Siege of Augusta XXXIII - Convention Report - Jan 2024

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Another Great Time at Siege of Augusta (Georgia)

Six of my wargaming buddies in the Wilmington\Southport, NC area jumped in two cars and drove for about 5 hours to get to this little gem of a convention. They announced record breaking attendance for the weekend which is fantastic news. Tons of games, tournaments, flea market and dealers here at the show in Augusta, GA. I love going to this convention and comes right when the winter doldrums are kicking in!

As usual, click on the photo for a larger version.

Below, Jerry Frazee is running his first edition of War of the World (All Quiet on the Martin Front) set of rules and miniatures. Jerry always puts on a spectacular game and his painting skills are legendary! 

Martian tripod just turned into molten lava! 

American armor is advancing to try to save the civilians that were sprung free by special operations teams!

Oh no! Tripod moving in on the flank.

These ships below are just gorgeous. I think this is Distopian Wars, but can't remember.

Friday night I got into a Boer 1881 battle pitting the British vs. Boers. I was one of the Boer Kommando commands. This game was four Kommando groups versus 4 British columns. I had a lot of fun and we used simple THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING rules from Osprey. The rules didn't have enough chrome in them for my tastes, but great for a convention. 

Below is the British column closer to me.

All figures are 20mm and I love the characters like the stretcher teams. 

Heliograph station!

Overview of all four columns

Field ambulance

One of the random locations where my Boer Kommando units could arrive.

Me, my Boer Kommander. :-) 

My friend Rich and Michael put on a pretty 1859 game of Fire & Fury with Austrians vs Italians. I look forward to playing this game in the coming weeks. The convention game went well per reports.

This post doesn't really cover all the things that happened or were played at the convention, but I did love the look of this table and miniatures.

In the Dealer area someone was selling buildings for the new Wars of Ozz miniatures from Old Glory. Several Ozz games were run at this convention.

I'm a sucker for terrain add-ons and these pumpkin patches look great!

Some of the Wars of Ozz figures painted ready for battle.

DEAD RUN! This is one of the must fun Zombie games I have played. I got to reuse my character from last year. Hope he survives so I can use him in 2025!

Well, that is all for now. It was a great convention and so nice to see friends from all over the Southeast as they poured into this venue to have a great weekend of fun!

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Siege of Augusta

We really had a wonderful time at Siege of Augusta this year in Augusta, GA. I arrived with my new gaming fellows from the Wilmington, NC area and met up with all the lads from Charlotte area. It was like getting the band back together. :-) Siege was packed with people this year and it was wonderful to see so many recognizable faces. I think I personally knew about 30+ other convention goers.

Chris, at his first minis convention, fit right in. Started with Martian Walkers vs US Army game.

Picked up some siege related games from Blue Panther: Siege of Khartum, Siege of Queratero, and 55 Days in Peking.

Bill K, made a adjustment to my badge!

Great game of Conan run by Wes (gaming pal from Charlotte). Conan, played by me, was LESS than impressive and managed to whiff the critical roll and the Princess was killed due to that. Still a great game. Wes always paints his figures to the highest quality.

Demon kills the Princess after Conan (me) misses him completely!

Played Gunfight Royale with my Wilmington, NC crew and had a blast with that little gem of a game.

There was a KIngs of War tournament room with amazing minis! 

Wes (left) and Chris (top right) playing in the Roman\Gallic battle with Wes' collection.

Gorgeous terrain boards throughout the convention. The one blow just made me say, "damnnnnn".

This one below blew me away.

Gangster games were rampant throughout the convention.

One of the highlights was John's (Atlanta crew) running a Zombie Hell game. Complete blast, but as usual I was less than stellar with my two characters. At least one survived due to EVERYBODY coming to help me!

We randomly rolled to see if we parachuted in or landed in dingies from submarines. I came in via launch from the sub.

Here are my two characters: medic and nco. John paints amazing figures!

Getaway vehicle?

Hey, stop rocking the boat!

My typical die rolling exposed! 

My first search turns up a YETI AND VAMPIRE! WTF!!!

Everybody coming to help me! 

My medic was killed. We did succeed in our mission of getting the scientist off the board in the Stuka. 

Next, was my first Walking Dead (20mm) style game run by Mike (VA crew) and it was spectacular!!! I'll play this one anytime. Mike let us keep our Character sheet to bring to the next game!

Undead mob

I rescued 3 citizens from the zombie invested hospital all by myself. The other players left me behind while rushing to the main objective.

Finally, after returning to Southport, NC, Bill K and I played Fire & Stone siege of Vienna game which was very clever and fun. I'll play this beautiful game anytime.

Take care!

Eric