Every positive part of the event was an interaction for me. Getting to talk to various UA-camrs, the Warhammer TV staff and even the people from GW manning the shop and stands were a delight. They ignore the community at their own peril, a more community focused event with artists and 3rd party sellers will become prevalent if they don't do it first, and through the tightening of their grip over the property, more people will slip into other games/minis, into other paints and even into the world of 3D printed mini gaming as a primary source of consumption.
The Hobby Challenge really made WHFest for me. I loved it and got a lot out of the experience. If I didn't have that HC ticket though, I think I would have been disappointed with the event. I had friends who queued 3.5 hours to play a single round of 40k 10th. The Auditorium only held 750 people, they said there would be big screens around the venue showing the reveal stream but I counted 1 (it was a decent size TV, not a projector or anything). You're right about the Golden Daemon cabinets. It was hard to have a look at the entries because the crowd was stationary. It might have benefitted from breaking the cabinets apart a bit so folks can flow around them. I wish I'd known about the casual play tables too, I would definitely have brought a Warcry Warband for that. If they hold it again next year, I would do the Hobby Challenge again (excellent activity) but probably also do a 2nd day to actually play some Warhammer.
I went for the whole 3 days and I really missed more activities from previous WH Fest: the GW creators with their portfolios and you could stop chatting with the creator of that model that you love. Completely agree with you about it look like a massive marketing event and the atendees were great. Staff was great and helpful and the Warcry tournament was run without incidences. Hopefully next year they will take some activities back like meet the Black Library authors, people doing the graphics of the books, model and rules designers, etc.
Not a real fan of huge crowds. Another item, perhaps it really was more focused towards the various competitive events? Other than seeing the cosplayers in person, and getting a close look at the golden demon entries, it doesn’t sound like there was much to do outside of the tournaments.
So 😊 I did not 🚫 attend this year: I watched at 🏠 on my 🆕 📤 big screen TV & even got SOUND! (UNLIKE 😞 some poor sods who didn't get into the 10th ☔ presentation) (GW is resembling Dissney 🐭 💩 more & more everyday 😢 nobody is *_very impressed at this point)
Every positive part of the event was an interaction for me. Getting to talk to various UA-camrs, the Warhammer TV staff and even the people from GW manning the shop and stands were a delight.
They ignore the community at their own peril, a more community focused event with artists and 3rd party sellers will become prevalent if they don't do it first, and through the tightening of their grip over the property, more people will slip into other games/minis, into other paints and even into the world of 3D printed mini gaming as a primary source of consumption.
It was amazing. So amazing in fact that there was a queue for a queue to get into the queue.
join a random queue and hope it leads to where you wanted to go XD
The Hobby Challenge really made WHFest for me. I loved it and got a lot out of the experience.
If I didn't have that HC ticket though, I think I would have been disappointed with the event. I had friends who queued 3.5 hours to play a single round of 40k 10th. The Auditorium only held 750 people, they said there would be big screens around the venue showing the reveal stream but I counted 1 (it was a decent size TV, not a projector or anything).
You're right about the Golden Daemon cabinets. It was hard to have a look at the entries because the crowd was stationary. It might have benefitted from breaking the cabinets apart a bit so folks can flow around them.
I wish I'd known about the casual play tables too, I would definitely have brought a Warcry Warband for that.
If they hold it again next year, I would do the Hobby Challenge again (excellent activity) but probably also do a 2nd day to actually play some Warhammer.
I went for the whole 3 days and I really missed more activities from previous WH Fest: the GW creators with their portfolios and you could stop chatting with the creator of that model that you love. Completely agree with you about it look like a massive marketing event and the atendees were great. Staff was great and helpful and the Warcry tournament was run without incidences.
Hopefully next year they will take some activities back like meet the Black Library authors, people doing the graphics of the books, model and rules designers, etc.
Not a real fan of huge crowds. Another item, perhaps it really was more focused towards the various competitive events? Other than seeing the cosplayers in person, and getting a close look at the golden demon entries, it doesn’t sound like there was much to do outside of the tournaments.
So 😊 I did not 🚫 attend this year: I watched at 🏠 on my 🆕 📤 big screen TV & even got SOUND! (UNLIKE 😞 some poor sods who didn't get into the 10th ☔ presentation)
(GW is resembling Dissney 🐭 💩 more & more everyday 😢 nobody is *_very impressed at this point)