{"id":3656,"date":"2015-02-01T22:44:03","date_gmt":"2015-02-01T22:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=3656"},"modified":"2015-02-01T22:44:03","modified_gmt":"2015-02-01T22:44:03","slug":"jj-con-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/2015\/02\/01\/jj-con-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"JJ CON 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"JJ<\/a>
JJ Con 1981<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In 1981 my buddy JJ had a sleepover wargaming birthday party when he turned 16. \u00a0A bunch of us got together this past weekend to celebrate with 50th birthday with a weekend of gaming. \u00a0We managed to fit in 7 miniatures games and a couple of card games in two days of non-stop gaming.<\/p>\n

(In the picture from 1981, most of the faces are hidden, but I will identify the faces you can see. \u00a0Most of the faces won’t be familiar to the group, and many of the faces are hidden. \u00a0Standing at the left is Mike Janes. \u00a0He was quite a bit older than us but often hosted games at his house, and he took us to our first gaming convention. \u00a0I have been trying to link up with Mike, but he has no Web presence. \u00a0Standing (and waving) in the center is me. \u00a0Seated below me is Matt Stone. \u00a0We have all lost touch with Matt. \u00a0To the left of Matt, seated, is Mark Lauzon. \u00a0Standing at the top right, with just half his face visible and the other half behind the Elton John glasses, is JJ. \u00a0Other folks who are probably in the picture but I cannot identify are John Bice, David Dziadziola, Jeff Dziadziola, and Steve Jarosz.)<\/p>\n

\"Attendees<\/a>
Attendees of JJ Con 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

From left to right, Nick, Dave, Jimmy, Rick, Mark, JJ (the birthday boy), Duncan, Eric, and David (aka Ook). \u00a0I took the picture.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The Beer and Pretzels Ironclad game in progress<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We began the weekend, according to time-honored tradition, with a large Beer and Pretzels Ironclads<\/em> game. \u00a0The Rebs got spanked by the Yanks, having lost most of our larger ships.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>
A chariot race in progress using Roman Circus rules<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Our second game was a 2-1\/2 lap chariot race using the rules Roman Circus<\/em>. \u00a0Nick won the game easily, having come from behind.<\/p>\n

\"Red<\/a>
Red Dragon Inn in progress<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While I was setting up the next game, most of the guys played Red Dragon Inn<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"Beginning<\/a>
Beginning the GAMER WWII Retrograde Scenario<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I ran a WWII GAMER scenario, which involved the heavily outnumbered Germans attempting to delay the advancing Americans. \u00a0The Americans had to get at least 10 figures off the table by the end of the 15th turn.<\/p>\n

\"Americans<\/a>
Americans advancing with a Stuart light tank<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Retrograde missions are hard, but the Germans eeked out a victory, because the Americans only got five figures off the table by the end of turn 15. \u00a0Another five figures were close — but no cigar.<\/p>\n

\"Duncan's<\/a>
Duncan's War of 1812 raid scenario using GAMER<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We set up Duncan’s game for the next morning and then went to bed. \u00a0Early Saturday morning we played a reprise of Duncan’s War of 1812 GAMER scenario from Christmas. \u00a0The Americans raided a British encampment. \u00a0Initially the Brits were outnumbered two to now, but Duncan and I each had a squad of reinforcements that arrived in time to turn the tide of the battle. \u00a0It was declared a clear British victory.<\/p>\n

\"Several<\/a>
Several groups of Americans begin held back by Eric's Brits<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The game was quite fun. \u00a0Playing a second game with the same rules (GAMER) was good, because it was easier for many of the folks who only game once a year (or even less frequently) during JJ CON.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>
A long shot of Orc's Drift<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After Duncan’s War of 1812 game, Eric ran his Orc’s Drift fantasy game using GASLIGHT. \u00a0It was a tense, hard-fought battle, but in the end the good guys were able to withstand the assaults of the misunderstood bad guys.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The bad guys advance on Orc's Drift<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We cleaned up Orc’s Drift and played another chariot race.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>
A second Roman Circus chariot race game<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"We<\/a>
We even got JJ's wife, Karen, to participate in the second chariot race<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I was set to win the second chariot race, but my last movement roll was dismal and I barely made it across the finish line. \u00a0Dave came from second place to win.<\/p>\n

\"Who<\/a>
Who IS that studly guy?!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Our final miniatures game of the weekend was a thrown-together X-Wing scenario.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>
A long shot of my thrown together X-Wing game<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The rebels were attacking to knock out the three laser turrets on the surface of an Imperial station. \u00a0This was the first time I had used the laser turrets, and I think they worked well.<\/p>\n

\"TIE<\/a>
TIE Fighters defending a laser turret<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The rebels knocked out one turret and damaged the other two, but they did not achieve their objective of knocking out all three.<\/p>\n

After we cleaned up, it was about 10:30, so we elected to start a “short” game of Nuclear War (by Flying Buffalo). \u00a0The game dragged on until after 1:30 in the morning, so none of us got much sleep.<\/p>\n

All in all, it was a good weekend of gaming, laughing, and fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In 1981 my buddy JJ had a sleepover wargaming birthday party when he turned 16. \u00a0A bunch of us got together this past weekend to celebrate with 50th birthday with a weekend of gaming. \u00a0We managed to fit in 7 miniatures games and a couple of card games in two days of non-stop gaming. (In … Continue reading JJ CON 2015<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3656"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3656\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}