Origins 2008 – Day 1
I spent the day downtown at the Greater Columbus Convention Center at the Origins Game Fair today!
I spent the morning wandering around checking out what there was too see. Honestly, I didn’t see a whole lot that excited me on my first pass through the dealers room. As I mentioned in a previous entry many of the big companies (Wizards of the Coast, Wizkids and Upper Deck specifically) no longer attend the show, I and really feel that took a lot of the wind out of Origins sails…at least for me.
However, Privateer Press was there (albeit in a much smaller booth than previous years) and they had some paint masters for their upcoming Monsterpocalypse Collectible Miniatures Game that’s coming out this Fall. I grew up watching Godzilla movies every Saturday on KTVU Channel 2 in the Bay Area, and cannot wait for this game of monster mayhem!
This game looks to be a whole lotta fun! Check out the development blog here for more information about the game. I can’t wait for Gen Con for a chance to play this one.
I spent the afternoon running demos of Mutant Chronicles for Fantasy Flight Games. I had the priviledge of meeting Mutant Chronicles Line Coordinator Tony Dulac in person, and I got to show folks how to play this awesome new game. It was a lot of fun with only a few bumpy spots as some rules got jumbled in my brain (the problem with playing too many different game systems). Hopefully the folks who were able to demo the game today became interested enough to check it out when it gets released this summer. I really think this game has tremendous potential and want to see it do well.
I was running demos in the Miniatures Hall. Lucas from FFG was also running some demos at the FFG booth (as seen above).
Below is a shot of one of the awesome demo tables that FFG staffer Bexley built for Gen Con last summer. I’m a sucker for cool gaming terrain.
Speaking of cool gaming terrain. I snapped a few pics of this incredible table that was being used for Dark Age demos. It’s really an amazing piece. Dark Age Games have a tutorial on how this board was constructed on their website. You can checkout on their Articles page!
It’s back to the Con tomorrow to run demos for AT-43 and Confrontation. I’ll be at the store on Saturday (we’re open regular hours on Saturday) then back at Origins again on Sunday for more Mutant Chronicles.
Be sure to check back tomorrow evening for Part 2 of my Origins 2008 report.
