Origins 2013 – Wargames!
Hey, look – we’re Grogs, right? Which means we’re looking for wargames, right? Despite the whining and moaning on Consimworld that someone’s favorite game company wasn’t there, Origins has plenty of wargaming – if you bother to look for it. We’ve already shown you Collins Epic Wargames, but here are some of the other wargaming found at Origins in 2013.
Academy Games
They’re not exclusively wargaming, but their wargames are attracting a ton of positive attention from grogs and general boardgamers alike.
Conflict of Heroes is still attracting a ton of walk-up interest at the Academy Games table
Academy also has a new AWI game built on the same system as A Few Acres of Snow
1775 – Map overview
1775 – Map detail
Zvezda Games
Famous for their model kits, this Russian company had been making a variety of boardgames for several years. They are now invading the US market, and they made a big splash at Origins with a large booth and a significant sponsorship presence.
Zvezda’s “cold war goes hot” game
Zvezda’s minis on the map
Armada Invincible is Age of Sail warfare from Zvezda
Ship detail
Figure detail
The Samurai Battles box
Samurai figure detail from Zvezda
Zvezda does WWII, too
WWII figure detail
Love the colliding tanks on the box cover. Not sure how realistic the image is, but it looks cool.
Zvezda’s expansion kits
Decision, micro-armor, and more >>
Decision Games always brings a ton of their game magazines
Proving Ground has a new micro-armor rules set for modern wargames
Doesn’t take much to get me to ogle a table with tanks on it!
Grognard Simulations had their suite of WWII games on-hand
Katie Smith manning a booth for GMT sales
Wings of Glory – WWI aerial combat
Wings of Glory detail
Sails of Glory
Sails of Glory on the table
The CABS Board Room always hosts a handful of monster games, like the OCS series
OCS games always take up the weekend
The front lines!
Columbia’s Westfront in the Board Room
More Westfront
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