Friday, February 15, 2019

Flintcon 2019, a photo review

     Just last weekend I had the opportunity to attend FlintCon in Flint Michigan; now in its fourth year this is a fun convention with a delightfully relaxed atmosphere and lots of really good games, not to mention the outstanding Bring&Buy. The company was convivial, the food was good, and everyone seemed to enjoying themselves immensely. I ran games in the first and second sessions and thus most of the photos are from my able Associate Editor, J&R. Apologies to any games that we missed.

 just a sample of what was on offer,
Bastion Games had everything from soup to nuts, or pikemen to Panzers

a massive collection of resin ships in 28mm caught my eyes,
and nearly my wallet

then there was the 1/6 scale (that is 330mm size) Stuart



Battle of Hastings in 28mm 
Triumph!
(Sponsored by The Washington Grand Company)
presented by Brian Peruski



Napoleonic Battle in the Spanish Peninsula 
28mm Black Powder  
(sponsored by Rider Hobby Shop)
 – Jon Carroll








Aliens Vs. Predator Vs. Marines 
– Adam Koziel






no Eddie, I said SHUT the door!



a final show-down, just like a movie!



Close Action Napoleonic Naval Action
 – Garry Kaluzny
I love sailing ships, but they are like cavalry,
I always end up in the wrong place going the wrong direction




What a Tanker 
(sponsored by Michigan Toy Soldier)
 – Matt Koltonow







28mm Castle Siege
(sponsored by Bastion Games)
– John Thull
castle courtesy Hudson and Allen


the miniatures are almost exclusive Old Glory
except for the Games Workshop cannon right there


some traitor left the drawbridge down!


oh, the siege tower is also an old GW product too


a little surprise just inside the breach
I can almost hear them doing a Three Stooges "Yuck, yuck, yuck" laugh


there were heavy casualties among the ladder-carriers






the battle at the breach was a blood-bath


the fight on the wall was nearly as bad


"Once more into the breach", or some other Shakespearish stuff











Walking Dead All Out War
 - Michael Ovesnik







Deadzone Sci-fi Skirmish 
(sponsored by Mantic Games)
 - Richard Hall





 Napoleonic Skirmish Game
 - 54mm Curtis Cousineau








WWII 15mm Battlegroup
 - Steve Thurston








 ACW Battle of Perryville
 Brigade Fire and Fury
 - Lowell Hamilton 





Flint and Feather 
(sponsored by Crucible Crush Games)
 - Lee Van Schaik
beautiful terrain, top-quality production on the rules and the minis are superb










 Force on Force
 Iraq 2003
 - Chris Maes






it is the little touches that always make it real for me






Star Wars Legion
 - John Solomon / Andrew Pryor










OK; Stormtroopers at one end of the hall, Rebels at the other, nearly no cover......
if this is a good representation of the movies this firefight could go on for hours ;) 



Darkest Africa with Gold Digger Jones
 - Glen Cooley
one of these days I'm going to just attend a convention so that when I see a game with a volcano, fierce tribesmen, a steamboat and wild animals I will get a chance to sign up to play!















Championship Formula Racing
 – Jack Beckman




Dawn Attack at Sharpsburg
 1/72 (ACW 101 Tod’s New Rules!)
 – Tod Kershner











Isandlwana 
Zulu War using The Man Who Would Be King rules
 - Michael David Wedding




"Zulus Sir, fouzahds of 'em! "






simple, but brilliantly effective, terrain



Mekong Delta Cambodia
 – Michael Harris






WWII Russian Front
 – John Thull




Russian reserves massed off-table as the Huns deployed




then the storm broke and the tides of chaos flowed across the table



Vanguard Fantasy Skirmish
(sponsored by Mantic Games) 
- Richard Hall





 Dust (Demo Games)
 - Chris Kempf



 WWI Trench Warfare
 - Ray Braemer
some more simple, but hugely evocative, terrain











 Age of Sigmar Monster Hunt 
(sponsored by Hobby Knockout Podcast) 
- Daniel Odoms / Matt Koltonow
a bit of genius  here, 
standard floor tiles form the base of the underground tunnel system 
97 cents each instead of a fifty dollar mat





looks like Mama Squigg doesn't like people kidnapping her babies





 The Battle of Kadesh 1274 BC
- Chris Maes
lovely terrain and hordes on very nice miniatures




13 comments:

  1. Some excellent looking games! Love the castle.

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  2. Thats quite an impressive convention collection of games. Thanks for taking the pics, good eye candy there.

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  3. Great pics! I was lucky enough to get into Lowell's ACW and Brian's Basting games. Lots of fun. Great con.

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  4. Great pictures! Looks like Flintcon is the premier con to attend in Michigan. The terrain is the best I seen. Couldn't go because we had to take both of our Scotties to the Vets. There is no way one person can handle them. Specialty when in is shot time

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  5. Photo credits belong to Justice&Rule, FlintCon is certainly on my "Not To Be Missed" list from now on. I have to get myself pulled together to present something at Battlefields, I have less than a month!

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  6. Um ... 19 days Bwana?!?

    GOR is on the schedule, taking the suggestions from last time and restricting to six players instead of eight.

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    1. Time is a fluid concept for me .....and 19 days IS less than a month (a lot less, OK)

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    1. Relax good man! I have signed up to run a game in the second session.

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  8. So you have good sirrah. I particularly enjoy the title.

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    1. Actually, I ran afoul of the character count in the title. It should read; On the Plains of Poland the Russian Tide Sweeps toward Warsaw.

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  9. Don't be holding back on everyone now, we all know what is in your heart. "On the Plains of Poland the Russian Tide Sweeps toward Warsaw. In the honest, Frank and Ernest attempt to save the poor residents on Warsaw's Ghetto Uprising. Recognizing fully and Respectfully, Workers of the World Uniting to overthrown the Fascist Pigs Oppressive Boot from the Neck of Socialist Peoples Everywhere." However, Capitalists enforce their "language controls" everywhere that Free Workers seek to give voice to their down trodden cries.

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