Its Sunday afternoon and I'm trying to go through the 400 photos I took at Salute yesterday, while sitting watching Crystal Palace beating Liverpool 0-1!!
This is gonna be a loooong post! So sit down with a cup of tea and a sandwich.
My first pic above is from my favorite game of the show, how magnificent does that look???
The Grandara Model Gaming Project
Five Rejects managed to get to the show, we all had Press Pass tickets and got in the show at 8, long before some games and traders were set up.
Postie, BigLee, Dave, Chris and myself.
We would be joined by Mike Sayce a little later.
Lee's post about the show can be found here.
My first purchase of the day was from a company I'd not heard about before, Battlefield Accessories,
where I bought 3 25mm MDF buildings, if you've not heard about this Australian company before, go take a look at their site, the sell some top quality stuff.
Debris of War - Ready and waiting for the onslaught!!
I spoke to Andy near the end of the show, they had a great day, nearly selling all their stock, so he was a very happy chappy!
At a few minutes before 10, I thought I'd go take a look at the queue!
Not sure how many people were in the queue, but there was a lot.
I beat a hasty retreat as the horde hurried in!
Onto the games...
There were many small games, hopefully I've labelled them correctly?
If not, please let me know.
Ashford Gaming Club - I Can't believe its not epic or Space Weirdos
Halo - Flashpoint
Rubicon Models UK - Oscar Mike Vietnam
Wild Forge Games - Rogue Regiment
Air Flix - Battle of Britain
Team Milton Hundred Wargames Club
I think Mark was doing a "Hello ducky" impression
Goblin King Games - Moonstone
???
Artificers Forge
Skirmish Wargames - Boxer Rebellion - An Unexpected Encounter
54mm - An Advanced force from the Eight Allied Powers has bumped into part of the Chinese rear-guard who have decided to make a stand.
Corvus Belli - Infinity the game
Continental Wars Society - The Battle of Gross Sachsen - The Baden Uprising 1849
GCT Studios - Bushido
Farplae Trading - Farplace the Game
Simon Miller - For King & Parliament
The Relief of Norchester
Helion & Company - Renatio et Gloriam
15mm ECW
GM Boardgames - Gods of War - Togo
Mel Bose and me!
Retired Wargame Reloaded - Hold until Releaved
Normandy 1944 WWII
Happy kids, happy Dads!
Crawley Wargames Club - ?
Warp Miniatures - ArcWorld
???
Planet Smasher Games - Gas Lands
Hailsham Wargames Club - Evading the Devils Paintbrush
WWI Trench Warfare
Our pals at Warbases, both Postie and myself had a nice pre-ordering waiting for us.
Marvel - Crisis Protocol
Star Wars - Shatter Point
Star Wars - Legion
Game of Thrones - A Song of Fire & Ice
My favorite game/display of the day has gotta go to The Grandara Model Gaming Project
Masterstroke Games - Force of Virtue
A skirmish game set in Renaissance Italy
Random Platypus - Wild in the Streets
Tunbridge Wells Wargames Society - The Longest Night
WWII Nazis Zombies
Adrian 2 and me!
Only around £1800 each!!
and I think I spend too much?
Warlords - Operation Warboard
Warlords - Songs of Fire & Ice
Warlords - Space 1889 - Cloudships
Warlords - Salute Mountain
Asteroids
Milton Hundred - Tigers of Tracy-Bocage
WWII
WWII
???
Pendraken - Future War Commander
Trumpopocalypse
Bunny Badger Games' Grotesque Gogglebox
Essex Warriors - Marvel Zombieside
Maidstone Wargames Society - The Summer of 77
Great Escape Games - Dead Man's Hand
Uhwerk Verlag - Chronopia
Crooked Dice
???
Masterstroke Games - Force of Virtue
Caseshot Publishing - The Assault on Fort Mulgrave
Toulon 1793
Just pipped at the post for me anyway, my 2nd fav of the day....
Cornwall Wargames Association - Gallants of Fowey - The French take revenge on Cornish Pirates in 1457.
Postie certainly liked the look of this game, he found himself buying 3 ships from Sarissa!
London Wargames Guild - What a Viking
Belloludi - A Napoleonic Belloludi Taster
I saw these rules online a while ago. They're a large skirmish game, so I flicked away the moths and bought the rules.
Veterans Wargames Association - The Quick & the Dead
Loughton Strike Force - Saigon 68
What beautiful terrain!
Love you long time........
Gravesend Gamers Guild - Yuletide Mayhem Gaslands Refuelled
Gentleman's Wargame Parlour - The Pirates of Penzance 1938
1/72 Wargames - The Defence of Duffers Drift
Morphius Entertainment - Fallout
Pulp Alley - The Blue Island of Unicorn's Teasure
Lard Zone
Mark Backhouse & Chums - Strength & Honour
Luvvly 2mm Goodness!
Lard Zone - General d'Armee - 15mm Napoleonics
Lard Zone - What a Tanker - Stalingrad
Brecon Wargames Club - DAK Attack
Footsore Miniature - Gangs of Rome v2
Lee and myself bumped into Chris from Horse & Musket Gaming blog
Our erstwhile Zoom opponent on Jonathan Freitag's Fornova game last week.
Duncan's Band of Brothers - A Road in Normandy
WWII
Yep 7 hits!
Form Square Games - Maida 1806
& Limits of Glory
Marquee Models - Star Wars Legion
Society of Ancients - The Battle of Thrapus
South East Scotland Wargames Club - Valour & Fortitude
The Battle of Nivelles - 1815 Hundred Days Campaign
Scimitar Games Group - WWII Skirmish
Peter Pig Team - Conquerors & Kings
Yarkshire Gamer & Leeds Wargame Club - Jutland 1916
And that my friends was Salute 2024!
