Today was our first day attending Origins in wonderful Columbus, OH and here is all the juicy bits.

The hosts of the convention were wonderful and accomadating. John Kaufeld deserves serious kudos for guiding two Origins newbies through the paces.

I had a chance to meet Jolly Blackburn, who not only possesses the coolest name EVAR, but he also authored some really good Kingdoms of Kalamar books. While he is not the most prolific author, I've seen his name on some really good material and I was pleased to meet him.

I saw a very well put together wargame, called Armored Predators which used Flames of War miniatures and a large section of floor to play out World War II era battles. The game had 10+ players and rolled along nicely. Everyone appeared to have a good time playing. The game system was written by a John Reynolds of Walnut, CA. I was too tired to give it a shot, but I read the quick play rules (one single sided sheet of paper), and it seemed pretty quick to play.

KillerDM interviewed Anthony Gallela, who is the Executive Director of Orgins. The interview went really well.

We have some more interviews planned for tomrrow but I need to get some sleep now :)