Battle on the Bayou! Bayou Wars 2012 Day One.

Seth and Rick learn Alien Frontiers

Bayou Wars 2012 began slightly damp outside, but that did not wash out the veteran Bayou Wars faithful. It is always nice to see all the familiar faces each year and catch up on what's been going on. I've also met a lot of new folks who filled me in what is popular on their gaming tables. 


As promised, the day was full of playing board games, board games, and more board games! We started out with a great game of Talisman, which Henry won with a fairly beefy Dwarf and a lot of luck. We then played my "secret" game that made its premiere for our group, Incursion. And what a debut it made! Incursion is basically Space Hulk with a Secrets of the Third Reich, pulp Weird War II theme. Early on it looked like the Allies had the game readily in hand with all their advanced weaponry, but victory went to the Reich as the Sturmzombie horde finally managed to overwhelm the diesel powered APE battle suits.  Everyone loved playing with my painted miniatures. Look for a review of this game on the Dojo soon.

Next, we threw down with a great game of Chaos in the Old World, but again, Henry won as once his Khorne killing machine went into action, there was little the other Chaos powers or the multitudinous Skaven could do stop it. Afterwards, we jumped into a demo game sponsored by +1 Gaming called Alien Frontiers. This is a sci-fi spin on a worker placement/resource management focused on planet colonization. What a great game and a fine demo. Indeed, this game became my trophy piece of convention swag after it was all said and done.

After a hearty dinner at Louisiana Purchase Kitchen and some hanging out in the dealer room, we tackled a game of Castle Ravenloft. I am a big fan of dungeon crawl games and this D&D game was right on the money. Even as we realized we did a few things incorrectly, making it way more difficult for us, we did manage to find the Icon of Ravenloft. I really liked, the spookiness and horror feel of this game.

More gaming goodness to follow tomorrow, so check back soon!

Strength and honor,

-Wicked

Talisman

Incursion

The game room in full swing!

The North Shore crew mixing it up.

Chaos in the Old World