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MaksimSmelchak	Post subject: Maksim's Blog: Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 6:28 pm
Brood Brother Joined: Sun Feb 16, 2003 4:43 pm Posts: 7258 Location: Sacramento, California, USA	WARGAMING: The Shield Convention Report & More... Hi Guys, As many of you know I attended The Shield gaming convention this past weekend and had a good time. Here's a short encapsulation of the convention: Hi Mike, I attended (Saturday-only) and had a good time... definitely $10.00 USD worth, although not $20.00 USD worth. I only played in two games: 1. Pirates Games hosted by Flagship Games guys. 2. DBA Tournament. I felt that there was good vendor attendence for a smaller convention and ran into tons of friends that I've made over the years. I didn't see Ron's B-17 game (Avalon Hills B-17 Queen Of the Skies) although I did see him and his son. One of the odder things I encountered was there being no registration when I arrived. I actually had to track down Manny (the convention director) to pay him! If I had to capture the feel of The Shield, I would call it a slightly larger and more glorified MWS meeting... nothing fantastic, but there was plenty of good, clean and fun gaming. I would go again. The big reason I attended the convention was to play in the DBA tournament with my friend Dick. Dick was kind enough to bring armies for both of us. He played a Roman army and I played an Indian army. The DBA torunament rules can be found here at The Shield web site: http://www.geocities.com/ancientconfere ... ce_002.htm Northern California 15mm DBA Tournament - (4)Rounds-DBA - Version 2.2 - Preset Terrain - BUA's treated as bad going and all BUA rules ignored. - No dismounting during the game by armies capable: must be dismounted at deployment. - 2 Variations of army list may be used. - Rounds will begin at 6pm on Sat.

I used the following Indian lists:

We were allowed two different variations of one list:

#1.
x1 Elephant general
x2 Elephants
x2 Chariots
x2 Cavalry
x5 Bow

#2.
x1 Elephant general
x2 Elephants
x2 Cavalry
x6 Bow
x1 Blade

I may be off a unit or two, but that's it or close to it off the top of my head.

The biggest news for me on a personal level was that I WON the torunament! I really wasn't expecting to do well... let alone win.

I think I was out-maneauvered and out-strategized almost every match, but...

I wasn't out-fought!

Sometimes, that's enough...

One of the bigger vendors there was Monday Knight Productions:

http://www.mondayknight.com/

I spent most of my "play money" with them and came out with quite a lot for my purchase... several stackable Battletech buildings, some small starfighters, some 6mm MAATAAC AFVs, a bunch of mini bases, and a 25mm resin vehicle.

The 25mm vehicle I ended up with was a big six-wheeled high-mobility affair. I couldn't find a link to it in 25mm, but I found its 6mm counterpart:

http://www.gtns.co.uk/store1....0.12070

It's product code and name are:
DSM-115 STRIKER MMRAV rocket artillery vehicle (MRL)

The top hull comes in two pieces and I'll covert a flatbed cargo area for the rear of mine to take the place of the rocket launcher. I plan to make the rear flatbed module magnetic so that I can switch the rocket launcher and cargo module in and out.

I'll be using the 25mm vehicle as a "Salvage Dog" for the Star Mogul campaign that my friend Mark is running.

Shalom,
Maksim-Smelchak.