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| Action early in the Award Winning Game |
Rob and I decided last year after Salute to see if we could team up to put on a set of games using the rump of Jeff's Pulp miniatures and beef up the presentation with a set of new terrain boards.
My view was to see if we could win a "Best of Show" at the Salute Convention of Trumpeter in Burnaby.
I love it when a plan comes together!
The combination of the Jungle terrain board (with its modular design including a realistic looking waterfall) and the League Cards put us over the top in during the 2 pm to 6 pm game time on Saturday at Salute this year!
Friday, we played in games, I managed to get into a chariot race game for the first time ever.
FLIP! (I didn't and actually came in 3rd place and won more cash than I started with)
Other games I saw:
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| Not certain the exact era, though the terrain looked great from Terry Sawchenko |
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| WWII |
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| Good to see a classic Battle Tech |
Saturday was bright and early from the hotel and off to set up Pulp Alley.
First session was a town, we had seven (7!) players, so I had to add in the water feature and have one league arriving by plane!
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| all floors were accesible |
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| street scatter worked great! it even got pulled into the action |
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| One truck crashed into the gangsters car! |
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| The street scene looks great |
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| Arrival by AIR! |
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| Star Trek Captain Kirk got into a real punch up at the end! |
The Cowboys League did the best in downtown.
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| The cards were a great tool for use at the table to keep track of everything really fast and simple. |
The winner of Best of Show for the early time slot was an amazing "War of the Worlds" game that my son Alexander played in. (sorry no photos I was too busy running a game)
Next was 2-6 pm, and the Jungle was on deck, we had bonuses for the Cowboys that won the first game and they carried over into the Jungle game.
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| Five players make for a busy board! |
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| GREEDS |
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| The Yellow Peril |
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| Radium Inc. |
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| A couple of science clues were the early objectives. |
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| The scenario took place in the dark (only 12" visibility) |
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| Natives got into the action (with Feng Yi) |
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| Even a lowly Follower from Winchester, Smith and Weston got surrounded by the local Ooga Booga Boys |
In the end it was a sudden discovery of the secret tome that told where the Idol of Atlantis was hidden and The Yellow Peril, handled by my son Victor managed to grab the glory!
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| A Company of Heros led by the animalistic Feng Yi are the Yellow Peril |
This was the winning time for Rob and I as they announced the best of show.
Finally I got into a Civil War game run by Dennis Chin.
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| Overall battle at game start - the 'stars' are the objective |
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| The scenario was a piece of the Bull Run battle |
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| Certainly the work from Dennis is good |
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| Creating a great visual spectacle |
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| The Rebels had taken the hill |
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| Union guns were in disarray or destroyed |
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| disorder in the Rebel ranks at the snake rail fence |
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| Disorder with the Union infantry now |
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| Long view of the field |
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| In the end the Rebels held the high ground |
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| too many disorders were starting to wear down the numbers of Union infantry |
Dennis' game then won Best of Show for the evening period.
This day either I, or one of my boys were playing in or running a Best of Show for the day!
All in all a great day out.
Met up with a number of the old Grognards of Napoleon's Battles fame and there's a battle in the works ...
