Post-Gottacon

VicLUG was stoked to be part of Gottacon for the 3rd year, and it was the best one yet! We had a speed build, blind build, and kid build stations, as well as our VicWars game which we refined even further this year. Our kid build was a bit different this year, we encouraged convention attendees to title and label their creations, and we had some amazing additions.

Our VicWars game went great, we played maybe 6 games, and came up with lots of new ideas for next year already.

Here’s some videos of the game in action:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpCq6-LDH0s[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0-ifJ7ksb0[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEe4YvvJZNE[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZYrVvvW4x0[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2swinsVCjZA[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlPFTXYn2-o[/youtube]

Gottacon 2011, Saturday game 1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/blobfarm/sets/72157625909743917/

Gottacon 2011, Saturday game 2
http://www.flickr.com/photos/blobfarm/sets/72157626036149300/

Gottacon 2011, Sunday Game
http://www.flickr.com/photos/blobfarm/sets/72157625911215155/

Gottacon 2011, miscellaneous
http://www.flickr.com/photos/blobfarm/sets/72157625917823235/

Also, check back on this page: www.viclug.ca/vicwars.html for updates on the game. It’s just a text copy of the rules at the writing of this post, but it’ll be more elaborate, with links to all this media and our revised rules from the past convention.

I’d also like to thank Jon New from www.talismanisland.com for providing prizes at the Talisman game I hosted, it’s much appreciated and please check out his site for amazing Talisman resources and info! You can see more on that game in the miscellaneous photo gallery above.

See you guys all next year!

Gottacon

VicLUG will be at Gottacon again this year! February 4-6 we’ll have our VicWars ( based on BrikWars ) tabletop minifig game, blind build contest as well as our kid build setup. Our main hours of activity will be in the morning and afternoon of Saturday & Sunday, but the kid build will be open throughout the whole event.

Gottacon is at Pearkes Arena, by Tillicum Mall & Silver City. Go towww.gottacon.com for more info about the event.

Sidney Museum

The Sidney Museum Lego show is in full swing and VicLUG is happy to be part of this wonderful (6th!) annual event again! The show runs from January to March and is at 2423 Beacon, admission by donation.

http://www.sidneymuseum.ca/

Cherrybomb Toy Show Video

This is plagiarized from the Cherrybomb Toys website, the video highlights the show and has a nice segment on VicLUG’s participation!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqffgTV9sHw[/youtube]

Cherrybomb Ultimate Hobby & Toy Fair

Victoria’s Ultimate Hobby & Toy Fair is returning and VicLUG will be there!

October 17th, 9am-3pm
Adults: $3 and kids get in free!
Early Bird tickets: $10 for 8am-9pm
Buy EB tickets at Cherrybomb Toy Store for 50% off!

1410 Broad Street ( corner of Johnson & Broad )
http://www.cherrybombtoys.com/

FIX IT Team Workshops

http://www.lego-stormers.com/fix-it/october-2010-library-workshops.html

First Lego League is starting to kick into gear, from the article:

The FIX IT Team will be leading four library workshops in the fall.

October 16 Central Library and
Bruce Hutchison Library

October 22 Nellie McClung Library
Juan De Fuca

Visit from Robin

Robin is a CLP ( Certified Lego Professional ) who lives in Vancouver, but likes to come and play bricks in Victoria now and then! He recently stopped by to do a build in the Inner Harbour on behalf of the TD Bank. On September 17th he made this comfy chair: