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Introducing the Armus Incursion: A BFG Vassal Campaign
This post is intended to establish the groundwork for the setting of the 2016 Man Battlestations BFG campaign, the Armus Sub-sector. The intent is to provide those participating in the campaign a common frame of reference with which they can … Continue reading
Event Report: Adepticon 2016 Battlefleet Gothic Tournament
Greetings! This is a little bit later than I had intended, but hey, it’s only been two weeks, right? Anyway, back on 3 April, I played in the Battlefleet Gothic tournament at Adepticon. This event has been something I’ve wanted … Continue reading
Event Report: 2nd Schaumburg Prime Offensive
One week ago, I had the honor and privilege of playing in the 2nd Schaumburg Prime Offensive, which was the Firestorm Armada tournament held at Adepticon 2016.
Posted in Event Report, Space Naval Gaming
Tagged Adepticon, Firestorm Armada, Terran, Tournament
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Star Trek Ascendancy Preview
One of the biggest highlights from Adepticon for me was getting a chance to participate in a demo of the new Gale Force 9 board game Star Trek Ascendency (STA), run by none other than John-Paul of Battlefront Games. STA … Continue reading
Adepticon Days 3 & 4
Got a bit behind on my updates! Saturday and Sunday were very busy days. On Day 3 (Saturday), I participated in the 2nd Schaumburg Prime Offensive Firestorm Armada tournament. That meant I was playing Firestorm Armada all day, from 9 … Continue reading
Adepticon Day 2
Another busy day! I started off manning the ModCube booth again this morning. At noon, I shifted over to playing Seapower, an age of sail game that uses 15mm ships! After that, I took a short break to demo War … Continue reading
Adepticon Day 1
Had a great day today! I spent the morning helping out a friend run his booth for ModCubes, which I’ve discussed before in the blog. In the afternoon, I had a painting class on blending, which has given me all … Continue reading
Adepticon Day 0
Adepticon is upon us! I will be heading up to Schaumburg later today to get checked in and to help set up for the show. I’m super excited to be going to the show this year, and I’ve been anticipating … Continue reading
Dystopian Wars: How Far is Far?
In my last Dystopian Wars article, I developed a conversion factor to turn game movement ratings into speeds (as it turns out, I reckoned it is rougly 2.67 knots per inch of movement). I speculated at the time that this … Continue reading
Adepticon Prep: Battlegroup Fortitas Background
Hello once again! Previously, I had discussed the construction of my BFG list for Adepticon. However, another one of the aspects of the upcoming Adepticon BFG tournament is that the players will be evaluated on the background stories (or “fluff”) … Continue reading