Author Topic: Air Balloon Invasion of England (Read 4490 times)

inrepose · « **on:** February 15, 2011, 03:00:25 PM »

Whilst at the Hammerhead show this weekend I took some video of the various games including and interesting looking suspended Balloon/basket game and a Martian invasion which looked great.

There is a link to the video here: http://www.gruntz.biz/2011/02/hammerhead-wargames-show.html

Thunderchicken · « **Reply #1 on:** February 15, 2011, 03:33:48 PM »

Holy poo! Who ran the WOTW game! It's stunning!

Thunderchicken · « **Reply #2 on:** February 15, 2011, 03:37:58 PM »

I've calmed down now. I see it was run by The Bunker, thought I recognised the tripods from their website.

Sangennaru · « **Reply #3 on:** February 15, 2011, 03:50:49 PM »

WOW, i love the ballons and many other tables!!!
where was the convention?

i'm so sad , from italy we only have one convention, and it is REALLY far from here....

inrepose · « **Reply #4 on:** February 15, 2011, 03:52:34 PM »

It was near Newark, which is near Nottingham in the North. I travelled up from near to Gatwick which is about a 3.4 hour drive.

The_Beast · « **Reply #5 on:** February 15, 2011, 04:14:34 PM »

Damn commercials... ;->=

Congratulations on a lovely table, and it seems, an enthusiastic crowd around it. The players definitely seemed to be getting into your game.

Guilty confession: I was looking over your shoulder at the swath of space behind you, wondering "which game?"

Whoa! I only had time to just become stunned by the balloon fleet, and you were on to another table. If anyone has piccies of these, PLEASE post them to the Aeronef sticky!

Not that was the only stunning moment: What's not to love of a Stuka diving on those dockworks?

Why did I know there would be tripods?

Not sure which game it was, but I have to give kudos to one of the best jobs of camouflaging styro squares. You could see the joins, but the well thought out gullies and roads took your eyes away from same.

Thanks so much!

Doug

Edit: Just looked again, and realized part of my 'just stunned' for the French Air Fleet was because of choppy streaming. If you can make a few screen caps, that'd be almost as good!

thebunkergames · « **Reply #6 on:** February 15, 2011, 07:25:36 PM »

Yes Thunder Chicken - I am guilty of the Tripods! I do run the game @ The Bunker Wargame Holiday Centre and
it is quit a popular choice.
The Bunker is based in Newark, so Hammerhead/Partizan is the local show. I will be taking the game to Partizan in May.
The game was voted The Best Presented Game at Hammerhead
Regards
Shaun

inrepose · « **Reply #7 on:** February 16, 2011, 03:54:43 PM »

@TheBunker: Are your tripods home made or based on a resin kit. It was a stunning game visually!

Thunderchicken · « **Reply #8 on:** February 16, 2011, 05:17:59 PM »

Shaun, thanks for the info. Cracking stuff, hats off to you.

The_Beast · « **Reply #9 on:** February 16, 2011, 05:47:02 PM »

> The game was voted The Best Presented Game at Hammerhead.

You know what I hate on this forum? The constant braggin'...

Seriously, well done, well deserved! Especially as you obviously had REAL competition there.

Do you know of anywhere besides Shadowking's blog for finding piccies from the convention?

Thanks!

Doug

thebunkergames · « **Reply #10 on:** February 16, 2011, 08:50:00 PM »

I bought the tripods & mancatcher @the Triples 5/6years ago, I believe that they came from 2nd city games.
They are a 3 part resin body with white metal legs kit. I had to drill,pin & Cyno all the legs. I also added steel pins for extra strength & plastic tube 'knee' joints. To aid with the balance I attached lead wts to the underside rear.
The rules are a sheet of A4 with the players controlling the Martians
Regards
Shaun

Conquistador · « **Reply #11 on:** February 17, 2011, 12:21:10 AM »

Two words. Motion sickness.

Fast movement with a video cam triggers that in susceptible people and is a common user error. My wife would have been throwing up midway.

When I wasn't looking away to keep myself from being dizzy (usually not prone to that

issue) I saw a wonderful collection of games and miniatures.

Please, go slower next time, I probably missed some great stuff.

Gracias,

Glenn

Fuzzywuzzieswiflasers · « **Reply #12 on:** February 17, 2011, 09:09:57 AM »

The balloon game looked very interesting and wow the War of the worlds game is truly stunning

. I'd love to see a copy of the rules you used

Cheers
Fuzzy

inrepose · « **Reply #13 on:** February 18, 2011, 09:11:16 AM »

Quote from: Conquistador on February 17, 2011, 12:21:10 AM

Two words. Motion sickness.

Fast movement with a video cam triggers that in susceptible people and is a common user error. My wife would have been throwing up midway.

When I wasn't looking away to keep myself from being dizzy (usually not prone to that issue) I saw a wonderful collection of games and miniatures. Please, go slower next time, I probably missed some great stuff.

Gracias,

Glenn

I do normally take more care but due to lack of time I had to whizz around. I am at Cavalier in a couple of weeks and won't be putting a game on myself which will allow more time for a thorough steady review of the games on show.

Conquistador · « **Reply #14 on:** February 18, 2011, 11:16:56 AM »

I understand; just letting you know that slower would have made a better presentation, which would have added more to the wonderful display.

Gracias,

Glenn

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