Historicon 2014 Games

I ran 5 games over Historicon Weekend.  All on the same table and setup.  The Historicon events staff lead by Bill Rutherford were very helpful in giving me a table from Wednesday to Friday

 My first two games were Races.  10 of the vehicles were West Wind's vehicles for Empire of the Dead.  http://www.westwindproductions.co.uk/  They provided tremendous support along the way and I could not have done the games without their support.  Both games were full.

At the starting line.  View from just behind the mechanabat, to the hansom walker, steam bug, barrel throwing ape man, with Lee Ho Fuuk in the lead.

A different angle on the racers at the start

 Overhead.  Engines are fully stoke and ready to go

 The Course.  Racers could cross either the middle or right bridge and cross back over the far left bridge

With Dracula's carriage blocking the river, the steam walker decided to skip across the bridge- unfortunately he oversteamed and ran full speed into the house across the river

The werewolf of London attempts to block Lee Ho Fuuk

 The werewolf is more concerned about the steam walker than the girls selling flowers

 The armored hansom cab is following the regular cab

 Second Game - Mechanabat is in the lead

The Armored cab makes the turn, serenaded by the Organ grinder

The mechanabat is shot down and destroyed

The walked Hansom gave up on the race and ran along providing AA.  The Ornithopter and Steam bug are whizzing along

Games based on opening action at the Battle of Mons

 German Uhlans Charged and killed off some of the Irish Dragoon Guards that had scouted the hilltop

Germans moving across farmfields trying to follow up on the example shown by the Uhlans.  The game was played over two days and eerily mimicked the outcome of the larger battle.  Where the BEF was established in firing line, the Germans took horrendous casualties.  The problem was that the BEF flank was too lightly defended and eventually the line buckled.

I did not get pictures of the Empire of the Dead Game Friday evening.  The game featured an all ladies group, Supernatural Branch lead by Inspector Morse and DS Nick Angel, Darkfire and Anacreon Clubs all searching for the mystical statue of Zumba brought home from Congo.  The Supernatural Branch  played it cagey until the end, when they turned on everyone and seized the statue for Her Majesty

Panama
My wife won a trip to Panama as a corporate award.  On the first day we took a boat trip up the Panama Canal

Bridge of the Americas

She Who Must Be Obeyed

My Wife's Coworkers, 3 of the 10 corporate wide selectees were from her workgroup

Bridge of the Americas

Life boat ala Captain Phillips, I estimated the drop was 10 meters

Different ship in a lock awaiting the water's rise

Same ship showing how much the water level rose

Panoramic view, what struck me was the effort it must have taken using equipment from 100 years ago

Container ship making the crossing

 View from our room.  Oddly almost nobody swam in the ocean.  The Pacific was actually to the south

On the second day we did a visit to the Rainforest

Submerged Croc

Another Croc

 

Baby Iguana that was caught swimming by the guide

Capuchin Monkey looking for a snack

 Monkey running back after grabbing a mango

Embera Indian Village.  Embarrassing video was taken of me doing a dance with the Indians

View from aerial tram that took us through the Rainforest canopy

Looking down at the Jungle

View from the top of the tower of the Canal

The Chagres (Crocodile) river, which feeds the Canal

The tower we climbed

There was a Capybara on the shore

The lights are ships lining up to pass through the canal in the morning

Cold Wars 2014

I just got back from Cold Wars. 
On Friday I ran two Aerosan Race games sponsored by Brigade Games and Company B

The race is ready to start



 The route - who knows what is obscured in the snow?

 An Aerosan uses the ship as a ramp to jump off

 Racing past the crashed plane and into the woods

 Hugging the edge

 A yeti approaches the race

Racers ducking into the woods to avoid the Yeti

 Empire of the Dead Demo Games

 Demo game of Empire of the Dead at the Brigade Games booth
Three players took 100 shilling forces of Nosferatu, Gnetleman's Club and Darkfire Club

 Innocent civilians milling around

Empire of the Dead in the Great White North

Sponsored by Brigade Games and WestWind

Pregame - a mysterious item was lost on a ship after the '45

 A force of Yeti (Lycaon) attempt to prevent the Scottish explorers (gentleman's club) from collecting the item.  The giant yeti had the same stats as a zombie mob.

 Colonial Office Special Force(Sons of the Empire) on the lower right.  Yeti and Scots at the boat and Inuit (brotherhood).  The bloody smears of two scots eaten by a polar bear are in the middle left, while the fight between the Inuit and Yeti left blood in the snow on the upper left.

 Inuit have summoned snowmen to attack the Colonial Office.
The Yetis came away with the win. While the scots mostly bled, getting attacked by every other faction.

 Players with prizes generously sent by West Wind.  I did not get time to grab pictures of the other players with their prizes