My Highlights from Gencon

Well that was fun. I just returned from four days of gaming in Indianapolis at Gencon 2012. I went with one mission in mind... Is it possible to overdose on gaming? Thankfully I got my fill and came home hungry for more.  Lots of photos incoming...

The highlight of my weekend was playing lots of Warmachine.  I signed up to play Iron Arena matches all weekend to accrue points for prizes from Privateer Press. I had a lot of fun and played with people from all over the country (and Canada).  I did fairly well, winning as many games as I lost.  One really cool thing was playing pickup games against Pro-level Retribution players.  I really learned a lot by playing (and losing) against them. Everyone was really friendly and Privateer Press provided some really cool terrain boards to support their premier event.

Scenario boards were popular and always busy

my army against Circle on a regular table

and against Skorne.... Hordes players everywhere

another nice scenario table

and another with a train on it

Privateer Press prize area

I also played a couple of events that a local Indiana gaming club was putting on.   Hats off to the club, GRiPT Games.  Really cool guys that love the game. I played in their Wall and City events and had a blast.

I was the attacker in the Wall scenario

I beat up the Circle player defending it but I did not breach the wall in time

The City was a continuous team event with destructible terrain

Destroying buildings yielded random cards with one time use effects

Interesting Stormwall conversion on the right

Of course, there was other things of interest going on besides Warmachine. I did get to play some board game demos that were fun (Level 7, X-wing, etc). Also I did do a bit of shopping in the giant (and really crowded) exhibit area. I did get into a heated "discussion" with one of the Forge World employees about Land Raider doors. I was wrong, but the salesman had a really condescending tone with me. In my defense, it was hard to argue with a British guy wearing a kilt.

The only 40k I saw was this Apocalypse game that did not look like fun for the Tyranids

as they slowly marched into a fortress of guns with this waiting

The X-Wing game is fun, but the starter is a bit overpriced IMO

Here's me playing the demo right before I got both my pilots killed (Luke and Biggs KIA, sorry Rebel Alliance)

Prepainted mins included - custom Death Star theme boards are not

Nicely painted DUST minis

Very nicely painted Warmachine minis in the Privateer Press Display

Hey Forge World ... try "Painting" your minis for your display next time (/facepalm)

WWII war gaming remains as popular as ever - Bolt Action Terrain Board

More Bolt Action going on

Malifaux seemed popular

And some little card game called Magic:TG seemed to be everywhere

another popular game had Dungeons as well as Dragons

Wizards of the Coast promotes diversity

Drow seemed popular at their exhibit...

and around the gaming halls as I found out!

Special thanks to Chad "The Ticket Oak" at Gamer's Sanctuary. Also, thanks to my buddy Chris for letting me crash at his place in Indiana.
Thanks for viewing!