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This year I had the opportunity to participate in the now legendary events organized by Ana Polanšćak as part of UMS "Agram". This was the second year in a row that the Forbidden Psalm rules were played and I must admit that the event, as well as the accompanying activities, delighted me! If you want to know why…
…then keep reading! If Turm were to divide the impressions into highlights, he would definitely divide them into my perspective as a member of the agram, the hobby part, the gaming part, and finally, the social part. Let's start with the phase that lasted the longest, and tell how I participated and what experiences I had as a resident of Agram helping with the event.
The event itself lasted one day, Saturday 06.07., but if you followed our posts and articles, you could have noticed that the preparations started much earlier. Our elders Ana and Marko dealt with these more serious parts of event organization, logistics, setting up the discord server, while I tried to support as much as I could via Instagram. One of the things that delighted me was to see how colorful and creative the hobby community is. During the week of the event itself, I helped with transportation - most of the players were foreigners and I offered to help them navigate through the city (Noe was a great companion). At the event itself, I helped with the logistics of transporting the terrain (of course, when it was most stressful, at the event itself, I was late with the delivery of the terrain), and with preparing the space and taking things away after the event. It was interesting for me to see how many activities had to be organized in parallel, from taking pictures of miniatures during the event, organizing food and drinks, and organizing the content of the other days. After the event itself, I drove the pitches to Ana, where we inspected them and Ana quickly repaired all the damage we found. All in all, I think that it is quite a good experience from the event organization side and that, if someone wants to pay attention, everything can be learned.
The hobby part lasted a little shorter than the organizational part, but for me it was a much more intense and direct experience. Kitbashing and conversions are my favorite part of the hobby, and due to the lack of free time, the thing that helped me the most to finish what I started was... Deadlines! I know, I know, everyone hates deadlines, but it helped me a lot with wrapping conversions, painting warbands, and general preparation for the event to have deadlines and some kind of commitment to people I know. You can see parts of the stories about my kitbash adventure on the articles fishfolk warband and simple conversion, and for my part, finishing and placing the finished miniatures on the table was a pleasure that I lacked for a long time. I got an additional boost in online communication with other players, I was delighted by their creativity and general positivity. People really encouraged each other in their work and because of that I could approach the deadlines with a smile on my face! The only thing I'm hoping for now is to use that positive energy for further projects and not lose momentum when it's already started so well - practice makes perfect and it's exactly that practice that I miss!
Gaming ends up being the smallest part of the experience in those few days - even if it was the reason we got together. I don't see it as anything bad, in fact, I'm very glad that even on Turm itself, the social aspect somehow dominated, and that the game was a game, and not a reason for people to break spears. I had three great games - the first with Marcello from neighboring Italy, the second with Vlad from Serbia and finally Noah from France - which gave me a very good regional experience. We had great moments in every game - I'll share more details about my experience as a player at another time. The scenarios and content prepared by Ana were excellent, with the exception that not everyone discovered all the surprises. Now with quite a few games of Psalms behind us, I'm glad that our local Agram team said they would continue playing, because I have a feeling they could get hours and hours of fun out of it.
Sebastian (Norway): “The Turm 2024 tournament was a blast! The few games Ana had hosted at her place beforehand turned out to be really helpful in knowing how to create a good warband. I had a dedicated looter who gathered me a lot of good gold, meaning I could upgrade my equipment significantly, and by the last game the warband was powered up with several heavy armors D10 swords, and a few relics. So Patrik's warband in this last game, got decimated by a few of my strongest warriors. But in a perfect twist ending, his last remaining member, his archer, who had been spending the game shooting from on top of a building, jumped down from the building, picked up the Baby Sphinx from one of his dead warband members, and ended up winning the game (and keeping the Baby Sphinx in his inventory!), as that was the winning condition. Very fun game, and lots of great people gathered for this event. An absolute blast in bits trading, painting sessions, games, beers and overall nerddom. I would like to mention my first opponent Vlad's amazingly sculpted warband, consisting of pieces from nature - amazing to behold. See pic attached. As well as my game with Italian raconteur Marcello, who had to keep reminding me that none of his naked, cannibal weirdos (also greatly painted) had any armor, as his own summoned skeletons were chasing his caster of the board after some terrible dice rolls. Overall a great experience, and would love to do it again next year. with a new warband. Kitbashing, converting and sculpting are now my new favorite parts of the hobby!"
