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Salute 2018 – Sci-Fi

April 15, 2018 Subedai 8 Comments

Salute 2018 wargaming convention has come and gone in a flash. The trend of fewer large independent display tables and more company run demo and participation games is continuing, and there was a noticeable increase in open floor space, presumably also due to the ongoing consolidation of gaming franchises.

4Ground’s presence is growing year on year, and they had many tables on display for the variety of settings they now support with their terrain. In this year of Star Wars Legion, the biggest was a proof of concept for a star ship hangar bay with particularly shiny floors.

Hangar bay with black floor, stormtroopers, AT-ST and TIE fighter — Star Wars Legion by 4Ground

Imperial landing craft in hangar bay — Star Wars Legion by 4Ground

There were also some lovely mechs and a gaming table for use with Fallout on show.

Battle mech standing next to a hangar building — Battle mech hangar by 4Ground

Containers and ramshackle walkways in a wasteland — Fallout by 4Ground

Wild West Exodus was also being presented on a large stand this year, and some very original and elaborate demo tables were showcasing this growing games system.

Inside of a tech facility with red growing tubes — Wild West Exodus

Rugged mountainside with arachnid blue monsters — Wild West Exodus

The South London Warlords staged the Dr Who based Invasion Earth including two life sized Daleks.

Industrial loading bay with crane and the tardis — Dr Who by South London Warlords

Anvil Industry brought some nice demo tables for Afterlife, including a backlit tech compound.

Top down view of a green illuminated floor reminiscent of computer circuits — Afterlife by Anvil Industry

Armoured fighting vehicles amongst industrial terrain — Afterlife by Anvil Industry

My local gaming store Dark Sphere had set up a gazebo to play games of Star Wars Legion and Necromunda in the dark, illuminated only by special effects on the boards themselves.

Industrial terrain illuminated by internal LED lights and in billowing smoke — Necromunda by Dark Sphere

Various other gaming companies and clubs had brought their demo gaming tables along, below a selection of my snapshots.

Compound under attack by Necrons in ice crystal landscape — Mad Gaming Terrain

Post-apocalyptic industrial scenery — Collision by Code Orange Games

Colourful multi story sci-fi terrain — Thunder Chrome printable scenery

Wasteland board and character sheets — Gunny Pets by Bad Squiddo Games

Wasteland with car wrecks and mutants — Demolition Derby for 7TV by Crooked Dice

Chinatown scenery with a stompy robot — It’s Not Easy Being Green for 7TV by Crooked Dice

Desert terrain with buildings and a fortification — Infinity with Plast Craft terrain

Fleets of space ships on a star mat — Red Alert by PSC Games

Post-Apocalyptic, Salute 2017, Sci-Fi

Salute 2017 – Sci-Fi

April 23, 2017 Subedai 3 Comments

Sci-Fi games at Salute 2017 had a strong showing, but many of the demonstration tables were run by the respective game manufacturers for consecutive years now so I skipped photographing all of them (and spent more time buying shiny new things).

Since I am now collecting and painting Infinity, I was particularly excited about the following two tables. I hope I have the credits right for the first, but unfortunately I don’t know who created the second.

Brightly colour futuristic buildings and a maglev train — Infinity: Operation Free Nippon by Red Knight Wargames

Street view with cars, planters and advertising boards — Infinity: Operation Free Nippon by Red Knight Wargames

A small news kiosk — Infinity: Operation Free Nippon by Red Knight Wargames

A nice mixture of old and new on this smaller table, something I want to try with my own fledgling terrain collection for Infinity.

Cityscape of 19th century buildings with neon advertisement boards — Infinity

The South London Warlords piled several thousand pounds worth of lovingly painted Forgeworld resin onto this large table for Warhammer 30k, depicting a battle of the civil war on Mars. I didn’t get to see this display last year, so I was glad to catch it now, after it did an extensive round through the UK wargaming show circle – and even the V&A Museum!

Tanks and fliers in a shattered city — Warhammer 40k – Horus Heresy Civil War by Brotherhood of Mars

Tanks and robots in a red desert landscape — Warhammer 40k – Horus Heresy Civil War by Brotherhood of Mars

A titanic war walker amongst smaller walkers, infantry and tanks — Warhammer 40k – Horus Heresy Civil War by Brotherhood of Mars

Star Wars has a steady presence at Salute now, and there were several participation games of X-Wing in progress.

Fighter space craft on a star background — Star Wars X-Wing by Ilford Wargames Group

Large space ships against a stellar nebula — Star Wars X-Wing by Gravesend Gamers Guild

Dark Sphere went a step further and constructed a three tiered table with glass panes to refight the attack on Scarif from Rogue One.

A tower rising up from a small island, surrounded by space fighter craft — Star Wars X-Wing by Dark Sphere

The Drowned Earth made their first showing at Salute. Their Kickstarter is already well funded and I am looking forward to seeing more of this very original looking system.

Jungle terrain with a crashed space craft and large dinosaur — The Drowned Earth

A hunter with a bow on overgrown walkways — The Drowned Earth

Fenris Descending by the Maidstone Wargames Society and Germy was another very original looking game out of left field. All terrain and models for this game were scratch built from household materials, plastic and electronics parts.

Dozens of crab like robots advancing on a shantytown — Fenris Descending by Maidstone Wargames Society

As usual there were plenty more smaller tables and participation games to look and and get stuck in with, here just a sample of those I managed to catch.