And, the shirts:
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Showing posts with label convention. Show all posts
Showing posts with label convention. Show all posts
27 October 2015
More shirts!
Yes, more t-shirts. Game Faire was not the only show I attended. Dragonflight is another, and still a current affair. Unfortunately, I have not attended Dragonflight for some years, but maybe that will change...
And, the shirts:
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And, the shirts:
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17 October 2015
Something a little different... shirts
Remember the saying - been there, done that, got the t-shirt? Well, while doing some sorting of old stuff, I found some old T-shirts from game shows that I had attended in the past, and I thought that I would memorialize them in some blog posts before they are sent off to charity.
First up are the shirts that I received from the now-defunct show, Game Faire, which was held in Spokane, WA, USA (my home-town) from 1979 to 2002 (or maybe 2003). Game Faire was an all-inclusive sort of convention, with board games, RPGs, card games, computer games, and miniature events all under one roof. I started as just an attendee, then started to run board game events, such as Squad Leader, Blue Max, and Western Desert, then made the switch to miniatures, primarily WW1 naval events.
And, without further ado...
Not a complete set by any means. Game Faire always offered very nice shirts, with cool artwork especially in the later years of the convention.
And now, one last Game Faire t-shirt:
This one is from the Game Faire that was held in Lewiston, ID, USA, in 1984. It was organized by the same people, but was held only twice or maybe three times before folding.
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First up are the shirts that I received from the now-defunct show, Game Faire, which was held in Spokane, WA, USA (my home-town) from 1979 to 2002 (or maybe 2003). Game Faire was an all-inclusive sort of convention, with board games, RPGs, card games, computer games, and miniature events all under one roof. I started as just an attendee, then started to run board game events, such as Squad Leader, Blue Max, and Western Desert, then made the switch to miniatures, primarily WW1 naval events.
And, without further ado...
Not a complete set by any means. Game Faire always offered very nice shirts, with cool artwork especially in the later years of the convention.
And now, one last Game Faire t-shirt:
This one is from the Game Faire that was held in Lewiston, ID, USA, in 1984. It was organized by the same people, but was held only twice or maybe three times before folding.
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31 August 2011
Leviathans!
At the recently concluded PAX Prime convention, I had the rare opportunity to see a great new game just before launch - Leviathans, by Catalyst Game Labs. We had next to no spare time as we were on our way to another presentation, but I had a brief chat with Randall Bills, mastermind of Leviathans, and as a token of appreciation (we were among the early playtesters - a few years ago - for the game) Mr. Bills gave us these:
A French light cruiser on the left, and a British light cruiser on the right. These are nice models, and I will have more pics later!
A French light cruiser on the left, and a British light cruiser on the right. These are nice models, and I will have more pics later!
25 March 2009
Taeklonn and his GT award
As I had originally mentioned before - link - my son won an award at the 2009 ConquestNW GT. I finally found some more pics here . Also, issue 351 of White Dwarf will have an article about the tournament. I'll be parting with $9US to get a copy, my first in maybe 5 years. The price sure went up since then!
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18 January 2009
News from Taeklonn - GT award
I just received an e-mail from my son (Taeklonn) - he won the Best Sportsman award at the Games Workshop GT at Conquest NW, here in Seattle! He used his Dwarf army, and received many boxes of Dwarf minis as a prize.
I am not certain, but I believe that the various award winners of official GW tournaments get pics in White Dwarf and on the website - I'll let you know if/when that happens... it would be the first White Dwarf that I have bought for years.
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I am not certain, but I believe that the various award winners of official GW tournaments get pics in White Dwarf and on the website - I'll let you know if/when that happens... it would be the first White Dwarf that I have bought for years.
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04 January 2009
Drumbeat 2009
Yesterday, I played in my first game of General Quarters 3 at Drumbeat, a nice but small historical-only gaming event in Seattle. Mark Serafin braved adversities to show up and run this event.
The scenario was a training scenario, just to get people up on the rules. There were six players - 2 Japanese and 1 German vs. 1 US, 1 British, and 1 Dutch (me!). Each player had three ships: 1 light cruiser or large destroyer and 2 smaller destroyers. The Dutch force consisted of: Java, Kortenaer, and Witte de Withe.
Here are my three ships, GHQ Models I believe and expertly painted by David Sullivan.
The game starts - Java leads the way. HMS Penelope is close astern as we pass close to an island.
German destroyers off the port bow! We started the game at a really close range, and in the name of simplicity the visibility rules were not used. The action got hot immediately - the Germans received fire from my division and the Brits. The US destroyers were waaaaaaaay behind us, and the Japanese forces were not this close! Java was able to damage the lead German DD, and she had some luck in the return fire - Java was hit twice, but each hit was against a non-existent system (TT launcher in this instance), in effect no damage was done. Kortenaer (second in the Dutch line) was not so lucky - she suffered an Engineering hit, reducing her max speed and lost one of her two TT launchers.
