Claymore 2013

Saturday just past saw the 2013 meeting of the Claymore Show, run in Edinburgh. This year felt a bit strange. The last few years the tables and traders have very much been of a historical bent with very little Fantasy\Sci-fi in the building (as long as you ignore the huge 40k table the lad spend most of last years show at!). This year there was a definite shift though (I wasn't the only one to notice it either), and much the better for it.

Over there! Rebel Scum!

 The increase in interesting wares meant I hardly looked at a lot of the demo games I have to admit (so no demo photos). The tables the lad and I were focusing on were the participation games.

The Millenium Falcon flies past.
A 360 firing arc means the TIE fighters are never safe.

In the end we had a very enjoyable game of X-Wing. Arabiansquire was the Millenium Falcon being harrassed by 4 tie fighters (2 controlled by me and the others controlled by another player). The way the battle ran the 'Falcon had destroyed the first 2 Ties before my 2 even arrived, and so a Father\son twisting an turning dog fight ensued. It was a close run thing and in the end it was one Tie with 1 damage point left against the Millenium Falcon with one point left as well. The last round had a the Falcon miss and the Empire make the final crucial hit, destroying the Rebel vessel. I could have just as easily gone the other way.

Some of Sinbad's crew take on a Temple Guard.

The other game way played was a dungeon set Sinbad 7th Voyage game run by Edinburgh League of Gamers (who's participation game we play every year - great work). 7th Voyage is a standalone (and slightly simplified apparently) version of Crooked Dices 7TV system. Having recently bought 7TV I was keen to play, and we combined to take on the wicked sorcerer. The lad was in a bit of a huff as he was rolling the wrong results and the wrong time for most of the game, but a tactical mistake by our evil opponent let surround our objective foe and when it came to the crunch all the right numbers rolled up for a win. Smile re-instated on young lads face.

The Sorcerer's downfall.

And as for the results of all the trader browsing? It's all gone a bit VSF with collected pre-order from Ironclad Miniatures and a North Star Figures "Servants of Ra" boxset. All will be suitable for In Her Majesty's Name or Empire of the Dead.