Salute 2023

[mollinary]

The dominance of appalling ancient rules with little basis in reality and little in the way of fun.





the  way of fum

Not sure what point is being made here? I would welcome enlightenment!

[John Cook]

Not sure what point is being made here? I would welcome enlightenment!

Neither am I!

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

A referance to MR barker and WRG, probably 6TH

[flamingpig0]

A referance to MR barker and WRG, probably 6TH

Very nearly, but I was thinking particularly of 7th edition

[John Cook]

A referance to MR barker and WRG, probably 6TH

Still not enlightened.  How is this relevant to Salute 2023?

[DecemDave]

I think its suggesting a change in the 33 years since a forum member last attended a Salute.

But 7th did not include 10mm as a scale (I just checked my copy!) so it HAD to go   

[Ben Waterhouse]

Sorry I can't face going into London from the South Island, I'll see you at Colours...

[howayman]

I quite liked the 6th edition, 7th not so much.
A lot of the classifications used in games today seem to stem from the WRG rules of the past.

[Rhys]

An old friend once commented that playing in competitions with the old WRG rule sets (7th and its predecessors) was like sitting 6 4 hour legal exams in 3 days, and at the end your brain hurt.

[Gwydion]

Having sat my legal exams in the seventies I can assure you that wargaming with many of the rule sets around then (and WRG weren't the worst) were far more headache inducing.

[hammurabi70]

Don't mind London but Salute is too difficult to get to and would mean leaving Cambridge at the crack of sparrow fart to get there.  I also don't like the venue very much - too large and cavernous in my view.  It is easier to drive down to Newbury for Colours the day before, spend a pleasant evening in a nearby pub, have a decent meal with a bottle of something red, and a leisurly drive to the venue in the morning, all for not much more than the price as a frenetic trip down to London and back on the day.  No contest really.   

I recommend WARFARE but it is annoying that the rail station is a mile and a half away and needs a taxi or a much longer walk than it used to be; otherwise excellent, especially if a car driver.  I seem to do SALUTE every three years, despite the venue; this year will have to be there in helping with a demo game ... and to pick up from the PENDRAKEN stand.

[John Cook]

I recommend WARFARE but it is annoying that the rail station is a mile and a half away and needs a taxi or a much longer walk than it used to be; otherwise excellent, especially if a car driver.  I seem to do SALUTE every three years, despite the venue; this year will have to be there in helping with a demo game ... and to pick up from the PENDRAKEN stand.

I haven't been to Warfare for a while and it is worth consideration, but I'd still drive down the night before.  By train on the day, I think, means going into London Kings Cross, tube to Waterloo and then to Farnborough.  Just not an option really.