No “Crisis” this Weekend due to the COVID pandemic

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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 !!!

Crisis 2019

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Crisis 2019 will be this saturday the 9th November 2019 from 10am to 5pm.

the address of the venue is

HANGAR 29 Waagnatie
Rijnkaai 150
2000 Antwerpen

This years free miniatures are Luitenant Lippens en Sergeant De Bruyne

Hope to meet you there ! To wet you appetite here are some pictures from last years event.

There will be a convention report next week of course for the people who can’t make it.

Salute 2019

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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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More info on

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

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

Cruel Seas game at the Kiepencon in Münster Germany

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Just to let you know why I haven’t posted a lot in the last weeks, I rather had a lot to do since the beginning of January as I will do participation games with the cruel seas set at Kiepencon on the 27th of January .

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You can read more about the Kiepencon here.

The game is called sink the tanker and is one of the scenarios from the rulebook. As an incentive Warlord Games will sponsor a boat model for every participant in the games ( as long as stocks last)!

So hope to see you there!

The venue is:

La Vie Treffpunkt, Dieckmannstraße 127, 48161 Münster Gievenbeck

The convention lasts from 10:00 to 18:00 ( 10:00am to 6pm)

Pictures of the models I am working on at the moment to follow

Crisis 2018 Photoreport

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So back from Antwerp. A really nice weekend, spend with dear friends, at a wonderful miniatures show!

This is the end of the pictures I took . Good buy Antwerp and thank you Tin Soldiers of Antwerp for a grand show!

Crisis 2018

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This coming Saturday is Crisis 2018 the biggest Europe Convention about wargaming . Second only to Salute, London. It is well worth going as all the major wargaming related manufacturers are attending .

This years free figure:

The floor plan:

More on the website of the Tinsoldiers Antwerp , the hosts of Crisis here.

A few pictures of last years Crisis as a appetizer :

Hope to see you there!

The Salute 2018 Photoreport

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So another Salute is gone by and I took a lot of photos like every year. The show was like the years before very well organized and despite the mass of people there wasn’t a very long delay to get in. The games were very well presented and the selection of traders was outstanding. But there is one point I have to criticize , the lighting . When you got into the Salute venue it was very dark. So dark that it was sometimes difficult to take decent pictures ( as you sadly will se below). There could be more light and in the venue next door ( a wedding convention ) it was very different , much more light !

But without further ado here are the pictures:

A blood and plunder game: