ORIGINS 2022 - 8-12 JUNE

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Counting Down to Origins 2022 ~ Consolidated Wargaming Events

We've pulled an extract of the wargame/wargame-adjacent events this year - not just ours! - that are (so far) available in the downloadable CSV.

We'll update this as more events get finalized in the listings (there's at least 2 NSDM events in TTE that are not in the download yet, for instance)

https://www.armchairdragoons.com/events/cons/o22-wgevents/

[Advocator (Scott)]

I think 1/2 my scheduled time is with you guys. Thursday, Command Post and Age of Dogfights. Friday, Team COIN and Zurmat. Saturday, Second World War at Sea. And then the raffle on Sunday.

I looked into Song for War and Shores of Tripoli, but neither fit with the other things I've got going on. That said, if I end up with some free time, I'd love to get an impromptu Shores of Tripoli in as I've heard very good things.

[bayonetbrant]

Dude....  Song For War is a blast, and since it's not released yet, this is one of the few places that you can get a game of it.  I'd definitely recommend trying to find a way to get that into your schedule, even if it's the Sunday morning one and you're just half-listening to the raffle.  You'll be 20 feet away and we know what you look like

[Advocator (Scott)]

And I was afraid you were going to say that... Ugh. Fine, I'll go see if I can redo my schedule a bit. I originally had it on Thursday, but realized that my wife is being kind enough to come up on Thursday and spend the day mostly twiddling her thumbs since the Art Festival doesn't start until Friday, so I decided that it be wise to set aside time for dinner with her on Thursday afternoon...

I already had someone move something an hour earlier on Sunday to make sure I'd be at the raffle. I might be able to cancel on someone Friday night and swap Command Post from Thursday to Friday.

Edit: If you had to pick between Song for War and WW2 at Sea, which would you go for? The way your running WW2 at Sea made me interested in it, but my local group is trying to learn Pacific War, so let's face it, Origins is the only place I'd end up playing it.

[bayonetbrant]

Edit: If you had to pick between Song for War and WW2 at Sea, which would you go for? The way your running WW2 at Sea made me interested in it, but my local group is trying to learn Pacific War, so let's face it, Origins is the only place I'd end up playing it.

SWWAS is being run double-blind, which is the kind of thing you might only get to do at a convention, so that's tough to say 'no' to.  Plus Rick does a great job of building the tension in the game.

But Song For War isn't released yet, so this is a chance to learn it, and play with some fun dudes who do the design work, which will let you know if you should buy it or not.

So I guess I'm saying....

[Advocator (Scott)]

Wiggling accomplished. I snagged the 4th seat in Thursday's Song for War game and switched over the the Command Post on Friday evening. My friends on the Nostromo... err Nemesis (sorry, Disney, don't sue me) will have to fight off the alien menace without me. But since I can't be commanding a space ship, I'd very much like to be the general commander for the command post game. It's a role I've yet to fill and, especially after my online Kriegsspiels, I think it be fun.

Now, I remain in a situation where I'd still be interested in giving Shores of Tripoli a go if we both end up with the time and energy. (And, no, none of the current time slots fit without me really wrecking my schedule.)

[bayonetbrant]

Now, I remain in a situation where I'd still be interested in giving Shores of Tripoli a go if we both end up with the time and energy. (And, no, none of the current time slots fit without me really wrecking my schedule.)

Kevin's going to be working out of our area, so there's a non-zero chance you could talk him into a game

[bayonetbrant]

Counting Down to Origins 2022 ~ Wargames in the Vendor Hall
The extract of wargame and wargame-adjacent companies in the vendor hall at Origins 2022

https://www.armchairdragoons.com/events/cons/o22-vendors/

[bayonetbrant]

OK, so what's "off the books" that we're planning on having there to play?

Robotech Reconstruction will probably hit the table at some point

Assault Games' Assault: Red Horizon '41 will definitely be on the table

BayonetGames' Warfighter series on Friday, early morning

*might* have a copy of Littoral Commander with us from The Deitz Foundation

that's just what we know of so far

[Advocator (Scott)]

Well, half my schedule is AD stuff. That which isn't would currently by Glory to Rome, Mosaic, Battlestar Galactica, Fortress America, Maracaibo, and probably Barrage and Age of Steam. I say probably on those last two because the Barrage game I thought was going to be taking place on Saturday and it now is being discussed for Friday and I'm not skipping Command Post for a Euro I can play with my local group. And Age of Steam would be with some of my local group and was suppose to take place right after Barrage.

If Barrage does fall through, I may try to pull my local guy into something war game related on Saturday in the hopes of sucking him into this corner of the hobby.

[bayonetbrant]

Details about all of our events, both official and less-than-official

https://www.armchairdragoons.com/news/o22-whq-eventpreviews/

[Martok]

Brant and the other guys attending are gonna give me so much crap about this...   


https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/academygames/stellaris-infinite-legacy/posts/3517224

[bayonetbrant]

you had the chance to come! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

don't worry, we'll take pictures for you

[bayonetbrant]

Most of y'all won't get why this is so damned funny, but this chucklehead chimes in on damn near every single question posted in the official Origins FB groups with a very self-assured answer regardless of whether or not he's even remotely correct.

(just off the top of my head)
Someone asked about vendors collecting local sales tax (required by law) with some totally made up bullshit and a very wrong percentage rate
He tried telling us that some fantasy minis skirmish game belonged on our wargame event extract because "they designed it to appeal to wargamers"
He's twice given out the wrong hours for the gaming hall, despite the correct answer being posted on the Origins website


so what's he's said is absolutely true
but what he does seems to indicate he doesn't really believe that


ps: he's also allergic to punctuation, and some of the vocabulary malapropos are pretty funny

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