Dragonmeet open call for GM’s and Volunteers
Four Months out from Dragonmeet in London this year and while we’ve had many of
the usual suspects already offer games and time to us, we’re still needing
more. This year we’re splitting the
halls, with the majority of the trade in the downstairs hall and the
games/tournaments being held in the upstairs.
We’re planning on opening the games rooms an hour before the trade hall
to allow people to sign up to games well in advance, and we’re amending the
slots so that those who come in for the early games can still get a reasonably
shot at the trade hall.
But as always, we’re needing help to do it.
Volunteers
The lifeblood of the convention, and historically the very help we’ve
been shortest of on the day, volunteers are needed to man the doors, help
direct people to the places they want to be, and above all, help us build up
and unset the halls before and after the convention. With us being twice the size we were last
year, we’re anticipating needing at least twice the number of volunteers and
while we know that everyone wants to go to Dragonmeet, we hope that some will
come along to help us make it everything it has been in previous years. We’re organising volunteers in four hour
shifts, 08:00 to 12:00, 12:00 to 16:00, and finally 16:00 to 20:00 by which
time we hope to be mostly clear. If you
want to apply as a volunteer, please let us know what times you’re available to
work with us. Anyone who is happy doing
lifting and shifting can apply to help us on the very early and very late
shifts, but those jobs are going to be almost exclusively moving tables and
chairs around.
Demonstrators
We need six people for both morning and evening to help us with the
running of the Best of Essen area, the games for which will be confirmed
shortly. We’re happy if people want to
do both sessions, but we’re happy for any help that we can get.
GMs
Always the last to be mentioned, but with Dragonmeet being very heavy
on the roleplaying, we always need people to run games. We’re running three slots as always, and this
year we’re going to be changing the slots.
With the trade hall being separate to the main games hall, we’re looking
to run 09:00 till 13:00 for the first slot, then a longer break of two hours to
allow people to visit the trade hall, and then the 15:00 to 19:00 slot. The Evening slot will run 20:00 till
midnight, but looking at the information we’ve gathered over last few years,
we’ve seen that many don’t stay to play till late in the evening. With this in mind, we’re offering free
entrance to any GM offering games within the Morning and Afternoon slots, which
is where we need the majority of games to be available. That’s not to say that
you can’t offer a game in the evening as well, but the free entrance perk is
only for those running within the main part of the convention. Submissions for games can be made on the
portal on the Dragonmeet website or directly to me.
Events
We’re also looking for interesting events, things that don’t fit into
the basic categories of Board and RPG events, and we’ve had great success in
previous years with the miniature LARPS and freeform events that we’ve run, so
we’re looking to continue that and we’re interested to hear any ideas that you
might have. Again, get in touch directly
if you have an idea and we’ll see if we can take it forwards.
www.dragonmeet.co.uk
www.dragonmeet.co.uk
