MillenniumCon 20 - Ogre and Hordes of the Things

Another year, another great MillenniumCon ! Attendance was up this year! That's great to see new players showing up. That's another testament to the success of our little convention.

Typically, I'll spend a lot of time with administration of the event. This year, I wanted to participate in more games. So, I made myself scarce around the registration table. It seems like when I am close to that area, some kind of task comes up. My attention gets pulled in some direction.

I got to play in Desert Scribe's Ogre Miniatures game called, the Siege of Steelville. Click on the link to see his battle report. Scribe always puts on a good Ogre game! I was part of the team defending the city, which suffered not one, but TWO cruise missile detonations. I wish I could say how bad I feel about letting the nukes past the defense perimeter, but in the post-apocalyptic genre, there's gonna be a nuclear detonation from time to time.

I also participated in the Annual Hordes of the Things tournament hosted by Blake. Sadly, there was only one other player in the tournament, the estimable James. Always a fun game with him. Blake let me borrow one of his armies, which was a late Roman era army. James' army was a brigade of US Army plastic soldiers. So, we played a best-of-three series, which I was able to win! This is now my second championship in this tournament.

For some reason, I forgot to take any photos of the HotT battles.

Blake was also disappointed by the turnout. The HotT tourney used to draw at least a dozen players on a regular basis. It was apparent this year that the interest has moved to other game systems. I guess that is bound to happen with every game system eventually. Blake will consider having the tournament at another venue on a different weekend.

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