Great Lakes Members will again be able to attend Origins (June 30 - July 3) at a big discount, get their badge quick and get 20% off any Origins merchandise! Here's the deal: You must pre-register on-line at: www.originsgames.com before May 25 AND send me an e-mail with your badge number (sven_46516@msn.com). Also, as part of your discount, you must volunteer for a couple hours during the convention, usually working at the HOT desk -- which is usually a great time in itself! For this, you will receive a badge at half-price, pick it up at a separate registration desk (by-passing regular registration lines). You also get 20% off on merchandise, too (but don't buy their lanyards -- get your Great Lakes lanyard at the HOT desk!). And of course, there are is the usual great perks for Games Masters, too! This includes the normal free weekend badges and even accommodations, if you run enough events for enough people. Here are the GM requirements for those participating in the HOT Program: Regular HOT GM: Three 4-hour games for 6 players (the formula is 3x4x6= 72 player hours). Or, one hour at the HOT Desk staff equals 8 Player hours. Special HMGS Great Lakes GM Deal: As the "Host Club," we get an even better deal -- half the requirements! So, only 36 player hours are necessary. However, they must support the Miniatures Headquarters desk with a minimum of two hours volunteer time. So, get your events in by Jan. 10! If possible, go to the Origins website and list your game there, then send me an e-mail letting me know that you did it. Make sure you identify yourself as a HMGS Great Lakes member when you register. If you can't go to the website to list your event, send the details (see GM Form this issue) to me Origins is the biggest gaming event in our area, and is always a great time, so make plans now to attend! Oh, and here's a final note from Pete Panzeri: "This year, we need GMs can run smaller and shorter games (say, 4-8 players, 3-4 hours each). In the past, the huge, long "Mega Games" have often failed to fill up. For most Origins gamers, it seems, there are too many other fun things happening at the con to get stuck in a monster game all day or night." ORIGINS 2005 GM Registration Form Deadline for games to make it into the Preliminary Event Listing is Jan. 10. Origins is June 30-July 3, 2005, Columbus, OH. If possible, enter your event information at the Origins website: www.originsgames.com. If not, e-mail the information on the form below to Steve Smith at: sven_46516@msn.com, or send it to 29715 Carolina Ave., Elkhart, IN 46516. HOT GM Name __________________________________Birthdate_________ E-mail address ____________________________________________________ Phone ___________________________________________________________ Street address _____________________________________________________ City, State, Zip ____________________________________________________ Event Title _______________________________________________________ Event Description [30 words or less]___________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Sponsor of event (HOT, HMGS Great Lakes?) ___________________________ Rules used _____________________________________ Edition ___________ Current Publisher of Game (if known)__________________________________ Number of players ____ (Minimum) and ____ (Maximum) Age Restriction? YES or NO If so, ____ yrs (Minimum) Event Complexity (choose one) - Easy, Average, Complex How much experience should someone have with these rules? (choose one) Level 1: Newcomers welcome Level 2: Some Experience Needed Level 3: Extensive Experience Needed Event Structure (check one) ___ I will run this event once. ___ Multi-round Tournament. ___ I will run the same event several times. Each running of this event has nothing to do with the others. Day/Time (Wed,Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun) for each time you are running it: _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Alternate Day/Time ________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Event Duration: ______ (maximum time you need by the hour - 4, 5, 6 etc.) 14. Amount of time needed for set-up ____________ for pick-up ___________ Number of 2.5' x 8' tables needed ________ Electrical needs? Yes/No ____ Are miniatures/terrain provided? Yes/No ____ Special needs: ____________________________________________________ Back to The Herald 62 Table of Contents Back to The Herald List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 2005 by HMGS-GL. This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com