Magewinds Meetup Post-Mortem

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Three magi, meeting up. (Photo by Rich)

On Saturday 16th of November (two weeks ago) the first ever Magewinds Meetup was held at Knightly Gaming in Bathgate, Scotland. I think it was a success! 😤

An in-progress game of Treasure Dash. (Photo by Rich)

Eight of us gathered in the morning at the venue and got stuck right into playing games. Two of the attendees had never played before, and most of the rest hadn’t played in a very long time, but we all picked up steam quickly enough. In total 8 games were played that day, with two of them being 3 and 4 player games using the new rules for larger battles.

Two of Kara’s weird little guys. (Photo by Rich)

On Sunday the meetup continued, albeit with reduced numbers, and we had decided in advance to play some other games that day. In spite of the obstacles a further 3 games of Magewinds were played, and the experimental rules for 3-dimensional battlefields and neutral monsters got a runaround.

Banrax graciously tried out the rules for 3D battlefields with me. (Photo by Rachel)

Rich’s hedge wizard and his gnomish allies¹ face off against Ben’s warband. Meanwhile, a stray Dracolisk finds itself surrounded in dinner… (Photo by Rich)

I got a lot of useful feedback, from top-level first-impressions stuff, to pointing out confusing rules, to balance concerns. Most importantly, everyone had fun, which was a massive, massive relief after weeks of rushing to get ready and worrying about whether I might be wasting everyone’s time 😅

Gnome versus Dragon. (Photo by Rich)

Hedge wizard versus Dragon. (Photo by Rich)

A quick 6-slot game of Fragment Frenzy versus Stephen at the end of Saturday. (Photo by Rachel)

A huge, huge thankyou to all who attended (and to all who expressed a desire to attend but couldn’t make it) – I have come away from the experience feeling thoroughly validated and very excited to continue development of this wonderful little game ❤️

Who knows, perhaps there will be another Magewinds Meetup in the future…

My Cleric, Deadeye and Wizard battle Banrax’s fighters for control of the Hill. (Photo by Rachel)

The 3-player Treasure Clash game. Carnage! (Photo by Rachel)

The 4-player Battle Royale game! I was anxious the whole time that it might be horribly slow but they all seemed to be enjoying themselves. (Photo by Rachel)