SELWG 2012 - Part 2

Attendance at this years show looked a little down on previous years but its a little hard to tell if that was a false impression. The layout of display games and traders was slightly different this year and at least one major trader pulled out at the last minute so that may have added to the impression that the loverlower hall was less than packed. Having said that I saw some serious sums of money exchanged and a lot of happy gamers carrying bags and boxes of goodies from the hall. 

I didn't buy as much as I had planned but only because I couldn't find everything I wanted from the traders. But that's not such a disaster as I'll just go online and buy what I couldn't from the self same traders over the next few days. I'm sure most companies attending these shows weigh up their costs verses their takings but I wonder how many take into account the intangible benefit of building relationships with their customers. Once upon a time we all did this at our FLGS but increasingly business is being conducted over the internet and, IMHO, it is shows like this help rebuild that face to face interaction that make casual customers into loyal return customers. 

Here are a few more pictures of display games at the show. The standard was high although I have seen most of these earlier in the year at other events. That's not such a bad thing though as every time I see these games I notice details that I didn't the first time around. 

Shepway Wargames Club - Romans Go Home - Those Germanic Hoards look pretty angry.

Methinks the Romans might take offence at this

The legions advance in an orderly fashion

Spear wielding Roman Auxiliaries protect the flanks of the Legions

North London Wargames Group - San Giorgio 1859

North London Wargames Group - San Giorgio 1859

The Essex Warriors put on the Battle for Atlanta 1864 using the Fire and Fury Rules.

The figures were really nicely painted and everything was clearly labelled which made observing the game much easier for those of us unfamiliar with this particular battle. 

Union troops man the breastworks as the Confederates attack

Southern infantry advance towards the Union troops.

Maidstone Wargames Society put on their Operation Deadstick game for SELWG. I've seen this several times this year but it still impresses me with its attention to detail.

The group used 1/285th scale Micro armour with an adapted version of the Flames of War rules for this game. It was such a good idea that the seeds of an idea were firmly planted in my head and I bought some micro armour myself later in the show.  

The 3D Printing technique used by the group has produced some truly unique and accurate buildings (and bridges of course) for this game. 

Gravesend Wargames Club staged an ancients battle (I think it was the Battle of Kadesh 1274 BC) using the War & Conquest rules

The standard of painting was very high and made for a colourful and impressive table

Who can resist a chariot charge for a little bit of Shock and Awe

That's all for now, but I'll post some more pictures later today (still plenty more to be seen).