j1mwallace wrote:atheling. I don't think that you are controversial at all. that was our game from Sunny Dumfries.
Thirty years war.
thanks
I spent half the afternoon in a bit of a panic as my girlfriend had locked the keys in the boot of our car (wasn't me honest
) thus the purchases (lucky in a way) and 'table time' was short, thus my assumption that it was an ECW game.
Having said that you look at a game and usually assess reasonably quickly the effort, patience, talent and sheer passion that has gone into putting a game together.
I'm currently putting together a game with a mate that due to make it's debut at Claymore so I can appreciate the efforts that go into putting a game together a little more as it will be my first. BTW, it's going to be The Battle Arsuf and we've had a bit of a problem sourcing mini's for it as 1191 is a difficult year for Frankish warfare in the East. Lots of ranges either side of that date but very little that are spot on. So, lot's of head swaps and greenstuff are the order of the day.
With the difficulties that go into producing a good visual game in mind I can understand folk using what scenery they have at hand, but I'm still a little dubious about the two games I saw where carpet tiles were in use with 28mm mini's. I hope that I'm not being too harsh, I don't want to rain on the parade of anyone who puts a game on at a show, it's just that I feel that the visual impact of a game should hit you and make you think "wow!", "that's amazing!" etc. The Thirty Years War and the Ligny game both did that very well IMHO. Some other games were lacking....
Honesty the best policy (?)
Cheers,
Darrell.