Frostgrave at Historicon 2021

We (myself and Le Coq Fou) played some Frostgrave at Historicon 2021 this year.  It's been a while since we've played Frostgrave (or anything, for that matter).  Almost forgot how much I love this game.  We are still playing first edition. 

Until now, we've only been playing stand alone games and haven't used the treasure, items, or experience points system.  This is the first game in our new campaign where we will try all of that out.

Needless to say, I highly recommend NOT having both your Wizard and Apprentice die in the first game of a campaign...

Le Coq Fou has the Necromancer warband in that creepy yellow with creepy hooded masks, and I have the Thaumaturge warband, painted in the standard "box art" colors as is my habit. At some point we will start building in the narrative background for the warbands and the campaign setting (Wizard names, etc.). 

Take Action at Historicon 2021

After many years I finally made my custom WW1 trench boards.  I made good use of the pandemic time. I always wanted the ground to have a reddish color to represent the clay earth.

We played Take Action, and this was French 6th Army on Day 1 of the Battle of the Somme, July 1 1916. The attack on the Village of Curlu. It was great to roll some dice with Le Coq Fou. 

Historicon 2021 Pictures

Last week I attended my first wargaming convention since the pandemic broke out.  It was surreal because we were at Cold Wars 2020 while the initial panic hit the US - I was in the hotel that Thursday night, watching the news on ESPN as the NBA was canceling the games, then the NHL, and then the supermarket panic-buying took hold. Needless to say, the following day (Friday), I got spooked enough that I went to the vendor hall one last time (who knew when I'd be able to buy hobby stuff again), cancelled the rest of my hotel stay, and drove home. 

Anyway, enough of that.  Gaming with HMGS was back - finally.  Overall, the convention was a success.  Thank you again to HMGS, the volunteers, the vendors, everyone.  

And now, here's a bunch of pictures! I'll have a few more posts of some specific games we played, too.

This is picture heavy, and in no particular order.  

Yes, this is Rorke's Drift.  More pictures below

Form on the Admiral's Wake

Awesome WW2 North Africa table. Believe they won an award.

Cool WW1 trench board for sale...

Wacky "Wars of Ozz" table.

More Rorke's Drift. Based on a boardgame...

That's a lot of Zulus...

We (the British) held out for 11 turns - needed survive to 13...

Next two pics are an enormous Test of Honour Samurai board.

Not looking good for the Brits...What would Michael Kane think?

Peloponnesian Galley's 

the Last Stand