On the final day of Origins 2008, I sit down for a short interview with Mike Mearls, lead developer of 4e D&D. We talk about the game’s release, some DMing tips, older adventures, and much more.
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(Quick note: I ended up moving the voice recorder at the beginning of the interview, so it [...]

I stopped by the Kenzer & Company booth to admire the setup for the new Western RPG Aces & Eights. Steve at the booth offered an indepth explanation of the game, and explains how it supports different styles of play, from minis combat to resource management to gambling to Al Swearengen.
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Some pictures [...]

It began, as last year, with an introduction by Phil Lacefield Jr.

Miniatures Rules of the Year
Presented by Rick Loomis
Classic Battletech
Published by Catalyst Game Labs
Created by Jordan Weisman
Edited by Michelle Lyons, Diane Piron-Gelman
Saganami Island Tactical Simulator, Second Edition
Published by Ad Astra Games
Created by Ken Burnside and Thomas Pope
Forces of WARMACHINE: Pirates of the Broken Coast
Published by [...]

My introduction to the exhibit hall, and I stop by the Fantasy Flight Games booth.
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Pictures to go along with the podcast:

Say Anything is the new party game release from North Star Games. Luke explains how to play the game, and we hear the first sample round.
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More pictures of a Say Anything game in progress:

Dominion is a new card game coming out from Rio Grande Games, but is still in prototype form at the show. This was a highly praised game at this year’s Gathering and is generating quite a lot of early buzz- and for good reason. I’ll give a more indepth preview later, but for now, here’s [...]

I’m at the 2008 Origins Game Fair in Columbus Ohio. Here’s a list of all the posts I’ve done about Origins:

Travel Day (Podcast)
Pictures from the Show (updated daily)
Valerie of Rio Grande Games explains Dominion (Podcast)
Luke of North Star Games explains Say Anything (Podcast)
Lucas of Fantasy Flight Games explains Mutant Chronicles CMG (Podcast)
Origins Awards Winners
Steve from [...]

Hear my sultry voice describe the difficulties in finding a place to sleep in Columbus in this very first Critical Hits podcast!
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Today is literally my first experiments with doing podcast/audio. When I have more time I’ll see about doing the iTunes subscription and all that jazz. For now, it seemed like a [...]

In honor of heading off to Origins this Wednesday, check out this video of my buddy Andy Looney playing many of his games at once at last year’s Origins. Bonus: he calls his own La Strada !! on camera, which of course is illegal.