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just got back from the war store weekend . had a blast . got to run some games , play in some demos , got to meet some great people . the swag bag was awesome , was alble to load up on some cool hobby stuff . a lotta of cool armies . next year definately going back . enjoy the pics!







































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The tables look really nice, but the turn out doesn't look that great. Frankly I'm not surprised. I would have liked to have gone, but the ticket prices were unfounded for the style of event it was.

It wasn't a bad turn out for the first time.

The ticket prices werent bad, there was alot going on at the event

oni wrote:The tables look really nice, but the turn out doesn't look that great. Frankly I'm not surprised. I would have liked to have gone, but the ticket prices were unfounded for the style of event it was.

We did a lot of looking in to for what similar events charge, and we think that the event pricing was really good, especially since all of the events we had running were free.

Do you have some examples of other shows of the same size who are priced better in your mind so I can keep them in mind for the future?


Also, Matt, your tables rocked! See you again next year!

I know that Blood Angels display tray anywhere! They belong to a regular around here.

I should know since I have had the chance to get my butt handed to me around twice so far by them

thanks . next year theres going to bee even more . its the first time the war store did it and now , i have complete year to plan for what im going to do . i have some crazy ideas . i got a lot of cool stuff gf9 templates . the con t shirt rocked . lot of well painted terrain and figs . the mailfax tables brought by the NJ gamers were awesome . the 40k tournament had a lot of awesome armies . one guy had an awesome traitor guard army. next year i want to do a crazy mountain table for 40k . we'll see

MattRendar wrote:the mailfax tables brought by the NJ gamers were awesome

Thanks! We at NJ Gamer are also planning for next year!

Kelmor wrote:

oni wrote:The tables look really nice, but the turn out doesn't look that great. Frankly I'm not surprised. I would have liked to have gone, but the ticket prices were unfounded for the style of event it was.

We did a lot of looking in to for what similar events charge, and we think that the event pricing was really good, especially since all of the events we had running were free.

Do you have some examples of other shows of the same size who are priced better in your mind so I can keep them in mind for the future?


Also, Matt, your tables rocked! See you again next year!

Judging from your phrasing, I'm guessing you had a hand in organizing the event. For next year can you put up alittle more information on things like how to get up an event, if there are any other dealers then Neil and if so how much is a table, etc. And contact information!

On Pricing, it does seem a bit high for a first year con that requires dealing with Jersey traffic. Check out the HMGS cons (Historicon, Fall In, Hurricon, etc), Tickets are normally around $20~$35 for the weekend.

the info to get involved was on there web site , just make a call and talk to the grand pooh bah himself neil . hell get you squared away . armorcast was there , GF9 , DP9 , and a bunch others . it will continue to grow . the more cons for our hobby is awesome . im not sure but next years going to be early october dont me that though.


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also my swag bag had a , flames of war army book ( vilears bocage , a no quarter mag , a white dwarf , gf9 template , some older rackham confrontation metal dwarfs , some monster apoc minis , and a bag of bits . pretty good stuff!

I was very impressed by the number of high ranking representitves from some of the largest game compaines there. When you can go to a Con, and get an explination on what you need to get into Flames of War by one of the account managers for Canada and parts of the US... Thats just an amazing experiance that you dont get often.

MattRendar wrote:the info to get involved was on there web site , just make a call and talk to the grand pooh bah himself neil . hell get you squared away . armorcast was there , GF9 , DP9 , and a bunch others . it will continue to grow . the more cons for our hobby is awesome . im not sure but next years going to be early october dont me that though.

There was info that there would be events, but I could not locate information on how to get involved.

We would not have been able to make it this year anyway, as we had a prior event already scheduled for this weekend, and I've been burned by too many first year cons already that I don't like to risk it. (Even more so when its an 18 hour drive each way)

MattRendar wrote:the info to get involved was on there web site , just make a call and talk to the grand pooh bah himself neil . hell get you squared away . armorcast was there , GF9 , DP9 , and a bunch others . it will continue to grow . the more cons for our hobby is awesome . im not sure but next years going to be early october dont me that though.


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also my swag bag had a , flames of war army book ( vilears bocage , a no quarter mag , a white dwarf , gf9 template , some older rackham confrontation metal dwarfs , some monster apoc minis , and a bag of bits . pretty good stuff!

Is Neil the person to talk to? I had a couple of emails back and forth with someone else. That might have been the problem. We didn't get enough info and with everything else going on, interest fizzled in making a big push for it. I'll just talk to Neil next year if they do it again.


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How did the actual weekend go? Attendance numbers etc, and who won the big Warmachine and 40k tournaments?

I really wished I still lived in NY because I wanted to go to this. Perhaps next year I'll go visit my mom, and "by the way, I need to go someplace for a bit..."

Attendance was pretty good for a first year Con.

There were alot of events running and alot of room avalible for open gameing.

I was there all three days and I have to say that the event ran amazingly smooth. Plus I got to actually meet the Amazing Neal in person!

Catyrpelius wrote:I was very impressed by the number of high ranking representitves from some of the largest game compaines there. When you can go to a Con, and get an explination on what you need to get into Flames of War by one of the account managers for Canada and parts of the US... Thats just an amazing experiance that you dont get often.

Yeah, Battlefront has some pretty cool guys. We're pretty close to the US HQ, it's about an hour south into De. So we see some of them up for tournaments now and then and they've run some stuff up at my store. Good crew.