Thanks to all the Warlords for a brilliant day out!!!
Excellent photos Ray. Looks like a great day was had by all.
ReplyDeleteCertainly was Richard, only trouble I'm aching like a 80 year old!
DeleteGreat pics, Ray! :)
ReplyDeleteGood to see you yesterday.
T'was a great day out Tamsin!
DeleteThanks for the great pictures as I couldn't get there this year.
ReplyDeleteThat's a shame, glad you liked the photos though.
DeleteGreat pics Ray, you even got pics of games I didn't see! Totally agree, the huge Medieval town was the mutts and no mistake.
ReplyDeleteI did miss some as well. Lee has pics of games that I never saw?
DeleteGlad you got to go and also that Tamsin was there too. Great collection of photographs!
ReplyDeleteThanks Ivy!
DeleteAlways inspirational Ray, and thanks again for going to the effort to put these posts together for those of us unable to get there.
ReplyDeleteNo problem Lawrence, this time it did take a looong time to do the post!
DeleteGreat photos Ray!
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteThat certainly looked like a full on day…
ReplyDeleteThere were some nice looking games to be seen….
All the best. Aly
There certainly was Aly!
DeleteThat's a lot of pics! Thanks, Ray!
ReplyDeleteNo probs Barks!
DeleteWow! Tons of marvelous games - thanks for posting, Ray! P.S. loved seeing Simon's huge ECW game - made me regret selling off my figures! :(
ReplyDeleteUh oh! It was a cracking looking game Dean.
DeleteGreat post Ray, so many lovely looking games on show, loads of inspiration that's for sure!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely Donnie, there were plenty of ooo's and ahh's
DeleteWhat a show! Thanks for a huge post!
ReplyDeleteThanks Michal.
DeleteEnjoyed the show. Great catching up with you all again.
ReplyDeleteIt certainly was Carl, great to see you again.
DeleteFelt like I was there! Cheers for the fantastic coverage Ray!
ReplyDeleteNo problem at all.
DeleteHistorical stuff looks excellent (Op Warboard brings back memories as my first ever set of rules !), the other fantasy/sci-fi look decent but meh :-)
ReplyDeleteTotally with you on the Fantasy/Sci-Fi, not my thing at all.
DeleteLovely pics as ever, Ray! I agree, the Italian Town and the Fowey game were favourites - and 'What a Tanker' and the Loughton 'Saigon 68' game were both great terrains.
ReplyDeleteAnd good to meet and chat too, of course! See you at Broadside, I hope..
They were all great games, I'm not really into the Vietnam period, but the Saigon game looked almost real. Great to catch up face to face once again David.
DeleteBest pictures I have seen Ray - thanks l Saigon 68 , the big castle do it for me ! Hopefully see you guys at Partizan
ReplyDeleteCheers Dave. They were both terrific tables, and yep keeping my fingers crossed for Partizan.
DeleteRay, this is the best of any show reports I have ever seen, what a terrific effort, what excellent photographs. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteThanks Joe, it took me around 4 hours to get the post ready, but it was worth it.
DeleteWow, did you get a chance to buy anything, or have you found a new calling as a war reporter! Great pics, thanks!
ReplyDeleteLOL. Oh I did get a little time to go on a spending spree, more pics on the haul another day.
DeleteThanks Ray an absolute splendid collection of pics.
ReplyDeleteNo problem Norm.
DeleteBlimey, what a photo dump! Hope you had a fun day. There are tables in your photos I failed to see on the day, we were so busy!
ReplyDeleteWe all did have a fun but completely knackering day!
DeleteThanks for sharing Ray I get a real feel for the show from the photos. 👍
ReplyDeleteThanks Matt, glad you enjoyed the pics.
DeleteWow what a stunning array of gaming goodness Ray...I agree on your first choice, the terrain for that rennaissance skirmish is breathtaking, but I would put the Stalingrad game in second spot I think, although there are plenty of contenders, that is for sure!
ReplyDeleteThe Castle was brilliant, my pics really don't do it justice. The Stalingrad game was pretty spectacular as well.
DeleteExcellent set of pictures mate.
ReplyDeleteCheers Lee!
DeleteFantastic photos, Ray - you found all the games that I missed, so really appreciate the photos.
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed the pics Giles.
DeleteGreat pictures. Thanks for sharing. Really amazing displays. 😀
ReplyDeleteNo worries Stew, its my pleasure.
DeleteWhat a fantastic day out! Love the photos - very inspiring.
ReplyDeleteGlad you approve, Sir!
DeleteSo many superb tables (love the "Cornish Pirates in 1457"), thanks for sharing this outstanding event!
ReplyDeleteThat was a great looking game, there were so many ships!!!
DeleteThank you for putting up all of these pics. Appreciate the effort.
ReplyDeleteNo problem. Glad you like the photos.
DeleteHello Ray
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting all these pics. It is almost like being there. Living the dream of Salute via you as a proxy :-)
Haha, glad you enjoyed the ride Shaun!
DeleteGreat pictures Ray
ReplyDeleteCheers Neil!
DeleteAwesome sauce, Ray. Looks like a good turn out of bloggers too. Thanks very much for taking the time to post all these pics. It must have taken you ages to both snap and then post them up. Much appreciated.
ReplyDeleteIt took me nearly as long to do the post as it did to walk around the show all day......phew!
DeleteJust catching up on your blog. Great report of the show and a fantastic set of photos.
ReplyDeleteThanks Andy!
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