Aug 18
Videogames are a business so big that move more money than cinema. Before this was only a section of the Games pavilion, after they are exploded in various pavilions among the city. I’m not so interested in videogames but I’m a computer freak so these customised and powered machines are as porno for me. This remind me that my computer needs more neon lights inside…
Aug 17
Sometimes you can forget that this is fundamentally a comic fair. It is not so iconic to take photos of book spines. Moreover cosplayers are better descriptive. However this time some signing and sketch session photos for you.
Paolo Bacilieri is one of my favourites. He is a modern and experimental artist but with solid education by Milo Manara studio.
And an help for younger Bacilieri was Palumbo. He is another favourites of mine. His style is a black & white with touches of classic art mediate by experience as an experimental comics militant.
And many more for my friend Paolo.
Aug 16
Some close-ups on miniatures in Lucca Comics & Games.
Up there is Nano Nefasto with his bust before his 5 days live painting session during the convention.
Below there is the glass showcase for the painting contest.
Torriani’s WWII game and its delicious setting.
Miniature displays.
Andrea’s things.
Miniatures from an Andrea sketch that were realised with the Fungi kickstarter. The character, but not the pig, resembles Andrea when he was young. Other people that run a miniatures demonstration space in Miniature Island liked the miniatures and created a game with some of them: a fantasy medieval race. They didn’t know that we were the maker of them.
A close-up on Star Eagles.
Two playable mascots of Miniature Island and a cake in Orti di Elisa restaurant. This year restaurant theme for the convention was Mario Bros.
In Lucca Comics & Games all is so big that some miniatures that you can view on wargame tables were a little bigger than usual.
Aug 15
This year as Ganesha Games in Lucca Comics & Games we were three: I came from Rome, Andrea came from Terni, Damon came from Malaysia.
Damon presented his Star Eagles at Italians and this was a good chance to test some things.
I presented Palaeo Diet. After I thought to write a supplement for it because I think that it is a great game.
Andrea write too many books so he presented a lot of things: Four Against Darkness, Sellswords, Song of Armies and Hordes. And maybe something more.
And these chaps are our super fans. They always buy all our books and they enjoy the games very much. Thanks!
Aug 14
We are based on Games pavilion, the biggest in Lucca Comics & Games. Inside it you can find us in the Miniature Island section as Autori 3D.
Aug 13
Yes, this is another series of posts about my annual Lucca Comics & Games experience. It was the start of November 2017 and I waited for it ALL the year. Every day a specific theme and lots of photos. This time a walk around to begin. And, if you don’t know what is this convention, look at these posts and to those of other years here on the blog. And think about a visit.
Disclaimer: almost all the photos on this blog are taken by me, however sometime I stole them from the web when I find something really interesting or I am too distracted by things to do instead to work as a reporter. This time I helped myself by photos from my friend Paolo, Damon, Bagna, Gioconomicon and others that now I can’t remind.
Jul 11
Two times every year, this is an appointment that I don’t want to miss. As the same I go here in the less overcrowded day of the convention. I find some comics that I didn’t pick up previously, a lot of gadgets (as Funko), and a day immersed in one of my principal interests. And in the last years it is even the moment to taste weird foods and beverages from Asia, and a big slice of pizza with mortazza.
Jun 29
Again in Empoli for one of the best historical wargame convention. Two days of wargame in September 2017.
Here our Ganesha Games big table with some books of ours. We showed Sellswords, Palaeo Diet and the upcoming fantasy big armies game.
Some pics about other things around. The tables quality is rising in these years.
And now a display of costly things in an unreal set, however a beautiful view.
