PAX AUS Day 1 - Maximillian 1934 and Tribal

Went to PAX for the first time yesterday, to demo some Maximillian 1934 and Tribal games with Ara from Mana Press. Below is the set up of the two tables, with Max34 in the front (a "U" shaped race track) and Tribal at the back (Eureka Miniatures' Maori and Denisovans facing off against each other on an open field):

 

Some close up shots of the Max34 table (the white barriers are new from Battlefield Accessories and part of the Max34 box set available from Eureka Miniatures):

As the crowds slowly trickled in from 10am, Ara and I played a few games of Max34 to test some racing scenarios:

Things weren't going too well for my junker, until I realised ramming Ara's buggy was one way to win.

We also played a game of tribal, where I wasn't able to maneuver well enough and Ara was able to take out my Maoris with well placed Strike cards.

At this point members of the general public had found the wargaming tables, and we played a few demo games (Brendan also joined us to assist later in the day bringing along his stratch-built cars that are lovely things to behold).

I wasn't quite sure what to expect - I knew that there would be a lot of people (and there were - but a lot less than there are on the Saturday apparently), and that it would be full on (was actually okay - everyone we interacted with was really chilled). Unlike other gaming conventions I go to, this was mainly console/PC gamers who didn't always know what wargaming was all about. Introducing them to the hobby was fun (who doesn't love ramming and shooting up your opponents in fast cars?).