Last Modified 01/20/07
Historicon 2000
The thought of
traveling 3000 miles to a wargames convention
sounded crazy to me... but.....
The Games!!!
Don Effinger shows Vince Salvato which end of the camera to peer into.. He's a helpful
guy.. Don says "Vinny, this is a camera..it is a very dangerous instrument..never
point it anybody when it is loaded." Vinny seems to be
thinking.."Don... gee, what a helpful guy!" or maybe "Help
This!!!"....Vinny's hapless Indians about to be trounced by his own Romans aided by
Don's Celts in a pick up game. They were actually testing me to see if I was a
tempermental whacko...
Round one of the Inter-Galactic Championship... My Early
Successors arranged to take on Don Miller's impressive Hittites, my elephant broke up the
chariots and I isolated this wing from his infantry to the right off screen. The rough
ground in the center hindered his deployment, but my slingers grabbed the woods and the
chariot wing crumbled.
Click here for an example of my list:
Round three (sorry Tom round two's photos did not come
out), saw the infamous Battle of the Hedgerows. I made Chris's massed Celts, pay
dearly for bringing two 15" hedges and placing them in the middle of the table, they
ended up being the ones 'hemmed in'!. I blocked the left with phalanx's and the center
with Companions and delayed on the right. My plan went smoothly and I captured my third
win as all his right wing and center troops were on the run at the end of the time limit
(turn 4)!
The Vend!!!
(Nuf said)
The Toys!!!
My biggest loss was to Don's colorful Macedonians.. but
I mainly blame the late hour and having to endure the incessant needling that put me off
my best game..Grudge match!!
Vinny's striking Mongolians.. I was happy to not have to
fight them in the Tournament.. and my Macedonians "Succeeded"* them
by only 1 point for the WAB painting award! Quite an honor as these were outstanding
figures.
(I can hear the groans all the way out here!)
The Battlefield Tour!!!
"A Louisiana Artillerist about to go on a diet".. no ..not really.. Don shows me proper thumb technique where the first shots of Gettysburg rang out. Don as a Civil War re-enactor is an excellent tour guide.. I was blown away and overwhelmed by my day long tour of the "hallowed ground". Sorry to be corny but it was my first trip to the battlefield ... there is nothing else like it.
I chanted "Fredericksburg!! Fredericksburg!!
Fredericksburg!!"
Awards:
WAB Tournament Best painted Army
Used in Game (Gold Medal), Overall Painting Competition (Silver Medal)
All this combined to be one heck of a great time!!
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And I'm lucky to be going Back!!
Historicon 2001
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Created by Jeff Jonas 07/00