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Feb. 5th, 2010 03:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
morslaI'm not feeling so good today. Probably a combination of feeling unable to make a dint in what I'm writing for work, and post-Arc stress from the Warmachine tournament I ran.
As a whole, Arcanacon went really well - possibly as it's the first convention in several years that![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
aeliel and I actually got to play more than one or two games, and neither of us were ConOrgs. It makes a huge difference. Standout game for me was pastryproducts' time-travelling tabletop, Vicis Fenestra. In fact, we were enjoying the characters and setting so much that we almost didn't make it out of the Scientist's house, where the game began - I could happily have played that game with the same characters and players for more than one session.
I'm feeling thoroughly burned out from running or judging miniatures tournaments. I still really enjoy painting, and would like to actually play some more games this year (probably at Battle Bunker). I'm even happy to do most of the organisation needed to get Skirmish Sundays into a regular event, as I really want to play some more games with low model counts: Infinity, Alkemy, Malifaux.
However, I'm sick of dealing with tournament players. Having people haggle over scores and rules is just not something I enjoy doing. The majority of tournament-goers are great, but it's always the minority that I remember after an event.
Arc40k has now hit 200 players - beating our previous record for the largest in the country by more than 50 players. I'll do what I can to help out in the lead up to next year's event, but I would rather not be a judge again. I don't feel like I've been part of something awesome. I just feel like I've lost a chunk of my long weekend.
Warmachine is still my preferred game, but I will look into getting another person (or a games club) to take over the tournament at Arcanacon. I've run most of the events in Melbourne since the game launched in 2003, and (together withaeliel) have run the biggest events in the country. There are plenty of people playing the game now, and I would like a break.
As a whole, Arcanacon went really well - possibly as it's the first convention in several years that
aeliel and I actually got to play more than one or two games, and neither of us were ConOrgs. It makes a huge difference. Standout game for me was pastryproducts' time-travelling tabletop, Vicis Fenestra. In fact, we were enjoying the characters and setting so much that we almost didn't make it out of the Scientist's house, where the game began - I could happily have played that game with the same characters and players for more than one session.I'm feeling thoroughly burned out from running or judging miniatures tournaments. I still really enjoy painting, and would like to actually play some more games this year (probably at Battle Bunker). I'm even happy to do most of the organisation needed to get Skirmish Sundays into a regular event, as I really want to play some more games with low model counts: Infinity, Alkemy, Malifaux.
However, I'm sick of dealing with tournament players. Having people haggle over scores and rules is just not something I enjoy doing. The majority of tournament-goers are great, but it's always the minority that I remember after an event.
Arc40k has now hit 200 players - beating our previous record for the largest in the country by more than 50 players. I'll do what I can to help out in the lead up to next year's event, but I would rather not be a judge again. I don't feel like I've been part of something awesome. I just feel like I've lost a chunk of my long weekend.
Warmachine is still my preferred game, but I will look into getting another person (or a games club) to take over the tournament at Arcanacon. I've run most of the events in Melbourne since the game launched in 2003, and (together with
aeliel) have run the biggest events in the country. There are plenty of people playing the game now, and I would like a break.
