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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Storminator" data-source="post: 968364" data-attributes="member: 305">Late at night here at Origins, and I've got the internet in my hotel room.I've never been to a Con, so I have no idea what to look for. So here's my scattershot...Dealer room is really cool. All kinds of cool things to check out! Lots of game demos, just sit down and play. Only thing I played was a few moves of a circular chess board that was immensely cool. (must have been cool, overused that word...)My wife is very popular on the Reaper minis boards, so we spent a bit of time at the Reaper booth to chat with her pals.Only game I signed up for was Risk 2210 (I won, moving on to semi-finals Monday). I spent a lot of time in the tabletop/minis room. There are some really amazing terrain pieces! Highlights: Lighthouse at Alexandria, a WWII tank battle, and a shooter game set in a game convention. The last one had tiny terrain game booths, with lots of great touches. There was also a Giant Settlers of Catan set, with each hex about a foot wide, and fully modeled terrain for each hex. The guys playing said it was a bit cumbersome to play on, but it looked great.I had some time to kill before my wife's game let out, so I wandered the halls. I saw lots of historical wargaming played, and my god! So many little cardboard chits! I saw tables that must have had 5000+ chits. I've played a few such games long ago, and I'm amazed I had the time and patience. I don't think I could do it again.I saw some Cheap-ass game in the hallway, that involved people running around and throwing balls in garbage cans. It seemed pretty silly, but also lots of fun.We ended the night crashing RPGs with the Reaper folks, checking out what minis people used. All the Reapers are great people. I met Sandra Garrity, and if you're listening Nobeard, she not only remembers you, but she went to the ENWorld thread where you talked about her fixing up your mini and printed the whole thread out, "because he said such nice things!" She's a real sweet lady.That's all the rambling I've got, maybe more tomorrow! I'm going to play in Steve Jackson's pirate game, and see if I can rope him into playing a session of Melee with Bobby Jackson from Reaper.PS</blockquote>

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