Man Battlestations Forum
General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Ruckdog on July 21, 2012, 03:47:00 pm
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For all of you guys that are going, don't be stingy! I want to hear all about it, especially the DW demos and how they went ;).
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I just got home. The DW demo games went well, and Greg was a great assistant and did a great job explaining the basics to the first set of players while I was busy in the registration line. Took lots of pictures--there were several great Victorian sci-fi sort of games since the theme was the age of colonial imperialism, and I'll post some soon enough.
This was my first gaming convention ever, and I experienced the full range of just about everything--I ran a game, played in a game, met Richard Borg (the designer of the Commands & Colors system; and I just started asking him about a new game and didn't realize he was actually the guy until I looked at his badge halfway into our conversation), witnessed a lot of different tabletop game systems, took lots of pictures, bought a bunch of 3mm scale terrain, vehicles, and even cavalry to use with Spartan Games, etc.
It has been a very long day, but I'll post more soon. I handed out a lot of small flyers with the "manbattlestations" website link, so we may see some new members sign up.
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Awesome! Sounds like you guys had a great time. Can't wait to see the pictures ;)
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Most of my pictures came out blurred. I guess I was just too excited to stand still enough to take good pictures! Anyway, I have a couple on the blog.
(http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h438/maddrb/Historicon%202012/DSC02522.jpg)
There were a lot of naval games going on all day Saturday, especially pre-dreadnought battles like Manilla Bay and Tsushima considering the theme of the event was "gunboat diplomacy." There was also plenty of games of War at Sea, and I even caught sight of some epic age-of-sail games.
(http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h438/maddrb/Historicon%202012/DSC02535.jpg)
And I spotted some other fantasy naval games....
(http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h438/maddrb/Historicon%202012/DSC02537.jpg)
Naval games in space....
(http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h438/maddrb/Historicon%202012/DSC02534.jpg)
And more of our beloved DW.
(http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h438/maddrb/Historicon%202012/DSC02548.jpg)
Not to mention some other favorite tabletop games represented, in a big way.
(http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h438/maddrb/Historicon%202012/DSC02566.jpg)
And just awesome terrain on other tables.
(http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h438/maddrb/Historicon%202012/DSC02555.jpg)
(http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h438/maddrb/Historicon%202012/DSC02561.jpg)
(http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h438/maddrb/Historicon%202012/DSC02576.jpg)
And not only did I see a massive version of BattleCry in play, but I met the designer!
(http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h438/maddrb/Historicon%202012/DSC02575.jpg)
And, finally, for you Spartan fans out there, see if you can spot the familiar models incorporated into this scratchbuilt "airships of mars" game.
(http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h438/maddrb/Historicon%202012/DSC02569.jpg)
And all this was just what I saw on Saturday afternoon! I actually forgot to take pictures of other awesome games completely (in one ballroom there was a huge Mexican-American War scenario with 54mm scale figures, for example), and then there was the huge Flames of War tournament which I didn't pay any attention to, etc.
(http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h438/maddrb/Historicon%202012/DSC02528.jpg)
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As always, Historicon was a blast. I played in three different Battlestar Galactica-themed games, which were fun for the most part. The hardest thing about Historicon for me is trying to take it all in--when I'm sitting playing a game, my mind is racing thinking about the other games I could be watching. Like Aaron said, most of the game boards were simply stunning. I also got a few good deals in the flea market-- got a built and badly-painted Leman Russ for $16, and a Federation Runabout still in the box for $10.
Aaron, thanks much for getting DW onto the radar at Historicon! It was a bit of a crappy timeslot, but I think we still had some good interest--we didn't seem to be lacking for players!
Here are a few of my pics:
Defense of Sevastopol (put on by some of the guys from Eagle and Empire, but the board was from Wargames Illustrated):
(http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j375/gregwright2/Historicon%202012/ac12ec28.jpg)
WWII city tank battle (Leningrad?):
(http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j375/gregwright2/Historicon%202012/c81d5872.jpg)
Battle of Wolf-359:
(http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j375/gregwright2/Historicon%202012/1c05c3fc.jpg)
D-Day invasion:
(http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j375/gregwright2/Historicon%202012/fae43464.jpg)
Charge of the Light Brigade (also by the Eagle and Empire crew):
(http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j375/gregwright2/Historicon%202012/3b5a36ab.jpg)
Victorian-era sci-fi wargame set on Mars:
(http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j375/gregwright2/Historicon%202012/21e59d9e.jpg)
And some very, VERY small Viper Mk II's I bought in the dealer hall:
(http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j375/gregwright2/Historicon%202012/0ac2423e.jpg)
If you didn't get a chance to go this year, I'm pretty sure it's in the same place next year. If you are even a barely casual wargamer, you owe it to yourself to try to get to Historicon at least once.