"Come to Adepticon this year, and you can stay at my place," Dave said. Reader, I had to take him up on it.
Adepticon is the annual wargames convention in the Chicagoland area, and probably the largest Warhammer-centric event worldwide each year. There is a merchant hall, there are preview events, gaming tournaments, and lots of enthusiasm for the hobby on display.
Aside from just enjoying the trip, food, time spent with friends, and general vibes, Dave and I participated in the Adeptus Titanicus event, the Siege of Valia-Maximal run by the Graying Legion game club, which I gather is based on the East Coast. Above you can see the campaign map, which all of the action in the 3-day event was based off of.
Dave and I only played in the first two days of the event, which consisted of a singles day, then a doubles day. I played three games solo vs a single opponent on day one, then Dave and I teamed up to take on two other teams on day two.
Each game was more fun than the last, culminating with a couple of real great battles on day two. I won't try to annotate any of the few images here, but they were all lots of fun.
I can remember playing against Legio Mortis, Mordaxis, Lania Skara, Vulpa, and another that may have been Crucius.
I won one game in the singles event, and we lost both in the doubles, but they were both good contests. Titanicus is, as they say, the best game GW makes.
Dave actually won an award, which we surmised was 'fan favorite army' sort of thing, since apparently there was another that was 'best painted.' His Titans do look amazing, though, so well earned!
