The first Sunday in May is normally when the National Museum of Flight hosts their Wartime Experience event. The main focus tends to be outside on WW1 and WW2 re-enactors but there are always also other attractions inside the hangers which for the last six years has included wargames.
The Falkirk club has been an ever present and we have been able to run 2 games each time. The WW1 Wings of War game has always proved popular with the public. We strip the rules back a bit to make them fast play and let the public play the game s with a little bit of help from club members. Kids just love shooting down their parents!
Our other game was the new Too Fat Lardies ruleset What a Tanker. I had 3 games of this involving a mixture of club members and the public. Personally I think this may work better in a wargames show where most of the participants have a little knowledge of such mechanisms. Not that it is complicated and it does play fairly quickly but it is not so simple Wings of War which is just move , measure range and draw cards for damage. However I will certainly be investing in a set of the What a Tanker rules probably at the Carronade show in Falkirk on Saturday 12th May.
The weather was fantastic which actually worked against us a little as some potential attendees may have preferred a day at the beach and those that came were more inclined to spend time in outside than in the hangers. However with ourselves, South East Wargames Club and Gothenberg Gamers the wargames hobby had a really good representation and attracted a lot of interest
We had one young lad who was really taken with Wings of War and who came along with his parents to the next club night to have a look around. This has instigated a debate about our club policy towards minors which seems to be a bit of a minefield.
Our other game was the new Too Fat Lardies ruleset What a Tanker. I had 3 games of this involving a mixture of club members and the public. Personally I think this may work better in a wargames show where most of the participants have a little knowledge of such mechanisms. Not that it is complicated and it does play fairly quickly but it is not so simple Wings of War which is just move , measure range and draw cards for damage. However I will certainly be investing in a set of the What a Tanker rules probably at the Carronade show in Falkirk on Saturday 12th May.
The weather was fantastic which actually worked against us a little as some potential attendees may have preferred a day at the beach and those that came were more inclined to spend time in outside than in the hangers. However with ourselves, South East Wargames Club and Gothenberg Gamers the wargames hobby had a really good representation and attracted a lot of interest
We had one young lad who was really taken with Wings of War and who came along with his parents to the next club night to have a look around. This has instigated a debate about our club policy towards minors which seems to be a bit of a minefield.
Games 46
Rules played 19 New 8
Places played 7 New 0
Places played 7 New 0
I wish this had been advertised as I would have popped in for a visit.
ReplyDeleteThat is a shame Jim. For future reference it has always been the first Sunday in May or, as I tend to think of it, the Sunday before Carronade
DeleteThanks Dave
DeleteEven a nudge via one of the many fora available would have done the trick.
Hope to see you at Claymore.
It's probably worth thinking about, as it's not our event we don't think about advertising it through the usual forums.
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