Origins 2011 Recap

Thank you sponsors, exhibitors, fans, GMs, and volunteers for a great Origins this year!

A special thanks to all our sponsors Mayfair Games (show co-sponsor), Rio Grande, Troll & Toad, ElfinWerks/Arcane Wonders, Adventure Retail, Bandai, Cryptozoic, Catalyst, Looney Labs, Chimera Hobby, Decision Games, Hills Wholesale, WizKids, Reaper/HobbyQ, Eagle Games, Geek Chic, GPA, Battle Front, Kenzer & Company, Z-Man Games, GameScience, Sandstorm, and Free RPG Day for making the show better with great advertising and prize support for game events.

The Origins exhibit hall was sold out for the second year in a row! Thanks again to all our exhibitors that attended Origins from all over the country to sell their goods.

We know everyone is interested in numbers. This year, we sold 101 more full badges than last year. In 2010 we sold 6,444 full badges, and 2011 we sold 6,545. This is a 1.5% increase. We sold 732 more day passes than last year. In 2010 we sold 4225, and in 2011 we sold 4957 day passes, a gain of 17.3%. Overall our attendance increased by 833 attendees. With 10,669 attendees in 2010 and 11,502 people attending the show in 2011, that gives us an overall increase of 7.8% for 2011.

This year we made a real effort to move events into as much intimate and comfortable space as possible. I am glad to see the majority of our clubs and groups reporting great fill rates for their scheduled games and I appreciate all the comments from the fans.

Origins Game Fair 2011 was a success and we couldn’t have done it without our GM’s, volunteers, sponsors, or fans! Thank you for coming to Origins 2011 and we look forward to seeing you at next year’s show!

The 2011 Origins Site Book is still available!

Download it here (.pdf):

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