Tagged: adepticon
Adepticon 2018 Recap: Giant Loot Pile
Adepticon 2018 has come and gone! Expect to see a bunch of new posts pertaining to all we saw and did… Starting with my giant pile of loot! I got a VIG swag bag this year, and also picked up a few treats while I was there… I picked up the Relic Blade 2 player ... Read more
Last Minute Adepticon Prep- 3 Spacecraft for 28mm Mech Attack.
It’s one week from our annual Mech Attack game at Adepticon (Saturday at 10AM) and I’m working like mad to finish up this year’s additions. Two years ago, we added a short train line. Last year we added a full elevated freight train and aircraft. This year we’re adding Spaceships! The game is a get-to-the-dropzone ... Read more
AAR- Testing Mech attack for Adepticon
Karl and I are running a game of Mech Attack in 28mm at Adepticon for the third year in a row this March. This week, we tested out a scenario idea with our smaller Mechwarrior figures. The basic concept is that one side is protecting a spaceport (at the bottom of this photo) while also ... Read more
2017 Hobby year in review
2017 was a big hobby year for me. I managed to play a bunch of new games that I love, and I got a bunch of projects finished: My first finished minis of the year were the Prefecture of Ryu faction starter for Bushido. I learned how to use my cutting machine to make scale ... Read more
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