Origins 2010
Sunday we drove back from our trip to Columbus, Ohio and the 2010 Origins Game Fair.
As usual, the convention was a great time. Unfortunately, this year was unusual in that many of the typical Ithaca crew weren’t able to make it for one reason or another. Folks from the East Coast that were able to make included our old friends Amy, Dan, and Zach. We hung out with the three of them for much of the weekend, playing boardgames.
Boardgames played at Origins included:
- Darjeeling (one of the free games we got with our Board Room ribbons)
- Galaxy’s Edge x2
- Power Grid Factory Manager
- Dominion Intrigue + Alchemy
- Steam x2
- San Juan x2
- Android
- Agricola x2
- Le Havre x2
- Race for the Galaxy + Brink of War expansion x4
- Small World
- Carcassonne
- Roll Through the Ages
- Nautilus
In the future, I’m sure I’ll do some talking about my thoughts and impressions of the various new games that we played. I probably won’t get to reviews until next week since we’ve got a wedding to attend this weekend.
I’m interested to hear what you thought of Roll Through The Ages. I find it charming and more interesting than Cosmic Wimpout if you want a silly short dice game.
Also want to know about Android!
I’m a big fan of Roll Through the Ages, Ben. I just wish the game wasn’t so expensive. I’ve got the iPhone version on my iPad and I enjoy it.
One of the guys I play with owns a physical copy that I wouldn’t mind playing more but, from those few times I’ve played it, I’m not sure the dice are fair.
Android is another huge kettle of fish.
You could play with Dino Dice and a translation chart (T-Rex = disaster!) The dice seem fair enough to me, it’s possible he got a bad set though. I had a production issue with one of my pegboards so I wouldn’t put it past them. It’s a wee bit overproduced.
That is the best. idea. ever.
Stegosaurus = 3 workers
Apatosaurous= 2 workers / 2 food
Triceratops = 3 workers
Parasaurolaphos = Coin
Whatever that other one was = Urn
Tyrannosaurus = OM NOM NOM NOM NOM!!!