I have talked to several people (Dog-O-War, Spagg, Roach Company {Manitou Joe}, the Ohio Gang, and the rest of the Boys From Illinois) about having a Midwest Shootout - kinda like Talamania but more centrally located. We got the game space in Southern Illinois but are short of crash space at the moment. If you got the gaming space for up to 5 or 6 games to be played simultaneously and have crash space for about 10 people, then you may be the Shangri-La we seek. People could fly into St Louis or KC and then drive or just drive in. If a mutually agreeable weekend can be reached then I think that it is entirely possible for all the " Boys" to make an appearance possibly even with a bit of terrain. Biggest drawback to this plan is no Philly Death Fries.
hmm. Just thinking out loud... We could host the tourny in my office, that would give us two twelve by four tables to play on, plus plenty of bathrooms and fridge, micro etc., bathrooms, and locally situated close to several bars. the crash space is a bit more complicated. Our normal playing spot is my empty apartment above the garage, i could move the table out of the living room for crash space. its a 700 plus square foot efficiency, with a queen bed, and have a couple of airmattresses we could throw down, I could reasonably get 4 guys in there.
if we are talking plenty of notice this may get kicked into the spring, to avoid the winter down here, which is prone to start anytime after halloween.
I beleive there is train service into Kansas City which is 2-3 hours away.
We are also up to traveling somewhere in between, be it KC, Springfield MO or whatever, but that is a whole new logistics. But I think it is worth the attempt. if we agree on a spot and a tentative weekend, I am happy to do some checking into facilities etc.
