Free RPG Day and Origins.

This June we were lucky enough to hit both Free RPG Day at Yottaquest in Cincinnati and Origins Game Fair in Columbus, Ohio with Superhuman in tow. Several demo games were played at each and Superhuman seemed very well received. Games were pretty involved with major beatings on both sides.

For demo games, I had settled on making a board for the Blood in the Streets issue- a straightforward city brawl. Choosing factions was a simple matter, two small Heroes and Villains faction teams were made and I printed up pretty laminated rosters for each. Since miniature molds haven't been made yet, I modified and repainted some spare Heroclix miniatures; while the board and terrain was a mix of old Heroclix stuff, large scale Hot Wheels, and beautiful printed pdfs from Worldworks Games. The final product was awesome and really fun to play on- I hope to have pictures for you soon.

In the end, however, I really wanted to move away from any dependency on Heroclix products. Miniatures would have to wait, but terrain was a different story. At Origins, I got to meet the awesome guys at Armorcast LLC, and they were more than happy to provide me with terrain parts I needed to replace the pieces from my old Heroclix sets. Once I paint them up I plan to add them to the Blood in the Streets board for all future demos.

But there was another lesson we learned at the events. One demo set was far from enough. At Free RPG Day alone, I had several people watching the demo games and wanting to play. So in the very least, a second demo set is needed to be made. For this one, I'm going with the issue Picnic in the Park. It will has more open terrain and will feature another Heroes faction team against a Mercenaries faction team. Like Blood in the Streets, Picnic in the Park is a straightforward brawl, but the wide open park and lack of cars to throw will make for very different gameplay.

Both demo sets will be ready to play in open gaming this year at Gencon, and I should have some images up here soon.

Cheers,
~Dr. Mono