So, another Hotlead has come and gone and I have survived another mad crush at the bring and buy! So far I have had a great deal of success at the event, this year was no exception, except that I did not find as many great items as I have in the past.
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| The haul! |
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| The Fluyt |
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| The Dhow |
So, I have actually played this game a few times, but I have not played it for at least a decade or more. In my early days of gaming, gaming in 20mm was the natural starting point, it was cheap and readily available. We started with Napoleonic and WWII games with any rules that we could find. At that time it meant Airfix rules, Introduction to Battle gaming and Discovering Wargames. The point of this is to say that while my collection of Napoleonic forces were excised from my collection, I have continued to collect 20mm WWII stuff since the 1970's.
Now some might think that I would have a fully realized and painted collection, but not so. I have, for the most part, been a casual gamer. Work and life has often got in the way of the hobby (but did not stop me from buying stuff) So right now that semi annual (or bi annual) urge to do some WWII gaming is returning. But even just looking at my collection is demoralizing, so much stuff to work on.
