FlamesCon 2016 - A Photo Journey

We have just wrapped up what was the biggest singles tournament for Flames of War held in New Zealand this year. While not quite as large as CanCon or Historicon, we still managed to get a large number of players to the event.

5 games held over 2 days across New Zealand's Labour Weekend, this year saw 36 players bring 1625 points of Late War fun to the tables. We saw a great mix of forces from all across the nationality spectrum. This year, Dan and I took the reins for organising the event and with the help of some pretty awesome sponsors (namely Battlefront and Mighty Ape) amassed a huge range of prizes for people to vie for.

5 missions in total and we tried to go for a few that we havent seen in a while. The final selection was Free for All, Hold the Line and Breakthrough for Day 1 with Encounter and Counter-Attack for Day 2. And so, with mutterings of 6-1's, Banzai and all sorts of other national slogans, we launched into it!

But before that....we got some sneak peeks from Battlefront at some new toys on the horizon; most exciting of which were the new Mid-War plastics coming to a gaming table near you!

Bear in mind that these are rapid prototypes so the finishing touches havent been added yet. Also coming are some new goodies for you Team Yankee types...

And so, Late War gaming at it's (New Zealand) finest...

On the morning of Day 2, we ask the players to arrange their armies for parade and the vote for which they deemed to be best painted.

We had a great mix of infantry, tanks and mechanized forces, as you can see!

And a few more action shot, just because they look so good!

And now, to the winners....the crowd eagerly awaited the announcements...

And the prizes...

1st place: Kit Goldsbury

2nd place: Mike Haycock

3rd place....now there was a slight clerical error with this one. The prize was awarded on the day to Sofia Chambers, but the actual 3rd place getter was Rob Sadler...

Best painted: Russell Briant

We also awarded a prize to the person coming roughly middle of the table, Most Mediocre! This one went to Sophie Jenkins.

And finally, the crowning glory...THE WOODEN SPOON!!!! No photos here but congrats to Chris Townley! Battlefront REPRESENT!!!

All in all, it was a spectacular weekend of gaming and I'm sure everyone had a great time!

We must, once again, give massive, MASSIVE thanks to both Mighty Ape and Battlefront for their support of their event. Without sponsors, there is no way these get off the ground.

Roll on 2017!!

Full results are as follows, for those interested...

Name	Placing	Army	Points
Kit Goldsbury	1st	US Infantry	28
Mike Haycock	2nd	German	27
Rob Sadler	3rd	Poles	27
Sofia Chambers	4th	Soviet	26
Andrew Duncan	5th	British	26
Damian Caufield	6th	British	23
Andrew Haught	7th	Finns	23
Russell Briant	8th (Best Painted)	Germans	22
Lee Reygate	9th	Germans	22
Steve Eyles	10th	Germans	21
Steve London	11th	Germans	21
Wayne Turner	12th	Hungarians	21
Tony Vodanovich	13th	British	20
Ryan Jeffares	14th	US	20
Pat Gribble	15th	Germans	19
Leigh Watson	16th	British	19
Matt Martin	17th	Germans	19
Gavin van Rossum	18th (Best Sport)	Germans	19
Mark Scaletti	19th	US	18
Nick Booth	20th	Germans	18
Ben Fouche	21st	Germans	18
Sophie Jenkins	22nd (Most Mediocre)	Soviet	17
Andrew Agutters	23rd	Germans	16
John Lee	24th	Germans	16
Ryan Bailey	25th	Polish	15
Craig Ross	26th	New Zealanders	15
Jon Carryer	27th	German	15
David Greig	28th	Japanese	15
Brent Young	29th	New Zealanders	14
Blair Ramsdale	30th	Romanians	14
Ray O'Connor	31st	Germans	14
Darren Morgan	32nd	German	14
Greg Hagg	33rd	Germans	13
Lyndon Mason	34th	US Airborne	12
Paul Western	35th	German	11
Chris Townley	36th (TEH SPOON)	Soviets	8