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Tuesday 29 March 2016

GaryCon in Pictures: Part III

As you can see, I know important people, haha. As an aside, I have a bunch of Barrowmaze tees I'd like to get rid of, if interested.


Here is the GaryCon auction, run by Frank Mentzer and Tim Kask. Frank is very personable. A really nice guy.


This was a miniatures game of White Hand Orcs versus Boer War British soldiers. 


A closeup of the figs.


This was a jousting tourney that lasted most of the con. The action was done by the time I took this picture.


This was a very cool sandtable reminiscent of the one in Gary Gygax's basement.


Here is Jon Hershberger's Axis and Allies game. A very cool, and unique map surface. Jon is one of the great human beings in the old school community.


This was a wee sidetrip with Sean King to Gary Gygax's house. Arneson first introduced his Blackmoor campaign to Gary in his dining room. The left side of the house had the infamous stairs to the basement.



Monday 28 March 2016

GaryCon in Pictures: Part II

There was a nice area devoted to artist David Sutherland at GaryCon. I was struck by a couple things. First, how hard it must have been for him to take a step back from the art once he realized there were more talented artists at TSR. Second, the degree of straight-up poaching from other sources directly into the Monster Manual. I was well aware of this already, it just struck me particularly while looking at the chinasaurs etc. Third, Sutherland had some skill in sculpting miniatures. I was struck with the nice detail on the greens and lead at the bottom.

Boxed set art.

The DMG cover.
A closeup of the Original DMG cover.
Chinasaurs and miniatures from boxed sets used as a basis for the creatures in the MM.
The red dragon. This appeared to be a homemade miniature.
The troll.

Sutherland miniatures. Sorry about the shadow.

GaryCon in Pictures: Part I

This is my first official post on this blog. I have every intent of using this blog to discuss miniature painting for my old school Dungeons and Dragons game, but I recently went to my first GaryCon in Lake Geneva WI and thought I should share my experience.

Disclaimer: My ability to blog regularly will always be hamstrung by the ebb and flow of the university calendar. The schedule always seems like feast or famine, so there are times I can't get to anything other than the day to day grind. I'll do my best. Just because there might be a long break without posting doesn't mean I'm not working away at a small project or two.

That being said, here is Part I of my GaryCon experience in pictures. I would absolutely go back, I recommend the experience to evryone who enjoys tabletop games of any type or description.


 The above is the new venue of the Lake Geneva Resort in Lego bricks. It is huge.
 A picture of the main restaurant.
 
Beer porn. I started off liking this Spotted Cow beer, but by the end I just though it tasted more like Cow Piss.
Love the aesthetic of the main area
The empty table left as a monument the honour Gary Gygax. Very appropriate.