Tagged: adepticon
Through The World of Mini-ing. World Model Expo 2017, Exposed!
Few things in life truly infatuate me. The connections between light speed and causality. Missing pieces of the standard model of particle physics. The disparity between social ritual and necessity, and often my lack of either. ;D Actually, I guess I get infatuated with a lot of crap. It’s in my nature, but it makes ... Read more
Newly Released Wreck-Age Models from Adepticon- Part 2
Wreck-Age released their first vehicle model at Adepticon. Each swag bag included a motorcycle, and if you stopped by the Wreck-Age vendor booth, you were given a rider for it. On Saturday, They held a paint and play event with these bikes. Show up to the event, paint your new bike, and race it around ... Read more
Demo Games at Adepticon 2017
For me, a big part of going to Adepticon is checking out various games and trying something different. Over the last few years, the number of games to play outside of the big tournaments has grown significantly, so there were a lot of options to choose from. Here are a few of the games I ... Read more
Adepticon 2017 for the Terrain Fanatic
As readers of this blog will know, my favorite part of miniature wargaming is building terrain. One of my favorite activities at Adepticon is wandering about, getting inspiration from the terrain that other folks put together. Here’s a gallery showcasing some of the best and most unique terrain I saw at Adepticon 2017. Frostgrave had ... Read more
40k Knights In Mech Attack City
When I first made plans for Adepticon 2017, I made arrangements to bring the Mech Attack terrain set on Thursday and leave it all week in the “Open Gaming” area for attendees to play on. As it happened, a family vacation intervened, and I only brought it on Saturday. I left it out during the ... Read more
AAR: Mech Attack At Adepticon 2017
After many weeks (and several blog posts) of preparation, CSW’s Adepticon 2017 Mech Attack game finally happened, and the results were EPIC. The table got a huge amount of attention resulting in getting blogged by Beasts of War. Further, Tim’s brilliant ideas of having Chicago Skirmish Wargames T-shirts for us and business cards to handout made ... Read more
Adepticon 2015: Fistful of Seamen and the Adventure of HMS Titan’s Uranus
At Adepticon Tim and I participated in the Saturday night edition of this massive, colorfully-named “Fistful of Seamen” (FoS) swashbuckling and sailing game. Easily the largest game I’ve ever been a part of, this massive game spanned a half-dozen tables, a few dozen ships and what appeared to be 50-plus participants. We had spoken with ... Read more
Mech Attack at Adepticon 2015
Earlier this month, Tim and I had the opportunity to run Mech Attack at Adepticon. Though we didn’t have anyone sign up for the game ahead of time, we were able to acquire enough passers-by to run a good four-player game. The scenario and objectives were nearly identical to the game we ran at last ... Read more
Mech Attack Adepticon Playtest Report
The club is putting on its first-ever game at Adepticon next weekend, and so last week we got together to playtest the scenario we’ll be running there. The setup is similar to last year’s scenario: a raid where the attackers are aiming to destroy certain buildings in a built-up urban environment. The rest of the ... Read more