Åcon 2013 Liveblog

[OSHIROmodels]

Hold on a minute, where are the pictures of the beer 

cheers

James

[Dr. Zombie]

The serious beerdrinking doesn't start until today I think. I think it is mandatory for the Mega Røvede game.

[Dr. The Viking]

Hold on a minute, where are the pictures of the beer  

cheers

James

This year we have a hoop to throw the beer cans at when they're empty... so the bottles don't get to stand around. There's been beer aplenty I assure you!  

The serious beerdrinking doesn't start until today I think. I think it is mandatory for the Mega Røvede game.

This is probably right too!  

[Dr. The Viking]

You!


So the superhero game is under way!



Røvede Bank is being røved. It is up to The Human Bee, Credible Hulk, Elvis and Bruce Lee Bruce Laa to stop the evil mastermind Dr. Brain and his Simians from getting away with it.


The Human Bee and Elvis


Inside the bank the bell is ringing


The simians are trying to take the bank before its tooo late.


Outsiden the civilians have fled.


Sirens blazing the police crash into the bank


Beef hulk Brutallisimo's interest is peaked by the crash

TBC

[von Lucky]

  Bring it on.

[Dr. The Viking]

Phew... the game ended well:




Bruce Lee Bruce Laa was squashed with a safe:


Before


 After

And here are some shots of the VSF game. Fought using IABSM and Sharpe Practice:

[Dr. The Viking]

Right now SAGA is on:

[von Lucky]

Lovely action shots, but's the deal with the giraffe?!

[OSHIROmodels]

The games look great chaps 

Hope the weather holds out for you 

cheers

James

[Dr. The Viking]

This year's pirate campaign is now under war!




Rebellious marines vs. french imposters


The Voodoo Queen is defending St. Røvede from intruders.


Battle at open sea

10 different crews are involved in the fight. We're are now in the 3rd game of the day.

[Mason]

 

Bloody hell!

Stunning eye-candy, fellas.
Stunning!
 

[Malamute]

A great looking weekend, some excellent games. The VSF one in particular looks good.

[Dr. The Viking]

Here's a rundown of the story that was told to the players before the Pirate game started. It built on the campaign we had last year.

Well, basically what’s happened is that Sir John Glutton has been fired as the leader of the Red Coats after last year’s debacle. Glutton was a lenient and fair leader of the colony, but the crown’s spies didn’t appreciate his affiliations with pirates, natives and weird voodoo creatures. His much heralded birthday party, to which everyone on the islands was invited, was the last straw that broke the back of the mule.


Naturally the pirates, natives and weird voodoo creatures of Port Røvede are quite frustrated with the outlook of a new administration in the colony.
First and foremost it would mean that they’d all be outlawed and secondly the new red coats would probably be a lot bossier than the old ones. God knows they might even try to uphold law and order!


It goes without saying that the new administration must be stopped!

 

The pirates, the natives and the weird voodoo creatures have tried to think about what to do.


At first the pirates, the natives and the weird voodoo creatures decided to go on a general strike (the Skeleton Pirates eventually joined in after a brief discussion of the nature of striking, which was voted to be generally evil and mischievous , and thus in keeping with the Grand Skeletal Charter that dictates that Skeletons may only be party to evil and mischievous dealings).


However it soon turned out that the Crown cared little for the strike. In fact it seemed to think that it was doing its job all right and that the pirates, the natives and the voodoo creatures (and the skeletons) had simply given up the fight.


Thus the pirates, natives and weird voodoo creatures (apart from the skeletons pirates who decided that this was pushing it with regards to the charter) joined a league with Glutton and his red coats. They vowed to assist him in fighting off the Crown’s redcoats and reinstating him as the proper administrator of Port Røvede.


So this year you have to choose which side you’re on!


Either you fight for Sir John Glutton or against him. OR with the skeleton pirates!


We are going to need some more red coats but it is my hope that between us all we will have enough to field a side of red coat gangs.


You are all welcome to add extra stuff/terrain to the different islands as well or strange contraptions that you think will lift the game.


Rest of the images:


The crew of the Black Harlot


Royal marines and dwarves battling in the shallow waters. The marines were hampered by a vooodoo spell causing their ship to sails backwards only.


Marines defending Fort au Lait where the Royal gold was deposited


The treasure cave for the end game.


Players trying to sway the will of the games master


The captains and 1st officers in the end game



Now I'm going to sleep for the next 14 days  

[Dr. Zombie]

You are such a tease not letting people know how it all ended!

[Dr. The Viking]

Dread Pirate LeChuck found the blue crystal skull and was thereby elected governor of Ny Røvede!

The aftermath:

The newcomer Patrick Stewart, the captain formely known as Jean Luc Picard, was defrauded and the 'Royal Marines' from 'England' that had in fact turned out to be French marines from... France... all sailed back to the land of frog legs and sour wine. Patrick Stewart was put on a raft where he floated adrift for many days until the raft drifted in to what appeared to be the mouth of a cave shaped like a human skull, moving jaws and all. Stewart chose to be a good sport about it all, as surely, a mystical and uncertain destiny had to be awaiting within the cave. One that would lead him back to grandeur, no doubt.

LeChuck was installed as governor in Port Røvede and immediately demanded that all jobs, civil and duty, be carried out by skeleton ghosts. He also started building a great mansion on the top of a hill where he'd survey his New Kingdom (as he put it).

The pirates, the voodoo Queen and Sir Glutton held a secret meeting, after the debacle, at which they discussed the possibilities of circumventing the blood oath that had been taken upon the finding of the blue crystal skull. The voodoo Queen felt fairly certain that evil spirits would be hammering down on their skulls the minute they tried to refuse LeChuck his governorship.

This was a pickle.

It was determined that Sir Glutton would uphold a facade, to the Crown of England, of being in charge. It would simply be too much of a fuzz if the old king heard about all this.

The pirates, the Voodoo Queen and Sir Glutton then hid themselves on one of the outer most islands of Ny Røvede (featuring an imposing cliff carved like a human skull - moving jaws and all - which, as everyone knew, was to be avoided at all cost due to the precious amounts of almost certain death contained therein).

Here they will build up strenght and make ready to retake the colony from the hands of Dread Pirate LeChuck (TM)

To be continued...