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Jun-19-2007 14:30

This thread is for ideas, suggestions, proposals, etc. NO idea is too silly to mention :) although some might be too impractical to implement.

As possibilities become probabilities, I will create another thread for the Con itself and concrete facts/decisions/information.

Jul-14-2007 23:23

I like the idea of getting together to meet everyone. From the business standpoint i can see that it would probably help Ben and Sunny the most if it was tied in somehow to a gaming or video game convention. Something tied into the distro of the new game (Sleuth II right?) <I know I've been gone a while.> I've been getting interested in viral campaigns, advertising, and networking lately. Video podcasts, blog postings, digg, stumbleupon, and various other web 2.0 (ha ha) features could be utilized to help publicize the launch of the new game along with the sleuth con II.

Back to suggestions... in DC: The intl spy musem http://www.spymuseum.org/ San Fran has Alcatraz, plus the huge tie in to Dashielle Hammet. Los Angeles has lots of mystery dinners as well as MANY famous murder mystery locations which you can go to for tourist type places. (didn't say ideas would be in good taste.) As well as Raymond Chandler and many other Noir Writers. London has the Jack the Ripper tours as well as the Tower of London. I'm sure there has to be stuff like this in other major cities around the world. A mafia/Al Capone tour in Chicago maybe? New York is one of our cities in the game. Maybe a nice tie in to visit there.

Just some ideas, hope they spark some debate.

Jul-15-2007 03:51

::HHHUUUUUUGGGGGSSSSSSSSS:: I've missed you! :D

West Coast won't be this year. But, it's never too early to start looking for venues here. :)

It will be Mid-West... just have not made a firm decision yet as to where. I'm still researching locations and venues.

Jul-15-2007 05:05

Woo Hoo, lets hear it for the mid-west. I think hotels and overall expenses will be cheaper in the mid-west. So that will be a big plus.

Has anyone ever heard of the mystery dinner train and know what city that is located in?

Jul-15-2007 05:17

One suggestion that some turned in was:
http://www.themysterycafeindy.com/contents.html

Very similar to the dinner theater we attended in Orlando.

There is actually a Murder Mystery dinner train, but it is in Florida:
http://www.semgulf.com/

Jul-15-2007 12:11

There is also one in Seattle... but it is a little spendy :D

http://www.spiritofwashingtondinnertrain.com/events.cfm

Jul-15-2007 12:31

http://www.murdermysterytrain.com/blissfield.htm

http://www.random-acts.net/Midwest-Murder-Mysteries.html

And for those of us who would love to do the Orient Express, I give you the American Orient Express:

http://www.murdermystery.com/AOE/AOE%202005/Murder%20on%20the%20American%20Orient%20Express2.htm

Jul-15-2007 18:13

Not to be putting the idea of a murder mystery down, but since many are complaining about the cost to come, doesn't a murder mystery cost quite a bit per person?

Jul-15-2007 18:54

Wasn't the one last year just done by the organizers?

If it wasnt, it could be put together by volunteers who would be attending and therefore, cut the cost of the actual "dinner theater". It would be a nice creative outlet for people who want to participate.

Jul-15-2007 19:59

Biggie,

The organizers put on the treasure hunt, we went to a dinner theater for the murder mystery. The prices that I've seen in all the sites mentioned in this thread are reasonable, about $45 per person, that is pretty cheap for dinner and a show.

We did however, talk at SleuthConI about putting the murder mystery on ourselves. Carriemehome had some murder mystery games that she was going to send to Anikka for ideas of scripting one.

It was asked if we would all be willing participants and nobody declined the invitation.

Hopefuly SleuthCon II has a bigger turnout, and more importantly, I hope I can make that one as well

Jul-15-2007 20:22

Well, I'm glad the bickering has stopped. It sounds to me as though Rhiemma did a great job with Con I and will build upon her experience for Con II.

For a few pages of this thread I was deciding that I'd hold my own, personal, one-person only, Con here in Portugal. Reckoned it would be safer on my own!

I'm really glad to see sense prevail in these last couple of pages.

My best wishes to Rhiemma and her team (known and anonymous) as they prepare the main Con II. And also my best wishes to any other team who prepare Con IIa, IIb, IIc in different parts of the US or the World. An internet video conference thingy would be a good way of linking the groups.

As an actual suggestion, if the conference room(s) have internet access then perhaps there could be a Hunt for one morning/afternoon/evening at the Con. Online so that those of use who can't attend can be involved. It would probably have to be a variation prepared by the Sleuth Admin team so that it was possible to do it in a couple of hours.

The web video part of the conference could be a sort of extra - ie those of us who are not at any Con could pay to watch. The same with the Con Hunt - those of us not attending would pay to play. These would be small amounts but would hopefully cover the additional costs involved, especially in the web video link.

I can see myself sitting at my desk at 3 in the morning just to be involved in the Con! It's 3.45 here now and Sleuth time is 20.45! It would be fun - and the only way some of us could even hope to be involved.

Well, that's my input!