Sunday, 17 May 2015

Lincon 2015 Gaming Convention


After a few months of preparation it was finally time to head on down to Linköping and this year's Lincon gaming convention. So Jesper, Micke and I packed the car with our Great Northern War participation game in 28mm, based on a scenario of the Battle of Holowczyn 1708. 


For this GNW collection and the Lincon convention in particular, our club LittleWars have teamed up with Warfare Miniatures, in an attempt to promote this key period in Northern European history along with Warfare's recently launched excellent 28mm range for the "Karoliner" period.


Large portions of our GNW collection is based on Warfare Miniatures, and I recommend anyone interested in this period to check them out, if you're not already familiar with the quality of this brand. 



Here follows a gallery of two great days in Linköping:













We had two great days at Lincon! 
Met a lot of nice people eager to talk history, miniatures and of course roll some dice. 

A very big THANK YOU to all who dropped by our table and supported the range!

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  1. Steve J.17 May 2015 at 11:51

    Great looking table and miniatures. Glad to hear you all had a good couple of days gaming:).

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    1. Black Powder18 May 2015 at 03:11

      Thanks Steve - yeah, it was very rewarding to play through the participation games and talking history and miniatures hobby with like-minded enthusiasts!

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  2. Joakim Ström17 May 2015 at 12:12

    That is one great looking table.

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    1. Black Powder18 May 2015 at 03:12

      Thanks Joakim, I'll be needing your advise on GothCon as I'm actually thinking about going there with a game next year!

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  3. Jonathan Freitag17 May 2015 at 12:18

    I can think of no better endorsement for Warfare Miniatures than to have your group's expertly painted Warfare Miniatures set out for a display game.

    Terrific looking game!

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    1. Black Powder18 May 2015 at 03:14

      Thank you very much for those kind words Jonathan, I'm hoping Barry from Warfare is tuned in for your words of praise :0)

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  4. Chrisfigurines17 May 2015 at 12:34

    Great figures and table, you did Warfare miniatures proud with those beautifully painted minis!

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    1. Black Powder18 May 2015 at 03:16

      Cheers Chris, good minis gives for good painting - and it's been a nice experience for us as a club to work with a figure manufacturer. Something we might very well do again in the future.

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  5. Dalauppror17 May 2015 at 12:52

    Exellent pictures Matey! Your pro camera did indeed take much better pictures them ny iPhone !

    Thank you very much for a Greate Journey!

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    1. Black Powder18 May 2015 at 03:17

      I should be thanking you for whipping together all the troop data on such short notice. An all together nice weekend - makes me want to consider doing GothCon next year...

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  6. NW Crew17 May 2015 at 12:55

    Beautiful pictures of a great display. Do I remember correctly or isnt that grenadier picture from Göte Göransson's Karoliner book. Very suitable to have next to such an inspiring game.
    /Mattias

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    1. Black Powder18 May 2015 at 03:19

      Thanks Mattias - and yes, you nailed that book. We also brought the Osprey volume, and had some good talks with history interested visitors. See you for lunch on thursday, I'll be sure to bring the Russian bits we discussed!

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  7. Der Alte Fritz17 May 2015 at 14:01

    Do you do participation games or demo games at conventions in Sweden?

    That is a first rate looking game.

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    1. Black Powder18 May 2015 at 03:26

      Thank you very much for saying so, a rewarding comment after the work and time put into it - and yes, we've been doing participation games so far in Denmark and Sweden with ca. 4-5 players at the table, incl. 2 game masters from our club. That format has worked really well. We have found people to be very careful and considerate, so we've had no damage to the painted minis at all. However, as we also handled the shop and you always have history interested people who get inspired and want to chat (which is nice), its been working really well for us to be at least 3 staff present at the table/shop.

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  8. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)17 May 2015 at 15:10

    Truly a stunning table!! Beautiful clear photography as well.

    Christopher

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    1. Black Powder18 May 2015 at 03:27

      Cheers Christopher - you made my now 10 years old Canon Eos D40 very happy :0)

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  9. Jonas M18 May 2015 at 03:25

    That's an amazing looking table, filled with great looking troops – no wonder you had lots of visitors!

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    1. Black Powder18 May 2015 at 03:29

      Thanks Jonas, if you look close you can see that I finally got around to updating the river (Like we talked about ages ago). Jesper and I have a GNW themed campaign coming up after summer, which only need participants one infantry unit painted up to participate. Something to think about :0)

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  10. Phil18 May 2015 at 05:29

    That was an amazing table! Love these fantastic pictures...

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  11. Rattlesnake18 May 2015 at 10:46

    Thank you so much for the pictures and the write up! I hope it was fun and that a lot of people stopped by. I hope my troops helped to make the demo game successful!

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    1. Black Powder18 May 2015 at 13:25

      They sure did, and thanks for painting them up for the event enabling us to field the complete 3 battalions of the Guard that historically made the flanking charge with the king. Soon I'll be able to update you on a coming GNW campaign event at the club, that Jesper and I are working on!

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  12. Chasseur18 May 2015 at 19:54

    What a ridiculously colourful period of history! Looks fantastic! Very beautifully painted :)

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  13. DeanM19 May 2015 at 11:12

    Excellent game and lovely figures, Soren. The only GNW game I've seen so far, at least in 28mm.

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  14. Moiterei_198421 May 2015 at 03:24

    What a marvellous looking table! Just great.

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  15. Валентин27 December 2019 at 08:29

    Великолепная игра! Распознал Лефортов полк в красных кафтанах и зеленым прибором. Очень исторично!

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