The social part could easily be the biggest highlight of the event - the people from the association and our guests were phenomenal! Although most of us were from Europe, we also had a few players from the USA who actually traveled halfway around the world to be there. Of course, we tried to use the time as best as we could and organized several get-togethers. In addition to the fact that a lot of people met for the first time, some people saw each other again after a long time, and some could turn their long-term online acquaintances into a face-to-face experience for the first time. Before the event, we painted together, exchanged miniatures, ate, drank, and after the event we had a big party to celebrate the great experience together! I am glad that I managed to exchange contacts with most of the people, and I am looking forward to further socializing and future meetings.
I hope you will contact us if you are interested in skirmish games or kitbashes, so that we can exchange experiences live. You don't have to play Forbidden Psalm, but having a unique mini is always great, especially if you play long DnD campaigns!
PHOTOGALLERY OF MINIATURES @TURM2024 (full scale)
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Ove godine imao sam priliku sudjelovati na sada vec legendarnim eventima koje organizira Ana Polanšćak u sklopu UMS “Agram”. Ovo je bila druga godina za redom kada se igralo sa Forbidden Psalm pravilima i moram priznat da me event, kao i popratne aktivnosti, oduševio! Ako želite saznati zašto…
…onda nastavite čitati! Ako bi Turm dojmove podijelio u highlighte, svakako bi ih podijelio u moju perspektivu kao član agrama, hobby dio, igranje i na poslijetku, društveni dio. Idemo onda početi s fazom koja je trajala najdulje, te ispričati kako sam sudjelovao i kakva iskustva su mi bila kao Agramovac koji pomaže oko eventa.
Sam event je trajao jedan dan, subota 06.07., ali ako ste pratili naše postove i članke, mogli ste primjetiti da su pripreme krenule znatno ranije. Naši starješine Ana i Marko bavili su se ovim ozbiljnijim djelovima organizacije eventa, logistika, uspostava discord servera, dok sam ja pokušao putem instagrama supportat koliko mogu. Jedna od stvari koje me oduševila je vidjeti koliko je šaren i kreativan community oko hobbya. Tokom samog tjedna eventa, pomagao sam oko prijevoza - većina igrača su bili stranci te sam se ponudio ako će im trebat pomoć navigirati kroz grad (Noe je bio odličan suputnik). Na samom eventu pomogao sam s logistikom oko prijevoza terena (naravno, kad je bilo najstresnije, na samom eventu, sam kasnio s dostavom terena), te oko spremanja prostora i odvoza stvari nakon eventa. Bilo mi je zanimljivo vidjeti koliko aktivnosti mora biti organizirano u paraleli, od fotkanja minijatura za vrijeme događaja, organizacije oko hrane, pića, te organizacija sadržaja ostale dane. Nakon samog eventa, terene sam dovezao do Ane, gdje smo ih pregledali i Ana je brzinski popravila sva oštećenja koja smo našli. Sve u svemu, mislim da je dosta zgodno iskustvo s event organisation strane i da, ukoliko netko zeli obratit pažnju, svašta se može naučiti.
Hobby dio trajao je nešto kraće od organizacijskog, ali je s moje strane bio znatno intenzivnije i izravnije iskustvo. Kitbashing i konverzije su mi najdraži dio hobbya, a zbog nedostatka slobodnog vremena, stvar koja mi je najviše pomogla završiti započeto bili su… Rokovi! Znam, znam, svi mrze rokove, ali meni je dosta pomoglo oko wrap upanja konverzija, paintanja warbanda, i općenite pripreme za event da imam rokove i nekakav commitment prema ljudima koje znam. Djelove priče o mojoj kitbash avanturi možete vidjeti na člancima fishfolk warband i jednostavna konverzija, a s moje strane, dovršavanje i postavljanje gotovih minijatura na stol je bio gušt koji mi je dugo vremena falio. Dodatan poticaj dobio sam u online komunikaciji s drugim igračima, oduševljavala me njihova kreativnost i općenito pozitiva. Ljudi su jako poticali jedni druge u radu i zbog toga sam rokovima mogao pristupiti s osmjehom na licu! Jedino čemu se sad nadam je tu pozitivnu energiju iskoristiti za daljnje projekte i ne izgubiti na momentum kad je već tako dobro krenulo - practice makes perfect a upravo te prakse mi fali!