The Royal Navy division - Penelope leads 2 H-class (?) DD. Minis by GHQ and well-painted by Mark Serafin.
A little later in the game - Java (and Kortenaer) in the bottom right corner, the two remaining Germans heading away, two Japanese groups (in the top center), and the Brits. The US force is somewhere off-pic to the left (!). Witte de Withe has sunk earlier, previously undamaged, by a German torp. The lead German DD was sunk by concentrated Dutch and Brit gunfire and a Brit torp. The British force is taking massive damage from very close range fire by the two Japanese flotillas. In the pic you see blue poker chips; Mark uses these to cover the torpedo launches.
A Japanese flotilla closing in on Java. The torpedo launch chips astern the Japanese have sunk Kortenaer and things look grim for the Dutch. I'm not going down without a fight though! Java has a lot of guns, and can dish out a lot of damage at close range. The Japanese CL gets peppered by a broadside, and is severely damaged. In the exchange, Java gets scraped paint and splinters (more hits on non-existent systems).
Java turns to starboard to keep the maximum amount of weapons on target. Off the pic, off Java's bow is the late-arriving US division. I decide to turn in and follow the US ships, although I should just open the range.
Here is what I get for following the US destroyers - a spread of 3 US torps heading directly towards me! The torps were intended for the Japanese flotilla, but I plotted my move just perfectly to intercede. Fortunately the torps missed; gave me quite a scare though!
Soon after this, we had to pick up the game. I had a blast! I really like the way that General Quarters has been improved in its third edition - I ordered a copy of the WW1 version later that night.
Many thanks to Mark Serafin, for coming to Drumbeat despite his troubles; and thanks to the other players - Chuck (Japanese), Jeroen (Japanese), Dantae (German, and perhaps 12 years old), Dale (US), and the Brit player whose name I did not note.
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The scenario was a training scenario, just to get people up on the rules. There were six players - 2 Japanese and 1 German vs. 1 US, 1 British, and 1 Dutch (me!). Each player had three ships: 1 light cruiser or large destroyer and 2 smaller destroyers. The Dutch force consisted of: Java, Kortenaer, and Witte de Withe.
Here are my three ships, GHQ Models I believe and expertly painted by David Sullivan.
The game starts - Java leads the way. HMS Penelope is close astern as we pass close to an island.
German destroyers off the port bow! We started the game at a really close range, and in the name of simplicity the visibility rules were not used. The action got hot immediately - the Germans received fire from my division and the Brits. The US destroyers were waaaaaaaay behind us, and the Japanese forces were not this close! Java was able to damage the lead German DD, and she had some luck in the return fire - Java was hit twice, but each hit was against a non-existent system (TT launcher in this instance), in effect no damage was done. Kortenaer (second in the Dutch line) was not so lucky - she suffered an Engineering hit, reducing her max speed and lost one of her two TT launchers.
The Royal Navy division - Penelope leads 2 H-class (?) DD. Minis by GHQ and well-painted by Mark Serafin.
A little later in the game - Java (and Kortenaer) in the bottom right corner, the two remaining Germans heading away, two Japanese groups (in the top center), and the Brits. The US force is somewhere off-pic to the left (!). Witte de Withe has sunk earlier, previously undamaged, by a German torp. The lead German DD was sunk by concentrated Dutch and Brit gunfire and a Brit torp. The British force is taking massive damage from very close range fire by the two Japanese flotillas. In the pic you see blue poker chips; Mark uses these to cover the torpedo launches.
A Japanese flotilla closing in on Java. The torpedo launch chips astern the Japanese have sunk Kortenaer and things look grim for the Dutch. I'm not going down without a fight though! Java has a lot of guns, and can dish out a lot of damage at close range. The Japanese CL gets peppered by a broadside, and is severely damaged. In the exchange, Java gets scraped paint and splinters (more hits on non-existent systems).
Java turns to starboard to keep the maximum amount of weapons on target. Off the pic, off Java's bow is the late-arriving US division. I decide to turn in and follow the US ships, although I should just open the range.
Here is what I get for following the US destroyers - a spread of 3 US torps heading directly towards me! The torps were intended for the Japanese flotilla, but I plotted my move just perfectly to intercede. Fortunately the torps missed; gave me quite a scare though!
Soon after this, we had to pick up the game. I had a blast! I really like the way that General Quarters has been improved in its third edition - I ordered a copy of the WW1 version later that night.
Many thanks to Mark Serafin, for coming to Drumbeat despite his troubles; and thanks to the other players - Chuck (Japanese), Jeroen (Japanese), Dantae (German, and perhaps 12 years old), Dale (US), and the Brit player whose name I did not note.
