Arisia presence at Boskone

[totient]

Got some mail today from Geri Sullivan, on the Boskone committee:

Hi!

Gay Ellen Dennett and I are running "Saturday Night Dead" at Boskone. It's a "when weirds collide" kind of thing, with the weirds in this case being Mardi Gras, Vampires, and a taste of N4's First Night. There's a games area open from 8:30-10pm Saturday, and we'd love for Arisia folks to help by running one of the tables/activities.

The possibilities still open are:

• Graveyard ring toss (toss glow-stick rings over crosses stuck into graves) -- plan is to make an ensmalled graveyard by puting down tarps, fake grass, and mounds of dirt for the graves.
  
• Ducks'n'devils -- duck pond game with duckies and devil duckies
  
• Pin the tail on the werewolf

Or, you'd be welcome to suggest/bring a game of your own. The other
activities we expect to have are:

• Cheeblemancy (Esther Friesner's twist on fortune-telling, IIUC)
  
• Blackjack
  
• Kabinki (dice game)
  
• Costuming (kid-oriented w/voodoo wands, crowns, and more)
  
• Face painting
  
• King of the Dead contest
  
• Fannish Tarot readings, using the fan tarot deck

We have generic Mardi Gras beads to give to everyone, and special strands to use as prizes. We also have a few other prizes, most notably a bunch of glass beakers.

What sounds good to you?

Now I'm also very interested in running an Arisia party on Saturday night, immediately following this event, and I don't want to burn people up. But it's an interesting thought. Anyone have any ideas?

Comments

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Wow. I'm in shock. Part of the reason we're not going to Boskone this year is that Saturday night is always so dead... I'm impressed that they're trying to put some life into it (so to speak). If you do take on a booth, though, I'd say it should have some connection (however tenuous) to Arisia, so you're getting publicity as well as gopher time. What, I don't know. Maybe you could run a lemonade stand with alcohol-free rocket fuel? If you think it could work but would cost too much, maybe they have to answer a question to get a cup, or something...

[palmwiz.livejournal.com]

sno-cones!

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Well, we have the snow!