New SAIT venue for FallCon is okay. Lots of space, lots of tables. Big enough room that you could still play while the auction was going on. Food choices in the immediate vicinity weren't great (the cafe upstairs was sold out of everything by 12:30 on Saturday - I guess nobody warned them there would 700 people downstairs all weekend who needed to eat). And $7 parking a day x3 adds up. But I guess they needed to expand. Incredible how fast this hobby is growing.
Played Hands in the Sea, 878 Vikings - Invasion of England, Combat Commander, and Star Trek Ascendancy. Lots of people taking pictures of us playing the latter when the Stormtroopers gathered around Saturday night for the obligatory Star Wars vs Star Trek ribbing. Brought my daughter to FallCon today for the first time. Nice to see this develop into a family con.
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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Went yesterday. The auction was rough, I had about four or five games where I was down to the wire but just couldn't justify going any higher. Ended up with nothing. Most stuff wasn't that good a deal; for example there was one copy of Captain Sonar in there which sold for $57... which is about what it costs on Amazon for a new copy.
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The FallCon auction is weird that way. A popular, in-print game will often go for 80+ per cent of what you'd pay for new. I think a lot of people just show up at the auction with a pocket full of cash, and will cheerfully pay only marginally less than retail to avoid a trip to the Sentry Box or making an order online. Good for sellers, though. I always take home a tidy pile of cash from my auction items.
For buyers, you often get better deals at the flea market in Sunday, especially later in the morning when the vendors want to get rid of stuff so the don't have to carry it back to their car.