I dont know why I never put two and two together before this, it took me seeing them there to realize that Battlefront owns GF9...

They bought GF9 about 1-2 years ago. About the same time they bought Wargames Illustrated magazine and put Dave Taylor in as the US editor. Good synergies going there.

I have to say, I was impressed by their representitves, I've always wanted to try the game. In fact I've had an Open Fire starter sitting on my shelf for months waiting for me to get around to it. Talking to the rep at the Warstore Weekend gave me that extra little push, that and finding out that they offer prize support!

The Warstore Weekend has already been scheduled for next year. i'm already looking forward to it. It really was a good time. I hope its even bigger next year.

Cyporiean wrote:

MattRendar wrote:the info to get involved was on there web site , just make a call and talk to the grand pooh bah himself neil . hell get you squared away . armorcast was there , GF9 , DP9 , and a bunch others . it will continue to grow . the more cons for our hobby is awesome . im not sure but next years going to be early october dont me that though.

There was info that there would be events, but I could not locate information on how to get involved.

We would not have been able to make it this year anyway, as we had a prior event already scheduled for this weekend, and I've been burned by too many first year cons already that I don't like to risk it. (Even more so when its an 18 hour drive each way)

Send me a PM with what you might wanna do and we will talk
The website is clearly a place we can and will improve on.

mikhaila wrote:Is Neil the person to talk to? I had a couple of emails back and forth with someone else. That might have been the problem. We didn't get enough info and with everything else going on, interest fizzled in making a big push for it. I'll just talk to Neil next year if they do it again.


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How did the actual weekend go? Attendance numbers etc, and who won the big Warmachine and 40k tournaments?

You talked to the right person Mike but you did not seem to actually want to run anything. Maybe that was my mistake. If you are interested in running stuff next year be sure to drop me a line!

Attendance was right around where we expected for first year which was 200 ish All in all I am pretty happy and looking forward to next year.

On that note, next years dates are set, Oct 7-9. Write it down and prepare for awesome!

cool stuff thanks for sharing

Kelmor wrote:You talked to the right person Mike but you did not seem to actually want to run anything. Maybe that was my mistake. If you are interested in running stuff next year be sure to drop me a line!

Attendance was right around where we expected for first year which was 200 ish All in all I am pretty happy and looking forward to next year.

On that note, next years dates are set, Oct 7-9. Write it down and prepare for awesome!

We're always interested in running things, but I also ask a lot of questions, because as anyone who saw what we did at Games Day the last couple of can attest, we don't do small things.) I run demo games for a living, not somethng I'm going to travel and do somewhere else. But big, impressive displays, games, or tournaments are worth doing. Similar feelings from most of the club.

You may have taken my doing research and asking a lot of questions as non interest. If so, my bad. I'll give Neil a call about next year, when it gets closer to it, and I talk to Chris Frye a couple of times a week.

Glad things went well, and with a year's notice it will be easier to fit into our schedule.

i really like those battlesuits. i wish i knew where they were from.

Is there a link to a page on the one next year?
Is it located in NJ? because if it is that would be awesome, all the cons I had previously wanted to attend have been far away, and it would be awesome to go to one in the same state.

mikhaila wrote:They bought GF9 about 1-2 years ago. About the same time they bought Wargames Illustrated magazine and put Dave Taylor in as the US editor. Good synergies going there.

You totally made me think of Mr. Cheezle (Kevin Nealon) in Grandma's Boy: "Good synergies, a lot of positive energy in this room"

mikhaila wrote:Glad things went well, and with a year's notice it will be easier to fit into our schedule.

This.

Looking forward to arranging something for next year.

usernamesareannoying wrote:i really like those battlesuits. i wish i knew where they were from.

Heavy Gear, great game.

Australia needs events like this. Other than large tournament events, there is not much in the way of Conventions unless you are willing to fly 3hours minimum to a southern major city.

usernamesareannoying wrote:i really like those battlesuits. i wish i knew where they were from.

Several of the pics show mecha from Dream Pod 9's Heavy Gear*. It's a 1/144 mecha game, and the mecha (Gears) are generally a lot smaller than the Gundams, Battlemechs, and similar that are the basis of a lot of mecha settings.

* For whom I do a little work for, yadda, yadda.

mikhaila wrote:

Kelmor wrote:You talked to the right person Mike but you did not seem to actually want to run anything. Maybe that was my mistake. If you are interested in running stuff next year be sure to drop me a line!

Attendance was right around where we expected for first year which was 200 ish All in all I am pretty happy and looking forward to next year.

On that note, next years dates are set, Oct 7-9. Write it down and prepare for awesome!

We're always interested in running things, but I also ask a lot of questions, because as anyone who saw what we did at Games Day the last couple of can attest, we don't do small things.) I run demo games for a living, not somethng I'm going to travel and do somewhere else. But big, impressive displays, games, or tournaments are worth doing. Similar feelings from most of the club.

You may have taken my doing research and asking a lot of questions as non interest. If so, my bad. I'll give Neil a call about next year, when it gets closer to it, and I talk to Chris Frye a couple of times a week.

Glad things went well, and with a year's notice it will be easier to fit into our schedule.

You can do that, but of course they are just going to tell you to email me What ever makes ya happy.

General Seric wrote:Is there a link to a page on the one next year?
Is it located in NJ? because if it is that would be awesome, all the cons I had previously wanted to attend have been far away, and it would be awesome to go to one in the same state.

The page should be updating soon with the new date. The location will be the same as it was this year.

Next year will be great!