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Drumbeat 2009
2009 has started off very well for me, as I was able to go to my first gaming excursion since mid-2006. Drumbeat is a small (one day) historical-mini-only get-together in Seattle organized by Dick Larsen. It is now in its third year, and looking good for next year. I counted about 50 gamers present yesterday and many great games.
Early action - two WAB games in 25mm and a Napoleonic battle (15mm).
Tactica2 - a huge set-up in 15mm; Romans are on the far side, facing an opponent from Asia Minor (sorry - I do not remember the actual army facing the Romans!)
Warhammer Ancients - table 1: Armies of Chivalry in action
Warhammer Ancients - table 2: a Punic War battle
DBA - do I see WWg?
DBA table 2: Paul Hannah on the attack
Another pic of the WAB Punic battle - the battle lines are closing, and the skirmishers are, well, skirmishing!
A close-up of the Asiatic's right flank at the Tactica2 battle
Field of Glory in 15mm - I have yet to play FoG, but from what I gathered from the players, that black marker is very bad news...
An unfortunately poor pic of Wes Roger's Napoleonic game (15mm) - French vs. Austrians I believe
One more pic of the WAB Punic battle These are pics from the morning games. I was actually hoping to get into a General Quarters 3 game, but the GM was running very late, so at about 11am or so Feawin and I decide to go have a leisurely lunch. This extended into some grocery shopping and we did not make it back until 1pm. Shortly after we returned, Mark Serafin arrived, having struggled with adversities (car trouble and a poorly running ferry system) to run his GQ3 game. Pics of that game are on my other blog - Mini Ship Gaming Other games in the afternoon included more Field of Glory, DBA (I saw at least 4 games of DBA running simultaneously), WAB, and a WW2 skirmish. I had a great time at Drumbeat, and will plan to be at the next. Many thanks are due to Dick Larsen for organizing these events, and thanks to all of the gamers that showed up to run and play games!
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Early action - two WAB games in 25mm and a Napoleonic battle (15mm).
Tactica2 - a huge set-up in 15mm; Romans are on the far side, facing an opponent from Asia Minor (sorry - I do not remember the actual army facing the Romans!)
Warhammer Ancients - table 1: Armies of Chivalry in action
Warhammer Ancients - table 2: a Punic War battle
DBA - do I see WWg?
DBA table 2: Paul Hannah on the attack
Another pic of the WAB Punic battle - the battle lines are closing, and the skirmishers are, well, skirmishing!
A close-up of the Asiatic's right flank at the Tactica2 battle
Field of Glory in 15mm - I have yet to play FoG, but from what I gathered from the players, that black marker is very bad news...
An unfortunately poor pic of Wes Roger's Napoleonic game (15mm) - French vs. Austrians I believe
One more pic of the WAB Punic battle These are pics from the morning games. I was actually hoping to get into a General Quarters 3 game, but the GM was running very late, so at about 11am or so Feawin and I decide to go have a leisurely lunch. This extended into some grocery shopping and we did not make it back until 1pm. Shortly after we returned, Mark Serafin arrived, having struggled with adversities (car trouble and a poorly running ferry system) to run his GQ3 game. Pics of that game are on my other blog - Mini Ship Gaming Other games in the afternoon included more Field of Glory, DBA (I saw at least 4 games of DBA running simultaneously), WAB, and a WW2 skirmish. I had a great time at Drumbeat, and will plan to be at the next. Many thanks are due to Dick Larsen for organizing these events, and thanks to all of the gamers that showed up to run and play games! .
01 January 2009
Roman Seas
Here is a pic of a Roman Seas game in progress:
This was taken during one of Eric Hotz's games during Enfilade 2006.
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This was taken during one of Eric Hotz's games during Enfilade 2006.
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05 January 2008
Drumbeat 2008
Today is the day for Drumbeat, a small miniature gaming get-together run under the auspices of NHMGS. We (Feawin and I) were looking forward to attending, but she is ill and my stepdaughter just had surgery, so those plans are shelved. Next year, perhaps.
As a side note, this is Post # 100 for this blog! Lots more to come, so stay tuned.
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As a side note, this is Post # 100 for this blog! Lots more to come, so stay tuned.
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28 October 2007
More Enfilade 2006 pics
Here are some more pics from the last convention I attended - Enfilade 2006...
Setting: France during the Hundred Year's War
Rules: Medieval Tactica Siege
Scale: 28mm
Scenario: The French are defending a strategic river crossing at Pont du Merde; the English must take it.
Pont du Merde, being defended by none other than Taeklonn!
The start - the English forces: 'Wes' on the English right (left of pic); the empty chair is my position in the center; and Feawin holds the English left flank. You will also note the French defenders in the keep. Also shown is the Reviresco vendor stand.