Igranje na kraju ispada najmanji dio iskustva u tih nekoliko dana - makar bio razlog zbog kojeg smo se okupili. Ne vidim to kao ništa loše, dapače, jako mi je drago da je čak i na samom Turmu društveni aspekt nekako dominirao, i da je igra bila igra, a ne razlog da ljudi lome koplja. Imao sam tri odlične partije - prva sa Marcellom iz susjedne Italije, druga s Vladom iz Srbije te naposlijetku Noe iz Francuske - čime sam dobio jako dobro regionalno iskustvo. U svakoj partiji imali smo odličnih trenutaka - više detalja o svom igračem iskustvu prenijet ću drugom prilikom. Scenariji i sadržaj koje je Ana pripremila bili su odlični, s tim da nisu svi otkrili sva iznenađenja. Sad s već dosta partija Psalma iza sebe, drago mi je da je naša lokalna Agram ekipa rekla da bi nastavila igrati, jer imam osjećaj da bi mogli još sate i sate zabave izvući.
Sebastian (Norveška): “Turnir Turm 2024 bio je sjajan! Nekoliko igara koje je Ana prije toga organizirala kod sebe pokazalo se doista korisnim u saznanju kako stvoriti dobru ratnu skupinu. Imao sam posvećenog pljačkaša koji mi je prikupio mnogo dobrog zlata, što znači da sam mogao značajno nadograditi svoju opremu, a do posljednje igre ratna četa je bila ojačana s nekoliko teških oklopa D10 mačeva i nekoliko relikvija. Dakle, Patrikova ratna četa u ovoj zadnjoj igri je desetkovana od strane nekoliko mojih najjačih ratnika. Ali u savršenom završetku, njegov posljednji preostali član, njegov strijelac, koji je proveo igru pucajući s vrha zgrade, skočio je sa zgrade, uzeo bebu sfingu od jednog od njegovih mrtvih članova ratne čete i završio do pobjede u igri (i zadržavanja bebe sfinge u svom inventaru!), budući da je to bio uvjet za pobjedu. Vrlo zabavna igra i puno sjajnih ljudi okupilo se na ovom događaju. Apsolutna eksplozija u trgovini bitovima, sesijama slikanja, igrama, pivima i sveukupnom štreberstvu. Želio bih spomenuti Vladovu nevjerojatno isklesanu ratnu četu mog prvog protivnika, koja se sastoji od dijelova iz prirode - nevjerojatna za vidjeti. Pogledajte sliku u prilogu. Kao i moja igra s talijanskim pričaocem Marcellom, koji me stalno podsjećao da nitko od njegovih golih, kanibalskih čudaka (također dobro naslikanih) nema oklop, jer su njegovi vlastiti pozvani kosturi jurili za njegovim bacačem ploče nakon nekih užasnih bacanja kockica. . Sveukupno sjajno iskustvo i volio bih to ponoviti sljedeće godine. s novom ratnom četom. Kitbashing, pretvaranje i kiparstvo sada su moji novi omiljeni dijelovi hobija!"
Društevni dio bi lako mogao biti najveći highlight eventa - ljudi iz udruge i naši gosti bili su fenomenalni! Iako smo većinom bili iz Europe, imali smo i nekolicinu igrača iz SAD-a koji su fakat prošli pola svijeta da bi bili tu. Naravno, pokušali smo iskoriti vrijeme što bolje možemo i organizirali nekoliko druženja. Osim što se hrpa ljudi prvi put upoznala, neki ljudi su se vidjeli ponovno nakon dugo vremena, a neki su dugotrajna online poznastva prvi put mogli pretočiti u face to face iskustvo. Prije eventa smo paintali skupa, izmjenjivali minijature, jeli, pili, a nakon eventa smo imali veliku feštu kako bi zajedno proslavili odlično iskustvo! Drago mi je da sam s većinom ljudi uspio izmjeniti i kontakt te se veselim daljnjim druženjima i idućim susretima.
Nadam se da ćete nam se javiti ako vas zanimaju skirmish igre ili kitbashevi, pa da i uživo razmjenimo iskustva. Ne morate igrati Forbidden Psalm, ali imati jedinstven mini je uvijek super, pogotovo ako igrate duge DnD kampanje!
GALERIJA FOTOGRAFIJA MINIJATURA (puna rezolucija)
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