Fall In 2013 - The Games!

Hey all!

Well, here they are... the games!

Now, I personally thought the overall level of games was the highest I've seen at Fall In.  LOTS of big, good looking games from all sorts of periods.

So... I didn't get shots of EVERY game, but I got as many as I could... I ran out of space on my memory card at one point and had to cut a few! 

Also, I've numbered the photos so if you know anything about the person who ran it, let me know!

1.  Got to be Napoleonics, right?

2.  A big 15mm Napoleonics game.

3.  Loved the Napoleon figure, being shown all of the captured enemy flags!

4.  Rebs prepare to march onto the field!

5.  British soldiers in a last stand against Native Americans?

6.  A fantastic 28mm ACW siege.

7.  The boats bring their guns to bear in the siege.

8.  Federal troops prepare to assault the Rebel lines!

9. A beautiful 28mm Cowboy game!

10.  More of that game.

11.  A Federal camp is under thread by Confederates.

12.  The far right flank on Paul Olszanski, Dennis Kalember and Gwen Reeves's 15mm Gettysburg table... you can see the two Round Tops and the Devils Den.  The great buildings were all from John Mayer's Buildings in Turmoil range (and were sold right off the table, along with the table itself!)

13.  The center of Gettysburg.

14.  You can see the Seminary and Gettysburg itself here on the far left.

14a.  A closeup of the Devils Den!

15.  A cool 28mm Samurai game, the "Defense of Anjiro," which used the "Ronin" ruleset and even included GM mandated death poems!  I missed them, unfortunately... but talk about rubbing it in.  Yikes.

16.  The Samurai themselves!

17.  A 15mm WWII game.

18.  Lots of Napoleonics!

19.  The Carnage and Glory guys do the AWI!

20.  More Carnage and Glory, this time Napoleonics ready to get on the field.

21.  15mm Napoleonics cross the bridge!

22.  That is a lot of sand for those 28mms... but I don't know much about who they are!:)

23.  A great looking WWII game.

24.  An absolutely HUGE 28mm Roman table!

25.  More of those Romans!

26.  A packed 15mm ACW table.

27.  Those Carnage and Glory guys again, with more Napoleonics!

28.  And more of that game...

29.  And MORE of that game...

30.  And yet more!:)

31.  15mm Napoleonics.

32.  More of those Napoleonics.

33.  More of the Carnage and Glory AWI!

34.  Some more of their AWI.

25.  Carnage and Glory guys do Napoleonics.

26.  And more Napoleonics...

27.  And more...

28.  And more!

29.  28mm Ancients.

30.  28mm Sudan using "The Sword and The Flame" rules.  Beautiful!

31.  More WWII. 

32.  Okay, one more Carnage and Glory Napoleonics shot... sorry they are out of order:)

33.  Not sure, but it looked great!:)

34.  15mm Napoleonics.

35.  Some very pretty 28mm AWI.

36.  More from that game.

37.  And a bit more.

38.  And some more!

39.  And a bit more!

40.  Those are a LOT of Rebels!

41.  The Russians cross a river, 1943.

42.  More Rebs prepare to enter the table.

43.  28mm.

44.  Gotta be WWI, right?

45.  VERY small ships blast each other to matchsticks!

46.  28mm Rebs advance into combat!

47.  Not sure on this one, sorry!

48.  Some great WWII tanks cross the fields of Europe!

49.  Whoops!  More of that Gettysburg table!

50.  Great "Gangs of Rome" table!  Note the removable roof!

51.  Some 15mm Napoleonics.

52.  28mm Moderns.

53.  Mini-Mech warfare... LOVE those buildings, made out of simple wooden pieces but SO effective at that size!

54.  A GREAT game from www.6mmacw.com !  I was JUST talking about his blog and his trees LITERALLY as I turned the corner and saw the game.  SO stealing those.

55.  6mm ACW troops prepare to enter the field.

