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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Ruckdog on November 29, 2016, 10:48:45 am
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Adepticon 2017 registration is open! How many of you are going?
I will be there again myself. I'm planning on playing in the DW, FSA, and BFG tournaments, which leaves Friday open. I'd very much like to coordinate a meet-up of MBS members if we can work it out.
Also, I did a run of T-shirts for the show last year...any interest in another T-shirt for this year?
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I've started a series of posts on the MBS blog to discuss my preps. Take a look!
http://www.manbattlestations.com/blog/2016/12/21/adepticon-2017-preps-vol-1-making-a-list-checking-it-twice/
What events are all of you participating in this year?
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What events are all of you participating in this year?
I have two:
"Paying off Last year's credit cards"
and
"Unmitigated Jealousy"
:-)
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Lol! Awwww....
Wish you could make it. This year's show won't be the same without you, Dale ;).
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I will not be attending either, but it's not much of a loss.
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I will not be attending either, but it's not much of a loss.
Well...I think it it is. I won't be able to hang out with you and play games if you are not there 8)
EDIT:
I've also got the next entry in my Adepticon prep series:
http://www.manbattlestations.com/blog/2016/12/28/adepticon-preps-vol-2-fsa-list-building/
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I still plan on going to Adepticon, but I don't have all the pieces in place, yet. I am hoping the tournaments don't fill up.
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The primer missions for the Adepticon Spartan games events are up! I've got some thoughts on the blog:
http://www.manbattlestations.com/blog/2017/01/14/adepticon-2017-preps-vol-3-thoughts-on-pimer-missions/#more-1895
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I'm starting to practice for the FSA tournament! Battle report is up on the blog:
http://www.manbattlestations.com/blog/2017/01/21/fsa-batrep-reform-the-line/
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Preps continue! I just posted my first pass at my DW list on the blog:
http://www.manbattlestations.com/blog/2017/02/14/adepticon-2017-preps-vol-4-dystopian-wars-list/
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Adpeticon is almost here! Just like last year, I plan on doing a quick post on the blog at the end of each day, and will be taking lots of pictures. I'm super excited! Here is my last preview blog:
http://www.manbattlestations.com/blog/2017/03/22/adepticon-2017-preps-vol-5-its-go-time/
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I eagerly await someone's recounting of the GW seminar... and the GNT industry dinner.
But also, some word and pictures of those Spartan things which Vanguards may know, but dare not speak of. :-)
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I would greatly appreciate any pics of the Halo tables (both Fleet Battles and Dirt Fight).
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Day 1 summary is up on the blog!
http://www.manbattlestations.com/blog/2017/03/25/adepticon-day-1-2/
I would greatly appreciate any pics of the Halo tables (both Fleet Battles and Dirt Fight).
I got a few from HFB yesterday ;).
I eagerly await someone's recounting of the GW seminar... and the GNT industry dinner.
But also, some word and pictures of those Spartan things which Vanguards may know, but dare not speak of. :-)
Not much to tell from the GW seminar. The big announcment from the show is that they are doing a new Dwarves faction for AoS. They also said that 40k 8th Edition would NOT be AoS Innnnn Spaaaace. I asked about BFG, but they had no idea (turns out the guys visiting the show do not work on Specialist Games stuff).
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Thanks for the update. The whole thing looks fantastic. Maybe a CO road trip next year to Adepticon?
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Thanks for the update. The whole thing looks fantastic. Maybe a CO road trip next year to Adepticon?
That would be awesome if we could all meet up!
Anyway, day 2's summary is up on the blog:
http://www.manbattlestations.com/blog/2017/03/26/adepticon-2017-day-2/
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Next year it'll be a hard choice between Adepticon and CaptainCon (and Skiing) :-)
I'm very curious how Blood and Plunder plays. I keep thinking about it, but then rigging sails is daunting. And a part of my brain says, "Why not just play Rum and Bones" for half the cost?
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I know from experience that Monday is a "decompress" day, but eagerly awaiting Tourney and Spartan preview reports. I know they showed the Relthoza Leviathan and some other models, but did they talk future plans/stuff in work at all? (I need to know to see what I can discuss of Vanguard knowledge ... )
Also wondering how folks' tourneys went? And highlights of the GNT events?
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Those STL Trader ships looked very cool. And I understand those were rough prototypes, don't have all the detail that the final models will, but they still looked great. They almost look like ships that should be in the Rag-Tag Fleet...
