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| Comrade James, The Lad and Slowpainter John |
Over the last few years, MOAB for me has gone from ‘Meh’ to my favourite Con, and not just because its less than hrs drive away. Its really because it’s a great social day out with the club lads and hobby friends of games and conventions past. This year was no exception particularly with my Lad Reilly AKA "Magnet" emerging from his HSC/Yr 12/A Level/ SAT exam preparations for a mental health day away the books and Comrade James drove 3 hrs from Canberra for the day too - awesome
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| Not a huge Con, but a fun one |
After a great preparatory brekkie at a cafe to plan our assault on the trade stalls, we got into some nice table wandering followed by the finding totally unnecessary random treasures at the Bring and Buy. Some nice looking tables too, including this awesome Star Wars demo game, played in and around this 3D printed Quasar Class Carrier with LED lights!
I also really liked this terrain, which I need to copy for my FIW table:
We then invested the afternoon enjoying an epic intro game of Gaslands - gorgeous table, total mayhem and you could tell by the cheering (and complaints from the DBAers!) which was the most fun game. Highlight- Reilly’s inevitable betrayal, this time of his godfather Comrade James!
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| Mayhem at the 10 car start line! |
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| James cant see this smile but I know what it usually portends... |
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| The plan unleashed! |
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| You're doing what to me now? |
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| Yep, crash and burn dude! |
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| Thats me crashed and burned on the gate pylon, with James burning on the track ahead of me |
In the end all 10 cars were destroyed on the track, and there was much rejoicing by everyone.
A really, really well run Demo game with a friendly bunch of gamers - thanks guys!
And naturally, here is my pile of shame from the bring and buy- a bit of everything and all of them a bargain!
Which includes a new and fully pained (!) mid WW1 army of German Jagers for some skirmish gaming.
That looked and sounded like a cracking day, bloody nice haul too!
ReplyDeleteIt was and it is! Cheers Fran
DeleteSome great pics and that "sinister smile" was certainly overlooked by us with everything going on. You guys really helped make our game something special - thanks again.
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Great seeing you again Frank! An awesome day out.
DeleteLooking forward to next year's mayhem!
Great pics indeed. I like those WWI Germans and the armoured cars. Would look good in my VBCW collection.
ReplyDeleteAll the best to Reilly with his HSC too!
Thanks for the great game Sven - in addition to being a master hotwheels converter, you are a master of rules checking without interrupting game flow. A rare combo!
DeleteTop score on the Bring and Buy!
ReplyDeleteSure was. You didnt do so bad yourself.... :-)
DeleteLooks like a grand day out, and that carrier is amazing!
ReplyDeleteIt was very impressive indeed!
DeleteCool pics looks like a fun day!
ReplyDeleteCheers Simon!
DeleteLooks a great show.
ReplyDeleteThanks Ray!
DeleteOoh look. You can just see me chatting to Victor in the middle of the second picture (in the attractive mustard-coloured cardigan :) )
ReplyDeleteHow did I miss catching up with you Alan? Next time mate!
DeleteSadly our gladiator games were rather overshadowed by Gaslands next-door :)
DeleteI haven't been for far too long. That's an impressive haul you came away with! That A/C looks great. I'm keen to give Gaslands a go sometime, glad to hear it was fun.
ReplyDeleteMaybe we can meet up there next year mate, if not CanCon as well!
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