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.
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| My car with front-facing minigun and molotov cocktails |
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| Buggy with rocket turret and shotgun |
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| Car with turreted machine guns and napalm dropper |
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| The course. Ross proudly told us that noone had made it to the second gate. |
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| Start your engines! |
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| We race to the first gate, which activates weapons. |
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| I veer infront of the buggy and drop a molotov accurately on it |
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| Mayhem! I dodge a rocket; napalm is dumped and the buggy crashes into the other car |
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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.
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| Early evening July 2 1863 |
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| 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.
