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Message: <blockquote data-quote="heirodule" data-source="post: 3635080" data-attributes="member: 4081">I had alot of fun. "downhill" is a subjective evaluation.I played alot of RPGA games (the Xendrik ones were good, and of the three cores, 1 good, one middle, one meh; Spider Queen was fun for a special)WOTC not having a booth was known, and understandable with Gencon soon after, and their apparent cost-cutting recently.Wizkids not having much of any presence was odd, and seems to fit a "downhill" trend. (they had what seemed like an unstaffed booth just displaying some stuff, unless I missed something)I keep playing too much RPGA and feel like I'm missing out on fun unique experiences. Next year I'm telling myself to focus on board and mini games. I wanted to play in decent tourneys of Battlelore, Carcasssone, and Memoir '44. But according to my read of the schedule, there were few slots of these, and severely limited seating (I still think the Mem '44 tourneys were a typo, only allowing 2 seats. I don't want to play one game! I want to play a round robin tourney and have the possibility of winning a series of games to come out on top...assuming I win, at least.) Maybe "real" tourneys for these games are all at WBC, but I can't do both cons, and WBC doesn't have as much diversity.There didn't seem to be a "new hot bardgame release" like past Origins had. Maybe that's just the state of the industry. The NDSM needs some new ad posters! ("Saddam, check your six" is outdated, thankfully!)FFG should have a booth, but didn't. Another disappointing thing was that Privateer Press and Rackham don't bring their entire lines for sale, just new stuff. Part of the fun of the dealer room is having the chance to see *everything*, even the stuff the FLGS might not have or be willing to get.I got lucky buying individual boosters of Night Below in small batches (2 frost giants, 2 dire wraiths, 2 scorrows, 1 raistilin!)a bit of decline is fine by me. It recalls Origins of the past! I wonder if numbers were really good.I think if they keep trying to bill Origins as family-friendly, they need to vett their dealers better. LARPErs wearing outre' outfits is to be expected and is avoidable, but the Dark Angels booth (<a href="http://www.williamnickjohns.com/the-Journey-so-far/" target="_blank">http://www.williamnickjohns.com/the-Journey-so-far/</a>   NSFW ) parading women in slutty underwear for commercial purposes shouldn't be allowed. I have 2 kids with me, and I'd like to cruise around the dealer room without that. (Even without kids, frankly.)</blockquote>

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