Zev had mentioned that he was coming to town to do a show. Naturally I strong armed him into hanging out and playing games the night before and the following thursday we headed to downtown Smyrna to this distribution show hosted by GST Distribution. I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect, but I had a pretty good idea that we would spend a lot of time talking and gaming- two things I excel at. So when we got to the show I was pretty excited to skip work and get ready to demo.
I hadn't been to downtown Smyrna in a while but it looks to be an up and coming place with lots of newer buildings, planned communities and trendy little bistros. I guess I was expecting something more 'old south' meets Alpharetta. The event center GST had rented out was a sprawling building and part of a larger plan.
We got there early but Zev had no set up time...He unpacked six games and set them on the table. Bam! Done. Richard Launius had brought few other Zman games from his collection but with Zev's.
I was all set to demo games but a distributors meeting is not what I expected at all. The bulk of people there only wanted a short overview of the game and was more interested in price point and salability. Of course they were! I just expected that at least *some* of them might want to play through a few games.
In the end I resigned myself to socializing. I ended up spending a good deal of time talking with Stefan from Asmodee where in he confided in me that Zev told me "I was a troublemaker who caused all kind of shit and should be avoided." While that is completely true - it is also a case of mistaken identity. I am a troublemaker- but not for Zev or Stefan. At least not yet....
I also got to talk a bit with a bunch of other really interesting people John form Alderac and the sales team from FFG and the whole day was quite fun. We ended up that evening at a little cafe and closed the night down over beers.
I am hopeful that GST does the event again this year. Last year was the bomb! Thanks GST and Zev for taking me!
I hadn't been to downtown Smyrna in a while but it looks to be an up and coming place with lots of newer buildings, planned communities and trendy little bistros. I guess I was expecting something more 'old south' meets Alpharetta. The event center GST had rented out was a sprawling building and part of a larger plan.
We got there early but Zev had no set up time...He unpacked six games and set them on the table. Bam! Done. Richard Launius had brought few other Zman games from his collection but with Zev's.
I was all set to demo games but a distributors meeting is not what I expected at all. The bulk of people there only wanted a short overview of the game and was more interested in price point and salability. Of course they were! I just expected that at least *some* of them might want to play through a few games.
In the end I resigned myself to socializing. I ended up spending a good deal of time talking with Stefan from Asmodee where in he confided in me that Zev told me "I was a troublemaker who caused all kind of shit and should be avoided." While that is completely true - it is also a case of mistaken identity. I am a troublemaker- but not for Zev or Stefan. At least not yet....
I also got to talk a bit with a bunch of other really interesting people John form Alderac and the sales team from FFG and the whole day was quite fun. We ended up that evening at a little cafe and closed the night down over beers.
I am hopeful that GST does the event again this year. Last year was the bomb! Thanks GST and Zev for taking me!
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