PolderCon happened

This weekend, PolderCon happened and good fun it was. The idea behind the convention is that a number of people host games and others come to play (a fair number switches during the day to do both). It's not a buying convention, although we had a few traders.

Tank painting workshop Mitchell Basran

After cajoling people since August I was glad to have as many games on as we did. We averaged around a 100 slots in 30+ games in each session. There was a workshop in advanced tank painting and a presentation on modern tactics by a former senior officer.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Blood & Plunder

Gaslands

Cruel Seas

Star Wars Legion

You can't always predict what will work and what won't. Recently published games always do well, with most of those slots filled up.

Assassino

Assassino

Barsaman

Sometimes, self made games do well on the reputation of their designer or the appeal of their terrain and miniatures.

Zierikzee 1304

Defcon

Redders van Erda

Generally, I think that self made games deserve more love. They may not be as smooth as the best commercial sets, but they often are more true to the theme, off the beaten path and prepared with more love.

Mythic Battles

Memoir 44 Overlord

The experience with board games is mixed. It could be that the skrimishy, miniature heavy ones (you know, the ones that get kickstartered with multiple boxes of plastic) do better than the more abstract ones in this miniature friendly environment.

Anyway, see you next year!

Non Star Trek Space Battles