The 2022 ACDC ––– 14-16 January 2022

[bbmike]

Sigh. Still no limited edition ACDC whiskey. 

[rickbill]

Am I the only one unfamiliar with the gaming platform "ASCIBI"?  Please enlighten me.  Thanks.

[bayonetbrant]

Am I the only one unfamiliar with the gaming platform "ASCIBI"?  Please enlighten me.  Thanks.

it's a proprietary thing developed by Ad Astra specifically for their space combat games.

No cost and no downloads - it's hosted on their own server and they'll give you the link to join it when the game starts

[mcguire]

ASCIBI is a combination of 'ASCII', the American Standard Code for Information Interchange that was incapable of properly writing Año Nuevo State Park, and 'chibi', Japanese slang for "a specific style of caricature where characters are drawn in an exaggerated way: small and chubby, with stubby limbs and oversized heads."



At this point, I'm not even listening to myself.

[bob48]

ASCIBI is a combination of 'ASCII', the American Standard Code for Information Interchange that was incapable of properly writing Año Nuevo State Park, and 'chibi', Japanese slang for "a specific style of caricature where characters are drawn in an exaggerated way: small and chubby, with stubby limbs and oversized heads."



At this point, I'm not even listening to myself.

Yep, that's us alright.

[bayonetbrant]

**MORNING SESSIONS 1/15**

6am EST
*Where Eagles Dare ("Strife of Eagles” Kriegsspiel pt 1)*
https://tabletop.events/conventions/the-acdc-january-2022/schedule/18
opening salvos of the double-blind Kriegsspiel with the IKS team

10am EST
*Designer Interview: Song For War*
https://tabletop.events/conventions/the-acdc-january-2022/schedule/32
Seth & Chris talk about designing their new game with Ardwulf
watch at

10am EST
*Lock ’n Load Tactical - Heroes of the 'Nam*
https://tabletop.events/conventions/the-acdc-january-2022/schedule/12
squad-level combat in Vietnam

10am EST
*Robotech Reconstruction*
https://tabletop.events/conventions/the-acdc-january-2022/schedule/16
You saw the interview last night, and now play the game with the designers, and then go get your pre-order in

10am EST
*Splendid Failure: Challenges of Reconstruction and Democracy*
https://tabletop.events/conventions/the-acdc-january-2022/schedule/47
Game design students from Georgetown talk you through their project
watch at

10am EST
*Twilight: 2000, Roleplaying in the Future That Never Was*
https://tabletop.events/conventions/the-acdc-january-2022/schedule/26
The pre-eminent military RPG of the 80s is back with a whole new system and an expanded setting

11am EST
*Eagles Nest ("Strife of Eagles” Kriegsspiel pt 2)*
https://tabletop.events/conventions/the-acdc-january-2022/schedule/19
second linked scenario of the double-blind Kriegsspiel with the IKS team

11am EST
*Making an Artillery Wargame from Scratch: What was I Thinking?*
https://tabletop.events/conventions/the-acdc-january-2022/schedule/64
US Army game design student from the Command & General Staff College discusses the project
watch at

11am EST
*Rebels & Patriots AWI: A Chance Encounter*
https://tabletop.events/conventions/the-acdc-january-2022/schedule/21
A minis skirmish game in the American War of Independence

11am EST
*Shores of Tripoli*
https://tabletop.events/conventions/the-acdc-january-2022/schedule/14
The CSR-Award-winning game of warfare in the 1800s comes to a whole new online platform

11am EST
*World at War '85 with Lock 'n Load Publishing #2*
https://tabletop.events/conventions/the-acdc-january-2022/schedule/39
The Cold War goes hot in the 1980s, as NATO faces down the Warsaw Pact in Europe, as LNLP shows off scenarios from their upcoming expansion

[bayonetbrant]

**EARLY AFTERNOON SESSIONS 1/15**

NOON EST
*Designer Interview: Purple Haze (James Buckley)*
https://tabletop.events/conventions/the-acdc-january-2022/schedule/33
Moe visits with the designer

*Fleet Marine Force*
https://tabletop.events/conventions/the-acdc-january-2022/schedule/46
The professional training game for the USMC

*Second Battle of Kharkov*
https://tabletop.events/conventions/the-acdc-january-2022/schedule/53
Historian Jim Werbaneth digs into the history
watch at

1pm EST
*Competition: AI -- The National Innovation Base*
https://tabletop.events/conventions/the-acdc-january-2022/schedule/54
Game design students from Georgetown talk you through their project
watch at

*Designer Interview: Global War 1985 (Chris Atkins)*
https://tabletop.events/conventions/the-acdc-january-2022/schedule/34
Moe's interview-palooza continues

*Purple Haze*
https://tabletop.events/conventions/the-acdc-january-2022/schedule/44
Play the game!

*Romance of the 7 Realm (Squadron Strike rules)*
https://tabletop.events/conventions/the-acdc-january-2022/schedule/3
Dogfighting in outer space with the fast-playing ship-to-ship combat rules

*The WarGame Bootcamp - Horse & Musket Demo*
https://tabletop.events/conventions/the-acdc-january-2022/schedule/59
Learn to play with the Bootcamp guys

[bayonetbrant]

** AFTERNOON SESSIONS 1/15**

2PM EST
*Exploring Competition through Competitive Wargaming*
https://tabletop.events/conventions/the-acdc-january-2022/schedule/52
US Army game design student from the Command & General Staff College discusses the project
watch at

*Song For War*
https://tabletop.events/conventions/the-acdc-january-2022/schedule/28
Play the pre-press game of the WW2 in the Med

3PM EST
*Designer Interview: Catastrophe Games / Tim Densham*
https://tabletop.events/conventions/the-acdc-january-2022/schedule/35
Ardwulf interviews the designer / owner from another new publisher
watch at

4PM EST
*Lanzerath Ridge*
https://tabletop.events/conventions/the-acdc-january-2022/schedule/10
Designer David Thompson shows off his newest Valiant Defense game

5PM EST
*Designer Interview: Air & Armor / Bruce Maxwell*
https://tabletop.events/conventions/the-acdc-january-2022/schedule/36
Moe talks with Bruce about the upcoming A&A from Compass Games
watch at

*White Eagle Defiant*
https://tabletop.events/conventions/the-acdc-january-2022/schedule/7
Heilman & Shaw show of their game of the German invasion of Poland

[mcguire]

If anyone needs this, I collected all of the streamed sessions I could find into a playlist:

Was Game Design: Planning the American Revolution NSDMG Style streamed?

[bayonetbrant]

there's a collection of the streams posting today to the front page

[bayonetbrant]

https://www.armchairdragoons.com/events/cons/theacdc-livestream-archive/

[pixelgeek]

Congrats on getting the videos posted and organized so quickly.

[bayonetbrant]

Congrats on getting the videos posted and organized so quickly.

Thanks. We kept a running tally of them as the con was going on so that made it much easier to drop them all into one post together when we were done


(see?! we CAN be organized at times!  )

[bayonetbrant]

ACDC AAR with participant feedback is posted

https://www.armchairdragoons.com/events/cons/theacdc-after-action-review/

[mcguire]

By the way, I'd like to say "thanks" for the welcoming and user-friendly virtual cons. The ACDC and Connections Online have been my best experiences.