The good folks at Mayfair Games published their official Origins 2009 report. It includes a slide show of photographs, along with a narrative about their experiences in Columbus, Ohio, this year.
They mention that 2,500 people came through and demoed games at their booth.
They sold every copy of the Steam board game they brought with them.
Mayfair Games Origins 2009 Report
Origins 2009 Report
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 [...]
Red Shirt Games at Origins and Gen Con Indy 2009
According to a June 9, 2009, post on the Red Shirt Games web site, General Glen’s Showdown will be released at Origins on June 29. They’ll have a booth across from Dwarven Forge, and will be running games Wednesday night through Sunday at noon. Showdown is their latest D12 game, which pits gunslingers, hombres, soldiers, [...]
Red Shirt Games 2008 Convention Photos
The great folks at Red Shirt Games (look in the history on this site and you’ll see I tend to rave about them every year at Origins) have published their 2008 convention photos. As I looked through them, I was surprised to see my own face posted there! If you’re curious to see what I [...]
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 [...]
Injurius Games at Origins 2008
This is the first of my reports from Origins 2008, which ended on
Sunday, June 29, 2008. I brought back around 130 pictures, which I’ll
be sharing the rest of the week here on the site.
The last few years at Origins, I’ve played a game run by Red Shirt Games. This year was no exception. The game [...]
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 [...]