Convention off the starboard bow
August is waiting at the door and so
Claymore is manoeuvring itself into position again on the local convention calendar.
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My plans aren't in place yet but my intention is to attend as ever. The success of
last year's new venue means that I await 2010's Claymore with anticipation tangible enough to feel quite novel.
Zombies and Daleks, oh my!
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This year's programme of
participation games looks interesting all round. I can honestly say that I'd be happy to play in any of the games in this year's programme. Needs as needs must though, so here is my shortlist of 3 games for the day:
Daleks, zombies and an alt-history British civil war? Truly messieurs convention organisers, you are spoiling us.
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What to choose, what to choose? I think I'll have to put the British Civil War game at the top of my list. I imagine this will be based on the
1938 A Very British Civil War series published by
Solway Crafts and Miniatures. My old pal Jim told me some interesting tales about this game when I visited him in Edinburgh after my
Conflict of Heroes demo sessions
last month. Jim gave me the impression that this game is something of a hit. It deserves to be, given its intriguing premise: that Edward VIII didn't abdicate in 1936, with the result that civil war breaks out in Britain in 1938.
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After that I'd probably want to have a go with the Daleks. Zombies are fun I know, but I've never played a wargame with Daleks, which makes the opportunity just a bit too much to resist. So here's hoping for a dose of "Bally spiffing old bean," topped up with a dash of "Exterminate! Exterminate!" a week today. ;)
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