Scrum in Miniature

Some readers may recall that I attended my first game convention, a late bloomer at 47 years old, by making the trek to Historicon 2017 . It was a wonderful experience for me, and I left the weekend with a heady enthusiasm for this hobby I'd only recently discovered. This year's Historicon marked another first for me: Crafting and running my own convention game. Back in December I recruited some friends and new acquaintances I had connected with in the D.C. metro area to establish a monthly game group, the Second Saturday Scrum Club. Every month we meet in my dining room and somebody sets up a miniatures game for us to play. In late spring we gathered to try a new set of intriguing rules by Ganesha Games' Andrea Sfiligoi, Sellswords & Spellslingers . They were a hit with the group , and the next day Steve Braun offhandedly mentioned how perfect they would be for running a scenario based around Robert E. Howard's classic Conan yarn, "Beyond the Black Rive