56.  More 6mm ACW figures!  So nice, and with tents made from cereal boxes!:)

57.  More pretty Carnage and Glory guys.

58.  More Carnage and Glory, ACW this time.

59.  MORE Carnage and Glory, Napoleonics this time.

60.  Yet more...

61.  And more...

62.  And more!

63.  Some 28mm WWII... check out the open buildings from FourGround!

64.  More great 28mm WWII.

65.  Really pretty 28mm knights!

66.  My favorite of the show... a STUNNING 28mm Samurai game!

67.  More of those Samurai.

68.  And more...

69. And more...

70.  And more...

71.  And yet more!

72.  And finally, some great 15mm Moderns from the (Balu Baluk Ambush)!! game. 

So... those are the games I got shots of!  More tomorrow in the "Games I played!" post!:)

Fall In 2013 - The Vendors!

Well, it was Fall In weekend!  Huzzah!  Stupid me, I've sort of made a habit of carrying my HUGE camera around and taking photos, and would feel guilty if I didn't this time... so, some photos!

For this first blog post I'll show you the toy soldiers for sale!

(And btw, most pictures can be individually clicked on and made large... especially with the miniature vendors I left the photos huge so you can check out the figures!)

First up, the Flea Market!  I dropped by the Flea Market a few times, just to see what was there, and honestly was impressed by a lot of what was there!  So... snapped a few photos of some goodies before they disappeared!:)

Some fantastic Flames of War figures...

A GREAT box of old school Rebs... honestly, if I wasn't a cheapo elementary school teacher I would have thought about buying these... whoever got them I am sure appreciated them!

A great American army for the Ardennes.

So... now, into the Vendor Hall!

Look at these 28mm moderns... beautiful, right?  I LOVED the Afghans especially.  I believe this was at the Eureka Miniatures stand!

A bunch of assorted figures from Age of Glory.

And a little more from Eureka Miniatures!

Of course, no Fall In would be complete without a visit to my fellow Dukie, Chris Hughes over at Sash and Saber!  I love his figures so much!

These were new... VMI cadets!  They are noticeably more slender and smaller than regular guys, and looked great.

Here is their command!

Ahhh, John Mayer and his Buildings in Turmoil line!  REALLY beautiful stuff, and he finishes them SO well... and sells them painted at only double the cost of unpainted.  Good stuff... and they sponsored a GREAT game I'll post more photos of later:)

One of the many individual tables... guy had a HUGE Zulu army for sale.  It was a bit overpriced I though, but still really huge.

Has ANY wargames business expanded quicker than Scott Washburn's Paper Terrain?  He occupies half the dealer hall now!  And again... I want it all.

That vauban fortress is AMAZING, right?

The Architects of War stand is just HUGE now, with SO many Perry miniatures... so, here is the start, their Uncivil War line.

More painted miniatures.

And MORE painted miniatures.

ADORE this background...

And some Perry Miniatures buildings...

And a Perry surgeon kit!  LOVE the Architects of War guys for all the beautiful stuff they bring along.

Was happy to see Doug over at Battlefield Terrain Concepts, of course... I get SO sad when I see their huge pieces because I want them so badly... but I might have to sell my son to afford them:)  Oh well... someday!

I think I posted these last year, but crap, ANOTHER set of buildings I want.  Thanks, Miniature Building Authority.  And yes, the roof comes off on all those 15mm ACW houses.

The Sgt Major Miniatures stand is always packed with figures, including some VERY strange but very neat ones!

Loved these chem suit future figures... if I played 40k I would make an army of these guys.  Or, better yet, the guys with the big bushy beards!

Check out these excellent Perry French "Retreat from Russia" guys from Pictor's Studio!

Okay... I think these were from the Toy Soldier Gallery!  Love a whole "set" of figures nicely stored in one, compact box!

These beautiful samurai are DEFINITELY Evil Bob's!

So, this beautiful 40mm AWI army has been on Rick O'Brien's table for awhile... he ISN'T just a Flag Dude!  But they found a home this weekend, so no more staring enviously at those militia!

More random beautiful toy soldiers!

I got some GREAT 15mm resin storage containers from Highlander Studios... cheap and perfect for my 15mm moderns!

And finally, check out the BEAUTIFUL 40mm AWI figures from Trident Miniatures, being sold at the show by Chris over at Day of Battle games.  Really great figures with a lot of character.

So!  I hate to say it, but I had to delete a TON of vendor photos to make room for game photos... but I hope this gives you an idea of some of the more fun things there were to look at in the Vendor Hall, and maybe even push you to make a "Fall In Lives!" purchase of something you WANTED to buy but didn't!:)

Next blog post... the games!  And give me time... I've got 150 photos to work through:)