Pax Practice Game - Maximillian 1934

Had a quick playtest with Ara and Nic of Mana Press' Maximillian 1934 for next weekend's PAX AUS convention. Was a pretty simple scenario, but we wanted to make sure we all remembered the rules (particularly Ara!) and agreed on what we were hoping the punters would get out of the experience.

Warm up beers was La Sirène's Citray Sour. A zesty number to give us a bit of a zing as we fired our Lewis guns at each other.

Game was relatively quick (even though it was actually my first game of Max34), I didn't do enough damage on Ara's racer to stop him running over the finish line first. Looks like it's going to be a long, but fun day. You can also see the new bases to help get a bit of consistency in the game.

I also picked over some random stuff from Nic to fix up, including a camel rider that I'll be painting up as the fictitious Sheikh Nic. I've just spent the last hour designing his flag:

It's based on the Palestinian flag, with a version of the Somalian flag blue (to tie in with the Yorkshire flag) and the Arabic inscription from the Saudi Arabian flag - the shahada (Islamic declaration of faith): lā ʾilāha ʾillā-llāh, muhammadun rasūlu-llāh (There is no god but God; Muhammad is the Messenger of God). The flag features the White Rose of York, as Nic is from Yorkshire (North Riding to be exact).