PLAYTEST AND PACK

 

Before the playtest: all tidy and ready to go.

Last Friday, I had six lusty lads over for a final run through of my upcoming Mayhem Convention Bloody Big Battle Game: Clash of Eagles, 1879.   

In preparation, I had reworked my unit identification schemes, with new color coding, enlarged on-table markers, and an updated the OOB for six players. 

I also tested out the bright idea of putting my references under the plexiglass at the end of the table at my "referee station." 

And then everyone arrived, and we got stuck in...and I got no pictures, so involved was I in facilitating and making notes to help prep for the convention game--even though I had run this game two times already (this being the third), there were still takeaways that will make the convention event better.  For one, I found that having the references under plexiglass was a loser (I just kept on using the ones on my clip board). The new markers, however, were validated as an improvement. Probably the most important thing to come from the playtest was refreshing my own practice in teaching and facilitating the game, something I knew I needed and now have under my belt.  

Well, I did get one picture: here is the aftermath, no longer so neat and tidy as the setup.  

This was the last playtest of the three games that I'll be running at Mayhem. Next step: taking inventory and packing them up for the convention (wouldn't want to get there and find out that I left the dice at home!)

Excelsior!