We will have all the latest items, previews of new items, our Direct Terrain items, and updates of new projects that we are working on. We look forward to seeing everyone at the show. At all three shows we will also have our gaming tables set up. Come on by and have some fun gaming too.
MBA will be attending Cold Wars, March 6-8, in Lancaster, PA. We look forward to seeing everyone and hoping for a snow free weekend.
The new MBA items are just a few weeks away from being delivered and we will be taking pre-orders on these items. We will also have new Direct Terrain items at the show as well. So lot’s to see and more to talk about at the show. Safe travels and we will see you in Lancaster.
Hello MBA friends. Tuesday we are heading off to GENCON in Indianapolis, IN; always a great show and a great time.
We will have convention specials at the booth, new products to review and the Castle Kick starter pieces as well. What more could you ask for…well, we will be setting up our huge gaming tables in the miniature hall as well. So stop by and say hello and see what’s going on.
Hello fellow gamers! Miniature Building Authority will be attending Historicon this year. We will have all of the latest items, new direct items, and close out specials. This will be a great opportunity to check out all of our buildings and terrain.
Additionally, we will have the items from the Castle Kickstarter at the show. This will be a great time to see all the cool items that will be available for this project. The new dates for the Castle Kickstarter project will now be in August. We will announce the dates at Historicon.
Last chance for the latest Big 12 Sale. This sale will be over on the 14th. Check out the great savings.
Hello Everyone. I apologize for the delay in getting out my report on the first of hopefully many MBA game days, but March has been an excessively busy month. First, I want to thank John, the owner of Treefort Games, for hosting us for the day. He was awesome and we love his store. He has plenty of large tables for gamers and we did not even dent his gaming space with our big tables.
Secondly I would like to thank our game masters Michael Johns, Charles Salley, Charley Traylor, Alan Huskey, and Andrew Campbell. You all were great and we appreciate the games you ran for us.
On the big castle European table we had some Warhammer Fantasy going in the morning and then Charley took over and ran a game of Saga. On the big Middle Eastern Table we ran a big game of Operation Desert Breeze, Iraq in 2008, and then Charles ran a cool zombie game based on a Syrian scenario.
I had set up for a 3rd game for an Afghanistan scenario, but it had been a long day we did not get to start that one. This was a big success and we appreciate everyone for coming out and spending some time gaming with us.
We will try to do this in the Atlanta area at least once a year if not twice. Here are some fun pictures from the event:
The upright city of St. Piddlin was a hit a GenCon.
We drove up from Atlanta on Tuesday, leaving at 8 in the morning. Traffic wasn’t really an issue. The drive was uneventful. We got to Indianapolis that afternoon and just had dinner, resting for the odyssey that would be the next five days. On Wednesday we unloaded the truck. Grover came by and was a great help with this. Lunch was at the Ram, a Brewpub downtown. Wil Wheaton was there having lunch. I did not fanboy him.
There was quite a lot of work involved in this. We were worn out, so it was time for dinner and home then. The next day was the opening of the show. The dealer hall opened at 9 for the people who had paid for early entrance and for the celebrity types. At ten, the rest of the gaming world descended upon us. After that calmed down a bit, we met up the guys from 19 and 1, a gaming club in Indy. We put up 4 gaming tables using MBA 28mm terrain for three and MBA 15mm terrain for one. This is the 24′ Castle into town battle table. There is a game of bolt action going on in the background while the guys from DGS are running Freeblade.
This is the 16′ of middle eastern conflict we set up being used for a zombie game.
There are tons more pics of the terrain and the rest of GenCon on facebook in our albums. Here is a link. While you are there, make sure to like us. Share us with your network please.
While Kirk and Jim worked the booth, I stayed in the gaming hall, talking about the new Castle Kickstarter and all of the great MBA terrain. People were really excited about the stuff, and about a million pictures were taken of the castle table. The first day seemed to last forever. Finally six o’clock came, and the dealer hall shut down.
We then headed over to the Rathskeller, a German restaurant in downtown Indy. Kirk had some of his friends meet us there. They were the guys he’d served with in Iraq, and their families. What a great group of people. Friendly and outgoing folks, I felt right at home with them. We had *excellent* food and beer, plenty of conversation, and more than one “no shit, there I was” story was told.
