BT Fest Ii

So, we had a radically good time this weekend at our local DFW Battletech event, BTFest.. this is the 2nd year we had this event, and it was a hoot. Let me break it down for you and we'll talk about our hopes for next year.  

Convention Season

This is a quick little anecdote about one of the most personally enjoyable interactions i have ever had at a convention. It was Gencon several years back and it was the first one i really remember going to by myself. This was years before i’d considered starting a blog and i was repping the school gaming club i was the president of at the time. It was one of those overcast days and i managed to find a table at the Steak and Shake right there next to the Indy convention center. I look over and see three guys and a couple of kids and i notice the shirt one of them is wearing. It’s a battletech shirt, and i don’t recognize the mech. I say something and this starts a conversation.


As it turns out, these three guys are Herb Beas, Randal Billis, and Brent Evans. They are employees of Catalyst Game Labs the makers of battletech, and absolutely some of the nicest people i have ever met. Brent (who later on signs a technical readout for me) even shows me the new Alpha Strike unit cards (I ended up buying a set later at the con). We had a pleasant conversation about the game and i ended up having a similar conversation a few years later with the folks who designed the Star Trek Attack Wing rules. (I’ll save the Steve Jackson fat joke for next time).


If you can get to a convention, be friendly, you never know who you’re going to meet. Game On, Game Fans.  By the way, we'll be at Gencon, and it'll be part of some giveaways and other stuff, so stay tuned for updates

Recruits 26 First Impressions

Hey Game Fans, we’re back with a roving report about the experiences we had this weekend at The Recruits Convention in Lee’s Summit, Missouri.  Billed as a Wargames Convention for all genres and eras, Recruits is a Convention over 3 days, with a host of events, vendors, and manufacturers over the span of that time.  Entry Fee was very friendly, with a badge costing 5 dollars, (I believe they were free for students).  I took the Wook with me, and we spent the entire afternoon banging around the convention, looking for shiny things and awesomeness.  We were not disappointed, (and i got demoed into buying a game).  Now, we’ll be putting the pictures to go with this story up later in the week, but we would love to thank the OSG (Organization of Strategic Gamers) for putting on such a fun show.