Badges are now available for Origins attendees. Get yours today!
Event registration is scheduled to open on April 25th.
Here are a few pics from the room last year – the humble beginnings of getting the Consignment Store back going again at Origins after many years away.
Consignment Store Registration opens on March 1, 2026.
Hello everyone. We are on track to open registration as planned on March 1. The Deadline to register items will be June 8, 2026.
Please review our FAQ page for any questions you may have.
Origins Game Fair is an annual tabletop gaming convention hosted by GAMA: The Tabletop Game Association, held annually in Columbus, OH. With 6,000+ gaming events scheduled throughout the week for attendees, a dynamic vendor hall, special events throughout the weekend and so much more, there’s sure to be something for everyone!
Now is the perfect time to start going through your closets and collections – the Origins Consignment Store will be back for 2026.
New for this year:
What will be the same:
Item pre-registration will open March 1, 2026.
Hello everyone – hopefully everyone had a wonderful summer and are looking forward to the upcoming holiday season.
We are currently working on getting the website updated ahead of 2026 registration.
Look forward to seeing 2-day pricing for this year at Origins Game Fair 2026 – any other changes will be communicated in the coming months ahead of registration opening on March 1, 2026.
Here’s some quick statistics :
| Number of Items in the Auction | 2,866 |
| Number of Items Sold | 1,895 |
| Value of Items Sold | $35,321 |
| Number of Items Auctioned (non-Consignment Store) | 0 |
| Number of Items Sold from the Consignment Store | 1,895 |
| Percent items Registered in the last week | 57% |
| Thursday 10 am to 11 pm | |
| 10:00 am | Board Games: Family / Sci-fi / Fantasy games |
| 12:00 pm | Wargames: (SPI / S&T / general) |
| 1:00 pm | TSR RPGs: OD&D, AD&D, 2nd edition |
| 2:00 pm | Special event: The Tracy Hickman Collection |
| 3:00 pm | Sci-fi RPGs |
| 4:00 pm | Fantasy RPGs, including Mythos |
| 5:00 pm | Wargames: (AH / MB / general) |
| 7:00 pm | Board games: Sci-fi / Fantasy |
| 8:00 pm | Crowdfunding spectacular |
| 10:00 pm | Auction After Dark |
| Friday 10 am – 11 pm | |
| 10:00 am | Board Games: General |
| 12:00 pm | Wargames: GMT / ASL / General |
| 2:00 pm | Miniatures: Pre-painted / Unpainted |
| 4:00 pm | Upainted miniatures and Games Workshop |
| 5:00 pm | Games Workshop |
| 6:00 pm | Games Workshop and painted miniatures |
| 7:00 pm | D&D 3.0 and up, plus general RPGs |
| 8:00 pm | Collector Section |
| Saturday 10 am to 11 pm | |
| 10:00 am | Board games: General |
| 11:00 am | Board games: General / Train Games / LCG |
| 12:00 pm | CCGs |
| 1:00 pm | CCGs and Board Games: General |
| 2:00 pm | Any remaining RPGs and Board Games |
| 4:00 pm | TOVA (Toys, Oddities, Video games, Art) |
| 7:00 pm | Charity Auction (including Ace of Aces) |
In exchange for a faster auction check-in process you agree to the following:
Waiver forms can be signed onsite if electing to use this option.
Maybe we were looking at the wrong calendar year.
Maybe we were thinking it was a leap year.
Regardless – our intent each year is to give you all an entire weekend to get your items registered ahead of Gen Con.
Please remember also that no one will be permitted to enter a registration line unless all items are tagged and ready to be processed.
We look forward to seeing you all in Indianapolis.
Procrastination factor: Threat Level Midnight
We have started reviewing live auction items. As a reminder, you will not be able to print an auction item tag until our team has approved your item to be included.
If your item is rejected, please do not continue to relist the item.
A reminder that deadlines to submit items are:
Please join our discord server – this will be the easiest way to get a quick answer to any questions.