So another Gencon is done and gone. All that remains is the recovery and lingering con-crud that I think I may have gotten a little bit of this year. However for once I still have my voice, so that is a bonus!
Overall it was a good show - and I haven't put all the numbers together (because I was busy simply collapsing after I getting home from Indianapolis and collapsing) but it seemed that my events did not have the turnout they did before (at least the Learn to Play Kings of War events).
Of course I took some pictures.
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| Trying out their first game |
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| Learning to play on Sunday Morning |
Or course one of the highlights of Gencon is Mantic night - this year held at the Hard Rock Cafe' on Saturday night. There was a great turnout - the place was simply packed! Ronnie talked about upcoming plans (though no new secrets), though you do have to watch out what happens once he starts getting a few drinks into him
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| some things simply can't be unseen :-) |
Ok - Ronnie wasn't
really doing an impromptu striptease for everyone, he just changed shirts before the event actually started, but I thought we should get a little beefcake in the blog :-)
They had demos for the new Hellboy game (you can still get in on a late pledge for the kickstarter
here, but it is only open until August 13th, so you had better hurry).
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| box and rulebook |
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| Abe Sapien agent card and miniature |
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| Hellboy card and miniature |
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| Frog-hemoth boss monster |
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| minion miniatures |
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| Doom and investigation board |
They also had Here's Negan out for Demos
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| Negan and walker cards |
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| tiles and minis |
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| walkers |
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| more walkers |
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| survivor cards |
In addition, John Jack's Barroom Brawl also made an appearance - a Dungeon Saga skirmish set after the adventures get back and are simply trying to have a drink in the pub.
Mantic also had some of the new vanguard miniatures out. Unfortunately the lighting on the table was crap, so I had to use the flash, so the the pictures aren't as good as I'd like. (Someday I will actually bring my old, small, battery powered light box to one of these!)
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| Night Stalker Butcher |
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| Night Stalker ShadowHound |
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| Night Stalker Phandom |
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| Night Stalker Reaper |
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| Night Stalker Horror |
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| Northern Alliance Snow Troll |
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| Basilean Sisterhood |
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| Basilean Sisterood Archer |
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| Basilean Gur Panther |
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| Basilean Dictator |
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| Basilean Men-at-arms Sergeant |
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| Abyssal Abyssal Guard |
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| Abyssal Gargoyle |
Friday night was the How You Use It! tournament. This is a different experience for a lot of people - instead of bringing your own army, you play with a different random 1000 pt army each turn (ok, my demo armies). It makes for some great fun and an interesting challenge as you attempt to figure out how to use a new army that you may never have played before.
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| Plaques for the winners |
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| Round 1 getting started |
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| Grant Fetter playing Brotherhood against Andrew Summers with Abyssal Dwarfs |
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| John Blakemore playing Basileans against Bradley Duncan with Ratkin |
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| Jackson Blakemore with Goblins vs Matthew Temple playing Elves |
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| Round 2 |
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| Matthew playing Trident Realms against John playing Empire of Dust |
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| Jackson playing Orcs against Grant with Ogres |
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| Andrew playing Goblins against Brad playing Elves |
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| Round 3 |
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| Jackson playing Nature vs Brad playing undead |
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| Grant with Twilight Kin vs John with Dwarfs |
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| round 4 |
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| Matt with Nature v Grant w/Undead |
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| John using Romans against Andrew with Celts (Barbarians) |
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| Brad's Abyssals vs Jackson's Kingdoms of Men |
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| Andrew Sherman, John Blakemore, Jackson Blackmore, Matthew Temple, Grnat Fetter, Bradley Dunlap |
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| Andrew Summers, 1st place |
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| Matthew Temple, 2nd Place |
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| Grant Fetter, 3rd Place |
Full results are on
warscore, of course.
This tournament replaced the old mega-battle - because the game put on by Blake and Rusty simply puts my little skirmish to shame. 20000+ points per side - and they plan to have TWO of these running at Adepticon next year (not just Undead v Elves & Dwarfs, but adding in Trident Realms v Forces of the Abyss!)
Saturday saw the Kings of Gencon escalation tournament, where players start with a 1000 pt army, then each game they add an additional 500 points, so ending the four games with a 2500 pt game. We had 12 players this year and all had a great time.
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| Round 1 |
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| Frank Bradford v Jon Carter |
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| Andrew Summers v Kara Brown |
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| Bradley Dunlap v Chris Jankowski |
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| Amy Stamper v Alan Wigness |
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| Matthew Temple v Tim Akers |
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| Ben Jankowski v Bob Boggs |
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| Round 2 |
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| Tim Akers v Ben Jankowski |
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| Kara Brown v Bob Boggs |
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| Chris Jankowsi v Andrew Summers |
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| Amy Stamper v Jon Carter |
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| Alan Wigness v Bradley Duncan |
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| Matthew Temple v Frank Bradford |
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| Jon Carter's Undead |
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| Matthew Temple's Forces of the Abyss |
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| Amy Stamper's Night Stalkers |
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| Bradley Duncan's Elves |
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| Chris Jankowski's Empire of Dust |
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| Andrew Summers' Brotherhood |
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| Alan Wigness' Dwarfs |
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| Tim Aker's Elves |
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| Ben Jankowski's Twilight Kin |
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| Frank Bradford's League of Rhordia |
Apologies to Bob Boggs and Kara Brown - as I somehow managed to miss getting pictures of their armies during paint judging (and Kara's Trident Realms army is amazing!)
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| Round 3 |
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| Jon v Ben |
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| Matthew v Bradley |
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| Chris v Bob |
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| Kara v Frank |
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| Alan v Andrew |
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| Amy v Tim |
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| Round 4 |
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| Frank v Amy |
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| Alan v Tim |
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| Kara v Ben |
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| Bradley v Bob |
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| Chris v Matthew |
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| Jon v Andrew |
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| Kara Brown, Bob Boggs, Bradley Duncan, Andrew Summers, Ben Jankowski, Frank Bradford, Chris Jankowski, Jon Carter, Alan Wigness, Time Akers, Amy Stamper (not pictured - Matthew Temple) |
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| Best Mantic Army - Matthew Temple |
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| Best Sportsperson - Kara Brown |
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| Best General - Jon Carter |
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| Overall Champion - Andrew Summers |
You can see the final results on
warscore!
Gencon was great again this year - meeting old friends (and family - since my son now works for Wyrd as a game designer - they send him to Origins and Gencon (to work, of course) - but we managed to find time for dinner at Buca De Beppos with both his brothers and some friends), making new ones, and even though I personally didn't play any games it is always great fun facilitating everyone else playing. I truly enjoy this as much as playing the games myself!
Gencon 2019 is now less than a year away (August 1-4, 2019), so if you want to be part of the best four days of gaming, it is not too soon to begin planning your trip to Indianapolis next summer.
Because it is all fun and games . . .
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