I managed to get a few things done for the month of August. As seen a couple of post back, I got my first models for Konflikt 47 finished up, which has allowed me to turn my attention back to Tail Feathers. Well, at least in theory. I just not very enthusiastic about painting those figures, so it has been really hard to double down and just knock them out. Although, I did make a dent in what was left of the Mousling foot soldiers last week: they are almost done. Maybe I will find the birds more interesting and they wont drag out so long. We'll see... My daughter also sloshed some paint onto some miniatures with me one day, for about an hour, so that was fun.
I also read through the rules for Bushi No Yume, another samurai skirmish game, last month. I haven't posted up a review of it yet, since I'm still trying to figure out how to approach the review (I know, that sounds weird. You'll maybe understand my dilemma once I post it up).
Actual gaming wise, I missed the first regular meetup because my wife and daughter went out of town for the eclipse, leaving me with the baby. For the second meetup, I got in a game of Mike's home brew game called Mini Mayhem. I am not really recalling getting any board games in with my daughter or otherwise, so all in all a pretty slow month.
The annual Huntsville Plastic Model Society's show was also this past month and I swung by. It was a quick walk through the area but some pretty neat stuff. You can find some pictures in the last blog post. The "news" out of Gencon also failed to generate much excitement for me. Well, except for Star Wars Legion but that was about it.
August also ended with my missing another NOVA Open. The family decision was made to go to Disney World (god help me) in October, which meant time/money/vacation wise, the NOVA Open was out of the question. It looked like it was going to be pretty good show and it would have been great seeing old friends. Hopefully I will get to see some of them at Adepticon and/or I can finally make it back to the NOVA Open in 2018.
Anyway, a few days late and time to move on to September.
Yeah, man, missed you at NOVA Open. Not to rub it in too much, but I think it was a banner year. The attendance increased from 1300 to 2000; there were more vendors and more recognized names; Games Workshop had a presence for the first time; there were more narrative-style gaming options; and Capital Palette was off-the-hook.
ReplyDeleteI'm seriously considering blowing off Adepticon, actually. Given the investment in vacation time and expense, one con is probably enough for me, and NOVA Open is the better option for me.
Yeah, it sounds like it was awesome and definitely pains me that I didn't make it. I can't say I would give up Adepticon for it. Not yet at least.
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