Friday, August 06, 2004
Bob MacKenzie’s Historicon Photos
Conventions
Bob MacKenzie has posted a bunch of photos from Historicon.
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Monday, June 28, 2004
Origins Award Winners
Conventions
Here's a list of the Origins Award Winners: Game of the Year: Indy HeroClix -- WizKids Hall of Fame Inductees: Ed Greenwood Larry Bond Loren Wiseman Bob Charrette Hall of Fame Game Inductees: Squad Leader Warhammer 40K Continued...
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Sunday, June 27, 2004
Origins 2004 Report
Conventions
I drove down from Ann Arbor to Columbus on Saturday to spend the day at Origins. I had not expected to find much in the way of miniatures wargaming -- particularly historical miniatures -- but was pleasantly surprised. There was a strong presence by the Historical Miniatures Gaming Society and lots of historical games being run.
WizKids, of course, had a huge presence with their collectable, clickable games. Their new offering is a "constructable" pirate game, with little ships that you punch out of thin plastic sheets. I demoed the game and found it to be fun, if simplistic. Movement has nothing to do with real sailing, but the shooting mechanisms are good.
Another major publisher that caught my eye was Wizards of the Coast, with their collectable Star Wars miniatures line. They're not bad. About average size for a miniature. Seemed to be a bit bigger than West End's old Star Wars line, but not as large as the "heroic" size miniatures of Workshop and others.
I snuck a picture of these, too.
Continued...
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Thursday, June 24, 2004
Lord of the Rings At Origins
Conventions, Fantasy, General Stories
Origins 2004 is set for this weekend in Columbus, Ohio, and with it comes one of the most spectacular miniature events that I have ever seen. First seen at last summer's Historicon, “Uncle Duke” Seifried's Lord of the Rings games will be run this year by Duke, Frank Chadwick and the Origins LotR Miniatures team. Known for his spectacular convention games, Duke will showcase Helm’s Deep, Minas Tirith, The Lonely Mountain and The Black Gate with literally thousands of wargaming miniatures. These pictures were taken at last year's Historicon.
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Tuesday, May 25, 2004
Bayou Wars June 11 - 13 2004
Conventions
The Bayou Wars miniatures wargaming convention will be held June 11 - 13 in Metairie, Louisiana.
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Thursday, April 22, 2004
Drums Along The Maumee
Conventions
The Drums Along The Maumee convention will be held May 14-15, 2004 in Toldeo, Ohio.
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