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Origins 2015 Round-up: News and Pictures from the Convention Floor

Origins 2015 Round-up: News and Pictures from the Convention Floor
From gallery of W Eric Martin
I've posted previews of a few upcoming titles that I saw and played at the 2015 Origins Game Fair — Epic, Tides of Time, and Rattle, Battle, Grab the Loot — and I have more games to preview in the near future, but for now let's round up my news-related tweets from the convention so that I can call it a wrap on 2015 Origins coverage. (I can also update the database with release dates, images, etc. So much gets thrown into the ether, never to be seen again!)













Ian Estrin at Stone Blade Entertainment mentioned that the company will likely produce retail versions of various Ascension promo cards in the future, but instead of releasing individual theme packs, as with Ascension: Rat King, it will release a larger boxed set, perhaps in the realm of fifty-ish cards. This format will be easier for retailers to handle and keep in inventory.













Why release a less-expensive version of the same game? First, if this version of Flick 'em Up! does appear, it probably won't be released for at least a year, which is why I referred to it as a paperback edition. Second, Pretzel Games and parent company F2Z Entertainment aren't sure which potential licensors, if any, are interested in carrying their own version of a $70 MSRP all-wood game. Thus, F2Z is considering a more affordable version of the game, feeling that might be more attractive to some potential partners.

(In June 2015, F2Z brand Filosofia Édition did something similar with Tragedy Looper, polling users as to whether they wanted the original manga cover or a more Western-looking cover. The original version won.)















































































































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