Originally shared by Kira Magrann

Are you coming to ORIGINS? I don’t know WHY YOU WOULDN’T ITS THE BEST CON. IT’S BASICALLY IN MY BACKYARD.

COME RUN GAMES AND EAT FOODS AND ICE CREAMS AND LAUGH AND DRINK BEERS WITH US!

Never ran a game at a con before? We can give you some advice! You can also volunteer in different ways to help out! We aim to be an inclusive, diverse space, and are always trying new things to MAKE IT SO.

If you are interested in running games for us at Origins 2016 Games on Demand, please fill out the survey below before February 24th:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1PNV8LWfq1gOrp0Dex96a2Y0YnxHaBt_dQFc7fJHpZH4/viewform

In case you forgot, here’s the amazing time we had last year.

Originally shared by Nathan Paoletta

Originally shared by Nathan Paoletta

Origins Games on Demand 2015 Info

This is a volunteer effort and transparency is one of our values! The organizing committee is still working through our internal conversation before opening up a formal feedback survey, but for now, here’s the numbers.

Overall Numbers

We seated 463 players in 103 games with a staff of 36 GMs (including non-game-facilitating Hosts). 

Last year we seated 457 players in 101 games with a staff of 44 GMs.

A slight increase in butts in seats, but with that lower staff count we’re pretty sure that means that we served an appreciable amount of new faces! Anecdotally this seemed to be the case. We also saw a lot of groups come through who all wanted to play a game together.

Time Slots and Capacity

Our busiest slots were Saturday night and afternoon (62 and 61 players), Friday afternoon (59) and Thursday night (58). We had 10 tables in our room plus 2 official overflow tables elsewhere and 3 unofficial-but-often-available tables next door, plus the Larp room downstairs in the afternoons.

We basically got close to or met capacity (using those overflow tables) 6 of our 10 time slots. 

Games Played

Games on Demand played 48 different individual game titles, 43 tabletop and 5 Larps, across the weekend.

Game Title – # of games player – total # of players – (system notes)

Infinite Galaxies –  5 –  24 –  (PbtA)

Dungeon World – 5 – 23 – (PbtA)

Fate Core – 5 – 23 – (Fate)

The Warren – 4 – 21 – (PbtA)

Dogs in the Vineyard – 4 – 19

Urban Shadows – 4 – 18 – (PbtA)

Cartel – 4 – 16 – (PbtA)

Iron Edda –  3 – 21

World Wide Wrestling – 3 – 19 – (PbtA)

Laser Kittens – 3 – 18

Microscope – 3 – 16

No Country for Old Kobolds – 3 – 15 – (PbtA)

Kagematsu – 3 – 14

The Sprawl – 3 – 13 – (PbtA)

Save Game – 3 – 12 – (Fate)

OxCrunch – 3 – 8 – (PbtA)

Feng Shui 2  – 2 – 10

Mouse Guard – 2 – 10

Nights Black Agents – 2 – 10

Polaris – 2 – 9

Masks of the Mummy Kings – 2 – 9

Project: Dark – 2 – 9

Masks – 2 – 8 – (PbtA)

Fiasco – 2 – 8

Swords Without Master – 2 – 8

USMC Torchbearer – 2 – 8

The Mesopotamians – 2 – 7

Hour b/w Dog and Wolf – 2 – 4

The Tribunal – 1 – 8  –  (Larp)

Firefly – 1 – 7

Warriors of Crown Heights – 1 – 6 – (Feng Shui)

Dungeon Crawl Classics – 1 – 6

Kayfabe – 1 – 5

Mobilize – 1 – 5 –  (Larp)

Wrath of the Autarch – 1 – 5

Monster of the Week – 1 – 5 – (PbtA)

Neo Shinobi Vendetta – 1 – 5

The Fifth World – 1 – 5

Hope Inhumanity – 1 – 5

Traveller – 1 – 4

Durance – 1 – 4

Guards of Abashan – 1 – 4

Juggernaut – 1 – 4  – (Larp)

A Family Affair – 1 – 4 – (Larp)

Damned Love – 1 – 3 – (Larp)

Vault Hunters – 1 – 3

Misspent Youth – 1 – 3

Psi Run – 1 – 2

Thanks again everyone!

Originally shared by Kira Magrann

Originally shared by Kira Magrann

OMG ORIGINS IS IN ONE WEEK. I’LL BE RUNNING GAMES AT GAMES ON DEMAND IN ONE WEEK.

Looking over the schedule, I’m super excited personally to play:

– Plasma Torchbearer: USCMC

– Cartel

– The Sprawl

– Breaking the Ice

– No Country for Old Kobolds

– 1001 Nights

– Swords Without Master

– Psi*Run

– Tenra Bansho Zero

– Kagematsu

– Mobilize (my larp in playtest!)

Check out the indie games explosion page for the mostly exhaustive list of games we’re offering this year!

https://www.indiegamesexplosion.org/events/origins/

Origins Games on Demand 2015

Origins Games on Demand 2015

Hey friends! We’re starting to organize Games on Demand for Origins this year! I’m super excited! Last year was such a success, with great friends, food, and games both tabletop and LARP.

It’s held here in my city: Columbus Ohio June 3rd-7th

Games on Demand, in case you’re not familiar, is an open-gaming event put on at various game conventions. It typically consists of a designated area with tables, material and a constant supply of GMs prepared to run a variety of independent and cutting edge games. Here’s our website for more info: https://www.indiegamesexplosion.org/games-on-demand/

Are you interested in volunteering? Will I see your wonderful face there? Do you know people who are interested in volunteering?

Let me know! I’m sending out organizing emails shortly!

https://www.indiegamesexplosion.org/games-on-demand