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FaTDoG (Friday After Thanksgiving Day of Gaming)

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FaTDoG 2015 a Resounding Success

30 Monday Nov 2015

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FaTDoG 2015 has come and gone and it will soon be time to prepare for next year. Everyone had a great time. We had 112 attendees traveling from as far as California as well as  southern New Jersey, Connecticut and all the local areas in between.

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Historical War gaming was well represented at FaTDoG with games from GMT, Multi-Man Publishing, Avalon Hill, Hasbro, Victory Point Games, Revolution games, Legion Wargames, Academy Games, Columbia Games, OSG, Dan Versen Games, Turning Point Simulations, Against the Odds Magazine and many others. There were some monster games and many other small manageable games played.

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The miniatures area was busy with demos of Sergeants!, Bolt Action, Foreign Legion, Golem Arcana, Thunder Road, and of course, Circus Maximus. This year it was Legendary Realms own Colin Wessel who survived the three treacherous laps of Circus Maximus to win the coveted FaTDoGGy award!

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Euro games were also well represented and perhaps the part of the convention that grew the most. We also had an expanded Euro game section in the raffle.

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We ate 36 feet of heroes, 22 pieces, 16 pounds of side salad and 360 soft drinks in 15 hours of continuous gaming some of the best people that I know.

It is a wonderful crowd that attends FaTDoG each year and I am happy to be acquainted with all of them. This year we held a special auction for Rich Rochlitz who unfortunately passed away. Rich was a true gentleman with a big heart who loved wargaming. We auctioned off some of his collection to help out his family and I must commend everyone who attended for supporting this wonderful cause.

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We had 14 wargame companies support us during the presale to FaTDoG where attendees get deep discounts for game purchases. We also had local game stores such as J and D Hobbies, Legendary Realms and GameMaster games support us by selling their games at the convention. They universally agreed to come back next year.

We all had a great time and the question on everyone’s lips at the end was “Why do we have to wait another whole year before doing this again?”. There is some talk about having a convention again in the spring and I will let you know more about this as plans develop.

Thank you all for attending FaTDoG. We hope you will spread the word and let your friends know about this great convention. Invite them along for next year.
And I would ask a special favor of all of you to send me your pictures so that I may share them with others.
Have great holidays !

 

Miniatures events at FaTDoG 2015

23 Monday Nov 2015

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Some people come to FaTDoG to play with little cardboard pieces, others with little wooden blocks and meeples, but many come to FaTDoG to play games involving highly detailed diorama quality map boards, and beautifully painted miniature soldiers.

We will have plenty of miniature games going on at FaTDoG 2015. James Lombardi will be running a French Foreign Legion game using Sword and the Flame rules.

World War II Skirmish level miniatures with Bolt Action rules will also be played in the miniatures room

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We will have Thunder Roads, a Mad Max style game for those of you who are fans of the genre.

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And let’s not forget Dave Miller’s wonderful Circus Maximus, kind of a mad Max style game for the fans of ancient Rome.

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We will have an event sign up board by the registration desk. Just look for the time these games will be played and list your name as wanting to participate. There is usually never a problem to get into any of these games as they all take multiple players.

See you at FaTDoG!

 

Buying tickets for FaTDoG 2015

12 Thursday Nov 2015

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fatdog_logoNewFaTDoG is only two weeks away and the preregistration’s are rolling in. Preregistration for a ticket to FaTDoG is only $15 and guarantees one of the coveted FaTDoG door prizes and a great day of fun. Preregistration is cheaper than buying tickets at the door and allows us to have your name badge preprinted when you arrive. It also makes it easier for us to get a handle on how many gamers will be attending thereby making our planning much easier.

So take a minute to preregister. Simply go to the left sidebar in the upper corner and click on the “Buy Tickets” button. This will take you to the EventBrite website which is how we are handling ticket sales.

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Gaming at FaTDoG

09 Monday Nov 2015

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Now that the FaTDoG presale is over we need to focus on the games that people want to play at FaTDoG.

David Miller has graciously offered to host his classic Circus Maximus miniatures game but he will be starting much earlier this time as the last time he ran too well after midnight. Dave will have it set up in the miniatures room and people should stop by to see when post time will be to start the race. He can accommodate up to 16 players. This was a lot of fun and a great spectacle to see.

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FaTDoG 2015 welcomes Colin Wessel

01 Sunday Nov 2015

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We are excited that Colin Wessel, sculptor of miniatures for Legendary Realms, will be attending FatDoG this year and will be holding two 45 minute demo sessions for the benefit of our attendees.

At noon, Colin will demonstrate sculpting techniques to create amazingly detailed miniatures.

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At 4 PM, he will be holding a miniatures painting demonstration, showing techniques to make your miniatures look incredible!
So schedule some time to break from your games and attend Collin’s demos. We are very happy to have him at FaTDoG this year.
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