I attended Historicon for three days in Lancaster, PA. Spent way too much but I did get in 7 games.
Attendance looked a little light but I think we rebound post COVID next year. A few companies missing from the dealer hall. There were a good number of kids and younger folks.
I did not find any real bargains and a bust at the flea market.
One of the game masters mentioned a hobby store within an hour so I need to try that for my supplies.
I was searching for the full set of 7TV game boxes but no luck...and my quest for relatively cheap 28mm trees failed. There is one dealer with great terrain products, but too expensive for now. Maybe I will get supplies and build my own.
I played 7 games...all well done with enthusiastic game masters. Peter, AJ, Joe, Buck, Bruce, Konstantine, and Chris. I need to run a game when I retire to give back.
No parking or hotel issues on my end but I always jump on getting on site lodging as soon as it opens. Plenty of food in the area. No traffic issues from NJ to Lancaster (2h ride for me).
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| A WWII special operations game using the Doctor Who (7TV 1st ed?) rules. Fun game and great table. |
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| A Star Wars game using the card driver Combat Patrol rules. Another great game and some of my go to rules. I bought the Feudal Patrol version for my renewed 28mm fantasy project. |
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| My clones getting overrun. |
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| A game in 1982 Angola using IABSM. Fast playing with lots of action. The use of blinds really highlighted the asynchronous nature of the game. |
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| Lots going on...but we destroyed the objective at the last minute. |
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| Chain of Command in Crete. This table won an award, and it was a great game by Joe. I will try to link up with his group in the Phili area since the are Lard America! |
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| 3mm invasion of Malta hypothetical. An incredible map and a labor of love by the gamemaster. |
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| Battle of Monmouth with the unpublished computer driven Electric Brigadier rules. Each player makes entries on a tablet, making the game move along quickly. Very impressive. |
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| Tablet |
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| I led the NJ regiments to victory. |
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| The highlight of every Historicon, Peter A's Napoleonic game with Field of Battle 3ed. 9 of the 10 players had some FOB experience, great group of folks and the game came down to the wire with morale chips passing back and forth. The Austrians defeated us in the end! |
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| I sold off a very similar project last year because of lack of vision/direction...I have corrected that and time to get gluing some plastic (and the great female warriors from Bad Squido.) |
Enjoyed both the Electronic Brigadier rules and Peter's FOB3 extravaganza.
ReplyDeleteYou mentioned hobby store, there is one right across the street and very impressively stocked. (The Nerdery or some such name)
Always a pleasure to have you play in one of my games, Tim.
ReplyDeleteYou certainly need not retire to run a game! If I can do it with my schedule, anyone can! :-)