POST-KUBLACON REPORT
Well, I am pleased to say that our miniature recreation of "Bar Lev" at Kublacon worked swimmingly (is that even a word?) despite a number of hiccups, to include losing one of our GMs, missing terrain pieces, etc.
The game was set up for about fifteen players total. In the event we had close to twenty. Three of us as GMs for it all on three tables. Worked pretty well, I must say. My digital camera isn't working at the moment, so I've got no pictures; Rob S., one of my partners in crime, does however have a digital cam that works and has taken several shots. I will post them as soon as humanly possible.
I can say, however, that two other things that don't necessarily require pictures did, in fact, go pretty well.
First of all, despite the "unfortunate" development of a schedule fart on the first day of the con, I managed to set up my board game based on the Election of 1860 for its first ever public playtest. There was a great deal of interest, and I managed to hand out my (brand spanking new) business cards to a few parties. None of them are publishers, as far as I know, but everyone seemed genuinely interested, and wished me luck. Not bad for a first public outing.
Incidentally, the first public game ended in a Southern Democratic Victory....
In other news, I have had some success on the writing front.
My friend, Manny, has recently introduced a new set of bat. level WW2 rules "Panzer Korps", which are already gaining popularity and some pretty favorable reviews. I had no idea that Manny was the game designer; I just thought the game looked interesting and read some favorable reviews, so I was pleasantly surprised to see him running the game. Anyway, to make a long story short, he is looking for writers for various army guides and supplements. I sort of half-seriously suggested writing a guide to the Hungarian Army, and he thought it was a great idea. He offered me the job of writing it, and I of course took him up on it. Even more interestingly, we were talking about that very subject later, and one thing lead to another before I found myself being offered the chance to write the Italian Army guidebook, too.
So, now, I'm "officially" writing at least two supplements for a popular new system, and I'm pretty excited about it. I will just say that, at the moment, I intend to start on the Italian book first, as it's a larger subject, and will require correspondingly more research. I've already added to my library of sources on the subject, and I hope to learn a lot more over the course of the project.
I have been given a very generous timetable to finish the Italian book, but I hope to have it done sometime before the ultimate deadline. I suspect that, once I find the organizational data I need, matters will be fairly straightforward to deal with, though this is the Italian Army we're talking about...
I hope to have more to say on this subject soon, but I thought I'd share the good news! If you're interested in the "Panzer Korps" system, drop by www.panzerkorps.com and take a looksee. It's carried by several distributors, and is worth considering for larger scale engagements.
At any rate, it's very late, so I'll sign off for the moment. More information, including pics of our game from Kublacon, is on the way.
-A.
p.s.
Phil M. - Got your email. However, it seems to have been swallowed whole by Hotmail before I had a chance to respond. Mind dropping me another line?
The game was set up for about fifteen players total. In the event we had close to twenty. Three of us as GMs for it all on three tables. Worked pretty well, I must say. My digital camera isn't working at the moment, so I've got no pictures; Rob S., one of my partners in crime, does however have a digital cam that works and has taken several shots. I will post them as soon as humanly possible.
I can say, however, that two other things that don't necessarily require pictures did, in fact, go pretty well.
First of all, despite the "unfortunate" development of a schedule fart on the first day of the con, I managed to set up my board game based on the Election of 1860 for its first ever public playtest. There was a great deal of interest, and I managed to hand out my (brand spanking new) business cards to a few parties. None of them are publishers, as far as I know, but everyone seemed genuinely interested, and wished me luck. Not bad for a first public outing.
Incidentally, the first public game ended in a Southern Democratic Victory....
In other news, I have had some success on the writing front.
My friend, Manny, has recently introduced a new set of bat. level WW2 rules "Panzer Korps", which are already gaining popularity and some pretty favorable reviews. I had no idea that Manny was the game designer; I just thought the game looked interesting and read some favorable reviews, so I was pleasantly surprised to see him running the game. Anyway, to make a long story short, he is looking for writers for various army guides and supplements. I sort of half-seriously suggested writing a guide to the Hungarian Army, and he thought it was a great idea. He offered me the job of writing it, and I of course took him up on it. Even more interestingly, we were talking about that very subject later, and one thing lead to another before I found myself being offered the chance to write the Italian Army guidebook, too.
So, now, I'm "officially" writing at least two supplements for a popular new system, and I'm pretty excited about it. I will just say that, at the moment, I intend to start on the Italian book first, as it's a larger subject, and will require correspondingly more research. I've already added to my library of sources on the subject, and I hope to learn a lot more over the course of the project.
I have been given a very generous timetable to finish the Italian book, but I hope to have it done sometime before the ultimate deadline. I suspect that, once I find the organizational data I need, matters will be fairly straightforward to deal with, though this is the Italian Army we're talking about...
I hope to have more to say on this subject soon, but I thought I'd share the good news! If you're interested in the "Panzer Korps" system, drop by www.panzerkorps.com and take a looksee. It's carried by several distributors, and is worth considering for larger scale engagements.
At any rate, it's very late, so I'll sign off for the moment. More information, including pics of our game from Kublacon, is on the way.
-A.
p.s.
Phil M. - Got your email. However, it seems to have been swallowed whole by Hotmail before I had a chance to respond. Mind dropping me another line?
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