Near the front of the main hall there was a 16 or 20 foot long table with this fantastic castle at the end of it. It was set up all weekend and played host to a number of different games including a Gnome Wars campaign and a vampire wars game (I think?!?) among others. Anyway it was a REALLY nice piece of terrain.
Another well done table was this one; a huge Jacobite Rebellion game. I don't remember who was putting it on, but the set up was really top notch. Most if not all the buildings were by 4Ground and the miniatures looked great.
(Sorry, this one is kinda blurry but shows most of the table)
Speaking of 4Ground, their booth was just as you walked in the Vendor area and they had this fantastic Samurai castle piece. I spoke with the owner and he said he'd already sold all the ones he'd brought :-( but that he was considering adding to the website. While I haven't seen it listed yet I'm still hopeful. Those are Perry Samurai by the way.
Unfortunately as of 2023 4Ground appears to be defunct, however, you may be able to find some of their sets on Ebay or through other vendors. Too bad. They sold really nice terrain.
The last game I participated in was Conan skirmish using the Crom rules from Matakishis Tea House. I wanted to play in this game because I wanted to try out the rules and because, hey its Conan man! The game master was nice enough to make room for me and a couple of others. Colonial Angle Great Convention Game Tip #16. I was Bêlit, Queen of the Black Coast back from the dead.
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Episode 2: Atlantean Sword
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The Crom rules worked well though with 12 players they certainly got a little "bent" but not broken. All in all a good game and nicely done terrain.
Living in eastern North Carolina its REALLY nice having Historicon in Fredricksburg now. Lancaster is a nice place but its a long drive from Emerald Isle. I'm looking forward to going back next year.
12 players?! Wow, I hope everyone had a good time.
ReplyDeleteThe set up and scenery looks great do you have any details on who staged it?
Yeah. We all had a great time. Its was really cool because you could tell that all of the players were real Robert H. Howard fans. I'm afraid I don't remember the host's name though. The Historicon 2015 PEL lists a CROM game for Friday (Ill Met in Akbatana - 2pm) with the host as Phillip Hartzog. I THINK this was he but I didn't commit his name to memory and by November when I started this blog (and certainly by now) it'd escaped never to return :0 He was a really nice guy and he and his son had put A LOT of effort into the set up.
DeleteThanks for that. I'll see if I can get more details,
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