So my adventure to attend some seminars at Origins Game Fair in Columbus, Ohio today went OK.

So my adventure to attend some seminars at Origins Game Fair in Columbus, Ohio today went OK. The crowds were polite with reasonable hygiene and the talks were somewhat interesting, but the lines were ridiculously slow (seriously, folks, when you get into the event registration line, have your events already picked out...one guy spent 14 minutes (I timed him) debating various sessions with the registration person!) and I consumed part of what is undoubtedly the worst "Bavarian pretzel" in the known universe (it had the consistency and appeal of a warmed-up institutional dinner roll covered in fake butter...blech). Will be interesting to compare this expo to GenCon in August, which I understand is twice as big with a slightly different emphasis gaming-wise.