Charge!
And that is where the photocommentary runs dry...
I was too busy having fun (and taunting my son with terrible Monty Python quotes) to take many pics. It was a great game, with the issue in doubt until the end. The fine English forces were able (albeit with heavy losses) to take possession of the crossing from the French. Our thanks to gamemaster Kevin Smythe!
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Setting: France during the Hundred Year's War
Rules: Medieval Tactica Siege
Scale: 28mm
Scenario: The French are defending a strategic river crossing at Pont du Merde; the English must take it.
Pont du Merde, being defended by none other than Taeklonn!
The start - the English forces: 'Wes' on the English right (left of pic); the empty chair is my position in the center; and Feawin holds the English left flank. You will also note the French defenders in the keep. Also shown is the Reviresco vendor stand.
Charge!
And that is where the photocommentary runs dry...
I was too busy having fun (and taunting my son with terrible Monty Python quotes) to take many pics. It was a great game, with the issue in doubt until the end. The fine English forces were able (albeit with heavy losses) to take possession of the crossing from the French. Our thanks to gamemaster Kevin Smythe!
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03 September 2007
Blenheim
While sifting through some folders on my computer, I came across some more pics from Enfilade:
These were taken at Enfilade 2004, and show Ian Croxall's Blenheim game in action. What a great looking game.
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These were taken at Enfilade 2004, and show Ian Croxall's Blenheim game in action. What a great looking game.
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25 May 2007
Enfilade 2007
Today is the start of Enfilade this year. Enfilade is one of the best miniature conventions around, and we are not going to be there this year.
Although we made this decision months ago, it is still sad to not be able to attend.
The money it took for the three of us to attend last year is being used for needed items around the home, and miniatures of course.
Hopefully, somebody there will post pics that are not locked up within a Yahoogroup, and I'll cross-link to them here.
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Although we made this decision months ago, it is still sad to not be able to attend.
The money it took for the three of us to attend last year is being used for needed items around the home, and miniatures of course.
Hopefully, somebody there will post pics that are not locked up within a Yahoogroup, and I'll cross-link to them here.
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31 October 2006
Post-Enfilade part 4
Here is some more info about Ian Croxall's marvelous WSS games at Enfilade:
Blenheim 2004
Pics and maps of the first of these mega-games at Enfilade in 2004 (and replayed at Enfilade 2005 I believe).
Ramilles 2006
More pics and maps for the most recent battle.
Please note: by the looks of it, Ian is planning a Malplaquet game for 2008!
And a link for Enfilade
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Blenheim 2004
Pics and maps of the first of these mega-games at Enfilade in 2004 (and replayed at Enfilade 2005 I believe).
Ramilles 2006
More pics and maps for the most recent battle.
Please note: by the looks of it, Ian is planning a Malplaquet game for 2008!
And a link for Enfilade
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29 September 2006
Post Enfilade part 3
Some more long-overdue pics from this year's Enfilade:
A Starship Troopers game
The famous Battle on the Ice DBA game, Lake Peipus 1410, complete with Zamboni and Stanley Cup measuring aids! This is one of Paul Hannah's many marvelous 15mm DBA settings.
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A Starship Troopers game
The famous Battle on the Ice DBA game, Lake Peipus 1410, complete with Zamboni and Stanley Cup measuring aids! This is one of Paul Hannah's many marvelous 15mm DBA settings.
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13 June 2006
Post-Enfilade part 2
Ramilles again...
These pics were taken at the lunch-time break. By this time the action was pretty hot along the length of the battlefield. Never did find out the outcome...
Also, a shot of one of the Roman Seas scenarios, presented by Eric Hotz:
Roman Seas won the Best of Show award for Enfilade '06
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These pics were taken at the lunch-time break. By this time the action was pretty hot along the length of the battlefield. Never did find out the outcome...
Also, a shot of one of the Roman Seas scenarios, presented by Eric Hotz:
Roman Seas won the Best of Show award for Enfilade '06
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11 June 2006
Post-Enfilade part 1
We had a great time at Enfilade this year. It was a long day, having awoken at 0300 Saturday, driving down to the hotel, gaming all day, and making it back home at 0200 Sunday!
Here is a couple of pics of the huge Ramilles game, run by Ian Croxall with 28mm minis:
I am not too familiar with this battle... these pics are from near the center of the table at the start of the battle. The tables (around 30' long) were in a dog-leg shape, and these pics are from the bend in the map.
More later...
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Here is a couple of pics of the huge Ramilles game, run by Ian Croxall with 28mm minis:
I am not too familiar with this battle... these pics are from near the center of the table at the start of the battle. The tables (around 30' long) were in a dog-leg shape, and these pics are from the bend in the map.
More later...
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