None of these had much new though to interest me, and the first two (not sure about the third) were certainly at Salute only a few weeks previously.Ī major part of the show in recent years has been the tournaments - Warhammer fantasy and 40K (Flames of War and Warmachine have been in/out as well in recent years) - which do not interest me at all. The Square and Dreamholme are some of the big producers of resin terrain. This does not always mean little league as for example Black Scorpion produce some of the finest figures available today in my opinion. In 2010 I'd been somewhat disappointed and whilst 2011 saw it move to the new venue as part of my general lack of enthusiasm I didn't go.Īs always the show was very mixed - lots of Warhammer 40l/Fantasy and Flames of War from traders, and generally smaller local traders. With Exeter being roughly 100 miles from Bristol then aside from any overnight costs its going to be a good 5-6 (if not more) gallons of fuel for anyone to get there and back from North of Bristol or West of Bournemouth. Alongside this has been the rationalisation of show attendance by traders and the effects of the downturn in the economy. It's had somewhat of a chequered history in recent years having been through several different hands and venues. More on M&T and the French Indian Wars in a subsquent blog post. Guaranteed to come up, compared with the “tea break” card that causes a Rules) the contrast with the Two Fat Lardies system is that your cards are Morale all playing a part along with optional event cards. More to the system than that – Indians, Civilians, Grenadiers, Officers and One action (move, shoot, reload) per card, whereas regulars get 2 cards but 2 Types: at its crudest analysis then irregulars like Rangers get 4 cards with Two Fat Lardies (Which I also like) this give different numbers to different Rather than one card per unit (as per Battlemasters), and lots of rules from The cards reflect that this is a card driven activation system.
Similar to what we have seen elsewhere – dice rolls to hit, dice rolls to kill