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Post Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2017 1:14 pm 
 

I'm working on a project for Gen Con's 50th where we are taking the schedules from all of the Gen Cons and putting them into a database format and putting it online for people to peruse and hopefully use for some game and popular culture research.  This is being done through the Digital Scholarship Center at Temple University and Gen Con LLC is aware and supportive of the project.  I've gotten a few Acaeum members involved already, and I am hoping one more of you can help out.  We have schedule info for all of the years except for 1973, and I am looking for a scan of that program if any of you have one.  I don't expect it to have a lot of information as most of them from that period are rather spartan, but we are out to be completionists after all.  If you can help out please send me a PM.
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Post Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2017 2:41 pm 
 

I have 1974 and 1975 but not 1973, sorry I can't help.


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Post Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2017 3:26 pm 
 

Have you checked with Randy Porter the GenCon historian?


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Post Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2017 3:48 pm 
 

Yup, Randy is one of the people that has provided some materials for the project.
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Post Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2017 4:47 pm 
 

How about Mike Carr?


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Post Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2017 5:48 pm 
 

I'll check in with Mike.  I've asked him about some other things in the past that he might have hung on to but not this, thanks.
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Post Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2017 7:51 pm 
 

If you can wait about three weeks, I'll send you one. I'm away as usual...


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Post Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 10:31 am 
 

I can wait, that would be great Bill.  Thanks.
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Post Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2017 4:37 am 
 

Will the database include GenCons from outside the US???
Gen Con UK
Gen Con Benelux
Gen Con South Africa
Gen Con Australia


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Post Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2017 1:22 pm 
 

No it will not, at least not at this time.  It will be possible to expand it after this phase, assuming we can find the programs, but to get this done and online in time for the 50th we need to limit things.
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Post Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 11:11 am 
 

bbarsh wrote in Need Scan of 1973 Gen Con Program:If you can wait about three weeks, I'll send you one. I'm away as usual...


Hi Bill, I sent you a PM but figured I would post in here as well.  If you (or anyone else that has one) could send over pics of the schedule in that program it would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
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Post Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2017 2:17 am 
 

Just wanted to say, sounds cool looking forward to seeing the finished project. Thanks for putting it together.


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