More from Origins

Jean Sexton writes:

Friday was a day of learning. After a shift in our booth, I got to shadow our judges for the tournaments at Origins. There's a huge amount of paperwork that goes on to make sure the SFB players face a variety of different ships in order to show their skills. The Federation Commander tournament has different paperwork to check. If the judges do have to make a decision about who won a game (due to an SFB game exceeding the time limits, usually), the deliberation is measured and meticulous. Much thanks to Steve Petrick and his judges for letting me shadow them.

And then I learned a whole bunch about how the miniatures come into being. All I can say is "Wow!" John Schneder went through the steps he took to make a new mini model and talked about the materials he used. Steve Cole talked about the manufacturing process. I know so much more now.