The day was mostly filled with meeting up with people both new and old. It was good to be able to see Ray, Lee and the Angry Lurker in person but I also managed to catch up with some old friends I haven't seen for over 15 years - so much so I completely lost track of time and missed the scheduled meet up - doh! (Sorry guys! Maybe next year?)
As for the shopping, I picked up some more 15mm WSS from Black Hat, some Mutineer Naval Brigade (which I wasn't intending to get but was distracted by some recent inspiring pics - Please expect some hate mail from my wife Mr Awdry! :-) plus some other small bits and pieces.
I have to say that I am starting to notice my age lately and my hip is still aching from all the walking and standing around chatting. There were some lovely looking games and more interesting stuff on the various stands than I had expected - so all in all it was a good day.
We decided to combine the show with a wargames weekend so expect some posts from the games over the next few days.
I hadn't realised that you were going as it would have been great to have met up! Please apologise to the dear lady wife and I feel it only fair to warn you that I too pick up some more goodies form Mutineer Miniatures!
ReplyDeleteIt would have been good to meet up - maybe next time. I got a battalion pack of the Naval Brigade and some of the new Ghazis, they didn't have the Bundalee infantry with them but are going to send me some. I got the impression that they're focussing on the 20mm Africa stuff so there won't be anything new for the Mutiny - which is a shame. It also seems they fell out with Solway over the flags so there won't be any more of those coming either ... All a little disappointing but still plenty to still to collect anyway.
DeleteGreat to meet you at the show, shame you forgot about the meet, but like you said, there's always next time. I'll look forward to seeing your WSS figs!
ReplyDeleteGood to meet you too. Felt such a berk when I saw the time but it was good to catch up with so many people some of whom I haven't seen in so long - mind you still missed a couple of guys I just found out were there.
ReplyDeleteI just need to select which rules I am going to go with so I can finalise the basing. I like the BTLB approach and I think it will also work for the other sets I have with a few tweaks.
Its a great set of rules, very different to most, as you can't always do what you want!!
DeleteI don't mind rules which give you real life challenges - I hate for games to be too like chess! I also have Lace Wars, Ga Pa and, shortly, Maurice to try too.
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