It has been over a week now since I put on a participation game “Dinosaurs- a game for all ages” at Victorious.

Victorious is a wargaming convention run by the Nunawading Wargaming Association.

From their website:

“Victorius ’25 is the ultimate showcase of tabletop miniature gaming in Victoria. Join us on Saturday 16th August for an action packed day with lots of hands on activities and games to explore.

Run by the gaming community in Melbourne, Victorius is full of participation & demonstration games, and hobby activities to try. Meet games designers, miniature artists and members from local LARP, cosplay and historical re-enactment communities. Hunt for a bargain at the bring & buy and traders stands. Sign up for one of the tournaments or painting competition.

Victorius is the perfect opportunity to delve deeper into the world of miniature gaming and find out what it is a wonderful for hobby with something for everyone.“

The game set up before opening waiting for the hordes.

The main participation hall before the hordes arrive.

The “Lard” area run by the Berwick “Wargames”guys” who kindly allowed me to join in with them.

The “Bring and Buy” that made a great day even better for me!

One of the participation games.

A WW2 Bolt Action participation game

Rob and Jason’s Zeo Genesis display game.

A “Carbine Diplomacy” Zulu game.

Nice terrain not sure what the game was.

Zombiesmurf aka “Smurficide” using “Tribal” rules looked like a great fun game.

More “Smurficide”

A Napoleonic game using a Two Fat Lardies prototype set of rules.

A game of Midgard

One of my victims pondering how to “eat” my Stegosaurus. The answer is simple – anywhere but the spiky tail”!

I had a great day running games, selling “stuff”, and catching up with mates I hadn’t seen for a while. I didn’t get a chance to see much of what was going on in the traders area, the many competitions, or the LARP action outside. The problems of running a game I guess!

Extremely well run by the Nunawading “guys and gals”