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Fantasy, Salute 2024, Sci-Fi, Steampunk, Warhammer 40k

Salute 2024 – Sci-Fi & Fantasy

April 28, 2024 Subedai Leave a comment

Blasting off my not-as-exhaustive-as-it-used-to-be and much delayed Salute coverage for 2024 is Pendraken with Future War Commander 2.0. There is an impressive range of new 10mm metal figures available from their website but no word on the rules which I believe are figure agnostic.

The next table by Ashford Gaming Club was clearly not Epic 40k, don’t let your aging eyes deceive you. Very nice swarms of critters, appropriately spawned from bubbling resin pools.

I Can’t Believe It’s Not Epic by Ashford Gaming Club

The South London Warlords had a couple of tables at the show, here a steampunk aerial clash in the clouds.

Space 1889 – Cloudships! by South London Warlords

If you wanted to stride among titans, you had to be a member of the Titan Owner’s Club, but us commoners could at least observe from the sidelines.

Full scale Adeptus Titanicus by Titan Owners Club

The fluffy Burrows & Badgers took a more violent turn in this city siege with looting, pillaging and fires raging through the streets, brought to us by Magrathea.

The Battle of Luneden Stone by Magrathea Builder of Worlds

Finally, the satirical politics and pulp TV themes of Grotesque Gogglebox by BunnyBadgerGames packed an amazing level of detail and flair in very small spaces.

Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Star Wars, Steampunk, Warhammer 40k

Salute 2023 – Sci-Fi & Fantasy

April 12, 2024 Subedai 2 Comments

To celebrate the imminent latest incarnation of the Salute wargames show and not at all because I just realised I still hadn’t published these before, here some impression from a variety of sci-fi and fantasy themed tables at Salute 2023.

Space Crusade: The Wrath of Kanner by Wait, What?

Light Cycles by Bexley Reapers Wargames Club

Aliens – This Time It’s War by Werelords

Captain Nemo vs The Battle of Mobile Bay by University of Wolverhampton

The Silver Bayonet: The Carpathians by Osprey Games and Northstar Military Figures

The Battle for Beamfleot by Magrathea, Builder of Worlds

Midgard Heroic Battles by Morris & Chums

Mordheim: Chaos on the Streets by Loughton Strike Force

Epic 40k, Fantasy, Lord of the Rings, Post-Apocalyptic, Star Wars, Steampunk, Tactica 2024, Warhammer 40k

Tactica 2024 – Sci-Fi & Fantasy

March 10, 2024 Subedai 7 Comments

Sci-Fi and Fantasy themes made up at least half of the gaming tables at Tactica 2024. The big franchises Star Wars, Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones were represented with impressive displays while many classic and new game settings shone on beautiful tables of all sizes.

Below just a small selection of what was on show, more impressions can be found for example in this slideshow by Some Dude On YouTube.

Historical, Salute 2019, Steampunk

Salute 2019 – Victoriana & Wild West

April 13, 2019 Subedai 12 Comments

There were a couple of 19th century shenanigans going on at Salute 2019.

The always gorgeous OSHIRO modelterrain cooperated with Highgate Miniatures and Wiley Games on ‘Horror in Limehouse’. The game introduced the new ‘Tales of Horror’ supplement for ‘Fistful of Lead’.

Victorian London streets and docks haunted by vampire and ghouls — Horror in Limehouse by OSHIRO modelterrain at Salute 2019

Two stompy robots faced off in Micro Art Studio’s Wolsung introductory game.

Steam powered robots among warehouses — Wolsung by Micro Art Studio at Salute 2019

Spirit of the Game staged ‘Blaze of Glory’, a Wild West skirmish in the town of Persistence, Dakota.

An Old West town — Blaze of Glory by Spirit of the Game at Salute 2019

An Old West town with stagecoach — Blaze of Glory by Spirit of the Game at Salute 2019

An Old West saloon — Blaze of Glory by Spirit of the Game at Salute 2019

The team behind the Wargamer Collection Calculator fought the Battle of the Little Big Horn over a series of hex based game boards.

Hex based battlefields in miniature scale — Battle of the Little Big Horn by Wargamer Collection Calculator at Salute 2019

Salute 2014, Sci-Fi, Steampunk

Salute 2014 – Zombies, Steampunk & Other Curiosities

April 25, 2014 Subedai 3 Comments

Apart from the classic genres there were also some weird and wonderful participation games at Salute 2014 that defied easy categorisation.

7ombieTV by Crooked Dice was played on a small but characterful board depicting the streets of London. Would the girls of St Searle’s reach the safety of Crooked Towers before the undead horde descended?

Hasslefree Miniatures created a tribute to Battlefield Bad Company 2 with Zombies roaming the streets of a bombed out desert town.

In Her Majesty’s Name was the ruleset used for Dirty Ole Town by Just About Games. I bought the rulebook published by Osprey a few months ago, just missing such nice terrain to fight over now.

Victorian sci-fi on a grand scale was presented by Red Planet Miniatures in Flight to New Victoria. Will the Martian Prince’s convoy reach safety?

The Essex Warriors played Gear Krieg. Another one of those rulesets I bought a long time ago but never got around to playing. WW2 tanks meeting flying saucers and battle mechs does have its appeal.

Grublin Games brought a prototype of Waggle Dance, a strategy game of bee-wrangling and honey-making, which will soon launch its funding run on Kickstarter.