{"id":493,"date":"2011-05-22T11:33:50","date_gmt":"2011-05-22T11:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=493"},"modified":"2011-05-22T11:33:50","modified_gmt":"2011-05-22T11:33:50","slug":"getting-ready-for-historicon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=493","title":{"rendered":"Getting Ready for Historicon"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the recent release of the PDF version of The GASLIGHT Compendium and the upcoming release of the hard-cover edition, Chris and I are planning to run many GASLIGHT games at Historicon. \u00a0Two of the games I’m running are “straight” historical games, without any VSF elements. \u00a0One is a civil war game that is meant to have one of everything you hear about in Civil War battles, such as a stone bridge, small rocky hill, railroad cut, sunken road, etc.<\/p>\n

\"Building<\/a>
Building "Devil's Den"<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is a picture of Sammy helping me put the final touches on the “Devil’s Den” terrain piece. \u00a0This started as the hill from two Games Workshop Battle of Five Armies sets. \u00a0I added a bunch of rocks I molded in plaster. \u00a0With a lot of dry brushing and flocking, it looks pretty good.<\/p>\n

The other “straight historical” game I’m running involves Moros in the Philippines.<\/p>\n

\"Moros<\/a>
Moros taking up firing positions in a rocky outcropping<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In this scenario, the US players are trying to capture a Moro fort. \u00a0The Moros are trying to kill Americans, capture their baggage train, and take some Filipino prisoners. \u00a0The scenario played pretty well.<\/p>\n

\"Part<\/a>
Part of the American column<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After the play test, there was a lot of talk about how to allocate victory points. \u00a0I didn’t want this to be a slug fest. \u00a0That’s why the objectives between the two sides are orthogonal. \u00a0The Americans want the fort, but the Moros want the supplies and don’t care much about the fort. \u00a0We also had a long discussion about how HAWKs are probably not good for play testing convention games because we tend to be more aggressive, more focused on the objective of the game, more likely to follow the plan, and more willing to cooperate with each other. \u00a0I think this will be a fun convention game.<\/p>\n