So here you go, the photo dump from the morning and afternoon of Historicon day 1.
This was just an absolutely amazing table for an old west game called "Have Gun Will Travel".
There was all kinds of really neat things going on all throughout the table as the above photos show 😃
Now while the "mat" itself wasn't ground breaking, this 28mm game of The Alamo really caught my eye.
This was the one game that I watched the most - going back to it four separate times throughout the morning.
More Alamo photos above - there is always that one game at Historicon that grabs me and makes me want to do the same at home and it was without doubt this Alamo game. It was just epic watching as the defenses fell apart and the Mexican army began to come over the walls 😃
Some really great looking games to start the convention off. The vendor hall was just brutal on the credit card when that opened - and thinking of you Frank, I bought myself a miniature film crew to give my games even more of a Hollywood feel to them 😃
I did want to address the concerns that I wrote about last night. First, the bathrooms - now that I've walked the convention center more there is absolutely no issue with the number of bathrooms available. And absolutely no issues with cleanliness so far!!
Second was the parking - coming in I found a side entrance to the convention centre that makes it really quick and easy to get back and forth from the event to the parking garage (I've already made two trips to take purchases out to my car!). So absolutely no issue there. Coming and going has yet to happen so no report on that yet.
As always, thanks for looking!
Ivor
Theres some amazing looking games, a pleasure to view. I didn't see the pirate/pulp game in progress?
ReplyDeleteThe 14th picture down with some infantry walking along a river, was that a caulk textured strip of cloth or something else. It looks quite presentable as a free standing lay on top of a board river.
Sounds like you're having fun, very pleased you are.
Cheers
You know what John, it turned out that that table was a VSF racing game!?!? I couldn't believe it when I went over there lol! The table was completely full and couldn't get close enough to get any quality photos of the miniatures or game in progress.
DeleteSo that photo you're referencing is from a Sharp Practice game and the river is nothing more than felt (just went back over there to check it out again 😃). It definitely looks the business.
Thanks for the info, yes it does look good, I'll try and remember it when I eventually get round to trying to make a river.
DeleteNo problem!
DeleteBlimey that looks like a brilliant day out!!
ReplyDeleteIndeed! And it will only get better, Thursdays are notoriously slow in terms of the number of games.
DeleteIt looks amazing! I definitely saw dinosaurs on one table - what was that about?
ReplyDeleteThanks Michael! You did indeed see dinosaurs - that was a 28mm Jurassic Park game using the Dino Wars! rules. When I went back it looked like everyone at the table was having great fun with it 🙂
DeleteNow that sounds like a blast!
DeleteBy the reactions at the table I'd definitely agree 😃
DeleteSome amazing looking stuff going on there Ivor & thanks for showing us, glad to see the old credit card taking a hammering & all studios need a camera crew :)
ReplyDeleteCheers Frank! You have no idea, it's only day one and I need to slam the brakes immediately on spending!
DeleteThanks for sharing those.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely!
DeleteLots of great eye-candy around and I'm not surprised the Alamo game took your fancy as it's one of the better looking games imho.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy the rest of the weekend and thanks for sharing!
Much appreciated Joe! Yeah, I've gone and done something I probably shouldn't have regarding the Alamo - keep an eye for another post in the near future 😃
DeleteSome great pics and some outstanding games on display. Did you play anything?
ReplyDeleteNothing like a convention to get the juices flowing for a new project. 😀
Thanks Stew! I didn't get to play anything - the games I was interested in were sold out of tickets ahead of time unfortunately. I do have one game I managed to get a ticket for on Saturday, so I'll finally get to play Gunfighter's Ball which I'm pretty excited about.
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