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Post by andrea sfiligoi on Feb 28, 2010 16:08:07 GMT 1
It's confirmed: Andrea and Sergio will attend Origins in Columbus, OH on June. There will be tables for SBH, SDS, and Flying Lead as main attractions. In addition, Andrea will run a session of Familiars and a session of Tales of Blades and Heroes RPG; printed copies of Armageddon Hour will be available for those wishing to pick it up; Andrea will also run a table with Song of Armies and Hordes (SBH large scale combat) and Sergio will run hs ACW company-level game (tentatively named Sixty-one Sixty-Five, or 6165).
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Post by andrea sfiligoi on Feb 28, 2010 16:22:13 GMT 1
All the tables wil start from 9 AM to the afternoon; the RPG events will be held at night after dinnertime.
Here's the program:
Wednesday
SDS: 8 games (9 to 6)
SBH: 8 games (9 to 6)
Thursday
SDS: 8 games (9 to 6)
FL: 4 games (9 to 4) Urban fight, US infantry vs insurgents OR gangsters vs cops
Familiars RPG: 8 pm, 3 to 5 players
Friday
SDS 8 games, 9 to 6pm
SBH 5 games, 9 to 4pm
SAH 1 game for one or two players starting at 5 pm
TBH 1 game for 3 to 5 players starting at 9 pm
Saturday
6165 ACW game: 4 games, 9am to 4 pm
SBH: 8 games, 9am to 6pm
Sunday
SDS 2 games at 9am and 10am
SAH 1 game at 9am
All players participating to the SAH and 6165 ACW games will be listed in the book as playtesters.
Andrea will be available to demo Armageddon Hour when not running other games, so just drop by our tables in the miniature hall and ask!
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Post by michael on Feb 28, 2010 17:19:47 GMT 1
cool i will be there all 4 days so i will stop by to try out the games . really cool man .
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Post by papermakeit on Feb 28, 2010 20:31:23 GMT 1
Ooooh! This is a great piece of news! Have a nice trip, mates!
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Post by richjones on Feb 28, 2010 21:37:19 GMT 1
Now if only I can wrangle a few days off ... I could help out with the FL games  |
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Post by croaker on Mar 1, 2010 22:11:00 GMT 1
I do not mean to offend those who love Origins, but why Origins and not GenCon?
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Post by mikez on Mar 2, 2010 0:21:42 GMT 1
Gencon currently sucks for miniature gaming unless your Privateer Press or Catalyst Games.
Last year the majority of the miniature games were stuck up on the second floor away from the majority of the foot traffic.
I ran a number of SDS and SoBH games and I had 0 drop-ins. Every single person that played had pre-registered. Each day, I had at least 1 session where I didn't have any players. Nobody had signed up and there wasn't any foot traffic for me to recruit players from.
I've run games at Gencon for over a decade and have never had such a bad location (in terms of foot traffic) as I did last year and that includes the "year of the basement" at Gencon '97.
It was so bad that I am not even attending Gencon this year (first time in 18 years). In 2011, when the construction is complete, it should be a better venue for miniature games as there will be more space available and everything should be in the same room.
Mike Z
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Post by andrea sfiligoi on Mar 2, 2010 17:38:43 GMT 1
I can only afford one trip to the States per year; over the Internet, the Origins people have been much more supportive and generous while the GenCon people were just, uhm, telling me to line up with the others (not that I wanted any special treatment, I just wonder how many people they have paying for a $700 flight and flying over from Europe to run games-- they have no allowance for GMs, or at least failed to tell me; I asked if I could sell my books to make up for my expenses and they told me if I wanted to sell my books I had to pay for booth space. Which would kinda defeat the purpose of recouping expenses :-)).
Anyway, we'll see. I have friends in Indy that could let me sleep in their apartment, I might find a cheap last-minute flight and make it to GenCon too.
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Post by andrea sfiligoi on Mar 2, 2010 17:40:56 GMT 1
Of course if Rich manages to come, I imagine there will be a permanent FL table :-) and I will use my FL time to demo some other game. It's mostly a matter of how many miniatures we can carry. I prefer to have them in my hand luggage as they can be opened and checked at the airport and not mistaken for bullets or worse.
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Post by croaker on Mar 2, 2010 19:07:41 GMT 1
Mikez - that is unfortunate that your miniature gaming experience has been so negative. I have always enjoyed having a separate hall from all the card games and what not. I agree with you that the venue is much accomdodating to bigger game companies. Of course, I have never heard of Catalyst. I have played plenty of Warmachine, 40k, DDM, SWM, etc. I hope some fans show up as I would like to play with some outside of my normal group to get a feel for how others play these great games.
Andrea - I am not surprised at GenCon's lack of support. It really has turned into a money making operation first and game convention second. Small game publishers have a difficult time and I have heard many times that it is difficult to cover their expenses. Now I have a better idea why after your explanation. I hope to make it to Origins one of these days, but one game convention a year is about all I can afford money and time wise. GenCon just has so much more to offer me compared to Origins currently.
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Post by mikez on Mar 2, 2010 20:33:39 GMT 1
BTW, Catalyst are the current producers of BattleTech. Mikez - that is unfortunate that your miniature gaming experience has been so negative. Just the last few years have been negative. I've been running games at Gencon since '96 and have seen many different configurations. The absolute best configuration is when everything is in the same room. Either all miniature games or the miniatures and board games together. This generates lots of foot traffic and raises the visibility of the different games. Mike Z |
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Post by mikedemana on Mar 2, 2010 22:41:50 GMT 1
Andrea and Sergio, It will be great to have you back in Columbus, again! Having just talked to my buddy Dave Zecchini, I can let you know he is running his The Vault scenario again at Origins, this year. It uses MDRG rules. He will run it Thursday and Friday evening at 7 pm, and again on Saturday at noon. It is a gorgeous board, and people always have a blast playing it. Lots of pics of folks playing it at: www.vitruvianzeke.com/ProjectHulk/ProjectHulk.htmlOrigins has a HUGE selection of miniatures games, so anyone interested and trying out lots of different stuff, plan on attending! Mike Demana |
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Post by boromirandkermit on Mar 3, 2010 11:22:50 GMT 1
Would love to be there to get in a game of Song of Armies and Hordes - great opportunity to see how it plays... ... I love living in Australia, but sometimes...  Cheers, Ben. |
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Post by Outpost Eagle on Mar 4, 2010 14:32:10 GMT 1
I too would like to see how Song of Armies and Hordes works, and lucky for me, its less than two hours from my house Sorry Ben, not rubbing it in I would love to visit the land down under one day. I do plan on stopping by the Ganesha Games booth and checking things out! |
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Post by croaker on Mar 4, 2010 16:49:12 GMT 1
I am also very pumped to see Song of Armies and Hordes. If I did attend Origins this year, it would be just to play that game. With only a couple of games being offered I would be a little scared of making the committment.
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