As I write this, the Exhibit Hall at the Columbus Convention Center is being dismantled, the vendors are packing up their stuff, and the gamers are probably finishing a last few games. Origins 2009 is over. It always seems to pass so quickly. Sadly, tomorrow morning I’ll be getting up and going to work as [...]
Origins 2009 – Day One and Two
I’ve just attended the first two days of the Origins 2009 Game Fair here in Columbus, Ohio. I’ll be going back in a little while for day three, and wanted to share some quick thoughts and experiences.
While we’re still looking at mid-week attendance (Wednesday and Thursday), it seems to me like attendance is down a [...]
The Origins Experience
It’s hard to believe that Origins 2008 has come and gone already. For
those of you who have never heard of Origins, or those who’ve heard of
it but never been there, this article will try to convey some sense of
what Origins is all about, why people go there year after year, and why
you might want to [...]
Boardgames at Origins 2008
I took quite a few photos at Origins 2008, both to document some of the more interesting things I saw and to share with those who couldn’t or didn’t attend the convention a sense of what they missed.
As you walk around Origins, you’ll find gamers setting up everywhere, at all hours of the day and [...]
Origins in Pictures: Miniatures Gaming
Miniatures games are a big chunk of the action at Origins. An entire Exhibit Hall is set aside for tables of miniatures gaming. While I didn’t have the time or the batteries to document every interesting miniatures setup I saw in the hall, many of the more-impressive or more unusual ones appear below for your [...]