We have survived another CanCon experience and a great year it was (much to the detriment of my Painting Challenge progress!). Good mates Pete and Ken came up from Melbourne for the event a few days before hand in which we took in some of the local sights, including the Australian War memorial, and enjoyed a bunch of games.
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| Right Stuff at the entrance, ready to Blood Bowl! |
CanCon was a buzzing maelstrom of tournaments, traders and events, and a range of friends both old and new were seen. Sadly the Dux could make the journey this year but it was great to meet fellow blogger Chris of the
Moruya Marauders. After his experience at the Crusades participation game I'm looking forward to reading his thoughts on the
Deus Vult rules.
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| Comrade James deploys his Germans onto the field of battle in Bolt Action |
Games wise, Pete Ken and I played a range of participation and demo games in the three days, while Right Stuff played in the 7 match
Blood Bowl tournament, and Comrade James contested the
Bolt Action tourney. They will post on their successes and highlights separately.
Purchase wise I was very, very bad...which was very very fun! More detail at another time but thanks to John and Ian from
War and Peace Games, Nic from
Eureka Miniatures and Mick from
Mick's Metal Models for looking after me so well. No doubt my credit card will be confiscated shortly. Among the trader eye candy was this impressive couple of chaps from
Grotto Wargames Furniture who make wargaming furniture - dining tables that convert into gaming table by removing the tops to reveal the fun underneath. Draws in the side hold terrain and models - brilliant!
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| And after desert..SAGA anyone? |
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| The coffee table gaming table was also most impressive |
Here are some random eye candy shots, starting with some
Dead Man's Hand for you Dux!
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| Something different: British take on Italians in Eritrea in a very early war participation game |
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| The Flames of War and Warmachine tourneys in full swing |
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| Part of the FoW Kursk mini campaign; lovely terrain... |
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| ...but somewhat silly in execution to my mind |
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| A stunning Infinity table |
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| Like I need more help rolling 1s! |
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| The Siege of Antioch underway using Deus Vult! |
More on the Deus Vult game at Chris's blog here:
Thats it for now - more to follow after a good sleep!
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| Couldn't agree more :-) |
Very nice CanCon AAR !
ReplyDeleteAlways good to see things in different parts of the world. I particularly like the Eritrea Game. I could have seen more pics of that and no mistake.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a great outing! I think the "cursed dice" was intended to be purchased as gifts for your friends to use in gaming! Here buddy, I got you a new D20! Roll-1, Roll-1, Roll-1. They scratch their head "Hey, this dice is defective..."
ReplyDeleteThat looks like a seriously fun day out, looking forward to hearing of the purchases!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the update! Wish I could have made it. Really looking forward to hearing more about deus vult from Chris.
ReplyDeleteGreat to see. Must get down and go again one year.
ReplyDeletecheers
Lots of eye candy there! Great post. Thank you sir!
ReplyDeleteYep great three days at CanCon, and just for you and Alan I'll do a run through of both CanCon and Deus Vult, the short version was that it is really good and easy to pick up, movement is quite big but this moves the game along at a cracking pace. Really though it is not the game rules but the people you play with that make it. Thus thanks to the https://www.facebook.com/peninsulapraetorians/timeline or http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/PeninsulaPraetorians/info?tab=s for the effort and fun 3 day campaign.
ReplyDeletelooks like a lot of fun all round!
ReplyDeleteCool, thanks for sharing the pics!
ReplyDeletegreat images of what looked like a great weekend.
ReplyDeleteThanks for placing them up