Tundra Con VI

Even though we were missing several gamers who usually attend, the 6th rendition of Tundra Con has to be judged highly successful.  We had 57 paid entries, plus our four vendors and a number of interested spectators from the patrons of the Legion Hall.  The post commander even got in a game!

A great many photos of our eye-candy games follows.  We finally got our regular website going, one cannot rely just on Facebook and word of mouth.  The plan is have a game master sign-up spot and a regularly updated event listing.  Be sure to put us on your calendar for next year.  January 9th!

Rebels and Patriots - French and Indian War.

Naval Thunder - Battle of the Java Sea.

Bolt Action

Battlefleet Gothic

Games and Mats

X-Wing - Epic space battles.

More space fighting.

ESR brought their shop and a demo game.

ESR - 10mm Napoleonics

En Sans Resutlat!

54mm Trojan Wars for sale.

One of the most popular games.

French Legionnaires, pirates, sampans, what's not to love?

Battle Fleet Gothic continues...

Marvel Crisis Protocol.

Poles and Swedes.

Getting started.

Follow the river.

Adeptus Titanicus.

Board gamers were an expanded presence this year.

I believe this was 3D printed.

Battle of the Bulge scenario that got no players.

Giant robots continues.

We also had Memoir '44 and Wings of War but sadly I missed out on getting pictures.  I suppose I was distracted setting up my "Bulge" game that didn't resonate with players.

Sunday we had our usual invitational game of Batailles de l'Ancien Regimes, planned by Brent Olson and featuring eleven players.  Unfortunately I was so busy helping players that I neglected to take many pictures.  The engagement, based on the Battle of Long Island, was fought on three tables that were connected but not connected.  We got a very historic result as the "British" made short work of the "rebels."

One of the set up tables.

The gang.

Final Argument of Kings Refresher

After a long delay in getting back to one of our favorite systems I put together a small game to introduce it to new players and bloody some freshly painted Prussians.  FAoK is a simul move game by the late, great, Dean West that uses a Johnny Reb II style.  For our four player game we had 18 French battalions, six guns and five cavalry going against eight Prussian (four grenadier) and four Brunswick with the Lippe-Schaumberg battalion.  Three cannons and four cavalry rounded out the force under Prince Henry.

Initial deployment from the Prussian side of the table.

Looking the length of the table starting positions.

FAoK has a grand tactical system so we were able to get a jump on them.

The new Prussian cuirassiers made short work of their French opponents.

On the right the French sought to use their numbers to turn our flank.

Things got fast and furious in the center.

The pipe cleaner marks the extent of the charge, just reaching the
French rear.

A timely Brunswick flank charge stabilized the right.

Things were confused in the center but superior musketry was
taking a huge toll.

The French artillery had not done much and found themselves flanked.

Yellow pipe cleaners indicate shaken units.

Disordered but the cuirassiers are still very dangerous.

Slowly losing to superior numbers on the right but they lasted
long enough.

So with their center ruptured, the cavalry largely gone and a confused mess on our right the French chose to withdraw precipitously.  Other games have taken the focus because of campaigns, but Final Argument of Kings remains one of our top three systems.  I'm sure 2020 will see more games.