GREATER COLUMBUS CONVENTION CENTER - COLUMBUS, OH The Origins 30th Anniversary offers many special never-before-done incentives and rewards for Game Groups like HMGS, NASAMW, and even MWAN subscribers! The Special is for all clubs who qualify. MWAN, HMGS and NASAMW are pre-qualified for ORIGINS Pre-Registration of ONLY $20 -IF- you do these 2 things: 1. Pre-register by mail or online by 25 May 2004. Pre-reg form is at www.OriginsGames.com (mark MWAN, HMGS or NASAMW "Club Rate.") 2. Submit your name by 25 May 2004 to HOT PoC Steve Smith Sven 46516@msn.com that you are registered and want to be on the "Club list." NASAMW PoC is Rich Hartley rhartle@columbus.rr.com. Note: Origins online Pre-Registration is $20, BUT the online registration system requires you to pre-pay the full $45 and then be reimbursed $25 onsite. Contact Miniatures@gama.org if you have any questions! Events Featured at Origins '04 include Duke Seifried's massive 7 scenario "Lord of the Rings!" (Special '04 Edition), the FLAMES of WAR International WWII Tournament, DBx International Tournaments, Rising Sun'41 Project "Pearl Harbor What If?" Land-sea-air Games & Seminars; Origins War College: Over 60 Military History and International Affairs seminars; The War Room: Hundreds of historical board games. The Gaming starts on Wednesday night June 23rd at 6pm and runs through 8pm Sunday night! Origins'04 has an expanded historical vendor section including: The Last Square, Little Wars, The Soldiery, The London War Room, Pictor's Studio, Thoroughbred Miniatures, Chariot Miniatures, Freikorps Miniatures, First Corps Miniatures, 2 Battlefront Miniatures vendors, MWAN Magazine, as well as many historical board game vendors. Over 15,000 gamers of all venues will attend Origins 2004. For miniatures gamers, the Origins War Wing has 300+ Historical Miniatures events scheduled with well over 1,000 people playing in those games and 400+ alt.miniatures events with 2,000 plus such gamers. Many of these gamers cross over between various venues of the Origins War Wing such as Miniatures, the Origins War Room boardgames, the Origins War College seminars, and NSDM. Additionally, across the hall, there are an incredible number of CCGs, RPGs, LARPs and other adventure and miniature games! Back to MWAN # 129 Table of Contents Back to MWAN List of Issues Back to MagWeb Magazine List © Copyright 2004 Hal Thinglum 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