Tag: Conventions

06/19/16

Origins! Lost Battalion Games

LBG - IMG_7219Origins Awards Winners! ~

Corinne Mahaffey, 19 June 2016

Lost Battalion Games won an Origins Award for Best Game Accessory for their A Place 2 Play map system.

What is your new game?
Hell on Wheels is an expansion to Sergeants! and plays with both D-Day and the minis.  Hell on Wheels allows a person to drive a tank from the viewpoint of the crew, like the fury movie.

What is your personal favorite game?
Battlegroup is a carrier naval game as a card game that plays better than anything I’ve ever played.  I thoroughly enjoyed designing it with my mentor, S. Craig Taylor Jr.

What is your favorite mechanic?
The story system in Sergeants! changes the turn sequence dynamically, inserting random events without requiring the GM to determine what will happen.

If you  like ____, you will like Sergeants!.
If you like Up Front, you will like Sergeants because it is a man to man patrol level game.

 

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06/19/16

Origins! Day 4 Wrap-up

Like the Energizer Bunny of the tabletop – Still gaming… ~

Corinne Mahaffey, 19 June 2016

The three big events we saw running were the regional qualifier for Bushiroad, the Yu-Gi-Oh tournament, and the costume competition.  Bushiroad took over a large part of the back corner of the main gaming room, rapidly filled with people sorting cards. Yu-Gi-Oh took over a ballroom, filling the room with the murmur of conversation.  Judges wandered around, adjudicating, and the main game was being recorded with color commentary.

Bushiroad Cards
Bushiroad Cards

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06/18/16

Origins! Gale Force 9

Lots of minis = lots of fun! ~

Corinne Mahaffey, 18 June 2016

What is your new game?
Flame of War for Team Yankee, GF 9 Tyrants, and Battlefront Tanks

What is your favorite game?
Flames of War.  I love the depth that Flames of War because of the attention to detail given to the different scenarios.   Our tour players are second to none.  Awesome guys!

What is your favorite mechanic?
In New Tyrants the deck building and board supremacy influence each other, yet each can be considered a separate game in itself.

If you like ____, then you will like ____.
If you like X-Wing, then you will like Tanks!  Tanks! is just as fast and furious as you are used to in X-Wing.  You are just playing history instead of sci-fi.

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