ZGames Class Reunion

[scottshoemaker]

Circa 2000 a young and newlywed Scotty stumbled upon a not yet opened game store just down the street from his house. Being the excited sort I introduced myself and my time at ZGames began.  
 

I say it’s time for a reunion to reminisce and raise a glass.

 

[Romans832]

I think it'd be awesome to have a reunion

@PumpkinHead

[scottshoemaker]

12 minutes ago, necrontyr said:

Man, that's a big maybe from me. Got a lot of good memories, and a lot of bad ones too.

I promise to only bring the good.

[PumpkinHead]

Zgames was where I started my 40k journey. It was also where I had my craziest and greatest game of 40k, my bugs vs Mike Blow's grey knights. May he Rest in Peace. It is also where I faced Ben Cromwell for the first time and got my butt handed to me. 🙂 Great memories!

[Romans832]

Z Games, home of the "Choose your own Adventure" monthly campaigns.

The "have your HQ charge your opponents HQ, hand your opponent something small and yell at the top of your lungs, 'You've been served!' It is up to your opponent to take your HQ's head or battle him".  Mike jumped off the floor & instead of fighting my Avatar, Mike's GK HQ took his head.

It was EPIC!

Or the Tourney, game 3, where we had to swap armies with our opponent and poor Nik with the thousand plastic Orks had to play with my dainty pewter Eldar and I had to figure out how to move SO many models in a timely manner. It was AWESOME!

 

Who could forget: starting EVERY tourney with a healthy WAGGGGGGGGGG

[Brother Glacius]

My company gave me three months paid paternity leave and I would go several times a week with my newborn daughter and hang out with Sean playing warhammer. Z Games is where I honed my undead army and finally won a Rogue Trader tournament. He also introduced me to flames of war and now I'm a complete historical wargamer. I also loved the slot car races and playing Call of Duty on the network.

[Raindog]

I won my first Rogue Trader at Z-Games (with Dwarves!).

I remember when Sean bought a roll-on deodorant from the Rite-Aid next door, gave it to a gamer and told him to wash up in the bathroom and use it. 

[scottshoemaker]

Tourney febreeze crop dusting

[Weav]

In, with both feet enthusiastically 

[Exile]

ZGames was my first foray into an organized wargaming community, which by a stroke of fate led me to DMB, which led to Ordo.  I met my Best Man at ZGames.  I am forever grateful for it's place in my hobby journey, and the part it played in the hobby of so many people.

[andy]

Man, I miss Zgames. So many good memories

[scottshoemaker]

1 minute ago, andy said:

Man, I miss Zgames. So many good memories

I miss flesh colored Imperial Fists transformed as if by magic

[Brother Glacius]

On 4/8/2022 at 12:44 PM, Weav said:

In, with both feet enthusiastically 

I don't think this is an "in-person" event...the thread is the reunion.

[Romans832]

10 minutes ago, Brother Glacius said:

I don't think this is an "in-person" event...the thread is the reunion.

But but but....

We could make it in person!

[scottshoemaker]

I propose meeting at Cactus YaYa.  Sunday May 1 at 5:00 PM.

Discuss

[Brother Glacius]

Boooo I can't make the 1st.

[Andrewgeddon]

I wasn't a Zgame regular as much as some, but I bought my very first miniatures at Zgames (Necron Battleforce + 3 metal Wraiths and codex) when I decided to try out this "miniature gaming" that my roommates were into, and have been hooked every since. Played my very first miniature game there too, a game of 4th edition 40K on the day that the 5th edition book dropped, lol. Will always have found memories of Zgames!

[scottshoemaker]

1 hour ago, Brother Glacius said:

Boooo I can't make the 1st.

*Discuss

[Weav]

6 hours ago, scottshoemaker said:

I propose meeting at Cactus YaYa.  Sunday May 1 at 5:00 PM.

Discuss

I’ll be in the UK, Warhammer World to be precise 

[CrazyBones]

I only visited a few times but Sean sold me on Rackham’s Confrontation. I bought the rule book and some blisters on the spot. I remember him saying that Z-Games was one of the biggest Confrontation stores of the west coast.
 

Maybe it’s time for a revival…..Confrontation Underground.

[Devo]

Great memories from ZGames. It was the end of an era when they moved on.