs
This is always a touchy subject, nobody that comes to larp (yet at least) is so independently wealthy that costs don't cross their mind. Running Larp is an expensive hobby to get into, and we continue to review our rates and policys to help ensure we can keep prices as low as possible while still providing a quality game. Our biggest challenge currently is that we don't get pre-registrations in early enough and this increases our costs in both food and head-count areas. Currently we are looking at implementing a $5 fee for NPCs with the usual $5 discount for preregistering to help ensure we get better accuracy on our numbers, but we will keep you posted, we are not intending to increase our fee for your regular game, although some special locations might see slightly higher prices (such as the Castle at camp Parker).
Schedule
Our schedule for next year is currently under review, our busiest games have always been those held outside of the Summer month and we will likely be taking that into consideration for next year.
Staffing updates
As always we'll be reviewing our staff, adding more newbie marshals, and adding some new plot members, and some extra members to our tavern comittee to help ensure we have good food service at our future games.
In Closing
Overall our second season has seen alot of changes in our chapter and the way it works we handle our logistics. Along with this has been the development of new ways to put out plot and we plan to continue with new, and old efforts at keeping our players engaged. We are having our first banquet styled event soon which is exciting and hopefully a castle siege event for our opener next year.
If you've read this entire letter, I assume you are bored, or at work, but I still thank you for your time!
David Glaeser,
Owner, Alliance Southern MN
As our second season draws to a close and we look forward to the off season events and a brand new series of adventurers in the year 2011, as before I'd like to that a minute to thank those that often work in the background without enough of the credit being given to them. It's also a time for me to give everyone of our participants a bit of a look behind the curtain so to speak, to see what's coming up, and keep up to date on planned changes.
Thank Yous
First off the thank yous, I have to start with our plot staff who work incredibly hard writing before games, prepping costuming, and dealing with an egotistical owner who often sounds something like a dictator when he's in a 'directing' mood. So big thanks goto our Plot Staff from this year, Stephen Stana, our head of plot, Emilynn Henderson, who helps keep us focused and reminds us of all the little things we need to remember as well as writing plot. Emma Berg whose energy helps keep our npcs excited to play and who without the game would run much slower. This season we also half to thank Paige Hubell for her incredible efforts as our general manager, she was instrumental in our obtaining the Excelsior (newest) site as well as keeping me sane over the year. Thanks also goes to Brent Woodward who stepped out of his Player Character shoes to help fill in on NPC staff to implement plot this year. I wish I had time to thank everyone who donated time and items this year by name , but if you wish to see a list of everyone who helps make our game great, you need to look no further then our roster!
Beyond the "main staff" team who work hard in all areas (not just plot) when needed, I'd also like to take a moment to thank a couple of players that have really stepped up to help with the logistical work of the chapter. Ryan B. who heads our tavern commitee and preps our food each weekend, he does a great job making sure everyone has something warm (and relatively nutritious) to eat. Special thanks go to our players that hail from St.Cloud for their enthusiasm spreading our game, and to those brave folks willing to travel long distances from Duluth, or even Chicago, IL!
Attendence
Our attendance continues to grow by leaps and bounds, our season closure this year saw well over sixty attendees. I know that I personally am blown away by this number and we are excited to continue to see similar or larger numbers as we move forward. This is the largest active Larp in the state, which is extremely exciting to see.
Income/Costs
This is always a touchy subject, nobody that comes to larp (yet at least) is so independently wealthy that costs don't cross their mind. Running Larp is an expensive hobby to get into, and we continue to review our rates and policys to help ensure we can keep prices as low as possible while still providing a quality game. Our biggest challenge currently is that we don't get pre-registrations in early enough and this increases our costs in both food and head-count areas. Currently we are looking at implementing a $5 fee for NPCs with the usual $5 discount for preregistering to help ensure we get better accuracy on our numbers, but we will keep you posted, we are not intending to increase our fee for your regular game, although some special locations might see slightly higher prices (such as the Castle at camp Parker).
Schedule
Our schedule for next year is currently under review, our busiest games have always been those held outside of the Summer month and we will likely be taking that into consideration for next year.
Staffing updates
As always we'll be reviewing our staff, adding more newbie marshals, and adding some new plot members, and some extra members to our tavern comittee to help ensure we have good food service at our future games.
In Closing
Overall our second season has seen alot of changes in our chapter and the way it works we handle our logistics. Along with this has been the development of new ways to put out plot and we plan to continue with new, and old efforts at keeping our players engaged. We are having our first banquet styled event soon which is exciting and hopefully a castle siege event for our opener next year.
If you've read this entire letter, I assume you are bored, or at work, but I still thank you for your time!
David Glaeser,
Owner, Alliance Southern MN
