A minor show in the greater scheme of things, yet one that looms
fairly large in the Melbourne scene, Little Wars 2014 was held in the
spacious, though somewhat dim environs of the Kingston Town Hall in
Moorabbin a few weeks back.
Organised by Nic Robson of Eureka fame and the Nunawading Wargames
club, somewhere around 400 people passed through the doors.
I think
there were nineteen particiation games on the go through out the day
including my own Not Quite the Dambusters.
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| S for Sugar takes a run |
Fool that I am, I was so busy as to almost entirely neglect taking photos. Unbelieveable!
There was a lot of variety. A smashing pirate game caught my eye. Spread
over a number of islands, with native warriors, some kind of kraken,
(only the tentacles of which were visible above the waves) and a horde
of pirate ships. Others which stood out for me were the fabulous WW1 air
combat game involving any number of Revell Nieuports, Eindeckers and De
Havillands whizzing about a monstrous Zeppelin (at least a metre and a
half long). The clock then seemed to mysteriously advance until a horde
of Albatri DIIIs faced off against a gaggle of Camels and an SE5a.
Marvellous.
I spotted a terriffic new laser-cut Samurai castle:
Not sure if it's in full production yet, but it seems to be priced at $AU150. Tempted? I know I was.
My own game went fairly well, despite a few umms and ahhs
explaining the rules to our players. We ran it through about fifteen
times and breached the dam on three occasions. Some of the players
happily took copies of the rules away, so who knows? Maybe it will pop
up elsewhere. We did come up with a few more rule tweaks based on our
experiences, so our next run at CanCon ought to reflect those.
Lessons learned for the day - black base-coated, then dry-brushed
terrain looks much too dark indoors under artificial light. Noted!
Terrain made with a base cloth and assorted scaps od texteured cloth and
teddy-bear fur can be quite interesting to look at and easy to
transport with the correct forethought.
A good day, although a little exhausting!
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