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Aug-16-2009

GenCon 2009 Day 4 and Wrap Up

GenCon2009boothmisc1After a very late night of gaming, it was time to collect up our swag and head home.  Four days of gaming behind us, here is a recap of the best.

Catalyst Demo Agents

Even at 10:30 in the morning on Sunday, there were two slightly overfilled Grinders and three full tables of QuickStart Demos running.  BattleTech owned the Wabash gaming room on Sunday.  It is great to see BattleTech being played even that early in the morning.

All in all, the Demo Agents running games all weekend did a fabulous job in keeping the games moving and representing BattleTech to the convention crowd.  While I think some events need some tweaking (like the Solaris Melee), other changes have been great (moving the Open Tournament to one slot and resuming the awarding of Bloodnames).

A heartfelt thanks to all the Demo Agents on hand.  You help make the game tick and your efforts are greatly appreciated!

CSO Diorama

I know people have been screaming for more pictures and closeups of the Diorama that I have not already posted.  Here are some of the best shots I made throughout the convention.

3025 – Raid of Sian

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3052 – Luthien

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3075 – Stone’s Laments WoB POW Camp Raid

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Favorite Moment

On the last turn of the Masters game, I walked my 13-C Longbow towards the approaching horde of TSM ‘Mechs owned by Tara “Yes his Wife” Bills.  My Longbow took alpha strikes from a Berzerker, Ti’Tsang, and an Axeman (including a LB-20X cluster hit) and survived.  Not only that, but I sent 42 SRMs towards the Berzerker.  24 hit the target scoring engine and gyro criticals before a friendly MadCat A took it down.

I already can’t wait for next year.  While this year did not have that killer product unvieling, the Battle the Master’s game was a great way to show that the authors and owners of the game we love are not only accessible but also really great guys.

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6 comments
  1. Bob Said,

    The Clan attack on Luthien was 3052.

  2. Adam Isherwood Said,

    looked an absolute blast

  3. Brian Said,

    Good catch Bob, already made the change.

    Thanks!

  4. Skyhigh Said,

    Dang it Brian! For being in the room as much as you were how did I NOT meet you? I was one of those Agents running the Grinders on Sunday 10a-2p. =(

    Guess I’ll have to wait til next year.

  5. EastwoodDC Said,

    Brian, Nice job on blogging the Con! It makes me wish I were there. – Dan

  6. Brian Said,

    @ Skyhigh, Wow, we must have met but didn’t know it. I was wearing my forum avatar all weekend on my badge and my sleeve. SaxyWolf was wearing a ScrapYardArmory t-shirt every day. I should have made a better effort to find you if you were working though. Going to have to wait one more year unfortunately.

    @EastwoodDC, We met your friend while at the Con and picked up a pair of your dice. Awesome stuff! The case looked great too.