Origins 2024

[CaitlinCallahan]

It's official - June 19th through June 23rd, 2024.

[Rebecca Iavelli]

Whew! Luckly it isn't in April, as the full eclipse will go right over Ohio, and from what I am reading, hotels are going to be sold out in the eclipse zone. Maybe if I am lucky, I might try to make it next year, depends on the flow of funds and a few other things.

[cpugs]

Badges are on sale tomorrow. They have added another level of Badge, the premium badge, that lets you register for hotel rooms a week early as well as other bennies. Also, room blocks seem to open in November, check the Origins site for exact dates.

[Black Jack Rackham]

Apparently their Events Submission stuff was going, so I got us all set...
Tentative Schedule

Wed (19th):
1-5 HoA: Flashback
1-5 HoA: Episode 19 – Rising Tensions
7-11 HoA: Episode 21 – Siege Warfare
7-11 HoA: Episode 23 – Behind the Throne

Thurs (20th):
9-1 HoA: Episode 22 – Loose Ends
1-5 HoA: Episode 24 – The Heroes of Altamira
1-5 HoA: Episode 21 – Siege Warfare
1-5 HoA: Flashback

Fri (21st):
9-1 HoA: Episode 22 – Loose Ends
9-1 HoA: Episode 23 – Behind the Throne
9-1 HoA: Flashback
1-5 HoA: Episode 23 – Behind the Throne
1-5 HoA: Episode 24 – The Heroes of Altamira
7-11 HoA: Audience with the King (LARP)

Sat (22nd):
9-1 HoA: Episode 24 – The Heroes of Altamira
9-1 HoA: Flashback
1-5 HoA: Personal Agendas – 2 Tables
7-11 HoA: Personal Agendas – 2 Tables

Sun (23rd):
10-2 HoA: DOMINGO GIGANTE! - 2 Tables

[CaitlinCallahan]

I have to admit, I'm a little bummed there's no LARP this year.....(but I also understand how much work is involved)

[Black Jack Rackham]

I have to admit, I'm a little bummed there's no LARP this year.....(but I also understand how much work is involved)

Nope there's a LARP I just forgot to put it in.

[CaitlinCallahan]

I have to admit, I'm a little bummed there's no LARP this year.....(but I also understand how much work is involved)

Nope there's a LARP I just forgot to put it in.

Woo hoo!!! I don't believe I've ever been this excited about a clerical oversight....

[Black Jack Rackham]

Ok, fixed the list of events. Just know that I am not sold on the name/plot of the LARP so consider that a place holder.

[Lady Grace]

*buffs her new Journeyman sword pin for Annie*

Got this silver sword pin when I visited Ireland back in '19 -- I've been wanting to wear this bad girl specifically for this!

[CaitlinCallahan]

*buffs her new Journeyman sword pin for Annie*

Got this silver sword pin when I visited Ireland back in '19 -- I've been wanting to wear this bad girl specifically for this!

Looking forward to seeing it!!!

With all the "real life" stuff I've got going on, I find myself really looking forward to Origins - not sure how I'm gonna make it through the next seven months!

[vogelsong]

Where amongst the episodes will the LARP take place? Would it be beneficial to finish 23 and 24 first?

[salamanca]

I will make sure is nothing spoilered if you plan on playing the final events saturday or at another con.

In our head, this is probably taking place after and presuming the heroes save the day as usual. A chance to celebrate our great characters before we move on to a new campaign.

[Black Jack Rackham]

Charlie dropped me a note to remind folks that Hotel Registration goes live today @ 1pm. I know that's not much time but, well, this is Origins folks...

[salamanca]

For those that missed the memo from Origins...

The group rate is a thing of the past. Instead, they focused on the early bird discount.

That early bird discount ends on Friday Feb 2. That is in a couple days. So if you have not registered, now would be the time.

[CaitlinCallahan]

130 days till Origins. (Not that I'm anxious to get there or anything.....)

[Black Jack Rackham]

130 days till Origins. (Not that I'm anxious to get there or anything.....)

Got it, 130 days to write the LARP...

[Watcher487]

Oh come on Mark, you are going to be writing it on the way to Origins.

[vogelsong]

Looks like some events are starting to populate the event schedule, but only a few. None from the guild yet.

[CaitlinCallahan]

So, it looks like our events have been entered, however, the times appear to be off (9 am games on Mark's list appear to have 8 am start times). At first, I thought maybe it was adjusting for the fact that I'm CDT, but according to the page, the times are Eastern.

Mark - you might want to check with the organizers.

[Black Jack Rackham]

Nope I think it was my bad. I have an email in to them but we may just have to contend with 8am games on Thur, Fri, and Sat.

[CaitlinCallahan]

Nope I think it was my bad. I have an email in to them but we may just have to contend with 8am games on Thur, Fri, and Sat.

It's actually almost everything - the sessions start at 8, noon, and 6, except for Wednesday, which starts at 7.

And it looks like the LARP has not been entered yet.

[Black Jack Rackham]

Yea, I mentioned it over on Discord, forgot to put it here. So, to fix it all for everyone, here is the adjusted schedule.

Wed (19th):
1-5 HoA: Flashback
1-5 HoA: Episode 19 – Rising Tensions
7-11 HoA: Episode 21 – Siege Warfare
7-11 HoA: Episode 23 – Behind the Throne

Thurs (20th):
8-12 HoA: Episode 22 – Loose Ends
12-4 HoA: Episode 24 – The Heroes of Altamira
12-4 HoA: Episode 21 – Siege Warfare
12-4 HoA: Flashback

Fri (21st):
8-12 HoA: Episode 22 – Loose Ends
8-12 HoA: Episode 23 – Behind the Throne
8-12 HoA: Flashback
12-4 HoA: Episode 23 – Behind the Throne
12-4 HoA: Episode 24 – The Heroes of Altamira
6-10 HoA: Audience with the King (LARP)

Sat (22nd):
8-12 HoA: Episode 24 – The Heroes of Altamira
8-12 HoA: Flashback
12-4 HoA: Personal Agendas – 2 Tables
6-10 HoA: Personal Agendas – 2 Tables

Sun (23rd):
10-2 HoA: DOMINGO GIGANTE!

NOTE: The LARP is on, they just haven't approved it yet.

[Lady Grace]

So...the LARP will be before the PAs then?

(it's been 4 years, so I don't know if that's the usual set up anyways)

[Black Jack Rackham]

Yes for us (meaning it occurs on Friday and the PAs are on Saturday) as for when in the timeline they take place, that's more nebulous.

[MacShidhe]

Wow, Event Registration is early this year. Still inconvienent for Alexandra and I, though.