Enfilade 2016 Recap Part 1 - Other People's Games

Another successful Enfilade wrapped up on Sunday. Enfilade 2016 was another well run and attended convention. Reports said that there were a record number of games presented and attendance was close to a record. I saw new younger faces this year, which is a good sign for future conventions. The hotel was finishing up some remodeling this year and the complaints/comments I heard were primarily over issues with that. Overall I would say it was another good year for Enfilade and the staff should be congratulated on great convention.

The theme for 2016 was Against All Odds and there were a good number of games that focused on the theme.

As per my usual Enfilade recap, I’m doing two Enfilade posts; one on the general convention and other people's games and a second covering the games I ran. This post will cover the general convention stuff and games I played in. Note this is a long post with lots of photos.

Friday Games
It seems like people are taking Friday off and showing up earlier to Enfilade. The Friday afternoon was busy and had lots of gamers. I helped out with the Thunderboats game in the afternoon and in the evening played in a Russo-Japanese War naval game. Here are some photos from the first two gaming periods.

A Bridge too Short (big Chain of Command game)

Big Fleets, Small Galaxy

Boudica vs. Romans

First Battle of St. Albans

Irish vs. Constabulary

P-38s and B-25s up against Ju-52 and escorts (CY6! game)

Plan Alpha (Command at Sea) - this was originally being done double-blind, but the blind was removed when I took the photo.

Star Wars Armada

Thunderboats! with a boat on fire

The annual Viking Run raid game

Alligator Creek Bolt Action game using 15mm troops

Kaibokan - Japanese convoy game

Khalkyn Gol - Japanese vs. Russians

Cold War gone hot - Soviets advancing into West Germany

Pancho Villa vs Federales

Prehistoric hunting game

Sharpe Practice in Spain

Thunderboats! pickle-fork hydroplane racers

The Sword and the Flame on the Nile

Attack on Port Arthur pre-Dreadnought battle

My protected cruiser (but not very protected) squadron from the Port Arthur game

Saturday Morning and Afternoon
Saturday morning I was running the Channel Dash – Air Attack game and the afternoon was the Channel Dash – MTB Attack game (which you can read about in this post). I only got a handful of photos from these game periods.

Break the Blockade - ACW naval game

For Parliament or King English Civil War

Games for Kids - Fetterman Massacre

Gaugamela 331 BC

Killing Custer - Cavalry vs. Indians

Lutzen 1632

Battle of Trafalgar using Sails of Glory

Battle of Alesia 52 BC

Saturday Evening
After finishing up my Channel Dash games, my voice was starting to go. So I sat out the evening game period, but helped judge events and got some game photos.

All Quiet on the Martian Front

AWI game using the Sharpe Practice rules

Battle of Borodino

Battle of Hoth using X-Wing Fighter rules

Battlecruisers at Jutland

Doctor Evil's Lair using Black Ops rules

Dragon Rampant

Galactic Knights using Starguard ships

Gutshot western gunfight game

Carrier attack in the Med - 1973 using the Harpoon rules

Martian airship boarding actions

Pride, Zombies & Dr. Who (note the Tardis in the left board edge)

World War 1 gas attack

Sunday Morning
The game I was going to play in on Sunday morning was cancelled, so I spent the morning watching and helping out with the Ironclads attack on Fort Pickens game.

Russians vs. Boxers in Manchuria

Battle of Britain airfield attack (CY6!)

A Frostgrave game

Ironclads - attack on Pensacola

Ironclads - Union monitors take on Confederate ironclads

Viking Raid using Lion Rampant rules

Medieval siege game

Pulp Alley Lost Island game

Greek triremes on a quest

Wings of War night bombing raid over England

That is all the pictures for this year. Enfilade 2016 was a really good convention with lots of interesting and visually appealing games.