Photos from Cold Wars 2013

[General Bt Sherman]

Hello all,
Here are some photos that I took at this past weekends HMGS Cold Wars convention. http://btsherman.6sided.net/photos-from-cold-wars-2013/

Enjoy
Bryan

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Cool! 

No, not cool, phenominal! 

[Techno]

WOW !!
Cheers - Phil.

[Steve J]

Thanks for posting these Bryan . Very interesting to see how things are done on the other side of the pond.

[Fenton]

looking good..really fantastic eye candy

Do they run competitions at the shows in the states or are they just participation?

[General Bt Sherman]

looking good..really fantastic eye candy

Do they run competitions at the shows in the states or are they just participation?

Both

[DaveL]

Brilliant set of photos and record of gaming from over the pond. Thanks very much.  It's like having our own magazine - and for FREE!!!!!!

Best Wishes   DaveL

[petercooman]

Great stuf!!

[Bernie]

Some really nice looking games

Shiloh looked really good

[Leon]

Nice to see some 10mm games as well!  How do you think the scale is doing in the US in terms of exposure?  I know upto a few years ago it wasn't really seen/played much at the con's?

[General Bt Sherman]

Nice to see some 10mm games as well!  How do you think the scale is doing in the US in terms of exposure?  I know upto a few years ago it wasn't really seen/played much at the con's?

That's a good question. I would say that the 10mm scale is still at the bottom of the pile. The Look Sarge No Charts people use 10mm for a lot of their games. Other than that it's pretty spotty. The Shiloh game mentioned above was a nice surprise. The guy who ran the Champion Hill game was using matchsticks for figures, so that really doesn't count. Of the 10mm figures being used at the convention most were Old Glory and/or Minifigs. I didn't see a single Pendraken figure. Well, one guy was selling a bunch of WWII Pendraken figures at the flea market. I think the big problem is the figures aren't as accessible as other scales. The only 10mm figures available in the dealer's hall were Old Glory. That's out of 70 venders.

Last fall, when I ran my game at Fall-in, I got a lot of very positive feedback. I typically hear a lot of comments about people wishing that had went with 10mm scale instead of 15mm. Hey, I feel the same way when It comes to all stuff that I bought from Battlefront before I discovered the advantages of using 10mm.

Overall the scale does seem to be becoming more popular (at least ACW). Hopefully that will translate to having more 10mm games at US cons in the upcoming years. I'm already beginning to plan my games for Fall-in this year.

Bryan

[Leon]

That's interesting, thanks for the reply.  So no vendors with our stuff at all?  We stock Warstore and Great Hall Games, and have sent things to Treefort Games and Armory Hobbies recently as well, I'll have to check if they go to any con's.

[Hertsblue]

Great set of photos, Bryan, and some really nice games. The magnificent model of Basing House blew me away (though rather let down by the rest of the terrain). 

[barbarian]

Wargame porn.

[General Bt Sherman]

That's interesting, thanks for the reply.  So no vendors with our stuff at all?  We stock Warstore and Great Hall Games, and have sent things to Treefort Games and Armory Hobbies recently as well, I'll have to check if they go to any con's.

The Warstore has not been at the last few shows. When they are, they only seem to bring their stock of Games Workshop and other 28mm Syfi/fantasy stuff. I always wondered why they didn't bring any Historical stuff to a mostly historical convention. I still love the War Store.

Great Hall Games is located way down in Texas. I wouldn't expect to seem them at a con on the East Coast. I don't know anything about the other two stores.

Bryan