On to some actual Historicon coverage!
I ran my Battle of Bosworth Field, May 4, 1471 game on Wednesday evening at 7 PM; player clockwise are James, Ted, Benjamin, Ben, and dad Geoff, and old freind John Mumby from Colorado. James played the Stanleys on the Hill, Ted played Oxford, Benjamin played Chandee and the Tudor ambush forces, Ben played Norfolk, Geoff played Richard II, and John played the late arriving Northumberland.
Test of Resolve rules; May the Fourth be with you... or at least, the Stanleys!
The action was fast and furious, so I forgot to take very many pictures. Oxford and Norfolk exchanged bow and cannon fire for some time, which was surprisingly effective, before finally closing in melee, with Richard III's command in close support. This lead to the Stanleys, who had been called top support both leaders, entering the fray on behalf of the Tudor's. By this time, Oxford;s battle was destroyed, and Ted was reduced to playing as Henry Tudor and his small bodyguard.
The Yorkists had little time to celebrate before Chandee's attack upon the Yorkist right hit home. After some tense moments, this lead to the capture of Richard III. Abou the same time, Northumberland finally made his arrival in support of Richard III. He clashed with the Stanleys, coming off pretty consistently worse, and decided that discretion was the better part of valor, leaving the field to Henry Tudor and his supporters. After the battle, Richard III was summarily executed by the Tudors. The Yorkist cause was lost!
While I had just starting to set up the game, Bob Varga and his freind asked if I would mind shifting to an adjacent empty table, as they wanted to set up their Thursday AM Game. Being a gentleman, I acceded, and they helped me move my things to the new table. Their game is above, so you can see why they wanted to set it up in advance. "The Anthill". From the PEL: WWI - by late 1914 early 1915 has become a stalemate the trench fighting between them has evolved into acts of futility for yards of the “No Man's Land” battlefield. The ANT HILL is my fictional account of such an encounter against a formidable German trench system.
Set up for Jim Purky's 3 Punic Wars 54 mm games, one each Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. The first was Hannibal! with (? his own) Sand and Sandals rules.
Some close ups of the troops.
and more.
and a few more.
Pterosaurs?
Pterosaurs!
Airships!
Action of 5th November, 1813, off Toulon.
Frattspiel Waterloo 210 being set up - 10mm figures, run twice a day for 5 hrs on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
Close up of Jim's Roman town.
A final return to the Punic Wars for Wednesday evening.