Salute 2012. My thoughts.

[Malamute]

Did I see all the games? NO!
Most of what I did stop to look at were by in large pretty decent. The massive Naploeonic Corunna game was a show stopper for me due to the where of the table and the volume of figures.

Did I take any photos? NO!

Did I see all the trade stands NO!
I went with a modest shopping list which was completed in a short break from the demo game I was assisting on.

Did I make any impulse purchases? NO!
Despite Silent Invaders best attempts to induce me to spend £10 at Wayland games to get a free figure. Then when questioning him on his prodct knowledge he failed abismally on one of his newest products.

Did I meet up with old friends and new? YES! Met some nice new folk who stopped by our VSF game.

Did I have a good time? YES, I HAD A BLOODY GOOD TIME!!!

For some reason I came home seriously motivated to crack on with my current projects. In recent years I have always felt a bit deflated after the show. Not this time, roll on Salute 2013

We were making plans for next years demonstration game in the car on the way back and it's gonna be a corker!

[Helen]

Did I see all the games? NO!
Most of what I did stop to look at we're by wn large pretty decent. The massive Naploeonic Corunna game was a show stopper for me due to the where of the table and the volume of figures.

Did I take any photos? NO!

Did I see all the trade stands NO!
I went with a modest shopping list which was completed in a short break from the demo game I was assisting on.

Did I make any impulse purchases? NO!
Despite Silent Invaders best attempts to induce me to spend £10 at Wayland games to get a free figure. Then when questioning him on his prodct knowledge he failed abismally on one of his newest products.

Did I meet up with old friends and new? YES! Met some nice new folk who stopped by our VSF game.

Did I have a good time? YES, I HAD A BLOODY GOOD TIME!!!

For some reason I came home seriously motivated to crack on with my current projects. In recent years I have always felt a bit deflated after the show. Not this time, roll on Salute 2013.

We were making plans for next years demonstration game in the car on the way back and it's goons be a corker!

I hope Nick your stand did well too.

Did you have any greens or 3ups on your stand? :-)

Cheers,

Helen

[Malamute]

I hope Nick your stand did well too.

Did you have any greens or 3ups on your stand? :-)

Cheers,

Helen

Hi Helen,

Not trading this year, helped run a demo game instead. (sorry no goodie bag or free figure for those who helped out )

[Helen]

Hi Helen,

Not trading this year, helped run a demo game instead. (sorry no goodie bag or free figure for those who helped out )

That's okay Nick. Glad you had a great time and thank you for assistance.

Cheers,

Helen

[Dewbakuk]

(sorry no goodie bag or free figure for those who helped out )

There never is. It's a bit of a sore spot with many traders etc that they're paying quite a lot of money to be there and/or putting on games for attendees to play but can't easily get a figure.

[Captain Blood]

He had a lot of chocolate cakes on his stand though 

I agree, it was a good show. Lots there. People and stuff. All good.

I have spent the past 4 hours assembling Perry plastic mounted men-at-arms. God they're lovely.

I have yet to get stuck into the Fireforge Templars, which upon close inspection don't look all that clever. But we shall see once I've built and painted a couple... The Italian chaps from Foreforge seemed to be doing a roaring trade...

Good to meet up and say hello to many LAFers and other friends old and new 

Truthfully all I did was buy toys, look at toys I'd like to have bought, and meet and talk to people.
I hardly got to look at many of the demo games, and didn't participate at all. Although 15 minutes watching the Saga demo game did persuade me to shell out on the Saga rulebook. Bloody Hell. That means I've got to buy and paint 200 Dark Ages figures as well now! 

The standard of demo games seemed generally much higher this year - thank God. Hardly a Subbuteo cloth in sight.

It also seemd much busier. it's a huge space at Excel, and for the first time since it's been at that venue, it actually felt crowded...

[oxiana]

Truthfully all I did was buy toys, look at toys I'd like to have bought, and meet and talk to people.

Sounds as great as you'd want any show to be!

(Puts note in diary to be in at least same country as the Excel Centre next year...  )

[Silent Invader]

Despite Silent Invaders best attempts to induce me to spend £10 at Wayland games to get a free figure. Then when questioning him on his prodct knowledge he failed abismally on one of his newest products.

Bloody 'ell.... you're soooo demanding 

[uti long smile]

I had a brilliant adrenalin-fuelled day! Managed to get to the loo twice, spoke to Keith, Geromino, Akula, AEG and waved at the Captain a couple of times, but barely got away from the stall TBH. Not a penny spent, but a magnificent time had anyway. Sorry I couldn't get to the LAF meet-up, but we were still three deep on the stand - which I can't complain about

[alrith72]

Managed to get to the loo twice,  Not a penny spent,

Too much info 

[OSHIROmodels]

Cracking day for us 

It was a lot busier than last year and lots of new faces to talk too.

Saw bugger all, mainly because I was behind the stand but also because my eyes seem to go unfocused in that place  (they were fine driving to and from )

I did meet a couple of new Laffers though 

Now the tidying of the house begins 

cheers

James

[Malamute]

Now the tidying of the house begins 

 

I saw Oshiro towers on Friday afternoon and it wasn't a pretty sight

[gringo]

Splendid Show for me and Gringo40s........veery busy......didnt leave the
stand once saw many of my buddies from a distance im afraid...apart from young Captain blood,Ook ....and my old mate Boothill Supremo Nick..and Bugsada at close quarters. Best Salute by far for me....roll on 2013

regards
Ged
www.gringo40s.com
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[gamer Mac]

Sounds like you all had a great time but we demand pictures

[Bullshott]

I spent most of the day on our VSF demo game run on behalf of Jimbibbly's Oshiro Modelterrain (I had to get the plug in somewhere).

With three of our six man team having to drop out at the last minute it meant that Malamute, Dr De'Ath and I couldn't get away much from the game, so shopping was minimal and all for items on my short list, with the exception of one figure the someone showed me and I just HAD to buy). This also meant that I had no time to take a look at any other games - a real pity, as I saw what appeared to be some great looking tables as I rushed past them to visit traders in the limited free time I had available.

On the plus side, I got to chat with several LAFers who visited our game and there was a lot of interest from other show visitors, both regarding the toys on the table and the GASLIGHT rules we were using. I also bumped into a couple of old friends, neither of whom I would have expected to see at Salute.

I didn't get a chance to take any photos of our game, but hopefully Dr De'Ath's shaots came out.

Did I enjoy myself - YES 

Will we run a game next year - YES, and it will be bigger and better