Big Game Saturday 15/01/2011 redux

I have been sent some pictures from today's game down at the club. John Treadaway, club member and author of the Hammers Slammers: The Crucible ruleset writes:

'We've just come back from the first Big Game Saturday I (for one) have been to in a long time and it was nice to play a game without the need to finish early.

We did a large Slammers game in 15mm and the pictures I took are up on the Slammers website as we speak.

Roger's scenery looked fab (as ever) and new toys from almost all were in play. It was so packed that - in the end - I restrained myself to just taking pics and rule lawyering/umpiring.'

The scenery is Roger Dixon's, the figures are painted by Roger, Kevin Dallimore and 'Big' Jim Clark. Many more pictures are on the Slammers page linked above...

Salute 2011 - 13 weeks to go

So with fractionally over three months to go until Salute 2011 on the 16th April, I thought you might be interested in a quick summary of what's happening at the show.

Space - we have 12,000m² of floorspace for 2011. The same as last year, which should allow us to keep the nice wide aisles that everyone likes. You probably don't know (or care), but the ExCeL building has been extended by 50% since last year and we are in the new area (closest to us in the picture below). Still no carpets, though...

Traders - current count is 121 traders, some of whom have seriously increased their space from last year. Overall, we're happy with the turnout. I should be able to post the list sometime this week, though there's always one or two late additions.

Games - the current count is 85 games, which by my estimate means more than 500 gamers from clubs and groups all around the county running games at Salute this year. A big thanks to every one of you. The games list is now closed; Jim may be able to add you to his 'reserve' list in case of drop-outs but that's about it. A comment that was made last year was that there weren't any games with the 'wow factor'. From the list of clubs we have for 2011 and the table sizes they have asked for, I think that will be different this year! There are some real corkers on there.

Committee meetings - we had another meeting this week. A short one, less than three hours, and everyone is excited. T-shirts, exhibitor badges and mugs are ordered or here, the show guide is being finalised, the last installment of the hire has been paid to ExCeL. We are now discussing topics like who gets to be Door Captain (not me!), how many traders will be setting up on Friday (about 50%), and whether we have sent out more overseas tickets than last year (possibly slightly up).

So... everything may look quiet and serene from the outside, but we are beavering away to make this Salute as good as we possibly can.

What is played at the Warlords

At the Warlords, virtually all genres are covered in our gaming calendar, so many that many of our club members have troops that have not seen the light of day for a many a year. The most popular periods, have seen being played over the past couple of years, seem to be:

Historical
World War II 6mm – Spearhead
World War II 10mm – Blitzkrieg Commander
World War II 15mm - Flames of War
World War II 20mm– Rapid Fire, Command Decision
World War II 28mm - Disposable Heroes.
WWII Naval 1/3000 – General Quarters
WWI 28mm - Disposable Heroes
WWI Aerial 1/144 – Wings of War
Wild West 28mm – Legends of the Old West
American Civil War 6mm – Warmaster variant (house rules)
American Civil War 15mm – Johnny Reb II & Fire & Fury
American Civil War 25mm – Black Powder (just started)
ACW Naval 1/600 – Hammering Iron (need to play more)
Colonial 15mm, 28mm – Principle of War
Napoleonic Naval (Various Scales) – Action under Sail and Trafalgar
Napoleonic 6mm, 15mm – Shako, General de Brigade
Napoleonic 28mm - General de Brigade
Pirates 28mm – Legends of the High Seas
French Indian Wars 28mm – House Rules (Barry Cole)
English Civil War 28mm – 1644
Ancients & Medieval 15mm – DBM, Tactica (just started playing)

Fantasy & Sci-Fi
Warhammer Fantasy Battles 25mm – WFB rules
Space Hulk 28mm – Space Hulk
Flintloque 28mm - Flintloque
Horde of the Things 15mm – HOTT
Warhammer 40K 28mm – W40K rules
Warhammer 40K Kill team 28mm – Kill Team
Necromunda 28mm - Necromunda
Hammer’s Slammers 15mm, 28mm – Hammer’s Slammers : The Crucible
Epic 1/300 – Epic 40K
Uncharted Seas 1/300 – Fantasy Naval
Firestorm Armada 1/300 - Fantasy Naval
Silent Death Sci-Fi Spaceships
Humans vs Dinosaurs 28mm – Tusk
Warmachine 28mm

Boardgames, etc
Blood Bowl
Formula Deux
Flux (card game)
Bang (card game)

Big Game Saturday 15/01/2011

Reminder to members - the club will be open on Saturday 15th January, 9-5, in the back hall.

At present, Hammer Slammers and 40k seem to be on the menu...

TMP and the ExCeL location

There's a poll up on TMP regarding the ExCeL centre, which runs until the 8th January. If you have an opinion on the location and have a TMP user ID, go to the website and comment. It's always interesting to know what visitors and traders think about the show.

Oh, and a happy new year!