Village Games' Blog

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

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

A while back I posted about the skirmish game Song of Blades and Heroes that a number of folks are playing at the shop. Unfortunately at the time I only had a couple of shots, and not much of the warbands being used. Well, here is an attempt to rectify that with some more shots.

The game is a fast-paced, enjoyable affair – so much so that they have even been able to recruit players that have never played miniatures games before! The guys have been running on ongoing campaign, tracking the successes of their warband as they increase in power. So far everyone seems to be having a great time – except for the occasional leader who suffers a grievous loss to his warband. J Oh well, in every battle, a little lead must fall…

Until next time…

I hope them lead medics are always handy!

Dan

Just a couple of random shots from recent Flames of War games at the shop.  I have to give the guys credit, we challenged them a while back to get their campaign off the ground and they have done it.  They play every week now, and have been expanding their armies and units. They have even been recruiting new players!

I know that the Germans' incessant losing is killing John M., but a little humility never hurts anybody. J

Until next time…

Enjoy!

Dan