Pacificon 2016

Ok, I've been a bit sluggish with posting lately, but that doesn't mean I've been idle on the gaming front!

Last month I visited Pacificon, a modest sized gaming convention for roleplayers, board gamers and miniature gamers. I was mostly interested in the latter, and on Saturday there was definitely a lot of eye candy to go around. I took part in an Alamo game (it was the 180th anniversary) and tried a Wild West skirmish game. I also made some purchases, but unfortunately I was quite disappointed with the merchandise available - there were very few miniature related products and a whole lot of roleplaying stuff and board games (especially non-historical games). Nonetheless, it was a fun event.

Knuckleduster miniatures (Wild West)

Forrest Harris was demonstrating the 3D sculpting process used at Knuckleduster, together with his splendid range of 28mm Wild West miniatures. The miniatures were amazing, and I naturally bought a few. The demo game of Desperados was also fun and quite cinematic, though the game seems like it might bog down if more than a handful of characters are used.

Scifi

Battle of San Lorenzo 1867

Zombies!

"Naval" games

 

Ancients

Black Powder era

I think this game was from the War of 1812, but can't remember. It looked great!

Napoleonic warfare (Command and Colours rules)

Napoleonic Peninsular War (Sharp Practice rules)

Iraq 2003

World War 2

The Alamo

I took part in an Alamo game, which was fun. The exact replica of the Alamo and the models were truly stunning. The rules, designed by Texans, were perhaps a bit too partisan, but that didn't stop the Mexicans from storming the fort (after horrendous casualties).

18th century

I love these 60mm woodblock miniatures. They were made by gluing three laser-cut MDF layers on top of each other and then painted. Very old school toy feeling, and definitely durable. The game used Black Powder rules and the guy running it owned a company that makes these.

Racing game

US Civil War (Regimental Fire & Fury)

The loot (aka my purchases)

Besides the three Knuckleduster miniatures, I managed to pick a large lot of scifi minis quite cheaply at the flea market. I love the old GW Necormunda "ratskin scouts". There were a lot of other models also, though I don't know whether I'm going to ever use them. I also picked up two games and a puzzle made by a local family owned gaming company, Lumenaris. The puzzle and 19th century matchmaking game "Suitors and Suitability" are Christmas presents (man am I early this year!).