Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Sunday, February 7, 2010
All Good Things...
Friday was the BBCS East Coast. It was friggin' awesome! Six players played on nine custom pitches for six hours. The end result? Pro Elves for the win! Jason from Waltham, MA won the tournament with a spectaculat 2-0-1 (WLD) record and 1,660,000 gp Team Value. For his victory Jason won a Shadowforge Gridiron team (The Sisters of Destruction) donated by my friends at The Warstore.
I left the Con at about 12:30 am and headed into Providence to pick up my son and then proceeded home to eat something and check the emails. I ended up staying up until around 2 am. I headed for bed and passed out cold.
I was awakened (accidentally) by the wife as she was getting ready to drive the son to Quonset for his monthly drills (he's in the Nat'l Guard). So, four hours of sleep on convention weekend. Sounds about right...
Saturday I gamed until 10:30 pm almost non-stop. I went to the game store to play Warmachine with my anti-Game Con friends and got in a couple of games with them. I even played some Cosmic Wimpout! When I got home I played some Blood Bowl for the 360. At 10:30 I slipped into an exhaustion induced coma.
Sunday I showed up at the con and got the Fantasy tournament going. This was the best tournament I have ever run! I did nothing at all. No rules questions, no personality conflicts, nothing...it was great. In the end the Warriors of Chaos won the day, led by the diabolical Josh! Congrats!
Many of the local vendors were there and I went around throughout the weekend talking to all the shop owners and managers. I met the guys from the Dice Turret
(
www.thediceturret.com).
I also met the guys from Battle Foam. They are cool guys and their product is awesome. I bought a couple of their small cases, and I can't tell you how great they were! I would highly recommend that all of you reading this go to their website (
www.battlefoam.com) and check out their cases. They will put your army logo on the foam, they will make custom foam trays to fit your minis, they might even send you some cookies (OK that last part was me trying to be funny).
Malifaux seemed to the next big thing this year. There was a game club there (whose name I don't know, sorry) that were doing demoes. It looked cool, though I never got the chance to do the demo.
So, next year I'm thinking of running a weekend long Blood Bowl tournament. For Friday and Saturday players can play as many games as they can squeeze in, with the best eight players moving on to the BBCS East Coast 2 to determine the Champion.
For now though, I have to get ready for KublaCon. I can't wait.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
TempleCon '10
In just about three weeks TempleCon will start. I'll be running the Blood Bowl tournament on Friday night. It should be cool. I've got some prize support from the Warstore and Veteran's Games, several good players showing up and some very cool pitches to play on.
On Sunday is Warhammer Fantasy. That should be fun. A lot of very good players live in the northeast, and some of them will be at this tournament. Fantasy is a very competitive sport around here (more so in the tournaments) so there should be some very good games happening.
I'll be posting updates over TC weekend (and maybe some pictures) so be sure and check back during the weekend of the 5-7 of February.
On Sunday is Warhammer Fantasy. That should be fun. A lot of very good players live in the northeast, and some of them will be at this tournament. Fantasy is a very competitive sport around here (more so in the tournaments) so there should be some very good games happening.
I'll be posting updates over TC weekend (and maybe some pictures) so be sure and check back during the weekend of the 5-7 of February.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Happy Turkey Day
Hopefully there is a lot for you to be thankful for. I have spent the last year in economic hell, with the wife out of work and the kids sponging off of me like I had a bank logo on my forehead.
I can now see the light at the end of the tunnel so to speak. My rent is being lowered, all of my kids except one have moved out. I may finally have a few dollars to start my new fantasy army...
As for the things I am thankful for:
My wife and kids are all healthy and safe.
My granddaughter is healthy and happy.
My job is fairly secure.
My friends are doing well, and reproducing at an alarming rate.
I am playing more games than I was just a few months ago, mostly Fantasy.
There is a game store in the state again!
So, have a great Thanksgiving and enjoy the time you have with your loved ones, whoever or whatever they are.
I can now see the light at the end of the tunnel so to speak. My rent is being lowered, all of my kids except one have moved out. I may finally have a few dollars to start my new fantasy army...
As for the things I am thankful for:
My wife and kids are all healthy and safe.
My granddaughter is healthy and happy.
My job is fairly secure.
My friends are doing well, and reproducing at an alarming rate.
I am playing more games than I was just a few months ago, mostly Fantasy.
There is a game store in the state again!
So, have a great Thanksgiving and enjoy the time you have with your loved ones, whoever or whatever they are.
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