Comrade James Reporting: MOAB, the Mother of All Battles, is the annual gaming event held by Sydney gaming club Southern Battle Gamers. The convention has been growing in size over the years, and I myself have not been there for nearly 20 years, and was pleasantly surprised how big it has grown.
I managed to convince Significant Other at 430pm the day before to hop in the car with her kids and drive the 3 hours to Sydney so I could compete in the MOAB Bolt Action tournament. Significant brownie points spent believe me.......
I'll cover the tournament in a separate post, and will cover some of the action at MOAB here.....
Main hall, with traders along the walls and demo games and participation games in the middle.
Dropzone Commander...how good is that terrain ??
Cardboard never looked so good........
On the Seven Seas, by Osprey...
Jugula
Battletech, an oldie but a goodie....
Me old fave, Flames of War...
Obligatory Warhammer 40K tourney
One of the personalities in the Australian Bolt Action scene is David Bruggeman, or the Demo Gamer. Dave and his three teenage sons host massive demo/participation games of Bolt Action on amazing tables that they build specifically for cons. MOAB was no exception, and the following pics show their amazing multilevel table, built from 4Ground buildings and printed street textures glued to MDF panels.....
Overall the convention lasted three days, of which I saw the first two. As well as the main hall above there were several smaller rooms filled with gamers of all descriptions, including BloodBowl, 40K Apocalypse, Warmachine, Warhammer Fantasy and obscure historical games....
The traders seemed to be doing a ripping trade, and it was great to catch up with John of War and Peace games again (my opponent at Wintercon earlier this year)
Not sure if I'll get to MOAB next year, but I'm keen.....
Will be back shortly with the round up of my Bolt Action experience.....
Great to see shows from different parts of the planet. I really did enjoy your report. If I could get you a brownie point for it I would. Thanks a hole lot for showing it.
ReplyDeleteThat looks like a tremendous day out, stunning games on show.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing the pics! The pirate game looks fun. Sorry I couldn't make it down.
ReplyDeleteI think the last I was at MOAB was with you James! Though I had heard that trade had been down there for a couple of years in a row, it now looks better than ever. Love the diversity of games, not just a 40k-hammer fest. They had SAGA too apparently, as Dux won the tourney! Looking forward to hearing how your BA experience went :-)
ReplyDeleteAwesome. Perhaps one day I can make it there all the way from Darwin.
ReplyDeletecheers