The rest of the Con went by in similar fashion. We got up early, to the con, worked until six, and then called it a day. On Friday we ran the Open Conflict game on the Middle eastern table. It was well received to say the least. The players blew up, ran over and shot each other in quite inventive ways. The Americans camped in the base while the UN troops left behind the guys whose vehicle got RPG’d and the ISF just got pummeled. The “BrownLiquid” Contractors were ignored as they whisked the prince out of the conflict area. The Sunnis and Shias seemed to have the most fun, ambushing convoys and bus jacking pilgrims. The big winner of the day was Grover, Bus jacking the pilgrims, killing off ISF forces, and moving his rockets into place.
Saturday came and went in a blur. Jim did get a chance to talk to an old friend from Iron Wind.
Sunday came and we had a big rush at the booth. We packed it at 4, and had to wait what seem like forever before they’d let us load the truck. We headed home then, and after another uneventful drive, GenCon 2013 was in the books. We had a great time. You should come next year!
What a great day! We got up to some great weather. It was about 58 and warmed up to 74 today. Unloading went smoothly. The booth setup took a while, and by the time we were done we headed over to the Ram, a brewpub in downtown Indy. They have embraced GenCon…. Check out this menu!
We also picked up a copy of the Program.
GenCon Program
This thing is huge. We set up 4 tables for gaming, a 15mm Flames of War, a 28mm zombie table, a 28mm modern conflict, and a huge 28mm castle and town battle. Pics of these to follow. Started letting people know about the castle kickstarter. Lots of positive feedback on it. Looking forward to the rest of the Con,
I was lucky enough to be asked to come over and help playtest the ruleset that MBA (Miniature Building Authority) will be running at Gen Con 2013. There were four other play testers, and what a great time we had. First, let’s have a look at the table:
The table ready for Troop Deployment Iraq 28mm table, ready for troop deployment
And here is another shot from a different angle:
A bird’s eye view of about half the table.
We were each put in charge of a different force including Americans, UN, IDF, Shia, and Sunni. After falling in love with the table, we put out our forces.
Calm looking street? The red bus is full of pilgrims, and the surrounding buildings are full of Shia ambushers. It’s about to go all wrong here.
And these:
The Mosque is the destination for the Pilgrims. The IDF escorts have quite the warm welcome waiting for them.
There was a ton of action, fires starting and troops dying.
28mm Humvee lights up a VW microbus, insurgents flee
The Americans and IDF held a base in the contested zone with little resistance.
28mm American compound, complete with porta potties
Whilst the Shia waited on Pilgrims that were to never arrive.
Courtyard around Mosque. Shia Forces readying for assault on Americans.
Things get hot quickly. The pilgrims bus is Bus jacked, and the Americans attempt a heroic Helo based rescue. The chopper is forced to land because of small arms fire and so that mission is aborted.
IDF and UN players watching to see what develops as Helicopter is forced to land in roundabout
The Sunni bravely ambush the rear of the American armored patrol, and the UN prepare to blow the wall and go after the guys who shot down the Helo.
28mm American armored vehicle takes a rocket launcher attack in the rear from Sunni troops hidden in convenience store. UN troops at bottom of photo preparing to breech wall and enter Mosque compound.
At the end of the game the Sunni player was declared the winner. *I* think we were all winners. The game was a ton of fun, the guys were fun opponents and willing to have a good time, MBA put on a Phenomenal table in 28mm for us to play on and nobody got upset when the bad guys won. Thanks so much for letting me be a part of this.
As a footnote, I’d like to correctly Identify Michael Johns as both the winner and the Leader of the Shia Militia.
Miniature Building Authority will be attending Historicon this year. We will have our sponsored gaming tables in the main gaming area as well. Don’t forget that Saturday is officially Yoder’s day and if you have your shirts, wear them and you will get this year’s Yoder’s Dancer #2 figure for freeon Saturday only. Dave at Bronze Age Miniatures did another great job for us this year.
As you can see we have this years model and she is ready to dance her little rear end off for you.
We will have our full line up this year with all of the latest releases for Miniature Building Authority, and our Direct Terrain line. Lots to see and check out. See you next week.
Well, it’s a good thing that those men in black, I mean, Kirk and Jim were there with their Special Operations vehicle. Apparently there was a small electrical fire or something along that line at the convention center and everyone had to be evacuated from the building.
Not once, but twice.
Hopefully tomorrow (and the rest of the show) will be less eventful.
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