Author: Steve Segedy

Origins 2015 Games on Demand: By the Numbers

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This is a repost of Nathan Paoletta‘s excellent summary of the Origins 2015 data

Games on Demand is a volunteer effort and transparency is one of our values! The organizing committee for Origins is still working through our internal conversation before opening up a formal feedback survey, but for now, here’s the numbers.

Overall Numbers
We seated 463 players in 103 games with a staff of 36 GMs (including non-game-facilitating Hosts).

Last year we seated 457 players in 101 games with a staff of 44 GMs.

A slight increase in butts in seats, but with that lower staff count we’re pretty sure that means that we served an appreciable amount of new faces! Anecdotally this seemed to be the case. We also saw a lot of groups come through who all wanted to play a game together. Continue reading

Come Volunteer with us at Gen Con 2015 Games on Demand!

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Come Volunteer with us at Gen Con 2015 Games on Demand!

The time has finally come to officially sign up for Games on Demand at Gen Con! We’re looking for people to help us welcome attendees, organize seating, and run games for enthusiastic players!

The show runs from July 30 to August 2, 2015, and we’ll be running games from Thursday through Sunday morning. Free badges are available for those volunteering for 16 or more hours.

If you’re interested in joining us, fill out this form and let us know!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1fB0mAISUb1RQ_dBYlu0VIK2VHeRCN9E8LEq_uc8ByKc/viewform

Diversity is an important part of Games on Demand so we especially encourage women, people of color, and gamers of all ages, genders, races, and backgrounds to join us! We’ll provide training and support as needed.

Please share this post and link with anyone you think would like to join us.

Gen Con 2015: Call for GoD Volunteers

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Games on Demand - Gen Con

The time has finally come to officially sign up for Games on Demand at Gen Con! We’re looking for people to help us welcome attendees, organize seating, and run games for enthusiastic players!

The show runs from July 30 to August 2, 2015, and we’ll be running games from Thursday through Sunday morning. Free badges are available for those volunteering for 16 or more hours.

If you’re interested in joining us, fill out this form and let us know!

Diversity is an important part of Games on Demand so we especially encourage women, people of color, and gamers of all ages, genders, races, and backgrounds to join us! We’ll provide training and support as needed.

Please share this post and link with anyone you think would like to join us!

Originally shared by Kira Magrann

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Originally shared by Kira Magrann

OMG ORIGINS IS IN ONE WEEK. I’LL BE RUNNING GAMES AT GAMES ON DEMAND IN ONE WEEK.

Looking over the schedule, I’m super excited personally to play:

– Plasma Torchbearer: USCMC

– Cartel

– The Sprawl

– Breaking the Ice

– No Country for Old Kobolds

– 1001 Nights

– Swords Without Master

– Psi*Run

– Tenra Bansho Zero

– Kagematsu

– Mobilize (my larp in playtest!)

Check out the indie games explosion page for the mostly exhaustive list of games we’re offering this year!

https://www.indiegamesexplosion.org/events/origins/