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Convention Report: Origins 2006: June 29, 2006 - Part 1 (Day 1)

By Rick Thornquist
June 29, 2006

Today is the first official day of Origins 2006. This morning I got up early to get yesterday’s report written and uploaded. I ended up finishing it just in time to dash down to the Exhibit Hall when it opened for the press. The press is let into the hall an hour before it’s opened to everyone else - this gives us a chance to do some interviews, take some pictures, etc, while it’s still relatively quiet.

I grabbed the opportunity to get some video (see my video report), take some notes and get some pictures (see the pictures below). Note that the pictures were taken just as the booths were being finished up. When the mobs were finally let in it was pandemonium as everyone poured in and dashed to whatever booth they were seeking.

After playing a quick game (I’ll report on this in Part 2 of today’s report), I left the exhibit hall to shoot more video and then headed back to my room to edit the video and post it, along with this report. After I’m finished this I’ll be heading back to the convention to get some scoop and to play some games!

Pictures - Click the picture for a larger version
	The Registration Area starts to fill up
	In the Exhibit Hall before the masses arrive - Immortal Eyes Games
	Looney Labs
	Playroom Entertainment
	Fantasy Flight Games - that’s designer Eric Lang in the black shirt
	Days of Wonder
	The big Shadows Over Camelot set at the Days of Wonder booth
	Another view of the big Shadows Over Camelot set
	Mayfair Games
	Jolly Roger Games with Jim Dietz
	Stratamax Games - that’s designer Max Michael showing his game
	Out of the Box Publishing
	Z-Man games - that’s Z-Man head honcho Zev Shlasinger on the left
	Twilight Creations
	Funagain
	Rio Grande Games
	Asmodee
	Cafe Games - head honcho Ron Magin shows his games (note Tempus in the foreground)
	Eight Foot Llama - that’s designer Jim Doherty on the right
	Tablestar Games
	GMT Games