View of the main room on Saturday afternoon.
A combination of the usual suspects has caused recent blogging activity to lag for the last few months (understatement). As a good prompt to get back into the swing of things, I thought I'd post on my recent trip to the Mayhem Gaming Convention held here in New Hampshire. I was there for the entire time, ran two games, and sold a few bits and bobs at the Sunday flea market. More importantly, I engaged with lots of other gamers, in particular connecting with a cabal of Pikeman's Lament/ Lion Rampant gamers of whom I was not previously aware. I hope to hear from one of more of them in the follow up. This post will mainly be pictures, with a bit of context down at the bottom to highlight fellow club members in attendance and my two games--in other words, a light post to get me started again. Being a US convention, all events were participation games. Speaking with Josh (the event coordinator), this year's attendance was a bit above 800: good crowd once again. As usual, you may clix pix for BIG PIX. Here we go...
A SAMPLING OF GAMES
Fellow members of my gaming club in action...
Running Games
Phil (red shirt) running his Dewey at Manila Bay game
Earl (blue and white club shirt) running his French and Inidan War Rebels and Patriots game.
AJ (blue and white club shirt) running his One Hour Skirmish WWII game (above left) and his Electronic Brigadier game.
Michael Bailey briefing players for his Cruel Seas game (he also ran a 28mm pirate game later that day--I didn't get a shot of that one).
Your humble correspondent (in crown) running his Saturday Night Joust game...
...two shots of my Friday: Pikeman's Lament game set in the Eastern Renaissance (Poles vs Cossacks). General Dice was with the Poles, skewing the results, which can happen in this family of rules, but the players understood that this how it can sometimes go in this system and so maintained an excellent attitude and a good time was had by all.
Robert (seated at far end of table) running his 15mm Napoleonic game.
Playing Games
From left to right, Robert, Byron, and Michael, playing in the Griff Memorial Cup game.
Charlie (blue and white club shirt) in action in AJ's Electronic Brigadier game.
Dr Dick (standing at left) playing in a Napoleonic game on Saturday morning.
Phil, bearded at left (not in a club shirt: out of uniform!) playing in an air game.
CONCLUSION
I'm awful with names, so I'll just mention an appreciation for the players in my games. First, the Friday night Pikeman's Lament crew (above), the good-sport Cossacks (left) and the victorious Poles (right)... ...and the six jolly jousters in my Saturday Night joust, who rousted, boasted, and wagered to the end. Thanks to all for making it another quality experience for me as a game host.
I'm looking forward to hosting again at Mayhem '27!
Excelsior!
