On Wargames and Such

The fifth Paukarlahticon was on 3-5.June and there were more people than ever there. 30 people came to play over the weekend which I am really happy about. A lot of games played, a lot of beer drunk and lots of war stories in the sauna!

Here are some random photos of some of the games played there. I will make separate posts on Cold War Commander and General de Brigade so you can check those out too.

A lot of Muskets & Tomahawks and Ronin going on this time. I think this is Ronin, correct me if I'm wrong.

Epic 40 000. My Dark Angels vs. Necrons. Looking good!

Or not. I was wiped away promptly. I really need to learn how to play this game :)

Late night drunken Bamboleo.

Good old Heroquest. Which is the best game ever made, obviously.

A tutorial game of Frostgrave.

Soldiers of God. I was interested in this but was too busy showing off Frostgrave to pay too much attention. It looked pretty card driven.

A friend of mine brought his 3D printer. 3D printing will definitely revolutionize our hobby in the coming years. I'll show off some printed stuff I paint later this summer.

The printer at work.

There were boardgames played as usual but as usual I was preoccupied in the miniatures section. If someone took photos, send them and I'll add them to the report.

I hosted a gaming weekend at my place a month ago already (29-31.5.) but I've been too busy to report on it until now. The weekend drew in a record crowd of 21 people this time around so I'm really happy. The programme for the weekend was to play lots of miniature games, boardgames cardgames, wargames and so on. A good deal of barbecuing, going to the sauna and enjoying appropriate refreshments is also part of the format.

Many people chose to sleep in tents, which is a smart move if you want to sleep late.

Boardgames

The boardgames crowd is not really represented in the pictures but they were there. Being committed mostly to miniature games during the weekend, I didn't spend much time taking photos of the boardgames, but they were there, honest! Some people hesitate to come to the weekends thinking they're just about miniature games but there's a lot of boardgaming going on, believe me!




Regimental Fire & Fury: Olustee (6mm)

A impromptu addition to the weekend, we tried our first game of the regimental version of Fire & Fury. Familiar enough to anyone who has played the brigade version. I umpired this one, but we did not finish it. The Confederates were taking a beating and it was getting late so the players called it.




Muskets and Tomahawks (20mm)

Timo ran two introductory games of Muskets & Tomahawks during the weekend, but I was stuck in other games during them so I missed out. Also, these were the only half-decent photos I could scrounge so there's not much to see. I sure would like to try it out though.




Battlegroup Kursk: Caen


The main event of the weekend were two simultaneous games of Battlegroup Kursk and I played in one of them. The fighting took place during the battle of Caen in 1944. Both tables had four players. The table I was on had city terrain and had some pretty low grade German troops defending the area against an attack by the British. The British had lots and lots of tanks, but with the aid of good artillery, the Germans held the city.



The other game was an attack near an airfield. I don't know the specifics, but there was some desperate fighting going on in the woods and lots of burning tanks outside.


Chain of Command

I umpired a couple of games of Chain of Command during the weekend players who were either new to Chain of Command or new to miniature wargames entirely. The first game showed me that the tables should have lots of dead spots without LOS for the game to be entertaining. Otherwise the match too easily devolves into a gunfight determined more by dice than wits. I remedied the situation in the second game and I think it was more entertaining.



So there you have it! It was an excellent weekend and a welcome jolt to my otherwise slow gaming year. The space could accommodate the larger crow easily and I think the place could draw ten more people without much trouble. We'll see :)