Berserkir Wargamers @ Hamburg Tactica 2017

We hosted a big Saga/Darklands game at the Hamburg Tactica convention. There was a great atmosphere and we met a lot of very cool people. I really like the Tactica concept of keeping the display tables limited and the show small scaled. There were a lot of high quality tables and we enjoyed chatting to the other gamers. 

We made sure that the Darklands game had a lot of exposure. The Mierce models drew a lot of people to our table and we were happy to chat about the awesomeness of the game.

The other stars of the table were Adrian's walls longboats. We believe that Adrian might be selling quite a few of them in the near future ;).

We played a couple of Saga games, my Franks versus Tho's Vikings. We doubled the amount of models in each unit (hearthguard were 8 strong, warriors were 16 strong). That way we could play a 7 point battle with a huge amount of models. A huge amount of models generates a huge amount of bloodshed, just the way we like it!

Last but not least, at the end of the convention we met Evelien and Tobias from Team Würfelkrieg. They presented their new product, the 'A-Case', a way of transporting your models.  There is no foam inserts to the case, instead you magnetize the base of your model and it sticks to the metal shelves inside the case. Evelien told me that they would host a kickstarter later this week to sell the product to a wide audience. I allready magnetized all my miniatures so I think this will be a great success!

A big thank you to the Tactica organisation, everything went smooth and the catering was great. And a big thanks to all gamers who took the time to have a chat with us. We had a lot of fun talking to you all and hope to see you again next year!

Wargaming for life @ Winksele

Our wargaming club 'The Wargaming Monkeys' hosted a small gaming convention called 'Wargaming for life'. The goal was to raise money for the Kinderkankerfonds, this is a Belgian organisation wich helps children who suffer from cancer. Various Belgian wargaming clubs attended the convention and collected money for this charity.

Thomas and I decided to host a large gaming table featering all our painted dark ages/medieval models. We also wanted to showcase the fantastic Mierce miniatures so decided to mix things up. We played a large Saga game with two battleboards on each side. Both of us had two different 10 point armies. Thomas played with the Vikings and Huns. I played Militi Christi and Pagan Rus. The Mierce miniatures represented large hearthguard units. 

During the convention, our families and friends payed a visit to our table. A lot of young kids were interested in the models and the game. So a great deal of our time was spent on explaining where we got the models from and what wargaming was all about. Both of us were joined in battle by some youngsters who wanted to roll dice and move figures. We just finished our game at the end of the day.

This was our setup:

The armies: