GenCon 2015 Day 4
The last day of GenCon is always a little bitter sweet. It’s been a great convention. I’ve played lots of great games, saw some old friends, and made a few new ones.
Iron Wind Metals
I finally got around to doing my shopping at the Iron Wind Metals booth. They had an impressive display as always. LAMs were in abundant. Convention exclusives lined the shelves. TRO Lance Packs were packaged and waiting to be bought.
Also on hand were lots of different resin terrain packs. Some from XMarxs and more from other sources. Always good to see a variety of options.
I ended up picking up a Poseidon PSD-V2, a few Rabid Coyotes, a Mortis, and a few shipping containing/building models that looked interesting and easy to paint. Expect to see a few future posts on these hobby projects.
A Friendly Sign
One thing I forgot to mention, while playing in the Alpha Strike game I was admiring the paint jobs on the ‘Mechs we were using. Honestly it looked almost familiar if you could say such a thing about painted ‘Mechs. Sure enough I flip over the ‘Mech to see the underside of the hex base and I see the signature of a friend from New Jersey, Friedrich Haas. If you are are reading this, it was great to play with your minis at GenCon!
Wrapping Up
I spent what little time I had remaining in Indy to playtest a game in the First Exposure room. I played a quick little card game called Farms and Factories. It was fast playing and had some very satisfying game play. On that note, I have to say that this playtest area was a fantastic idea fantastically executed. That room was well organized and run. I love the idea and to see it done so well really felt good. I would love to see this similar concept spread to other conventions.
After that, I got a chance to demo a few more games prior to heading off to the airport. I got to sample the Portal game from Cryptozoic (fast paced game with some interesting mechanics, I’ll be watching for it in the fall), Dark Moon by Stronghold Games (fun but requires a good bit of skill to avoid suiciding as the non-infected), and M.E.R.Cs Recon from MegaCon Games (Co-operative objective based urban combat with loads of minis).
I had a great time and I only hope I can make it out again soon. Time will tell.
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