On July 4th, the Emerald City Gamefest will hold a Gamers Garage Sale at theEpiscopal Church of the Redeemer in Kenmore. Role playing games, board games, card games, all will be on sale from 10AM to 5PM! The proceeds from this sale will go to pay for this year’s Emerald City Gamefest in November!

Open Gaming!


Try before you buy! Or bring a game and your friends and play a game or two! We’ll have table space set aside so that you and your friends can stop on by and play a couple of games on the 4th of July!

Participate in the Sale!

There are three ways that you can participate in the yard sale

• Stop by and browse!
• Bring your games by and we will sell them for you! *
• Donate your unloved and unwanted gaming items to the Gamefest!

*Just bring whatever you want to sell by or contact us to pick it up.  List the price you are willing to accept for the item and we will sell it for you and split the profits, 50/50.  Any unsold items will be returned to you.

When: July 4th, 2009
Where: Episcopal Church of the Redeemer
6211 NE 182nd Street
Kenmore, WA, 98028
Phone: (425) 486-3777
Time: 10am – 5pm
Email: yardsale@emeraldcitygamefest.org

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At the Sunday, August 12 meeting of the ECG Flying Committee, we met with Mr. Robert Masarik-Williams of Friends of Third Place Commons and confirmed the date, schedule and area available.

In an effort to respect the needs of the other patrons of TPC, this year’s event will occupy a smaller footprint and a shorter time block. However, with more experience in organizing this type of event and a good deal of brainstorming, we believe we have found ways to improve the quality of the experience for participants as well as for other patrons. It will be easier to find the games you are looking for, the event will be less noisy, we will have new demo games, and once again there will be prizes to win.

We feel confident the event will be as successful as last year’s!

Who, When, Where, How…

We hope to have role-playing games, board games, miniatures games, card games, etc. This event is specifically intended for “live” games rather than computer games, although it is alright if you wish to bring your computer and play pick-up LAN games.

WHO = Local Participating Community Gamers

Gamer Associations

Confirmed so far:

• Puget Sound Roleplayers Meetup Group
• Seattle Dungeons & Dragons Meetup Group
• Seattle Gamers Assemble (SGA)
• Third Place Gamers

Several other groups have been contacted and may also participate (more info soon!)

Sponsors

• Games Quarterly Magazine, organizers of National Games Week
• Third Place Commons, where the event will be held
• Morrigan Press, publishers of the Omni System and the new Terran Trade Authority RPG
• Exile Game Studio, publishers of Hollow Earth Expedition and the Ubiquity Roleplaying System
• Technomancer Press, publishers of low-cost high-adventure RPGs
• The Dreaming, friendly local gaming store in the University District
• Tri Tac Games, publishers such RPGs as Bureau 13, Fringeworthy and FTL: 2448, as well as tabletop games like the Monster Squash line
• The Game Matrix, friendly local gaming store in Tacoma
• Dreamstrands Comics, friendly local gaming store in Greenwood
• Raccoon Creek Games, publishers of the upcoming Crossroads RPG
• Avatar Gaming & Gifts, friendly local gaming store in Everett
• Fantastic Games, the frendly local gaming store in Edmonds.

WHEN

The event is held on Saturday November 25, two days after Thanksgiving, from 9AM to 7PM. The intro game, called “Cruel 2B Kind”, will be held in the upper parking lot from 9AM to 11AM; and the indoors games will be held in the Third Place Commons meeting room from 11AM to 7PM.

Note that from 1PM to 2PM, there will be a harp concert in the main Commons area; while we don’t have to stop playing, it may be kind of loud in general area (our HQ should still be alright).

The game schedule shows games that are already scheduled, but you can show up any time and borrow one of the games listed on this page to run it with your friends or whoever else in interested!

WHERE

Emerald City Gamefest will be held at Third Place Commons in Lake Forest Park.

Address

Lake Forest Park Towne Centre (click for Google Map)
Second Floor
17171 Bothell Way NE
Lake Forest Park, WA 98155
(206) 366-3302

This is a great location: bus service, free parking, free wi-fi access, large tables, and a great food court adjoining the area where we’ll be playing.

