Well, really looking forward to going to the show tomorrow. This is the first show in years that I haven't been involved in putting on a game, so I will actually have quite a bit of time really get the feel of the show. In previous years it's always been a quick dash around at lunchtime. Plans are to:

- pick up a load of pre-ordered figures from Pendraken .
- probably pick up some flags, odds'n'sods from Pendraken, depending upon what catches my eye.
- catch up with Mike Embree, whom I'm giving a lift to the show. Always great to talk to, but whether he feels the same way...
- catch up with Bruce Weigle and take part in his game if at all possible.
- check Leman's Stalingrad game, even though it's FoW .
- check out Mollinary's ECW game and possibly take part.
- catch up with Craig of Tiny Terrain and his Mexican Wars game.
- try and take plenty of photos of the games, especially ones that catch my eye.
- take a tour of the traders, but really only tend to look at the books as most sell figures of scales i'm not interested in.
- might look at the B'n'B, as long as it's not the usual rugby maul.

For me the show marks the start of my return to wargaming after the Summer break. Lots of new projects planned, but whether real life and work will allow me to make much progress on these remains to be seen.

... and the Gettysburg BBB!

Steve J:

I am put in mind of an exchange in Chandler's The Lady in the Lake:

"Did he say 'whom'?"
"Yes, but don't shoot him. There is such a word."
"Yes, so I'd heard. I just never knew where they kept it."

(from memory)

Thanks for reminding me Chris .

Good day at the show. Met Leman and Meirion (sorry I didn't recognise you straight off ) but failed to have a chat with Mollinary as he was busy with his ECW game. Sadly the BBB Gettysburg game wasn't on show, but this allowed me to spend more time at Bruce Weigle's table. Photos and show report to follow tomorrow all being well.

Quote from: Steve J on 16 September 2017, 07:56:37 PM
Good day at the show. Met Leman and Meirion (sorry I didn't recognise you straight off ) but failed to have a chat with Mollinary as he was busy with his ECW game. Sadly the BBB Gettysburg game wasn't on show, but this allowed me to spend more time at Bruce Weigle's table. Photos and show report to follow tomorrow all being well.

No worries Steve. I barely recognise myself these days

Great to catch up with you, Leman and Leon 

I only got to say a quick hello to Mollinary's because he was busy demonstrating.  Have to complement his table: beautiful figures and scenery and an imaginative scenario

Cheers,

Meirion

Yep, a very impressive table and figures and loved the fact that it was set in Borsetshire

Quote from: Steve J on 16 September 2017, 07:56:37 PM
Sadly the BBB Gettysburg game wasn't on show

Family crisis, apparently. 
(I don't know the details, I wasn't directly involved, as I am in foreign parts this weekend.)

Chris

Crispin has said on Yahoo Groups that all is ok now, which is all that matters.

Good to chat with everyone yesterday and nice to see another 10mm game on show, there's been quite a few this year!  Mollinary and Simon Miller were using their upcoming 'For King and Parliament' rules:

Thanks for posting the pic, Leon. I was particularly interested in this game. With your permission I would like to repost it on my blog?

Had a great day out at Colours, picking up everything I was after, and a bit more besides. Also picked up a copy of 1871. Generally I play FPW using BBB as it is more manageable for the epic battles than the likes of 1870. However 1871 has some smaller scenarios played at quarter scale which allows for things like companies to be represented. Furthermore the rules have been streamlined to both ease and speed play (e.g. the play sheet is now multicoloured double-sided rather than four sides of close monochrome type) making these small scenarios a do-able proposition.

Good to meet up with Dave and Leon (and pick up my goodies), as well as Steve J, Meirion, David Lanchester and Simon Miller. Also my brother and nephew were there, and he bought me a Pendraken Schleswig army for my imminent birthday to enable me to pursue the Trumpton Wars with troops actually from the 1840s, rather than stand-ins from the FPW.

