GenCon '99 (long) [CLEAN STAMP]

> On 8/11/99 6:28 PM, Dean Gundberg wrote:

The Full Thrust tournament was great fun! Thanks to Dean and Allan
for running it. I lost the final match because I under-estimated my
opponent -- I assumed he didn't know how to maneuver, and he did.
It's a lesson learned for next year...

Tom Pope also did a very good job with his "Recon by Fire" Stargrunt
event -- it inspired me to start painting my Stargrunt figures.

I bought some old figures in the dealer's room, but I didn't spend a lot
this year. The best figures I found were some one-eyed ape-like aliens
(in 25mm scale), and the biggest disappointment was that there weren't any new
GZG figures available.:( (Hey John, was it something we said? We're really
sorry... Can we have some new figures now?)

Other Games:

I played a demo of "VOR", the new minis game from FASA, and the game mechanics
are a lot like Warzone. The game didn't suck, but the primary attraction will
probably be their campaign system, the background fluff, and the figures. The
big mutant figures are very nice, but the human troopers are nothing special
(my plastic Space Rangers look better).

I watched a demo of "Death in the Dark" by RAFM and it looked really simple
(and boring).

I played a demo of "Chronopia Empires" by Target and it seemed kind of slow
and clunky, like it needed more streamlining. There are a lot of dice rolls
needed to resolve combat & morale checks.