Realms at War 2017 is fast approaching as anyone working on a unique leviathan or hunter model for this special narrative Age of Sigmar event could tell you. This will be a return of the popular Realms at War event launched last year by EATMingsFoote, a group composed of four "hobby-oriented nutjobs" with a goal … Continue reading Realms at War: a retrospective
NEON Blog
Collecting Narratives
We are plotting our course through next year, and one thing we would like to add to our mission is utilizing the NEON blog and website to collect and promote a wide variety of narrative events and developments within the hobby. To this end, we are adding a new weekly feature, our narrative of … Continue reading Collecting Narratives
How to NEO: Manage Registration
The NEON group started a blog with different members writing about different aspects of organizing a gaming event. We published on The Grand Alliance forum with a series of short articles featuring “how to” tips for planning and running an event, covering things like making sure you have enough terrain to getting your players registered. … Continue reading How to NEO: Manage Registration
NEO of Note: Aaron Bostian
We intereviewed another one of the NEOs involved with Coalescence. He's also the guy behind the grand narrative events at NOVA Open which concluded last month. He talks about how he got into tabletop gaming and why he believes it's an important part of the human experience. How did you become a NEO? It started … Continue reading NEO of Note: Aaron Bostian
How to NEO: Find a Venue
The NEON group started a blog with different members writing about different aspects of organizing a gaming event. We published on The Grand Alliance forum with a series of short articles featuring "how to" tips for planning and running an event, covering things like making sure you have enough terrain to getting your players registered. … Continue reading How to NEO: Find a Venue
NEO of Note: @jimbo9jimbo
We interviewed one of the NEOs involved with Coalescence. He's also one of the masterminds behind the REALMS AT WAR which is running a second huge narrative event later this year, October 27-29, in Cambridge, U.K. And they still have a few spaces remaining! RAW17 How did you become a NEO? I played Warhammer 40k … Continue reading NEO of Note: @jimbo9jimbo
Grand Narrative at NOVA Open 2017
Warhammer Age of Sigmar events returned to NOVA Open tabletop wargaming convention for the 3rd year, and the narrative event expanded to cover six linked but separate events across four days from Thursday afternoon through Sunday. Developing the results of the narrative from 2016, we brought back the ziggurat where Queen Neferata ruled over a … Continue reading Grand Narrative at NOVA Open 2017
NEO of Note: Alexander Nygård
We interviewed one of the NEOs involved with designing the rules pack and writing battleplans for Coalescence to talk about narrative gaming and his AoS podcast called FjordHammer, a show which focuses on book reviews and interviews with community members. NEON: Can you introduce yourself? Alexander: Hey, my name is Alexander Nygård, and I'm a Norwegian … Continue reading NEO of Note: Alexander Nygård
A Coalescence Retrospective: Part V
One of the 45 locations reporting results for Coalescence 2017 was an event in Milford, MA. Brian has provided an overview of their event along with an exciting narrative of final, epic duel in the Sodden Valley between two rival warlords for control of a unique artifact. Brian: We did something a little different for … Continue reading A Coalescence Retrospective: Part V
