GW LA Gamesday Video

I had a chance to walk the GW Gamesday floor and visit the various club tables, demonstration tables, Golden daemon painting competition, new product displays, and various events.

GW Games Day LA 2008

Well went to LA Games Day in Los Angeles, Ca for 2008 yesterday.

What a blast.  There were LOTS of events and many people present.

I will post videos laters, including a presentations, but here are the photos:

http://s307.photobucket.com/albums/nn289/robynln/Games%20Workshop/LA%20Games%20Day%202008/?albumview=grid

LA Gamesday 2008

Miniatures at Gencon Indianapolis

Well got to go by the Exhibit booth for the miniature contests for Gencon Indianapolis, Privateer Press and Dark-age Miniatures.

Of course the miniature contests were not the only miniatures on display at Gencon, so I added the few randomn shots that I also picked up of various miniatures that I ran across at the convention.

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Privateer Press Diarama

I’m not sure how many of you were able to go by the Privateer Press’ booth at Gencon Indianapolis, but there was a beautiful diarama at the front edge of the booth:

Infernal Contraption – Card Game – Demo

Well, as part of Gencon Indianapolis, I was able to observe and video tape one of the card games produced by Privateer Press:  Infernal Contraption.

The point of the game is to have your bodger (a little goblin like techy) build the best “Infernal” machine that will beat out from 1 to 3 opponents (making this a good 4 player game).
This is a great beer and pretzel game to wile away the evening with a group of friends.
It has been out for about a year and has come out with one expansion deck to add to the mayhem.
It is lots of fun and I would recommend that anyone pick it up for some evenings of light entertainment.

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Gencon Indianapolis – Day 2 Observations and interviews

So Second day at Gencon Indianapolis, the self-reported best four day of gaming on the planet earth.

So far I would not dispute this claim as I have had a blast at this convention, just as I have had in years past.
I have taken the time to bring you my video from today’s events:

I interviewed three outstanding manufacturers of Miniature Terrain for use in your games: They were Armorcast (http://www.armorcast.com), Miniature Building Authority (http://www.miniaturebuildingauthority.com) and a new company Acheson Creations (http://www.achesoncreations.com):

I also was able to talk with Galeforce 9 regarding their new Warcog line of templates and tokens for miniature gaming enthusiasts.

I took a painting seminar from Amy Brehm (http://www.amybrehm.com) regarding painting and blending with Metallics. Great stuff, if anyone has the chance to take one of her classes, I would highly recommend this.
I will have to work on getting video of her seminar up, as It is 30 minutes in length and I will have to break it up to upload it.
I spent another day hanging around the Privateer Press booth today, and they were totally mobbed for a second day due to the pre-release of their Monsterpocolypse game and their latest update to Warmachine, by releasing Legends. I also got to watch Matt from the Privateer Press painting studio and see him do some wonderful things with blending and the new Epic Eryriss:

I was able to pick up two new and exciting Painting videos today also. The first is produced by Jeremy B and was being distributed by Kraken Productions, and sold by the Warstore (http://www.thewarstore.com). The second was produced by the Privateer Press Painting Studio team, and was sold directly by Privateer Press (http://www.privateerpress.com) at their booth!
Well more tomorrow
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Gencon Indianapolis 2008 First Day

Well, got to walk the exhibit hall and take a painting class with Jeremie B from France.

Both were excellent as usual.  Had a great time seeing all the new and old throughout the hall.

Privateer Press’ booth was mobbed, with a 2 hour wait in line for people picking up the new Monsterpocalypse collectable game box sets and the new Legends expansion book, Epic warcasters and Character Jacks for Warmachine.  The line did get down to a simple 1/2 hour wait later in the day, but wow!  What a ride.

I’ve uploaded a video from the day, with various snippits and views of the hall and sites seen.

Cool stuff at Gale Force 9’s bothe as they are losing the Privateer Press’ licensing agreements at the end of the year, so two things:  The awesome terrain peices they produced for WM were being blown out at the booth at $50/each, and if you bought 3 of them, they would throw in fourth fee, giving you all 4 of the set produced for $150.  I could not pass up that deal.  Also since they are getting out of the PP production of Faction dice and tokens for Warmachine and Hordes, they have come out with their own set of markers called Warcogs:

Video from the day:

More tomorrow!
I will try to get an interview with GF9.

Arrived at Gencon Indianapolis 2008

Well, arrived at the Mecca of Gamers; Gencon Indianapolis 2008!

I come here this week to join in with 48,000 (or is it 12,000) screaming and weird other gamers of various types: RPGs, Miniatures, Collectibles, LARPers, boardgamers and more!

Today, was simple checking in the hotel, getting my badges, event tickets and attending the Educator/Retailer Trade day conference.  It was very interesting to hear teachers and retailers talk about getting more games into the school environment, how to incorporate them into lesson plans, and utilizing Library afterhours for monthly or weekly games days.

Tomorrow the main exhibit hall opens at 10am and game events start at 8am.  The city of Indianapolis has banners hanging from street signs and store fronts welcoming Gencon gamers!  So the welcome mat is out!

I will report more and get some photos up of the convention and activities through the week.

Dragonlady out!

San Diego Comiccon Day 2

Well, went to day two of Comiccon in San Diego.

It was a blast!!!

I ended up taking my Flip camera this time to video the participants, the hall, the stars and the costumes.

Here is the product:
First up is a video demonstration of Privateer Press’ Monsterpocalypst by Kevin of PP:

Part two of the demo:

And here is a video of the participants, stars and various artists at the convention:

Comiccon is a blast, if you have an opportunity to come to this event, do it!

San Diego Comic Con 2008 Day 1

San Diego hosted its 2008 International Comic convention Comiccon this weekend, beginning on Thursday (Wednesday’s preview doesn’t count).

The place was PACKED.

Costumes galore were in attendance:

Movie Props were being displayed:

And there were some amazing toys being demonstrated by various companies:

With many con exclusive items available

Movie industry stars and professionals were in abundance:

If you have a chance, check out this show, or make sure you plan to make it next year: