TundraCon was a great success.

Thank you to all who attended TundraCon 2015.  It was a great day of gaming, and we all were very pleased with the way things went.  We had about 50 attendees and our GMs put on some really fantastic games.  I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.  We also need to thank our various sponsors and contributors who included, Battlefront, Adventure Games, Toll Works, The Last Square, CinC, GHQ, The BattleBadgers and Rick GearHeart, and Frying Pan and Blanket, all of whom were kind enough to donate prize support for various games or for door prizes.  And now, the pictures.

John Martin runs a friendly, 600 pt un-tournament for Bolt Action

Flames of War armies deploy for action in the Wisconsin Winter War 2015

Flames players settling in for the next round of action.

More action from the FoW tournament.
 The Battle Badgers brought along a great sampling of terrain.

Intense action as the Soviet Horde advances.
The Soviet player, Chuck, would go on to win the best painted award
with his beautiful Soviet army.

Ranger Rick did a fantastic job organizing and running the tournament.
(he's the one in the Captain America hoodie)

Tom and Chuck came to TundraCon together from Rochester and LaCrosse
and ended up facing one another in the final round of the tournament.

 Tom's view of the tournament can be found at his blog here:
http://www.mantorvilleexpress.com/gaming/2015/01/11/tundracon-15/

A general view of the front of the convention area.  The American Legion
was a fantastic host for us.

The back half of the convention hall as the Flames Tournament
winds down.

Beginning setup for a Johnny Reb III (ACW) game as the
massive 10 player Wings of War battle rages in the background.

Confederate forces push forward to seize a river crossing in Dan's
Johnny Reb game.

Players of all ages gather for Micheal's Dutch Harbor scenario using
Naval Thunder rules.

Thomas (playing Japanese) makes an aggressive move

"How far do my torpedoes go?"

"About that far."

Rolling dice and consulting results.

"Oh bother."  Never let the kid with hot dice run the Kitakami.

Elsewhere Dave was running a really great looking and fun to play
Iran-Iraq war scenario using his own rules and Pico-Armor.

Dave's game made me a believer in this scale.  

Intense action as a supply column attempts to make it up the road.
In the end they managed to break through.

Robotech RPG tactics made its local debut at TundraCon as well.
We had a quick demo game using the box contents.  While the
minis aren't for the true beginner, they are lovely when done.

A group of UEDF Destroids (also known as Battletech Unseens) attempts
to hold the ruins of a city on earth as a Zentraedi assault force bears down.

The local QRF, a flight of four VF-1s races to help.

RPG tactics uses a system of having three minis for each transformable
mech for its various mode.  These 12 minis are for the same flight
of four veritechs.  The starter box comes with a total of five veritechs
(fifteen minatures) though we only used four.

The Zentraedi force advances.  A Glaug command pod
(AKA a Marauder) leads a dozen pods against the four destroids.

The pods take position on the high ground and open fire.

The destroids hunker down in cover, but the Zents blast the reinforcing
Valkyries, leaving them on their own.  In the end the firepower of numbers was
overwhelming.

Tim Zier set up a large, double map size game of Sails of Glory.

Tim briefs Thomas, his opponent in the earlier Dutch Harbor game,
on the rules of SoG and the tactics of Napoleonic naval warfare.

The battle lines, made ready and cleared for action.

In the end the British won a narrow victory, much to French admiral
Scott's dismay.

Sails of glory wasn't alone in representation.  Bob ran a wild Wings of War
Wings of Glory game that drew about half the convention.

The crowd gathered around the Wings of War table.

A lone British pilot in a lot of trouble.

The giant furball in the center of the table.

"Yes, that it a good move."  GM Bob dispenses advice.

 In the end TundraCon 2015 exceeded all of the expectations of the five of us that came up with an idea a few months ago around a basement gaming table.  Thank you again to all of our attendees and sponsors.  Until Next Year.....