Historicon 2019 Live Blog – Part Two!
Make sure to come and join us this week for a look at Historicon 2019 over in America! Justin and Gerry are going to be joined by Jim (@oriskany) over in the US as they get stuck into this awesome convention.
We're very much looking forward to heading to Historicon for the first time and really delving into this convention which has been a mainstay of the tabletop gaming world for a while now.
Find Out More
If you'd like to find out more about the convention you can check out these links below...
Theme (Jungle Warfare) - Convention Maps - Painting Contest - Historicon Guests - Additional Attendee Information
The theme for this year is Jungle warfare so we're looking forward to seeing what their tables are like plus there is much more to dive into as well. We've already had Gerry marking off things on the map that he's very excited to go and see!
Welcome To Day 3 At Historicon
Were back again for the third day of coverage here at Historicon 2019. Get you comments in for what you’d like to see.
Clash Of Spears Ancient Battles At Historicon
Gerry gets a chance to stop off and check out Clash Of Spears.
Brazen Chariots Philippines 1941
With so many time periods at the show Jim stops off to have a look at Brazen Chariots and what was happening in the Philippines during 1941.
Jim Play's Ultracombat Normandy
Jim breaks off for a quick Game of Ultracombat Normandy.
Impudent Mortal Show Off Their Battletech Command Station
Jim stops off with the Impudent Mortal team to check out what they brought to the show.
Osprey - Fighting Sail
Let’s get a look at some naval combat with Osprey & Fighting Sail.
Rapid Fire 1943 - Eastern Front Battles
Jim checks in with the war on the eastern front, will the Soviets win the day again?
Things from the Basement
Gerry stops off at Things from the Basement to have a look at their latest creations in HDF.
Saipan - Bolt Action - Chain of Command
Jim takes a moment to have a look at a really cool Saipan table using a mix of Bolt Action & Chain of Command for their rules.
Thats All For Day 3 Folks
That’s us closing out our coverage for day three, be sure to join us again tomorrow for the last day of historicon.
Bonus post: game on, those who are about to die salute you!
It’s the end of day three and it’s time for a game, my pick for the evening is a gladiatorial battle.
Bonus post: we who are about to die part 2
Game over man. This was an absolute blast, the game keeps you engaged and having fun, we played in teams of three and picked our titans of the arena.
two highlights of the game:
1. A rather ridiculous die roll.
2. The addition of some fake blood as players died.
Bonus Post - Anglo-Dutch Age of Sail in 1:1200
Tiller and Whipstaff is a rule set by Rod Langton for 1:1200 Naval Combat in the Age of Sail. I sat down briefly with some folks were were setting up for an Anglo-Dutch high seas throw-down!
Bonus Post - Little Wars TV Runs Gettysburg in Altar of Freedom
… by that I mean all of Gettysburg. All of Gettysburg. In the pic below you can clearly see the “Federal Fishhook” position. Gettysburg town is at the top. Culp’s Hill is to the upper right. Cemetery Ridge extends down past the Wheat Field, Peach Orchard, and Devil’s Den to Little Round Top and Big Round Top. In all there are 160,000 men on this table.
Historicon Day 4 - Last Day Of The Show
It’s the final day here at Historicon, come and join us as we cover the final events and we may even have a sneaky round breakdown from the Firelock Games crew.
Le Petite Armee - Leipzig - Game in Progress
Jim has a look at the Le Petite Armee game where their battling over Leipzig.
Heyyyyyyy! Happy Saturday!
Thanks for checking us out! We’re but humble, lost circus performers … trying to fill in for the Weekender.
@avernos apologizes for the lack of Burrows & Badgers.
It’s the Weekender Hobby Live Blog!
(see what I did there ?)
I plan to hobby my butt off today and stay glued to this Blog to view/watch the articles roll in.
(oh, and I’m slow smoking ribs today as well). Serious hobby projects work up an appetite)
Those ribs sound good! :p
Wish you guys had more coverage on the WWI game from Firelock as well as where they are now with Oak and Iron. I know you had a post and video for day 1, but that seemed to gloss over things.
We got you covered on the Blood & Valor (Firelock WW1). One of the later videos in Blog part 2 is a whole turn sequence play through.
I would like a video/more coverage of Black Sun as tempted by the KS
This is seconded – Tour of Darkness on the tabletop is just to good to miss, backing already but a review may make me spend more (ha ha ha, as if I had the funds)
We were kinda sticking to historical tables? I photographed the Black Sun table and put up a post on it because my friend @cbrenner was playing it. Hopefully he can provide some insight into how the game played?
The game played well. Basics were easy to pick up. Even though it is I go U go you roll a d6 to see who is able to activate. Ranged combat can be deadly. Definitely want to use cover. Wish I had an opportunity for close combat but ran out of time. The US M79’s were effective if you bunched up. Fun game even with 7 or 8 just learning.
Awesome @cbrenner – thanks for the AAR! 🙂
@avernos @oriskany There is s 6mm modern game started an hour ago on table HR 73 that looks interesting
We did look for it, @torros – did not see it. We had some cancellations and they moved some tables around. That schedule and map they provided became obsolete VERY quickly.
No worries . I only noticed it because they posted on Facebook. The game might have been over by the time I posted
Was this the one with the oil rig? It was the only modern game I saw we didn’t get to BESIDES the Team Yankee tournament.
I would like to see more medieval, dark age, Roman, ancients kind of stuff if that’s possible.
I do have some photo galleries of “To The Strongest” I can put up in a Bonus Post. 😀
Meanwhile, did you see us talk about the Romans vs. Irish tables (two posts, actually), @avernos with Clash of Spears (twice) and Justin with “We Who are About to Die?”
We didn’t want this to turn into a all WW2-fest, we really tried to hit every genre that was represented, IF the table looked good.
Warhammer ancients was also featured.
I was just wondering if there was more. Thanks for covering what you could.
No worries. We put up some 6mm “To the Strongest” Romans at the very end of Part 2. 🙂
I really need to goto Historicon one of these years.
Apparently this was the first year at a new venue. The old one wasn’t very good, everyone seemed happy with this one.
Digging through tons of material makes me a happy man today 🙂
Got an operational-level wargame called “Poland Defiant” – the whole 1939 campaign on one table. (Revolution Games)
Thanks for all the positive feedback on the coverage, everyone! We really tried to get a little of everything … Now … There were a COUPLE tables we legit missed and I wish we could have gotten. There was a 54mm tank battle … yes, 54mm TANKS … Okay, like four tanks, but still … but by the time we reached them they were taking the table down. The “Eat Hitler” table would have been great just for a laugh – Hitler invents a time machine in his bunker to try to re-do World War II … screws it up,… Read more »
Great coverage guys. Fantastic getting to meet and talk with @dignity, @oriskany and @avernos. Nice to see and hear about games and gamers at my reasonably local convention. I hope you all get a chance to come back.
I would certainly love to come back next year @cbrenner .