The dreaded he-vampire.
I ran three different demo games at RopeCon. Unfortunately, Tube asked me to take pictures of the Warhammer 40,000 big game, so I also ran out of film during my last demo...
If you came here directly, you probably missed the link to the con report.
The dreaded he-vampire.
The guest of honor was Ray "Don't quit your day job" Greer from
Hero Games.
Generic Legions is a nice, fast and free science fiction game from Armoursoft. I used my collection of old Citadel, Renegade Legion and Silent Death figures in addition to really funky old Heroics & Ros robot figures and Adler Napoleonics.
I personally think the puffs of smoke add a lot of feeling to the game compared to just removing destroyed units.
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Surf Napoleon Must Die! in progress. |
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Can't see me, I'm behind the house! |
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The figures are an odd collection of old Space Marine plastics, some converted, and Renegade Legion plastics, plus a few others. |
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It was a four-way battle.Worked surprisingly well, actually. |
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Watch them burn... he he he...
Smoking wrecks are SO much more satisfying than just removing casualties. |
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More wrecks. |
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Alf tanks don't seem to be using catalyctic converters... |
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If I move this... |
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Closeup on Earthie tanks. |
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Napoleon advances. |
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Hmmm... if I just happen to leave this ruler on the table here... |
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Thing blow up in GL, which I find a jolly good thing.
The vapid amount of dice rolling, OTOH, is not so good. |
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The obligatory crotch shot. |
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Jarmo and Hulk, two people who were able to stomach my games for unbelievably long. |
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Napoleon is moving out. |
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Isn't this aluminum suitcase cool? It's in almost every picture. |
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The downside of seeing everyone is that everyone sees you...
Air power does not tend to live too long in Generic Legions. |
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Out of focus... |
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Neat formation. But for how long? |
Fantasy Rules is simply the best fantasy mass battle system I've yet to see -- and I collect these things. The games had a vague "Night of the Living Lead" theme, pitting
As for the lack of focus in some of the pictures, I claim the time-honored defense of blaming my tools. The autofocus is even more near-sighted than I am...
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Moomin attack squad in action. The Moomins never failed to attract a crowd.
Important for convention games: Always have something eyecatching. |
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Looks like Feuding Feudals vs. Lord Helmet's Undead. |
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Closeup of the action. |
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Opening stages. Lord Soth is butting heads with some knights. |
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The undead dino advances. |
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Looks like Feudals are up against Evil Conquerors For A Better Tomorrow. |
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The end is nigh... |
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The dreaded 'wristshot'. |
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Some semblance of lines maintained. |
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Red Redemption holes up in the village. |
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Initial lines. |
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The are in line... so far. |
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Undead vs. Chaos, it seems. |
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Can't we all just live in peace? |
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The chaos knights are from a Battle Masters set, and definitely up to something. |
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The red guy is a Ral Partha Rögon the Balrog Dragon. I kinda like him. |
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Though I wonder if they really managed to have a sensible game on a table so cluttered, I must applaud the dedication and storage space of these guys. Scratch-built 25mm titans, for heaven's sake!
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I can't say if they were actually able to play, but it looks impressive. |
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Tube asked me to take these pictures. |
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Scratch-built ork gargant. |
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Hey! There's an empty spot on the table. Oh wait, he's going for reinforcements. |
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Reaver titan, I believe. |
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Warhound looks bigger than the Reaver? Perils of scratch-building, I guess. |
Sky Galleons of Mars is a sadly underappreciated game. Ok, yes I also think the rules are clunky and the original figures look like they came out of a cereal box, but the idea must appeal to anyone who grew up reading Barsoom novels.
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Is that 3.99 inches or 4.01? |
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I organized this game for RoPeCon as a sort of last minute thing. |
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