Cavalier 2014 - More Pictures!

More pictures from the Cavalier 2014 show at Tonbridge - 

Lastly, a selection from the SEEMS game at Cavalier - 

Pics by Robafett.

Salute 2014

Well, that was the show, that was..... Hope you all had a good day out and bought loads of new toys - I know I did.

Congratulations to John, Chris, Graham and Dave W. for a well presented game with striking scenery and some excellent figures. Unfortunately, the game did not win any prizes but with the bar set so high at Salute, I do not consider this a slur in any way.
As you all know, this is the last game that the frantic Four are presenting on behalf of SEEMS; I think I can safely say that they went out on a high! Thanks again lads, and the very best with future game projects.

See yer soon,
Neil.


'wardyla' says -

Another good day at Salute - Rob and I managed to actually play a couple of games this year too, rather than just spending too much cash!

First few shots are from the games we played - "Deads Army" run by the Peterborough Wargames Club and "Hell & High Water" (we called it "Hell Comes to Ducktown") by Fenris Games. Both were great fun.

"Deads Army" featured Otto Skorzeny raising the dead near Walmington on Sea only to be put down by Captain Mainwaring and his trusty Home Guard!

The evil Skorzeny raises the dead...

The unsuspecting sleepy suburb of Walmington.

Home Guard to arms!

"Don't Panic!" Jones is surrounded by the undead at the church!

For more on this and a write up of the game see Robafetts blog.

"Hell & High Water" took place in a Gloranthan style setting where a group of Heroes defend a dam protecting Ducktown from attack by the undead. The unlikely heroes featured two Ducks (one an archer, the other a warrior capable of warping into a Duckotaur) and a group of humans including a druid who could shift into a were-rabbit form upon the eating of magic mushrooms! Nobody said this would be an ordinary game!

The warriors held off the horde of undead, loosing one warrior and Tom 'Ruddy' the Duck archer saved the day on the last turn, taking out the only creature that had reached the dam and was close to pulling it down, just before the sun rose.

This was a superb game, simple to play with loads of character and originality with a beautiful board and wonderful figures.

Tom 'Ruddy' looks out from above the dam.

Tom 'Ruddy' - ace bowman!

The 'Duckotaur' attacks!

The 'Wererabbit' leaps into action.

Lastly, a few pics from some other games on the day. Unfortunately I didn't get too many pics this year, especially of the SEEMS game as I was too busy chatting and playing but hopefully Rob has a load more. 

Pics by wardyla.

9th April Games

Pretty busy last night with three games on the go. Mark and co. ran a Lord of the Rings game, the two Steves were trying out War Machine, and my Ludis Gladiatorius setup made a return as part of the projected upgrade of the game to a 54mm participation game for 2015. 

Next week we have an offer of Mark's SWAT game and I have been requested to run Angels 20 by Mr. Crook who assures me he will be in attendance.

Salute is this Saturday at ExCel, when the Frantic Four will present a 1914 Race to the Sea game. This will be their final game for the club after many years of work, so please turn out to support them if you can.

See you in the queue...
Neil.

2nd April Games

Pretty good turnout last night. Chris ran a Bolt Action game for those seeking an introduction to the rules; thanks to him for this. Andy and Rob settled down to some Malifaux mayhem, while Steve Harbron took to the skies over Malta with an RAF vs. Regia Aeronautica Angels 20 game. Suffice to say the RAF came off second best - I blame the dice....

Next week, I am running a Ludis Gladiatorius games to start the process of scaling up the game to 54 mm as a show game. We also have a Lord of the Rings game scheduled.

See yer soon,
Neil.

26th Feb Games

Thanks to Dave Kightly for running his zombie game this Wednesday. Not sure how the survivors got on, but the game went to the wire for a decision. Picture of the game attached - plenty of zombies about but where are the live guys?

I was able to run a small Napoleonic naval game for the benefit of Ed and Mike, who are both new to my rules ( and in Mike's case, considering when and how to start work on a Dutch squadron as further opposition to my fleets). Plenty of manoeuvre and sufficient gunfire to inflict damage on both sides, but I think Ed and the British were ahead on points at close of play. This game was a joy to umpire, and gave me no small pleasure to see the rules and the ships in action. Picture attached at the height of the action.

Next week, we have a Lord of the Rings game lined up (Bob says he has some new figures to bring into play - don't know what though). I have offered to run a Space Hulk game using the most recent rules for some deep space mayhem. Cleanse and burn, brothers....

See yer soon,
Neil.