Tactica 2013 - a great day out

[powerfrog99]

On saturday I visited the Tactica convention for the 3rd time and as always I'm still feeding on the impressions and talks I have had there. Brilliant tables, nice games and good food really did the job. Just the bring and buy was so succesful (crowded) that I could not motivate my to join the "melee" down there.

Thanks to the people running this con, I had a great day out in Hamburg and do not at all regret the 1100 km on roads in wintery conditions.
At least from modelling side I think it was and is 1st class.

cheers Thomas

[Frank]

I would like to say THANK YOU to all those who have run a game, to all traders, helping hands and guests of the TACTICA 2013. It is always a lot of work to run this show, but it is worth doing it. I really hope everybody had a good time and will come back next year

Within the next days I will post some pictures and reports of the TACTICA…and I would be delighted if I also get to see your images and impressions.

Regards
Frank

[rebuzz]

I was there the first time. I never saw such perfect and detailed gaming tables ever. I went to the melee in the bring and buy area and made some bargains.

[Dolmot]

Three delightful days of roaming, looting, plundering and drinking once again. A few traders/products were missing, yet apparently each one was replaced by two others eager to take my money. Tables were very nice. People were too. B&B was like a dungeon with more denizens than squares. Some part of my camera seems to have exploded from overheating. Thanks to everyone contributing to this event. Now excuse me. I have a few pounds of lead and resin to sort...

[James Morris]

Sounds brilliant, can't wait for the pictures!  This event is one I must get to someday...

[Citizen Sade]

This event is one I must get to someday...

You really should do.

Great event, great city. I can recommend staying in the St Pauli district and we didn't even do the Reeperbahn when we were there.

[aggro84]

I demand to see photos now! 
I really look forward to seeing people's Tactica pictures each year.
 

[NurgleHH]

Here are my pics: http://pictures.dirknet.de

[Malamute]

Some great pics Dirk

[NurgleHH]

Some great pics Dirk

Thank you. Hope next year see your brilliant range at the tactica, my british zorro.
And I will bring a good port to support you

[Malamute]

Thank you. Hope next year see your brilliant range at the tactica, my british zorro.
And I will bring a good port to support you

That sounds like a plan, (especially the Port. ) 

[Frank]

Some pictures (Part 1):

[manic _miner]

 Frank do you have any more pictures of the pirate ship demo game?

[Frank]

The Hygge Island table is made by Karsten: http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=43293.msg547322#msg547322

...and part 2 of the Tactica pictures:

[GilmoreDK]

Last weekend the In Clouds of Glory design team – aka Thomas Greve and Me took the trip from Copenhagen to Hamburg to present our game.

The arrival on saturday was rather overwhelming. So many traders, so many exquisite terrains and figures and the hordes of the Bring and Buy area (I would really have loved to be there when they opened, there were some seriously good bargains). Soon after we had set up the audience started to stream in.

We soon got a medium sized game up and running, and even though it seemed that it took some time for people to wrap their heads around the "free 3d" game environment. But even though the new players were slower in getting through a turn of the game than we are used to with regular players, we got through some rather quick and dirty games


And on the evening we merged two games as the British bomber formation from game one reached the victorious German fighters from game two for a very eventful game, where the four ship bomber formation of DH-9s was decimated as one plane was shot down and two others were forced home with damaged engines, serious damage to the wings, wounded pilots and one dead observer.

During the day many people came by and asked tons of questions about the game system, the 3d printed airplanes and so on.



When the day was over we were exhausted, having got in the car at 0430 in Copenhagen and running games constantly the full day.

On day two there were far fever people and we had the impression that many came by to buy tons of stuff at the lead pushers (and it was hard not to) as a result we only got players for two smaller games.

Combined we had a very fine trip, with the main regret that we did not get to play anything else ourselves. I would love to come back next year..

As to the games we ran we kept a running scoreboard and the combined victory score after all the games we ran was a resounding victory for the Luftstreitkräfte:

RFC losses:
3 SE5a
2 Sopwith Camels
1 Bristol Fighter
1 AW FK8 recon
1 DH-9 Bomber

DLK Losses:
1 Pfalz D.IIIa
1 Fokker D.VII
1 Fokker Dr.I
1 Albatros D.Va

- Svend