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My brother and I were fortunate enough to get into one of the
“Car Wars – Rogue Arena” games at Origins 2006.  Rogue
Judges events seem to be very well-attended, probably because the group
does a great job of running the games it does.  The GMs (game
masters) know the games well, keep a positive attitude working with
less-experienced players, have an organized system for going through
players’ turns, etc. It’s because they do such a great job that they can
effectively handle 20 players at a Car Wars
table.

Rogue Judges has a great-looking arena set
up to play the game, with buildings you can crash through, pedestrians
you shouldn’t hit, trees, overpasses, etc.  They have condensed
rule cards they use to help move things along, as well as pre-designed
cars that have comparable strengths and weaknesses.  They maintain
a good sense of humor and try to keep the game fun and realistic as they
go.  It’s for these reasons I try to sign up for one or more of
their events at Origins each year.

Rogue Judges
also does a great job of making it easy to find the games you’re trying
to play with them.  Their banner can be seen all the way across the
exhibit hall.  Once you get there, individual sheets listing the
games they’re offering and the dates/times are displayed.  Each
gaming table also has a placard telling you at a glance what game is
being played there.  Compare this to Inner City Games, whose game I
had a ticket for and couldn’t find in the Exhibit Hall, even with the
help of the HMGS folks on the stage at the front of the room (who had a
map of the place).

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Today my brother and I attended our first day of Origins 2006.  We first played a round of the miniatures game “Injurius Games – Keep What You Kill”.  Between the two of us (and the kindness of another player), we got a full squad of soldiers.  Here’s a bit of video from that event:

Although the convention officially began Wednesday, there wasn’t much going on then that I was interested in.  It also appears that this is true for others as well, since (as you can see from this video of Exhibit Hall C where the miniatures gaming takes place) there weren’t very many games setup yet or many tables full:

Still, though it wasn’t that busy yet, you can see that people are having quite a good time with the games that are underway.  There’s a lot of interesting-looking terrain and table setups in place, and I’m more than a little curious to see what tomorrow’s activities will bring.  You can be sure there will be some video here tomorrow.

In the evening, we played a very well-attended Rogue Judges event, “Car Wars Rogue Arena”.  Here is a little bit of video from that:

I’ve also taken some still photos that I’ll be sharing later.

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