Cancon Day 1 - Tribal Maori

Last Thursday I drove up to Canberra for Cancon for the first time in six years. Cancon is the largest wargaming convention in Australia, and is held every Australia Day weekend:
https://cgs.asn.au/cancon/

On the way up Ara, Bruce, Lon and I (in two cars) stopped to have our packed lunch in Holbrook, NSW in the park next to HMAS Otway (S 59), an Oberon-class submarine of the Royal Australian Navy between 1968-94.

More on HMAS Otway can be found here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Otway_(S_59)

First day of Cancon, on the Friday, I played in a Tribal tournament with Ara. It was small, only six of us, but was good to play against new players. I had spent the early part of January painting my Maori and some New Zealand themed miniatures.

Warbands were limited to 8-12 Honour points for units, skills and upgrades. The total Honour for each warband was 20 Honour. My warband list consisted of:

Tanehokahoka's Trust - 11 Honour Point Warband

Manaaki Te Heuheu - Chief (1 Honour)
x1 Long Weapon
'Skilled' skill

Tāmati - Shaman (0 Honour)
x1 Short Weapon
'The Shaman' skill

Ari - Hero (1 Honour)
x1 Short Weapon

Kai - Hero (1 Honour)
x1 Short Weapon

Footrot - Hero (3 Honour)
x1 Long Weapon
'Seasoned' skill

The Tui - Warriors (1 Honour)
x1 Long Weapon

The Pipiwharauroa - Warriors (1 Honour)
x1 Long Weapon

The Pukeko - Warriors (1 Honour)
x1 Short Weapon

Black Cap Berzerkers - Warriors (1 Honour)
x1 Long Weapon

Hairy Maclary and friends - Hunting Pack (1 Honour)

Here are some photos of the four games:

In Tribal, if two Jokers are played in the same Exchange during combat, this heralds
a bad omen - perhaps an earthquake shakes the ground or the sun is suddenly dimmed by a passing thunderhead. Aside from the normal outcome of the Exchange, all units on both sides of the battle take 1 wound immediately as morale falters and men flee.

This happened a number of times for me during the day...

 Below my hero Footrot with the Kiwi Laser flag:

A group photo of Schnitzel von Krumm (with a very low tum), Bitzer Maloney (all skinny and bony), Bottomley Potts (covered in spots), Hercules Morse (as big as a horse) and Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy. The miniatures are from Eureka Miniatures, expect for Hercules who's from Brigade Models' Celtos range (CLT-303a Hunting Hounds).

If you don't know who they are:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairy_Maclary

A little chaotic, but it was good to get a fair number of games in and see some of the tactics employed in a larger game. I also came second which was nice.