No “Crisis” this Weekend due to the COVID pandemic

6. November 20206. November 2020 thomasriepe Antwerp, Convention, Convention Reports, Crisis 2020, Crisis Antwerp, Miniature convention, other Crisis, Tin Soldiers Antwerp, TSOA

As there is no “Crisis 2020” today I will post a collection of pictures of past Crisis conventions as a little diversion from the daily bad news. I sincerely hope that there will be a “Crisis2021” but as of today I doubt that this is going to happen. I really miss all the friends I usually meet with at “Crisis” in Antwerp. I haven’t seen you for a year now and I fear it will take a lot longer until we see us again. I suppose “Salute21” in London will also be cancelled so it looks like another year until meeting might be possible again.

So to cheer us all up here are the promised pictures:

Crisis 2019:

And Crisis 2018:

If this is not enough, just get yourself a beer or your favorite beverage and enjoy the complete picture reports of :

Crisis219, Crisis2018, Crisis2017/1, Crisis2017/2, Crisis 2016, Crisis2015

So this should keep you busy during the Crisis 2020 weekend and hopefully we can enjoy each others company and an occasional beer together next year. Keep safe and healthy !!!

Salute 2019 convention report

9. April 2019 thomasriepe Convention Reports, London Excel, Salute 2019, South London Warlords

So another Salute went by. Altogether it was a grand show. Lots of traders , very many very well presented games like the one above wich got the best of show award. But it seemed to be a little bit less crowded then in the years before. What ever the reason for this it is still a show worth going to! I met a lot of old friends wich in itself is a good reason to go just to catch up on the social side of the hobby.

Here are about 250 pictures I took during the day in no special order :

If you have been there as well I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did . Role on Salute 2020

Salute 2019

4. April 20194. April 2019 thomasriepe Convention, Convention Reports, London Excel, Salute 2019, Salute19, South London Warlords

On saturday the 6th of April 2019 this years Salute will be held at London Excel exhibition center.

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The theme is: Survivors, post apocalypse

Therefore this years figure is the last woman standing:

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Here are a few pictures of last years Salute as a teaser:

Hope to see you there ! A photo report will follow next Monday.

The Kiepencon 2019 a convention report

28. January 201928. January 2019 thomasriepe Adeptus Titanicus, Battlemech, Convention Reports, Cruel Seas, Frostgrave, Kiepe2019, Kiepencon 2019, x wing

Yesterday was the Kiepencon in Münster Germany. In the last years I went there as a punter only. This year I staged a cruel seas participation game.

the venue was the same as in the years before.

Except that all rooms of the venue were used . The x wing tournament was held in two separate rooms on the first floor:

As i had to run my own game I have, sadly, no more pictures of the running tournament.

Here are pictures of all the games that could be seen and taken part in during the day:

Adeptus Titanicus:

A splendid pirat game:

And my own cruel seas participation game. We played the second scenario from the rulebook about seven times and the tanker got sunk by torpedoes only once! Definitely something has to be done about the torpedo rules I think. The people managed to pick up the game mechanics very quickly and much fun was had by all. Warlord gave us some spurs of german s boats and vespers to give away as incentives. So the winner of each game could pick a sprue!

It was a brilliant day out . I would recommend attending the Kiepencon next year if you are near Münster. Probably a new venue is needed in the next year if the con continues to grow that fast !! Until next year……