Have Games, Will Travel #95

Origins 2007 Round Table with Chris Hanrahan, Fred Hicks, and
Kenneth Hite

0:38 - Before talking about Origins, I briefly discuss the
ENnies. This show, along with The Sons of Kryos, The Godzilla
Gaming Podcast, Yog Radio, and Fear the Boot, has been nominated
for Best Podcast.

4:01 - The Sons of Kryos say hi.

4:14 - Chris Hanrahan (of 2d6 Feet In a Random Direction) and
I corner Fred Hicks and Kenneth Hite to talk about our time at
Origins, starting with our great dinner at the Burgundy Room.

7:25 - With that out of the way, Fred gives us the scoop on
the Indie Press Revolution booth, while I talk about the joy of
giving Luke Crane his Origins Award for Burning Empires. This led
to a discussion of this year's voting procedure for the Origins
Award and how important activism was.

12:08 - Ken talks about carry, Aces and Eights, and Witch
Hunter.

23:23 - Prompted by Ken, Fred discusses his time at the IPR
booth, focusing on Spirit of the Century and Don't Rest You Head.
I mention Battlestations in passing, and Ken demands that I put a
link to it in the show notes.

25:21 - We get Chris to talk about his love for new
Battletech products. Drool is involved.

28:20 - Jerry Corrick of Adventure Retail and the Source gets
serious kudos from Ken for his impressive stock of Cthulhiana and
Lovecraft books (including The Kalem Klub and The Monster in the
Mirror).

32:48 - I talk about playing board games, especially in the
Board Room run by the Columbus Area Boardgaming Society. Among
them were Zooloretto, Pizza Box Baseball, Lost Valley, and
Jenseits von Theben.

37:46 - After a brief digression about the glories of the
North Market, Fred talks about playing a few after-hours RPGs
with Jared Sorensen, and we talk about what makes Origins a great
experience (as Ken and I discussed last year).

42:14 - Chris and I got to shoot things in TerrorWerks. Ken
manages to relate this to the Scandinavian gaming scene and how
our hobby is able to adapt and sell a highly-individualized
experience. (This is why we invite him on the show.) Fred brings
in the Ashcan Front as an example. Eventually this comes around
to a discussion of the Origins seminar track.

52:48 - Before we go, Chris gives a shout out to the city of
Columbus, and we all agree.

57:28 - This show is part of the Gaming Broadcast Network.

57:34 - I have a few final thoughts on Origins before talking
about two projects I've worked on recently, Finis and The Story
Games Names Project.

--Paul

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