I attended Acon this year, for the first time in a while, and had a really great time. Reconnected with old friends, got to know some new ones better. Bought some beautiful new things and, naturally, found a few well used old ones.
A friend pursuaded me to try AOS (..it was part of a deal).
So.. what better way to start playing a game than by entering a fun narrative tourney and spending a day being schooled.
I took the army I have painted - with a few pieices quickly rebased to match.
The Doom Diver - Scratch built in.. 2003? needed serious cleaning and repairs. Sometime soon, after further restoration, I'll showcase it in more detail.
My opponents were all gracious and patient teachers and I had a lot of fun playing.
My rank and flank brain found the game a bit cluttered and abstract. There was not a lot of opportunity for classic tactics and the number of special abilities slowed things down (for me anyway).
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I also got the opportunity to play a classic game of 6th ed. WFB
Introduced and set up to meet via my local club's Discord channel, my gobbos swapped some chariots for some orc boys, to face Caleb's Dwarves.
It gave me the excuse to bring a couple of classic buildings, red pastic charge tokens, and a pair of artillery dice that seemed to be firmly on the goblin side.
The resultant stubborn quagmire of out-numbered dwarves locked in a war of attrition was inevitable
Adepticon was a wonderful show
Next time I'm gonna think smaller and more portable
Cheers
C
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