Ava James Mattes

Jamees Mattes came up with an idea that was often toyed with but seldom if ever performed. James selected one scenario for a Convention event. However, instead of playing out just one game with one game system James introduced the idea of holding three different events each using a different game system.

Classical Hack was introduced over several years with James' radical and I believe highly successful approach. James did a great service not just to Classical Hack but also ancient gaming as a whole. Introducing, instructing and platforming the many different ways to make ancient gaming interesting and fun. Credit and rank evocati demands recognizing James' efforts in promoting not just Classical Hack but ancient gaming in general. Jame recogized the confusion many newbies have in selecting a good system. This was truly innovative and has done much to support Classical Hack.

One of the things James came up with while on his system pilgrimage was focusing on objective orientated gaming. By this I mean each army was given specific objectives to achieve for victroy. These might include for capturing a building or terrain feature with each being assigned victory points. It is odd how we both came up with similar ideas and ideals at the same time.

When James mentioned doing this you could have knocked me over with a feather. Here was a person in a leadership role taking a lot of time from his busy work, home and hobby schedule. This evocati filled the bill completely, volunteering, performing, being a good embassadore, a leader and a battlefield functionary. Ava James.