Warfare in Reading 14/15 Nov 2015

[gringo]

Wondered who is going from LAF to the Show..?
James and Doug for sure 
who else?

regards
Ged
www.gringo40s.com
www.gringo40s.blogspot.com

[Tactalvanic]

Local for me so will get there at least for a couple hours..

other commitments and wife permitting 

Hoping not to be to excessively tempted, but my wallet is already looking scared.

[Eric the Shed]

I'll be heading into Reading on the Saturday

[uti long smile]

Yep - we'll be trading. Pop over and say hello!

[Captain Blood]

I'll be popping along on the Saturday all being well.
Need a paint and tufts restock!

[Hu Rhu]

I hope to get over for an hour or two.

[Captain Blood]

Not looking forward to the task of finding a parking space in that wretched car park though... 

[olyreed]

Haven't been for a few years, is the parking still bad?

[Captain Blood]

I haven't been for a couple of years, but I can't imagine the car park has changed much. Always rammed by the time I get all the way over there. Still, I'm sure I'll manage... 

[OSHIROmodels]

Yeah, parking is shit 

I'm going to try and get there for around 9:30 and get a decent spot 

cheers

James

[Tactalvanic]

9:30 ish also. try the coffee maybe, see how bad it is and then have an amble about a bit

Not worried about shitty parking thankfully...

[Eric the Shed]

09.30 it is then....let's not tell everybody

[Tactalvanic]

OK

Loose lips and all that 

[gringo]

Top Show good to see and chat to Eric,Richard,Karl,Ollyreed ...most
enjoyable show 

regards
Ged
www.gringo40s.com
www.gringo40s.blogspot.com

[Captain Blood]

Good to see you there Ged, plus other LAF friends 
I had a reasonably successful shopping expedition, although unbelievably, out of (allegedly) 70 traders, only two had partial ranges of Vallejo Model Color - and neither of them had Red Leather of Flat Earth, which I really need!
Ah well, back to eBay...

The parking was indeed abysmal as usual. It was also incredibly crowded inside. Couldn't really get to look at half the stuff I might have wanted to buy without getting barged and elbowed... It's always the same at wargames shows, but this seemed worse than usual. Some wargamers really are rude bastards...   

It's an interesting event, Warfare. Basically one hall given over entirely to shopping, and another given over almost entirely to swivel-eyed competitive gamers all pushing two lines of lead towards each other across a sea of green baize and arguing about rules loopholes.
The display and participation games were few indeed, and most of those that were there were deeply uninspiring, played out on cloths or TSS tiles. I only saw two or three truly display-worthy games on show featuring great terrain and figures. The rest - meh.

Ah well... Only five months until Salute

All in all, fine for a shopping trip, but that's about all.