Getting There

By bus:

Routes 331 (Metro) and 522 (Sound Transit) stop at Lake Forest Park Towne Centre, and connect to many other routes. (The stop is Bothell Way NE & Ballinger NE on the schedules.)

By bicycle:

From Seattle

Head north on the Burke-Gilman Trail from the University District. Travel about 10 miles on the trail until you cross NE 165th St. About 600 feet farther down the trail, cross Bothell Way to your left at the marked crosswalk. The games area is on the 2nd floor in the food court.

From the East Side

Head east from downtown Bothell on the Sammamish River Trail, which becomes the Burke-Gilman Trail. (It is about 3 miles from downtown Bothell to the shopping center.) After passing Logboom Park (currently under construction), watch for a pedestrian crossing on your right that takes you across Bothell Way. The shopping center is to your left. The games area is on the 2nd floor in the food court.

By car:

From Points North of Mountlake Terrace

Head south on Interstate 5. Take the Highway 104 exit and turn left (east). Travel about 2 miles, Highway 104 (Ballinger Way NE) will dead-end at Bothell Way NE (and Lake Washington). The shopping center will be at the corner, on your right.

From Seattle

Head north on Interstate 5. Take the Highway 522 exit (AKA Lake City Way NE) and turn right (east). Travel about 4 miles, (Lake City Way NE becomes Bothell Way NE) then the shopping center will be on your left, immediately before the corner of Bothell Way NE and Highway 104 (Ballinger Way NE).

Alternately, get off at the NE 145 St./Highway 523 exit and turn right (east). Travel about 1.5 mile to Lake City Way NE (Highway 522). Turn left on Lake City Way (this is the point where Lake City Way NE becomes Bothell Way NE, so you may see a Bothell Way sign first). The shopping center will be on your left, immediately before the corner of Bothell Way NE and Highway 104.

From Shoreline

Head east on any major street, until you reach Highway 522 (Bothell Way NE), turn left (north). Travel a short distance (<4 miles), and the shopping center will be on your left, immediately before the corner of Bothell Way NE and Highway 104 (Ballinger Way NE).

From the East Side

Take Interstate 405. Take the 195th St./Beardslee exit and turn left (west); 195th street becomes Bothell Way NE. Travel about 5 miles, and the shopping center will be on your right, immediately after the corner of Bothell Way NE and Highway 104 (Ballinger Way NE).

Contacting Us

If you would like more information, please contact one of the following people, using “Emerald City Gamefest” in the subject line:

• mechante_anemone AT yahoo.com
• dungeonmastersguide AT gmail.com or call Jon at 425-293-9946

If you would like to help with organizing the event, you can sign up with the ECG organizers’ mailing list.

PLANNED EVENTS

Here is the game schedule as it currently stands. Additional games planned, but not yet scheduled, include Shadowrun 4th edition and Crossroads.

Games Available for Borrowing

Beginning at 11AM in the meeting room (or the common area, if we have need of more tables), we will have all manner of board games, roleplaying games and much more available for play. You are welcome to borrow any of them and start a game. Here is a partial list of games that will be available for play:

Role-playing Games

• Dungeons and Dragons
• Superhero Roleplaying

Board Games

• Settlers of Catan
• Domaine
• Polarity
• Apples to Apples
• Deadwood
• U.S. Patent #1
• Mancala
• Cribbage
• Trivia Pursuit

You will also have the opportunity to bring your own games to play at the event.

• See the game schedule for details on scheduled games, including several official demos.

Game Registration

Individuals or groups who wish to organize a game, demo, panel, or tournament can register online here. The earlier you let us know about your game so we can post a schedule here, the more interested people will show up!

Other Events

Prizes

Thanks to our sponsors, there will be door prizes and giveaways throughout the day. The schedule will be posted in the week prior to the event. We have received well over $1000 in very nice prizes from our sponsors, including board games, role-playing games, and comics (trade paperback).

Food Donation Box

We are partnering with Northwest Harvest to collect food donations. As the Holiday season begins, we hope everyone will feel inclined to share with those less fortunate. We will have a big box where you can drop off nonperishable food items.