The Stalingrad game went well, seemed to attract some attention. A number of participants, playing the Russians, took great pleasure in preventing the German commander from escaping on the hospital train, as well as removing a couple of their own political officers.

Many thanks to Newbury and Reading for putting on a good show.

I was there in the afternoon - it's a really good show - my only gripe is the lighting which I find to be a bit on the dim side

Putting names and faces together is a bit beyond me nowadays

I certainly spoke to one of the guys running the Stalingrad game which looked very good - I'm looking forward to seeing the Berlin version

And I also had a chat with one of the chaps from the big ECW game about the minifigs/aim figures he had had for some 25 years! The pike blocks looked like pike blocks - lovely

I know I chatted to Dave & Leon because I gave them money and they gave me toys - WW2 Winter Russians for my BKC Russo-Finnish War project

Alan

Personally disappointed - went hoping to pick up the TANKS starter set and the Frostgrave rulebook, but nobody was selling these. :-(

Arrived about 11:00 - the ground floor was very busy then. Agree about the lighting downstairs - very gloomy. Upper levels were much better. Daylight!

Pendraken stand seemed very busy every time I walked by. Hope it was worth it for you chaps.

Quote from: Shedman on 18 September 2017, 10:44:46 AM
I was there in the afternoon - it's a really good show - my only gripe is the lighting which I find to be a bit on the dim side

Putting names and faces together is a bit beyond me nowadays

And I also had a chat with one of the chaps from the big ECW game about the minifigs/aim figures he had had for some 25 years! The pike blocks looked like pike blocks - lovely
Alan

That would be me!  And I didn't know it was you either!

Mollinary

Some pics of the show and a few thoughts on the day:

http://wwiiwargaming.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/colours-2017-show-report.html

I too noticed that there didn't seem to be many rulesets on sale. If there were I missed them. I heard a few other gamers that were also a bit miffed.

Thanks for the tour Steve. At my last main show, I thought there was ana absence of rulebooks (mind you Caliver have stopped attending) and that the balance of scale diversity was out and very much in favour of 28mm. It looks like a bit of a trend, yet your photos of the tables is still reflecting the popularity of the little chaps. Not sure what to make of that.

Hi all,  well finally made it from Canada to my first convention in the U.K.  I picked up my order from Leon which I am very excited to get painted.  By chance I met Mollinary on the Friday. Thanks Andrew, you Ian and Simon were very good in taking me under your wing for the day.  I really enjoyed the ECW game on Saturday.  Great set of rules which contributed to the enjoyment of the game.

All in all, it was a great day, even if I spent a years war gaming budget in one day!  Well worth the trip and looking forward to the pandamoneum of Salute next April.

Leon was great to finally meet you and to Andrew, Simon, Ian and Bruce, thank you again and was good meeting you guys as well.

Cheers,

Scott

That must have been a great experience Obsidian! Long way to go but sound quite worth the flight. Did you take pictures, BTW?

Steve, I second Norm, thanks for the tour.

Quote from: Obsidian23 on 19 September 2017, 06:23:49 AM
Hi all,  well finally made it from Canada to my first convention in the U.K.  I picked up my order from Leon which I am very excited to get painted.  By chance I met Mollinary on the Friday. Thanks Andrew, you Ian and Simon were very good in taking me under your wing for the day.  I really enjoyed the ECW game on Saturday.  Great set of rules which contributed to the enjoyment of the game.

All in all, it was a great day, even if I spent a years war gaming budget in one day!  Well worth the trip and looking forward to the pandamoneum of Salute next April.

Leon was great to finally meet you and to Andrew, Simon, Ian and Bruce, thank you again and was good meeting you guys as well.

Cheers,

Scott

It was a pleasure to meet you Scott, and we really appreciated you playing your part as a Royalist in Borsetshire. It was also great to meet so many other forum members, but we really should organise some badges for the fiuture!  I look forward to seeing some  photos once you have painted up all your goodies.

Best,

Andrew