Village Games' Blog

RUNNING AT THE RECON...

nospam@example.com (Dan Hobot) — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:00:00 -0600

It was recently time for the local quarterly miniatures convention again. As I had brought a 15mm WWII game to share for the last few, I decided to shake it up and do a little something different – a modern middle east battle in 1/72 scale.

The change did force me to have to hurry to get a lot of the elements done in time – a new desert battle mat, some rock walls and piles, as well as the figures themselves! Somehow I did manage to get it all done, and it all turned out pretty great (if I do say so myself…).

The scenario was US Army forces moving into a middle eastern town trying to clear it of insurgents using the Tactical Assault: Combat Cards for the rules (yes, they work for modern actions as well!). The insurgents had to eliminate three units of the American forces for a win, and the insurgents could ‘recycle’ their destroyed stands (i.e. bring them back onto the battlefield after they had been eliminated in battle). The Americans had to eliminate eight units from the insurgents, the Americans could not ‘recycle‘ their stands, but they did have a distinct sophistication advantage (technology, communications, training, etc.).

We ran the scenario a few times during the day with both sides winning their share of the engagements (the American players usually lost their aggressiveness after suffering a casualty and couldn’t score any kills to win), but everyone who played had a great time – including yours truly!

Now I have to get cracking on finishing a bunch more insurgents as I have a pair of Blackhawks and Apaches waiting to get on the tabletop!

Until next time…

Stay frosty!

Dan

SHOWING OFF THE COMBAT CARDS...

nospam@example.com (Dan Hobot) — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:33:00 -0700

At Con of the North I, and a couple of dedicated volunteers, ran numerous games of the Combat Cards in the Village Games’ room. These events included the core game as well as the playtest versions of the Modern Skirmish Cards™ and the Fantasy Skirmish Cards™.

At least one Combat Card event was schedule in every time slot, with two games being run simultaneously during some of the timeslots. The expectation was that some of the games might not happen, due to a lack of players signed up, etc. To our (exhausting) surprise every slot had at least 3 players (out of 4 possible), many times 4, and sometimes even 5 or 6 with the extras hoping to be able to get in.

Here are a few shots of the core games we ran – one was a Russian Front circa 1944 and the other was set in the Anzio Beachhead in Italy in 1944. Both were done in 15mm:

For the Anzio game I had even made some vineyards for the table – unfortunately my only picture of them in action turned out a little blurry, but you get the idea:

Here are some shots of the Modern Skirmish game. It was set during Operation Market Garden, with the 101^st Airborne trying to stop a German tank that had broken through from threatening the highway heading north to Arhnem:

For the Fantasy Skirmish game, the players either played the orcs trying to protect their new found imprisoned demon or the heroic parties attempting to destroy the demon before the orcs can release it:

The weekend far exceed even our wildest expectations. Thanks goes out to Kendal, Mark and Nate for their help in making sure that every who played had a great time!

Until next time…

…I am going to get some more sleep. J

Dan

WHEW...

nospam@example.com (Dan Hobot) — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:30:00 -0700

We just got back from the Con of the North game convention, and what a convention it was! The shop hosted an entire room of events all convention long, with an estimated 400 players playing in the room throughout the whole weekend.

We had a nice mix of games including board games, mini card tournaments, miniatures games, historical miniatures – we even ran demos for airbrush painting and plaster casting. We brought with us as much staff as we could spare and an army of volunteers to run everything. By all accounts they did a wonderful job as we heard nothing but compliments about the games they ran – thanks guys!

After the shock of the weekend has worn off, we will think about next year. Until then though, enjoy some of the shots of the room in action.

Until next time…

…I am going to get some sleep. J

Dan