NJCon 2008 AAR
NJCon is in the books. It was a learning experience in more ways than one. It ended up being a significant amount of work. I cannot take full credit for the effort. I had a lot of help from Ellis, my friend from college and now Classic Battletech partner in crime.
The Grinder
Friday night was the grinder. We set up rather quickly. I was impressed by how much terrain we actually fit in the small plastic container we brought. We had a little bit of everything; hills up to level 3, water, light woods.
In order to break the ice a bit, Ellis and I started up the grinder and got the dice rolling. It was not long before two people came over and gave it a try.
We ended up playing right past 10PM when both players had to throw in the towel since they had already been up for quite a while. It was after all, a work day. Both had a good time and left with a copy of all of the free introductory PDFs on a snazzy CD. At least one of them loved the game so much that he said a copy of Total War was in his near future.
Twilight of the Clans
The big games with the big terrain. Most of the work that went into this Con went into this event. It was a shame then, when we only had one serious player take it for a turn.
We did have two kids come early in the afternoon, but they only made it through one and a half turns before vanishing to a Star Wars mini game. Those kids could talk fast! I believe the conversation went something like this:
OhwowIlovebattletechcauseiveplayeditsomuchlikeallthetime exceptforthetimeIdidn’tplaylikelastweekandIknowhowtoplay Ohwowisthatastormtrooper?
Very cute kids, I’m glad they stopped by even though they did not stay long.
What Now?
I have a heap of content to write up including two after action reports and several terrain tutorials. Be sure to check back often. As soon as I can get these posts written and pictures cropped I’ll get posts up for your reading pleasure. Until then, take care!
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