So, yeah, the title of this blog entry is a little misleading. I wasn’t really at Origins today. I spent the day at the store. It was a nice break from the con, and it’s been a nice day at the shop. Lots of new faces came in today (as most of the familiar faces [...]
Another day at Origins is over for me. I’m back at the store and reflecting back upon the day.
This years con seems….off to me. Now, granted, my convention experiences pretty much begin and end with activities in the Dealers Room. Outside of demos, I don’t play in any games at conventions. I know, I know, [...]
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 [...]
I’ve been working on a couple projects here at the store in between helping customers today.
I turned the game room into a miniature T-shirt factory. I was brainstorming with a customer the other day (Thanks, Blue!) about ways to promote the store at Origins this week and I thought about T-shirts. However, there was no [...]
Ah, my favorite time of year is upon us once again! Convention Season!
The Origins Game Fair begins this Wednesday right here in Columbus, Ohio. It runs from Wednesday through Sunday (the dealers room opens on Thursday morning).
While Origins has lost some of it’s luster over the past couple of years as some of the bigger [...]
The good folks over at TCGPlayer.com have posted some video coverage from the recent GAMA Trade Show. This video covers the upcoming World of Warcraft Miniatures Game that a bunch of us here at Alley Cat are really looking forward to.
Check it out!
The first game of Fantasy Flight Games‘ long-awaited and much anticipated Mutant Chronicles Collectible Miniatures Game was played today at Alley Cat!
The game is not quite out yet (expected in May), but FFG was giving away copies to retailers at the GAMA (Game Manufacturers of America) tradeshow going on right now in Vegas. I wasn’t [...]
Back in February Upper Deck announced they would be producing a collectible, pre-painted miniatures game based upon the World of Warcraft property. I was pretty excited about this announcement, even though I haven’t played either the online game nor the trading card game.
However, I have played the old Warcraft 1 & 2 games and loved [...]
This post is a bit overdue, but last Friday night we held an Opening Party for the latest set of Star Wars Miniatures, Legacy of the Force.
We’ve got a pretty dedicated group of Star Wars Minis players here at Alley Cat. They ordered seven cases just amongst themselves, so we set aside Friday evening to [...]
Yesterday I came across a brochure for Studio 2 Publishing that I must have had since Origins or Gen Con from last summer. I was flipping through it and came across a page for a new game called Slaughter Gulch. I had never heard of it before, but as I was reading the description I [...]
