I have some photos I have yet to get organized.  I had a lot of fun there.  I believe I saw Mr. Mornard running a game that was a re-creation of the Battle of the Ice, German Teutonic Knights vs. Russian foot.  I was talking to one of the players on the side and mentioned that, historically, when the Teutons charged the Russians across the frozen Lake Lämmijärv, the ice broke under the weight of their armor and horses, killing many knights and throwing the German crusaders into disarray.  Anyway I walked over to chat with Dave Megarry a bit about Dungeon, and wouldn't you know, the same player came over and told me that that was exactly what happened in game!  

I ran Teeth of the Barkash Nour, although I think I didn't allot nearly enough time for it, as the party got close to finding one tooth in a "side dungeon" but nowhere near to exploring the whole demi-plane and discovering more teeth...I think I shall rework it for convention play and either remove or foreshorten that dungeon.  One character died when they incautiously stepped onto a mosaic'd floor and a 6 ton stone block squashed them to pulp.  Otherwise, it was a wash: no further casualties but no teeth recovered.  

I played in an off-grid game and did away with 5 "small" Iron Golems via a horn of blasting as the DM generously ruled that the horn's structural damage was sufficient to cause damage to the golems - constructs - but before we could adventure further, my ride was fading so we had to go (we were up the road at the Timber Ridge, not in the hotel proper where the con was held, a mistake I don't intend to repeat for Gary Con 2020 - can't make the '19 show).

It was great to meet so many guys from the Knights & Knaves board, been online friends with them for years, and to finally meet the balance of them in person was such a treat.

I also was an autograph hound!  David S. Laforce drew a picture in my Dungeon Masters Guide, which was also autographed by Erol Otus, who is a fantastic dude, Darlene Pekul signed both the Unicorn in the front cover as well as by the succubus in the back pages, Jim Ward signed it for me too.  Tom Wham drew a Snit in my Monster Manual, over by the Sphinxes (which was doubly fun for me as I did the writeup for the Sphinxes in the OSRIC book), Jeff Easley signed my later 1st edition DM's screen - Jeff Easley is AWESOME! (well they all were).  I sat, or rather, stood in the room for the Artist's Panel and asked a few nerdy questions; did anything at the game table make it in to any iconic art, yes from Larry and Erol, specifically a fireball detonation and the "Mages arguing over loot" in the Basic rulebook.  There was also a gentleman whose name escapes me at the moment who did some later 2e artwork, and while I don't recall his contributions he did say that he drew an image of a major character doing a spell raising someone from the dead...which, per the D&D rules, that person can't (magic user using Raise Dead or something like that), but they literally altered the game to make the painting make sense...!

Oh!  Stefan from Dwarven Forge was there, I got his autograph, too.

I bought the 2017 GaryCon miniature which is the Paladin from "A Paladin In Hell" in a slightly different pose to avoid stepping on WotC's toes, I guess, otherwise he's the same (and I might try to adjust him to give him the "correct" pose...but probably not), and from Effin Cool Miniatures a Goblin that is straight out of the animated Rankin/Bass version of The Hobbit!  If they'd had different poses and weapons I might have just bought 30 or 40 and done away with my current "goblins" and used those guys for D&D from now on!

Speaking of shopping, if you're in the market for metal minis, GO TO GARY CON.  The prices were REALLY good.  Like, ca. 1990s prices especially on Iron Wind Metals/Ral Partha figures!  I was so taken with how inexpensive everything was!

Black Blade had a fantastic booth full of old-school goodness.  There were a couple of second-hand vendors, one of whom had some great prices on 1e stuff, but there was less of that than I'd hoped. :/  

Convention staff was super helpful, I really felt welcomed.  

If you get a chance, go to GaryCon.  It's a lot of fun.

The Timber Ridge Lodge is indeed on the same grounds.  It's a short five minute shuttle ride away, and the shuttles run pretty much as late as you want.

Also, keep watching the hotel site.  Starting in a couple of months people will start cancelling as they realize that they can't make GaryCon 2019 for one reason or another.  People get rooms in the main building as late as November or December.

Quote from: thedungeondelver;1029856I have some photos I have yet to get organized.  I had a lot of fun there.  I believe I saw Mr. Mornard running a game that was a re-creation of the Battle of the Ice, German Teutonic Knights vs. Russian foot.  I was talking to one of the players on the side and mentioned that, historically, when the Teutons charged the Russians across the frozen Lake Lämmijärv, the ice broke under the weight of their armor and horses, killing many knights and throwing the German crusaders into disarray.  Anyway I walked over to chat with Dave Megarry a bit about Dungeon, and wouldn't you know, the same player came over and told me that that was exactly what happened in game!

Did you REALLY doubt I was a perverse son of a bitch?

Although Eisenstein greatly exaggerated the effect of the ice breaking.  Historically that is not why the Teutonic Knights lost; they lost because they got flanked by the Mongol horse archers and shredded.

Quote from: GameDaddy;1029814More Photos from the show...

https://tamerthya.blog/2018/03/17/garycon-x-games-being-played/

Great photos, thank you!!! Those are Ahoggya on the table, by the way.

Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;1029860 Did you REALLY doubt I was a perverse son of a bitch?

Although Eisenstein greatly exaggerated the effect of the ice breaking.  Historically that is not why the Teutonic Knights lost; they lost because they got flanked by the Mongol horse archers and shredded.

So the ice broke. Is this an example if what they call 'immersion' in gaming?

Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;1029860 Did you REALLY doubt I was a perverse son of a bitch?

Although Eisenstein greatly exaggerated the effect of the ice breaking.  Historically that is not why the Teutonic Knights lost; they lost because they got flanked by the Mongol horse archers and shredded.

Well, Aleksander Nevsky was never one of my favorites but that's a great, iconic scene.  During the heydays of the Molotov/Ribbentrop Pact, it was illegal to show it in Russian theaters.  Then once war was on it was put in heavy rotation...

I guess though that plays in to Russian propaganda; German arrogance and underestimation of the noble working class folk of the Motherland plays better to the political officers versus the Chinese coming in and saving their asses...

I really like this video series. Their naval recreations are particularly good.

[video=youtube;cvh1H0HkhI8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvh1H0HkhI8&t=151s[/youtube]

Quote from: chirine ba kal;1029863So the ice broke. Is this an example if what they call 'immersion' in gaming?

* snerk *

Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;1029860 Did you REALLY doubt I was a perverse son of a bitch?

Although Eisenstein greatly exaggerated the effect of the ice breaking.  Historically that is not why the Teutonic Knights lost; they lost because they got flanked by the Mongol horse archers and shredded.

One of my wargame armies (that I was moderately successful with) were the Rus (lots and lots of heavy spearmen - very effective against all the medium cavalry people tended to bring).

I think it's clear that while the light horse archers were Asiatic, they likely weren't Mongols per se, more probably Cuman-Kipchak or somesuch.

Miniature wargames are fun, but RPGs are way better.