Part two of our photo-based coverage of the Origins 2010 Exhibit Hall.
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Stafford Games in the UK has cut the price on Battlefront’s IT113 Semoventa 105/25 tank miniature from GBP 6.50 to 5.85. Wargames Miniatures, a US distributor for Baueda, Britannia, Essex, FAA, and other miniatures, is offering a variety of miniatures at 5% off. These include (but aren’t limited to) Essex’s DD37 “Orc with sword and [...]
Today’s Miniatures Games News: The Baccus 6mm site has a photo of a new employee. It also says that “the ranks of the Napoleonic Spanish swelled by the addition of the Grenadiers.” There are two releases in a range of British buildings from Timecast. Crocodile Games is heading off to Historicon in Valley Forge, PA. [...]
The Mayfair Games web site lists some new July 2010 events. They’ll be at the Hobbytown Convention and Trade Show on July 14 in Lincoln, Nebraska. The worldwide Catan Championship Pre-Qualifier with be held in Quincy, Illinois, on July 17-18. Petrie’s Family Games Catan Tournament will be held in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on July 24. [...]
According to the Midnight Syndicate web site, The Dark Masquerade EP is available now. In addition, there will be The Dead Matter screenings, special events, and cast signings at DragonCon.
Of the 823 board game sites I’m monitoring, the following had news items for today: Bruno Faidutti’s site contains information about the Steve Jackson Games “Spooks” card game, Queen Games’ “Fresco“, and says that Asmodee’s “Dixit” has won the 2010 Game of the Year award in Germany. Fragor Games says it’s working on its 2010 [...]
A scan of the 73 game accessories makers I’m monitoring for news revealed the following items: BradyGames has released two new strategy guides, one for the Singularity OSG and Alpha Protocol. Dwarven Forge is taking pre-orders for their new ruins set of miniatures gaming terrain. The pre-order deadline is August 2, 2010. That’s all for [...]
Earlier, I shared my overall impressions about Origins 2010, and those of some people I gamed with there. While there were a number of issues I dealt with (being overcharged for generic tokens, writing seminars not listed in the event calendar, not being able to find a game or two, etc.) it was still a [...]
Today I checked in at Origins and picked up my admission badge and tickets. At 11am, I played Steve Jackson’s Munchkin card game with three other adults and a child. As is typical for my experiences at conventions, the child won. Her prize was a Munchkin coin. I spent a lot of the afternoon reading [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]