Historicon 2025

 

Just got back home from the convention.  I had planned to post after each day but my Kindle Fire gave up the ghost and stopped working.  So now that its fixed I will give a recap of the events and a separate post on the two big games I played in.

Not sure about the game but a zeppelin is always going to grab your attention.   I think it was some science fiction game in a alternative universe.  No matter the airship is pretty cool.

American Revolution game, the Battle of Guilford Courthouse with 15mm Wofun miniatures.   Simple but very nice looking game.  These look like great travel type figures when on the go and you don't want to lug around the painted lead.  I like these very much.

Wings of War air plane game.  Fighting over the skies of France.

The War of the Worlds Martian invasion.  Based on the books by Scott Washington the Martians invade the world again.

Attack on Roman fortifications.  Really nice looking game with excellent terrain.  

Old School style Napoleonic game.  This was great!  Reminded me of when I got started with miniature games in the 1970's.  Simple terrain and basic painted figures.   Big beefy battalions that look the part.  Not sure of the figures, might be minifigs.

Ice Station Zebra?   Very clever terrain for fighting in the Arctic.  Great looking submarine popping up through the ice.

Hunting Moby Dick the great white whale.  Or is the whale hunting you?

Interesting part of Wargames history. This is from the US Army and was one of there tables for gaming out situations in Europe in the 1980's.  The table is made of pressed tin.  Its most interesting.

Really interesting WW1 game on a hex type table for movement.

The Battle of Chelsea Creak 27-28 May 1775.  During the siege of Boston both sides sent troops to gather hay, livestock and food from the islands of Boston Harbour.  One one of these raids British Marines landed from tge Royal Navy Schooner Diana and the sloop Britannia coached with Americans under John Stark.  When the ships entered Chelsea creek the Diana ran aground and had to be abandoned.  Outstanding looking game 

Battle of Bunker Hill 17 June 1775.  Great terrain!  Especially the ships in the harbour and Charlestown.   They definitely put a lot of work into this one. 

  A favorite of the convention;  the Alamo in 15mm.  Always a popular game this one fills up fast and I have not been able to play it.  But everyone always looks like they are having fun and there are crowds around it.  Outstanding!  The Alamo is scratch built and follows the latest research rather then the John Wayne movie.

More eye candy in my next post....