SOTR at Plymouth Wargames show, Feb 6th + 7th

[cornishmikey]

Hi all!

Seeing as Secrets is such a success at our gaming club, we're running a series of games at this years PAW show... go here for a bit more info, such as where it is  http://www.plymouthwargamers.co.uk/ and follow the links

We'll be there for both days, and it's a pretty fine day out (...even though i'm getting up at some godforsaken hour of the morning and driving over the border...no, no, i'll be fine  ...)

Here's some pics of our board, still a work in progress - with a bit of luck and a following wind it'll be finished in time!





...and here's a pic of a Sniper game we played last night introducing another new player to the madness - MI 13 sniper (down the bottom of the pic, who couldn't believe his luck - in a previous turn he'd been hit by four shots, player rolled four 1's to injure him! Now that's a lucky cigarette case!) gradually picking off Temple commandos...next turn he got shredded by assault brens...ah well...



If you're coming to PAW 2010 come over and say hi, we're tame and rarely eat newcomers friendly, and we'll be happy to see you!

[diehard]

That board looks to be shaping up nicely, make sure you remember to show up some pics of the completed version. And have a great show.

[cornishmikey]

Cheers diehard!

Still finishing off some scenery bits... 3 buildings to go...it's going to be a close run thing if i can get them done in time 

On the upside though, what we have got is looking great. I'll post a report and some pics on Monday, as will Amren and Kingpin, no doubt 

[Amren]

Some quick pics from the demo games yesterday.

Things went pretty well overall, scenarios being Sniper, Brainwurst and Search and Recover.
Each using Brits and Germans.  A fairly even win ratio for each side.

The people who played seemed to have fun, we handed out a number of flyers for Westwind and SOTR and tried to spread the word in general.

A more in depth post to come, as a couple of our guys are up there today demo'ing again.

(And Cornishmikey has a better camera   )

Also, there was a photographer there from a well known wargaming magazine - MAYBE we'll have some pics published.....

[cornishmikey]

Blimey...that was a helluva weekend! Zombies infesting the industrial area of the town Vent D'ouest, werewolves ripping through infantrymen, bullets flying everywhere...oh yes, it was  good un!

It was a bit of a trial the week or so before the event...the scenery wasn't finished (not by a long shot) and neither were the zombies...cue me in a mild frenzy (can you have a mild frenzy?) the day before, desperately trying to finish them...which i did, although i didn't get much sleep that night 

So, onto the pics...scenery mainly by Amera Mouldings, (tank and street furniture from Tamiya, truck from Sloppy Jalopy) painted by the stalwarts of our club Trelawnys Armies, Brits, zombies and werewolves painted by me, Germans painted by Kingpin 

The table

British Steel are sent out on point

HMG team spot some zed's in the distance

The zombies start to swarm

British infantry in trouble...
 
The only pic i could get of a werewolf in combat - they move so fast, by the time i'd taken this, he'd shredded his way through a fireteam and claimed an objective!


Pics taken over at least a dozen games, with 20 or so gamers taking part - most of them have heard of the game but not seen one being played...put some dice in their hands and tell them to shoot a werewolf and they're hooked! - using the three basic scenarios in the main rulebook...hopefully at the next show - Exeter Legionary in a month or so - we can improve the scenery and get a mech or two on the table!

Also, there was a photographer there from a well known wargaming magazine - MAYBE we'll have some pics published.....

Oh yes...the photographer from Wargames Illustrated spent over half an hour at our table taking pics...mainly because we were the only chaps there who ran a WW2 game! Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy had a photographer there as well, but he didn't take as many pics...and there was a lovely blonde lady who took pics for the shows site 

Overall, an exhausting weekend, but a lot of fun...here's to the next show!

[Amren]

Thanks for that Cornishmikey.
See, I told you he has a better camera 

[supersniper]

Been away for a while, so apologies for only just seeing this.

Well done for spreading the word of Sotr, and for a very nice looking table.

Suprised I'm the first to give some feedback on the finished table and figures though.  But well done again

[Glenn]

Fabulous looking city and fantastically well painted forces....please give all those involve a pat on the back or something

I agree entirely with your comments about sticking dice in players hands and pointing them at the werewolves, the combination of WW2 tech and background mixed in with the horror elemant sells SOTR brilliantly....really well done, thank you for sharing!

[Amren]

Cheers for the feedback Glenn and Supersniper 

This is the first time our club has run a game at a show, and we're glad it went well.
Took a lot of effort on our part, and a fair bit of expense, but hopefully well worth it in the end.

(The scenery will be used for club gaming now, then 'spruced up' for next year's show [or any others we do in between])

[kingpin25]

in the end it was the zombies what pulled the most people over the weekend.  not sure what it is but young and old love the idea of german zombies chasing down the brits

[Amren]

Some pics on the Wargames Illustrated site here:

http://www.wargamesillustrated.net/hobby.aspx?art_id=1870

[John Bailey]

Someday I hope to see an Incursion 3d board the size of that Space Hulk board!

--
john

[kingpin25]

finaly got good some good pic's of my germans was a great show and hopfuly exeter will go as good.

[MR Castle]

Don't know how I missed this  .
 Great looking table and mini's. Sounds like you had a great time.
 I know what you mean about the werewolves, if you can get them into close combat they're awesome.

[Jim Bailey]

Just brilliant...

Jim