Phantasm (Con) 2026

 I was not expecting to go to another con this year. I'd heard about Phantasm, but it was located in Peterborough which is a little far for carless me. When a friend offered a lift, I happily accepted and off we went to check it out. 

                                                         

                                                         

We just did the Sunday, so we didn't have the full experience, but it was enough to get a taste.  It's a small and homey con, not unlike Clericon, but its far enough away from that one to draw an almost entirely different clientele.  

Everyone was friendly and the event was well-run. I played 2 games: Mordheim and Liminal_ (not the Modiphius game of the same name). 

Mordheim was a real treat and the best skirmish game I've played so far. Check out these insane set-pieces!

Liminal_ was enough fun that we played it twice. The Gamemaster knew what she was doing, but I got the impression that whoever designed this rpg did not really playtest it much; we players were constantly making choices to accommodate a lack of rules or rules that felt arbitrary. Still, fun is fun, and I would play this game again (though I wouldn't buy it).