Gaslands and Briscon

I was in Brisbane last weekend, and realised to my good fortune that Briscon was happening. In the nightmare petrol-guzzling dystopian mire maze that was the carpark, I received good preparation for a Gaslands Refuelled particiption game. Ross Williams ran this as well as made all the scenery and cars. The tyre piles are sliced Nerf rounds.

My car with front-facing minigun and molotov cocktails

Buggy with rocket turret and shotgun

Car with turreted machine guns and napalm dropper

The course. Ross proudly told us that noone had made it to the second gate.

Start your engines!

We race to the first gate, which activates weapons.

I veer infront of the buggy and drop a molotov accurately on it

Mayhem! I dodge a rocket; napalm is dumped and the buggy crashes into the other car

Both my opponents blow up, I try to squeeze through the eye of the needle
and we called the game. Great fun!

Other participation games I saw included Lion Rampant crusades and Wings of Glory. There was an impressive 15mm Johnny Reb display game of Gettysburg, but it lacked any explanation or crowd-wranglers. I'm getting crotchetty.

Early evening July 2 1863

Peach Orchard with Little Round Top in the distance

There were a few tournaments going on, including Armada (Star Wars and Mantic), Battletech, Bolt Action, DBA, Team Yankee, 9th Age, Kings of War, Star Wars Legion, and One Page Rules' Grimdark Future.

I had a good time at the bring & buy stand, including an absolute bargain on OOP Forgeworld renegade milita and metal Catachans.

Gaslands Death Race report!

I had my first Gaslands race last weekend! My opponent, Gorillamo, provided the cars and 4'x4' Deep-Cut Studio mat.

Gorillamo: Rudolph the Dead Nose Reindeer (Monster Truck) and two Buggies.

Barks: The Green Machine- Two cars and a Pickup.

"Reluctantly crouched at the starting line..."

They're off! Jostling for position approaching the first gate.

The buggy is first through, but looks to be going too fast...

Rudolph crushes a Green Machine car

The buggy wipes out while the other car tries to cut Rudolph off...

... but is shunted sideways through the next gate...

...exposing him to a devastating ram from the second buggy,
 exploding and destroying his two opponents!

As the sole survivor, the grey pickup was the winner!

I really enjoyed myself in this very inspiring and evocative setting. The focus is on fun and cinematic driving. It is somewhat procedural, but this allows complex physics to be portrayed. I'm very keen to get a few teams of my own going.

I provided the gates (from Knights of Dice) and the scatter terrain. The digital effects are from the LensFX iOS app, and the physical dust clouds are from Battlefront.

Knights of Dice gate