Historicon 2021 — War Across the Ages, and other dark horrors

Below is a blog post from borderguy190 that some of you may not have seen – I am reblogging it with his permission. I (Mark) met him (Harry) at Historicon and he was a player in my Aztec/Conquistador game. I think he did a nice player review of my game as well as a superb review of the convention. His blog site is here – and I highly recommend you take a look! Now, here is his Historicon post:

One of the biggest joys of my year is getting to attend Fall In!, or as in the case this year, Historicon. Last year was a complete bust for conventions, and here in Michigan, the small local cons got called off for C19 earlier this year. Fall In! was my last hope. At some point […]

Historicon 2021 — War Across the Ages, and other dark horrors

Author: Mark A. Morin

This site is where I will discuss stuff that I find interesting and that includes family, friends, golf, gaming, and Boston sports!

7 thoughts on “Historicon 2021 — War Across the Ages, and other dark horrors”

  1. Seems you made somone really happy and engaged with your awesome table! If that is not the highest praise I don’t know. Congrats and as we see, truly inclusive people are apparently not a given, so kudos to you to host an awesome participation game!

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    1. Thanks D&B! 99%+ of the convention games here are participation games – so the biggest challenge is to create an experience for all the players, especially when usually no one else knows the rules. It’s one reason that I make a lot of aids to ease play.

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