December 21, 2003
Boardgame area
Enough about those other guys. Suffice it to say that there were CCGs, there was roleplaying, and there was even a little wargaming going on. Must've been some miniatures, too, I just missed it. I wish I had more info to share about the exhibitor/dealer area, but I only had time to race through there, looking for booths that sold Überplay games (we couldn't sell any ourselves). Of course Wizards of the Coast had a big booth, as did Fantasy Flight. I saw a more regular sized booth for Steve Jackson Games. There were others, undoubtedly, but none stand out. No Rio Grande booth, and I don't recall one for Mayfair, either. (I may be wrong.) Hmm, I think there was probably a booth for Days of Wonder. No European publishers, and of course Überplay was represented only on the gaming tables, not in an actual booth. (Not this year, anyway.) In this photo you can see what about two-thirds of the boardgaming area looked like (the remaining third is a mostly empty set of additional tables off to the left of this photo). We "set up shop" for Überplay in the middle, occupying that long table all day.