Recon 2016

Recon has always been one of my favourite shows.  I remember on of the very early ones in a church hall in Headingley with about five stalls.  It's grown quite a bit since then.
I met good friend 'Merlin' there and we had a good look around.
There were some impressive demonstration and participation games going on.

This WWII game featured the Home Guard of Walmington-on-Sea.  The REdcar Ironbeards were responsible.

I've always admired these guys (Sheffield and Rotherham Wargames Society, I think).

 Their teddy bear western games look great fun, if nothing else the minis and the terrain are excellent.

Dragon Rampant by the East Leeds Militaria.  I play this in 15mm, their 28mm game looked splendid.

Witch racing anyone?  I would have happily tried this, but I think I got there at lunch time.

Purchase-wise it was a slow day for me; just a couple of packs of Reaper Bones, a pot of paint and some clear bases from Sally 4th.  Usefully, the proprietor of Sally 4th is experimenting with ways of multi basing for clear bases; very useful for Warpath.

We also several boxes of the new Dr Who miniatures game from Warlord.  There were Judoon, Xygons and a box containing the 10th Doctor with four companions (seriously, Wilf?).  Nice, if a bit spindly to my eyes.  No rules though, so I'll wait.

I think there might have been another box of aliens, but I can't remember what.  Also I seem to have lots of tick marks drawn on my arms.

Open Day AAR

I'm back from the open day and I had a great time.
I got the few bits I wanted (and a few more things) and attended the Kings of War seminar where we got to hear about the plans for KoW

Kings of War, a 'Rorke's Drift' type scenario.

Deadzone display board, showing just how flexible the terrain system is

More of the display, I like the funky lighting

Kings of War again

A fantastic Dungeon Saga set up

There was a big game of Warpath too.  The sandy terrain was great

More of the Warpath board

The new Deadzone is clearly suitable for families

Incoming....

Today Mantic announced their latest Kickstarter to launch the Warpath game.  It begins on September 21st and is likely to be a biggie.  Previous test versions of the rules haven't quite hit the spot, but the test material for this looks very promising.

My first experience of Pathfinding was demoing the previous version of Warpath at a Mantic Open Day, and we all had a lot of fun.  However it, and the previous version even more so, felt a bit like Kings of War in Space.  The latest edition gets away from that, so I guess its time to get painting some of those Marauders I have stashed away.

Warpath is set in the same universe as Dreadball and Deadzone, a universe of corporate greed and high technology.  Much of the design for Deadzone was intended to port over to Warpath, and the minis were planned with this in mind.  It should be a great game, and I am really looking forward to it.

Check out their blog for more details.

And its launched and funded.Warpath Kickstarter

Mantic Games release new vehicle for Warpath

Colour Me Impressed!

I just had to share this image of one of the new vehicles planned for Mantic Games' Warpath, currently undergoing testing (the game, not the vehicle, though you never know)

Very nice 'hard Sci Fi' look with clean lines, it looks like it means business.  I'm looking forward to what else they show for the game.