Undersea GASLIGHT Game Wins Award at NASHCON

[CPalmer]

This past weekend the HAWKs (Harford Area Weekly Kriegspielers) made a road trip down to the NASHCON gaming convention near Nashville, TN, to host over a dozen games. The big showcase game on our line-up was a 12 player GASLIGHT Undersea Extravaganza, using figures, vehicles, and beasties from both Buck Surdu's and my collections. We arrived at the convention hotel late Thursday night after a 12 hour drive from Maryland, and were up early Friday to unpack our van and set up for our midday games. The Extravaganza was slated to run during the Saturday night game slot.

We set up the game with four factions, a human exploration party, Fishmen, Atlanteans, and a "Bad Guy" human party. Each team had it's own list of objectives such as, Loot the Atlantean Temple, Steal secrets from the crashed submarine, destroy the exploration party's power plant, etc..

We were pleased to get 10 folks signed up for the game, ranging from young to old. After Buck gave a rules brief things got underway. The action was fast and furious, and there was lots of carnage, and cantankerous vehicles to contend with; and of course, laughter, cheers, and groans of frustration when things didn't go according to plan. Everyone seemed to have a great time, including Buck and I, and we had many passers-by stop and comment on the uniqueness and coolness of the game. Most of all, we were pleasantly surprised when the folks from CigarBoxBattle.com awarded us a Superior Game Presentation Award for our time slot.

For more photos, see my blog:
http://onemoregamingproject.blogspot.com/2014/05/gaslight-undersea-extravaganza-game.html

[Sterling Moose]

 

[shadowking1957]

Just fantastic as always i love it

[Cherno]

Hey, nice game you got going there. Is that Nautilus the one from Japan that comes with a giant squid?

[Chairface]

Wonderful looking game

[General M@yhem]

Hey, nice game you got going there. Is that Nautilus the one from Japan that comes with a giant squid?

What Cherno said. 

[CPalmer]

Thanks for the kind remarks everybody.

Buck said this is where he got the Nautilus, a good number of years ago:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/20-000-Leagues-Under-The-Sea-16-Nautilus-Model-Kit-18JAJ01-/151309411887?pt=Model_Kit_US&hash=item233abe662f

It doesn't look like it came with a squid.

[General M@yhem]

Thanks for the kind remarks everybody.

Buck said this is where he got the Nautilus, a good number of years ago:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/20-000-Leagues-Under-The-Sea-16-Nautilus-Model-Kit-18JAJ01-/151309411887?pt=Model_Kit_US&hash=item233abe662f

It doesn't look like it came with a squid.

There goes that idea!

[The_Beast]

There goes that idea!

Still, if I know the one you alluded to, that other kit from Pegasus is a very handsome 'not-Disney' Nautilus, and appears to me to be doable as a waterline.

Sorry, I'm afraid you'll have to blame me for raising hopes and dashing them. I had to nudge Chris into posting here. 

Still, while I was excited to see Mage Knight Iron Lungs used, there are so many other items to sort out, I'll be studying piccies for weeks with glee.

Only just now noticed the 'mouse'...

Doug

[Count Winsky]

Great looking game!!!

[Count Winsky]

What manufacturers are factions made from? Thanks

[CPalmer]

The basic Deep-Sea Diver types are from Scheltrum and Reviersco.  The Atlanteans are Mage Knight "Iron Lung" figures, and the Fish People are a mix of Mage Knight "Deep One" figures and Reaper fishmen from their first Bones Kickstarter.

The vehicles are mainly scratchbuilt or toy conversions.

[Count Winsky]

Thank you for the information.
Count Winsky