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It was a great event with over 300 tables of Pathfinder, Starfinder, Quests, and Pathfinder 2nd Ed. playtest demos. There was a little bit of eveything for fans of Paizo to enjoy.
This is definitely one of my favorite cons, things are easy to get to and food is cheap. The Columbus area doesn't feel like your getting priced out like other big cons. My favorite was parking $50 for five days of parking! You just cant get 13 Slots of Organized Play for the same price anywhere else.
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I love Origins! Tonya summed it up perfectly. To me, Origins is how Gencon was back in 2009.
I want to thank the volunteers and organizers this year, such a great convention!
And Mark, I think you're doing a great job with Pathfinder 2E, loved the demo and Rose street, very impressed with the design, and I'm looking forward to the playtest time!
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From Mark:One of my highlights was hearing from our crack team of volunteers (who did an amazing job!) how their demo runs had turned out, only to discover that they and their players were as excited as I was; in fact, one of the volunteers for 3 out of 5 days enjoyed the Pathfinder Second Edition demos so much that she asked to fill up the rest of her days with demos instead of playing.
Kudos to her. She also donated dice to the PSA area for the kiddos to take home.
It was great getting to play in the special and playtest, as well meeting or re-meeting the OP staff.
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I had a great time at Origins this year (though it was my least PFS centric con attendance since the early 2010s because I only volunteered to GM enough to get my badge)
I had what I would describe as a pretty lousy time playtesting 2nd edition as the very first thing I did at the con, and had a pretty rotten time playing at the one PFS table I had as a player and consequently devoted more of my time to other hobbies this time around.
I GM'd 3 amazing tables, two with same set of 6 who had clearly come to the con together and had amazing chemistry roleplaying together, cheers to you guys, you really did make my con.
I did make sure to play some starfinder and the special and holy crap that was well done. The atmosphere for the Scoured Stars special was phenomenal and whoever did the overseer role was just stupendous as Luwazi Elsebo. I didn't think I could still be impressed with a special after the multi-table spam of the small cons these last two years but this was pretty above and beyond, excellent work all around.
Sunday morning I was a standby GM and got to play a table of Beyond Halflight path with Gino and his daughter running the game as a tandem and was the perfect sleepy way to end the con after a long 4 day run on little sleep.
Overall pretty good con, see ya in two years (I rotate origins and gen con because money).
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I had what I would describe as a pretty lousy time playtesting 2nd edition as the very first thing I did at the con, and had a pretty rotten time playing at the one PFS table I had as a player and consequently devoted more of my time to other hobbies this time around.
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Sunday morning I was a standby GM and got to play a table of Beyond Halflight path with Gino and his daughter running the game as a tandem and was the perfect sleepy way to end the con after a long 4 day run on little sleep.Overall pretty good con, see ya in two years (I rotate origins and gen con because money).
Please contact the Origins Leads with specifics on the tables that weren't the best. The organizers are always interested in knowing areas that need improvement.
...I had a blast running Halflight all week. It is really well structured to allow a GM to run it repeatedly and keep telling new stories. Alex enjoyed getting a chance to run for grown-ups. She normally runs PSA.
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GenCon is still in need of GMs. As a 5-star, I assume you'd be qualified to take on a full 8-slot schedule. That earns you a badge and 1/4 hotel room. It's a lot of hours, but I find it very rewarding. Running tables for new people is a blast.
There's a thread around here somewhere with all the details to sign-up.
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Please contact the Origins Leads with specifics on the tables that weren't the best. The organizers are always interested in knowing areas that need improvement.
I actually already did, and was satisfied with the response.
I am considering going to Gen Con (I do have the days off) but I am loathe to go to a second con in a row without my wife (and she does not have the days off, plus I doubt they still need HQ help).
I may buckle though.
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Please contact the Origins Leads with specifics on the tables that weren't the best. The organizers are always interested in knowing areas that need improvement.
I actually already did, and was satisfied with the response.
I am considering going to Gen Con (I do have the days off) but I am loathe to go to a second con in a row without my wife (and she does not have the days off, plus I doubt they still need HQ help).
I may buckle though.
They may be able to work some things out, if there are HQ folks that could GM instead.
You know you want to!
I've GM'd one smaller con for Starfinder Society (Cleveland ConCoction 2018) and this was a very different experience. So much energy! I was so anxious about running a table during the special, but my players were great folks who rolled with all the punches and the material was so great that my anxiety was replaced with enthusiasm.
Even though I basically lost my voice after my first or second table on Friday! Thankful for the patience of folks who sat with me.
HQ volunteers were awesome, every single one. I had everything I needed from them and on top of efficiency they were just really fun and friendly. I'm driven to do this more often where and when I can, even if I can't afford to make it out to other big conventions very often. I expect to be lining up to volunteer for Origins 2019.