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Who's going to Origins 2016?

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14 Apr 2016 14:57 #225864 by hotseatgames
I'm going for the full con. I'm still trying to find a hotel room downtown for Wednesday June 15th and Thursday June 16th, so if anyone has one and wants to split costs, send me a message.

I never expected the rooms to disappear the way they did; that's more of a Gen Con thing in my experience. I figure either there is another big event in downtown Columbus at the same time, or Origins suddenly got a lot bigger...

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14 Apr 2016 15:05 - 14 Apr 2016 15:05 #225865 by charlest
Every con seems to be growing rapidly. Our local con, Geekway, has roughly 1600 tickets and sold out in record time, five months before the convention itself. Gen Con continues to grow year after year. BGG Con sold out in under 2 hours this year (last year it was 2 days).
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17 Apr 2016 17:07 #226010 by engelstein
I should be there for all of it. First time in about five years we're going to Origins, thanks to my daughter spending the summer outside Columbus for a college research project.

I'll be showing Dragon & Flagon and The Fog of War if anyone is interested in checking them out.

Geoff

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03 May 2016 08:00 #226817 by Bernie
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I will be at the entire con.

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03 May 2016 10:08 #226829 by RobertB
I'm planning on doing Friday and Saturday. I might do Thursday as well. Assuming the spousal unit doesn't schedule vacation trips on the same weekend at the last minute.

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03 May 2016 12:20 #226843 by ThirstyMan

Bernie wrote: I will be at the entire con.


Bernie, you going to WBC?

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05 May 2016 00:51 #226998 by Bernie
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Not this year, just not in the cards for me.

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03 Jun 2016 11:38 #228562 by xthexlo
I'll be there Thus and most of Fri. I'll have an advance copy of Zimby Mojo with me if anyone wants to play. I'll also be demoing Zimby Mojo at the BGG booth at 1:45pm Thurs. If you can, please stop by and say hello!

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15 Jun 2016 07:48 #228964 by drewcula
I bought a ticket last night for Friday only. Coming in Thursday night, con on Friday, heading home Saturday morning.

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15 Jun 2016 10:34 #228974 by Million Dollar Mimring
I've already spent my con allowance this year, but I'm interested in Origins for next year. How does it exactly work? I spend 30 to 50 dollars for a badge and then there is open gaming? Or do I need to purchase tickets for certain rooms? If I purchase a badge for certain rooms is it only good for X amount of time or the entire con?

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16 Jun 2016 10:14 - 16 Jun 2016 10:16 #228992 by RobertB
Million Dollar Mimring wrote:

I've already spent my con allowance this year, but I'm interested in Origins for next year. How does it exactly work? I spend 30 to 50 dollars for a badge and then there is open gaming? Or do I need to purchase tickets for certain rooms? If I purchase a badge for certain rooms is it only good for X amount of time or the entire con?


Any of the ribbons that I've bought, such as for the CABS Board Room and the vaguely dirty Puffing Billy tournament, are good for the entire event. CABS/Origins doesn't offer per-day ribbons, so you'll pay $20 for one day, or for the whole tournament. CABS used to offer 2 hours for a generic ticket, but I'm pretty sure that they stopped that. PB used to offer the same, but I don't know how they work it now - way back when, games went off every 3 hours, so you could pay a ticket and get into a game.

There's open gaming, but it's of a 'bring your game, bring your friends, and find a table' nature. There's no matchmaking organization that doesn't involve spending a ticket or buying a ribbon.
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16 Jun 2016 10:27 #228993 by SuperflyPete
Dave Roswell and I will be there in 2 hours

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16 Jun 2016 10:35 #228994 by RobertB
Work sucks, so I won't be getting there until tomorrow evening maybe, or Saturday for sure.

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19 Jun 2016 21:32 #229126 by hotseatgames
Had an absolute blast. Some highlights:
1. Getting good response / feedback on my latest prototype, with publisher interest.
2. Playing the demo boss encounter of Dark Souls. I was the only person who tried the demo (as of the time I played it) who defeated the boss. It was fun. I can't speak to the rest of the game. But the boss encounter was cool.
3. Played Zombicide Black Plague... the intro scenario. It was fun, although too easy. I'm sure it gets much harder. It really confirmed that I think Massive Darkness will be fun.
4. Playing Xia: Legends of a Drift System with SuperflyTNT and Dave Roswell. I thought the game was cool, even though roll and move drives me up the wall.
5. Finally getting to play Thunder Road, with the above partners in crime. Another cool, fun old game, and again, roll and move. Grrr...
6. A 4 person game of Psycho Raiders. My partner and I were the psychos, chasing Pete and Dave as the campers. Dave thought his lovely ladies were going to escape, but a sinister Sheriff slowed him down. All 3 campers were felled in the same turn.
7. A dastardly 5 player game of Spartacus, on a lovely octagonal gaming table from boardgametables.com. I'm going to kickstart the Duchess, which was also on hand.
8. Getting to play Dungeon. What a fun, random game. Some player interaction would be nice.
9. A wild 5 player game of Fiasco that ran for perhaps too long, but it was hilarious. Dave's character ended the story missing 3 toes, part of an ear, and his balls.

The low point? SuperFlyTNT subjecting me to OctoDice.
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20 Jun 2016 13:59 #229150 by metalface13
Crap, for some reason I thought Origins was in Cincinnati, not Columbus. Columbus is much closer. though WBC is even closer.

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