Origins starts tomorrow -- although we won't be offering any events until Thursday (which is when the convention really gets going). We've been hurrying to get everything ready and that includes all the loot we are giving out this year.
Everyone of the tournaments -- The Pairs Tournament on Thursday, the Rogue Trader Tournament on Saturday, and the Eight-Army Tournament on Sunday all come with trophies for the winners and extra prizes. The biggest goes to the winner of the RTT -- a large Grand Champion Trophy and a Space Marine Battalion box.
We are also offering prizes for the Apocalypse game -- every strategic point you control at the end of the game gives a gift certificate to the Soldiery, a shop here in Columbus. Never fear, if you are only in town for the event you can stop by their booth and use it there before you leave. We are also seeing if we can get free pizza for the game. Yum!
It is the Armoury in Pickerington that is providing the extra prizes for our biggest event, the RTT. The winner as I said gets a Space Marine box, Best General the new Eldar Fire Prism/Nightspinner, Best Sportsman the new IG Manticore/Deathstrike, and Best Painting the Foundation Paint Set.
And, remember, just showing up for one of our games gets you some free 40KOrigins.com dice!
We have our own "area" this year in the Miniatures Hall -- back toward the far right corner. You can't miss us, in part because we are bringing a new giant banner to point out where we are.
So, stop by even if you are not set on playing any of our games -- I bet we can change your mind when you see what we have on offer!
In case you haven't noticed event registration is now available at the
Origins website. Please be sure to sign up for one or more of our events.
Shadowvast has posted an update on his efforts to finish various projects for Origins on his website
here.
It's that time of year when 40KOrigins' various awards and extras start coming in from the manufacturers. Here is the latest -- the arrival of our official 40KOrigins.com dice!
We had orignally planned for red with white dots but for some strange reason Chessex unilaterially decided that our dice would look better being black with red dots. Oh well, still looks cool either way. And, regardless, the "6" is replaced with the 40KOrigins.com logo.
Everyone who plays one of our games gets a free die -- per event. So, if you play three you get three free dice! So, don't say we never get you nothing.
1) We have ordered the trophies for the Rogue Trader Tourament which should be in within a few weeks. Here is a look at the proofs they just sent me:
The end result will be awards of the same style as last year's (everyone seemed to really like them) made of acryllic.
2) We are still working on trophies on the other two tournaments, but I guarantee they'll be well worth taking home.
3) I also want to put in a request for anyone with any and all Apocalypse armies to please come and join us for The World's Largest Apocalypse Game on all day the 25th of June. I'd really like to see the most men and machines possible to show up. Doesn't matter if they are painted, just bring 'em. I want to change "World's Largest" from merely a goal to a straight-out fact. That means we need as many super-heavies, tanks, fliers, and titans as anyone can bring. Plus, we will provide the free pizza! Can't beat that!
I have received a number of emails asking how one can sign-up for our events at Origins so I thought I should better explain how things work.
We here at 40KOrigins.com run a whole range of 40K events at Origins, but we do not otherwise participate in the conduct of the convention in general nor do we have the ability to register people for events. All of that must be done through the Origins website at www.originsgamefair.com.
Well, at least it will in the near future as the event registration system is not yet online. You can register for the convention, but it is not yet possible to sign up for specific events. GAMA (the people who run Origins) have promised that the event registration system will be up this month (or course, they said that last month too). In their defense they are putting in a new web system.
As soon as the registration system is open for miniature games I will make sure to notify everyone and put up the link!
1) The official 40KOrigins.com dice have been ordered. I should be able to show off the large bag of red logo dice in a few weeks.
2) We are currently making last decisions about our trophies. We will probably use the same type as before for the RTT as everyone agreed they were great. For the other two and new tournaments we are looking at something suitably impressive, but different (and cheaper in cost, but not in look would be good as well).
3) Starting to get real infromation from Origins as to scheduling and whatnot. I will have more details soon, but I can tell you now that none of our events -- even the big tournaments -- will be more than $8. Most will be much less.
Origins is only 7 weeks away!
I talked about this earlier -- a free gift for anyone who plays one of our games this year. Well, here is the trial version I got back from the manufacturer the other day -- the official 40KOrigins.com six-sided dice:
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This is just the prototype so changes might be made, but I generally like it. The red is meant to match the same general color of our signs and banners we use at the fair itself.
The plan is that you get one free for playing one of our games -- and that is one per game. So, if you play a lot then you get a lot. We may also provide them in sets for larger prizes.
If anyone has any opinion about it feel free to give them in the comments section of this post.