Legionary 2012 is over! - Reports and Demos

Hi again readers,
After a busy few days I'm back on the blog.

Legionary is over again for another year. But it was a great day!
I know I said I was going to give a full report, but our demo table had people around for most of the day and I didn't really get to see very much of the rest of the show.
(Click any pics for larger views)

Lets start off with a couple of shots of the hall it was held in.

Compared to Legionary 2011 I think there were a lot more traders, games and even larger tournaments in the middle.

And what did we put on? (As if you didn't know already) Pulp City!
Some shots of our boards. With new and improved 'Comic Noises' and Steve's lovely pink tape measure!

I had been painting like mad for the last few days to get a fair few Supremes up to demo standard. (Although my painting is very basic at the moment)
These were set out ready for players to pick 5 Levels and try them out.

On the other side of the table was a selection of painted and non painted Supremes to show off the minis in the range.

There was even a sneaky bit of advertising for Fenris Games Bases and Sarissa Precision Buildings

As I mentioned above, we were quite busy throughout the day. LOTS of interest in the game and even 3 Bookings for demo days/nights at other gaming clubs. (More on that soon)
The guys from TAGS seemed to enjoy themselves.

So did a couple of young lads that tried as many different combinations of Supremes as they could until they had to leave.

Steve and myself did find half an hour to have a quick game between ourselves though.
Very close Lvl5 game where I only just pulled ahead with Loup Garou being the only survivor.

All in all the demo table was a great success. The show itself seemed to be a great success as well but as I mentioned, I didn't get to see much of it. Had fun though.

At event like these, no matter what your doing, you still need to find time to fit in a little bit of shopping. Whats a gaming show without new shineys?
I found a lovely range of models at the Mongoose Publishing stand from their Judge Dredd game.

The first box to catch my eye was the Ape Gang. They will fit perfectly as ARC BOOM Minions in Pulp City. Couldn't resist picking them up.

How can you say no to a Gorilla with a pin strip suit, cigar and Tommy gun and a Gorilla with a shotgun in a dress?

Looking at the rest of their minis there are some stunning pieces. Several that will work in Pulp that I will be picking up in the future.
A couple of the other from the club also picked up some of the Judge Dredd minis and then when I got home I downloaded the free PDF rules. >HERE<
Will Judge Dredd be a game game for ToaTS? (Its looking that way. I want 4 other gangs already and most minis from JD and PC can be used in both games)

Another couple of goodies I picked up were from Warmills Street Wars Range. A stunning rage of laser cut scenery.
It was a pair of small Warp Gates but I'm afraid I don't have a picture of those yet as they were a pre-release for the show.
Instead, here is one of their stunning Utility Pods

That was my Legionary 2012!

Does anyone know of any other shows in the South / South West UK apart from PAW and Legionary?

Before I go, don't forget about the 'Win Hendybadger' competition that's now been running for a week.
You can check it out >>HERE<<

Hendybadger Awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

Then all went quiet.......... for SALUTE!

As you may have guessed already, Tales of a Tabletop Skirmisher has headed off to Salute 2012
The first time to a convention outside of Cornwall or Devon, this should be fun!

It does mean that the blog will be quiet for afew days though as were are making a short break of it.

When I'm back you will see all sorts on here including-

Reviews - Games of War and Ainsty Castings 28mm Ships, Pulp City Supremes, Black Scorpion Pirates, Large models from a variety of companies and more.

Dramatic Battle Reports - The pirate ship 'Black Badger' continues to terrorise the High Seas, 'The Lesser of two Evils' story continues at the forces of Necroplane try to take the Heart of Neptune, A first try at a Comic Book style battle report

Salute 2012 report (obviously)

And loads more.

Handybadger awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! (for a while)

PAW 2012 - Con Report

As some readers may already know, we went to PAW 2012 this weekend. Running 2 Pulp City demonstration and participation tables.
Lets start off with a look at out lay out.

Along with the Sarissa Precision buildings (that almost every player took a card for becaused they loved them) and Fat Dragon roads there were lots of extra scenery bits from Fenris Games. (All links on this page)
To top it off, my lovely wife made some 'Comic Book Noises' to draw in the crowds. And boy did it work!
On the first day we had at least 1 table going all day and the other for most of it.
I had painted up 2 teams to start with (2nd pic behind cards) and Andy had painted up a lot of his Supremes as well (3rd pic on stand).
The players could then pic Heros or Villains and 2-3 models they liked the look of.
I know this may have been a touch more complicated than us picking the simple ones but the added effect of people being able to use what they like instead of just what they are given seemed to really fuel the enjoyment of the games.
Time for a few in game shots.

After 2 days worth of games, we had a LOT of happy players with a new love for Pulp. Some even started looking up the website on their phones as they were at the table!
A couple of players had seen Pulp City before am liked some models we didn't have painted up.
But WIP in a bag under the table was about 70% of the entire range. So if they really wanted to use a certain Supreme, we let them.
He is the card layout for the some we had and even an example of the Pulp Monster kit!

At the end of the weekend I think our table was a MASSIVE success. All players enjoyed the games, especially the guys from the Brixham Berserkers who shout cheesy one liners with each attack, and so did we.

With 3 people running our games there were chances to go and take a look at all the other stalls and games that were there. And even try some of them out.

I did have a couple of favourites.
Frag 3D by Trelawneys Armies Gaming Society was a lot of fun. It was quick and simple but still enjoyable at the same time. A bit like laser tag with heavy weapons and nukes.

Next was my personal favourite of the show - Infinity, run by Wargaming Trader
A brutal and fast sci-fi skirmish game where you get to attack the enemy as soon as you can see them. In their own turn!
The table was lovely as well. Glow stick street lights and an LED text ball.

 

What about the stalls?

Apart from stocking lots of great things at even better prices, they were dangerous.

I ended up with another Cutlass crew, a second Malifaux crew, some Heroclix to make Pulp City Minions and a whole Infinity PanO army! Plus shiny new metal dice. Whoops!

So, that was my time at PAW 2012. Really enjoyed the whole weekend and already booked in again for next year. There would have been more pics and more detailed reports of the games but I just got carried away with it all and forgot to take more or write anything down. (Even forgot to eat on the first day)

Hendybadger out