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I know from experience that Monday is a "decompress" day, but eagerly awaiting Tourney and Spartan preview reports. I know they showed the Relthoza Leviathan and some other models, but did they talk future plans/stuff in work at all? (I need to know to see what I can discuss of Vanguard knowledge ... )
Also wondering how folks' tourneys went? And highlights of the GNT events?
I'll try to get to the tourney reports and the rest as soon as I can! As for the GNT events, the Welcome Dinner on Wednesday was a lot of fun, as I got to play a little Frostgrave with Teras. The podcaster dinner on Thursday was awesome too, and I got to swap stories with some of the other hosts in addtion to enjoying some great beer at the Ram. Friday was the Industry Insider dinner, which was also a lot of fun. I got to play some K47 with the Warlord games guys and also some Aetherium with the Anvil8 gents. The bowling outing on Saturday was also fun, though I was starting to feel a bit crappy towards the end. Sunday, well I went to bed early because of being sick and missed out on the boardgaming. :-[ But I'm sure it was a blast!
Anyway, here is my quick report on days 3 and 4:
http://www.manbattlestations.com/blog/2017/03/28/adepticon-2017-days-3-4/
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All, the conversation was starting to get a bit off-topic, so I split off the NOVA discussion to its own thread and moved it to the NOVA section ;)
You can find the new thread here:
http://www.manbattlestations.com/forum/index.php?topic=1610.0
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Zorper's Adepticon Pics:
In the 'over the top category', these four pics here are not of a game, they are of a display board! (These guys did a 40K display board as well, which they said had a working beer tap. I didn't get time to find out if they were BSing me, but I bet they were telling the truth.)
(http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/u488/zorper/20170324_091349_zps4m7rvazk.jpg) (http://s1070.photobucket.com/user/zorper/media/20170324_091349_zps4m7rvazk.jpg.html)
(http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/u488/zorper/20170324_091335_zpsrmqbm3pg.jpg) (http://s1070.photobucket.com/user/zorper/media/20170324_091335_zpsrmqbm3pg.jpg.html)
(http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/u488/zorper/20170324_091318_zpswvps90yk.jpg) (http://s1070.photobucket.com/user/zorper/media/20170324_091318_zpswvps90yk.jpg.html)
(http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/u488/zorper/20170324_091312_zps0lcdntc1.jpg) (http://s1070.photobucket.com/user/zorper/media/20170324_091312_zps0lcdntc1.jpg.html)
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Zorper's Adepticon Pics:
A couple of my PlanetFall games. I had a great time, and even managed to win one.
(http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/u488/zorper/20170324_100124_zpstmorbsxc.jpg) (http://s1070.photobucket.com/user/zorper/media/20170324_100124_zpstmorbsxc.jpg.html)
(http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/u488/zorper/20170324_112210_zps1sz4aynf.jpg) (http://s1070.photobucket.com/user/zorper/media/20170324_112210_zps1sz4aynf.jpg.html)
(http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/u488/zorper/20170324_112220_zpsilkdfnum.jpg) (http://s1070.photobucket.com/user/zorper/media/20170324_112220_zpsilkdfnum.jpg.html)
(http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/u488/zorper/20170324_183813_zpsb4iej4hg.jpg) (http://s1070.photobucket.com/user/zorper/media/20170324_183813_zpsb4iej4hg.jpg.html)
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A bit of Halo Dirt Fight. Tanks hit hard and die fast. Some say that Spartans are OP. Maybe. But the one Covenant player beat all three of the USNC players. (Your Spartan can be alive while you are being crushed in VPs...)
(http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/u488/zorper/20170326_101432_zpsw2yinte7.jpg) (http://s1070.photobucket.com/user/zorper/media/20170326_101432_zpsw2yinte7.jpg.html)
(http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/u488/zorper/20170326_134738_zpsvmckt2ur.jpg) (http://s1070.photobucket.com/user/zorper/media/20170326_134738_zpsvmckt2ur.jpg.html)
(http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/u488/zorper/20170326_134748_zpsgo0zkaqj.jpg) (http://s1070.photobucket.com/user/zorper/media/20170326_134748_zpsgo0zkaqj.jpg.html)
(http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/u488/zorper/20170326_140846_zpsnliorr3h.jpg) (http://s1070.photobucket.com/user/zorper/media/20170326_140846_zpsnliorr3h.jpg.html)
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That display board was awesome!
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Great pics guys!
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I don't recall it being reported, but what factions dominated the main Spartan events?
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I was only at PlanetFall and Halo Ground Command. PlanetFall had a mix of factions with no one standing out. Grounds Command had three UNSC and one Covenant. The Covenant guy beat all of us