Last Hotlead treasure post

 

So, not everything that I bought was on sale, just the vast majority. The six boxes on the left came from centuries. Kamal has a lot of stock and it is a real challenge to not find something of interest.  In my case, and for no good reason, I decided to pick up some Oathmark Elves. I also got a package of mounted Halflings which is fine as I am occasionally working on a Halfling army. He also had a box of Perry's mixed Spanish/French skirmish troops and since the club may do some Peninsular war skirmish that too was fine.

Now for some of the deals.  This Quar's war was less than half price! 'Crazy' Lee was having a clearance/getting out of business sale. He also had a number of blister packs at $10.00 each (regularly around $25.00)  an offer I could not refuse. So I picked up a few packs for Silver Bayonet and a pack of back of beyond hunters.

The other pictured packs all came from the bring and buy. Prices ranges from $15 to $20 as opposed to the retail price of around $47+.

I also picked up three board games, History of the World, Quartermaster 1914 and a nostalgia game, Waddingtons Campaign, a game that I have not played in 40 years. All these games were less than $10.00 each.

Hotlead games part 2 of 2 [ECW, Mongols and Mausers]

 So one of the big games of Saturday night was an ECW games run by a buddy of mine, Craig. It modified version of the Black Powder Pike and Shot rules was used.

The Royalists on the right Parliamentary forces on the right. Rupert is in the lower left leading a massive cavalry wing.

Rupert with his dog at bottom of the picture

Hotlead 2026 some of the games part 1 of 2

 

There were a lot of games at Hotlead and sadly I only have a few pictures of a few games. Next year I must remember to take more  pictures especially of the whole venue and the mass of people that surround the bring and buy.

Up first. a dungeon crawl where the players were the monsters. 

A gorgeous game! The dungeon was well built and the various monsters well painted. Judging by the noise and laughter it was a very enjoyable game.

Up next, a caveman game

More treasure from Hotlead

 

So, I went a little crazy, and picked up twelve 3D print buildings and a bridge, 1 old school (heavy) resin buildings and a bunch of scatter terrain last weekend at Hotlead. The 3D print buildings came from BEAVER AND BROADSWORD while the resin building (lower right) was from the bring and buy. 

Cangames finds

 

So found some stuff from various vendors at Cangames. Apparently I am going to be working on a centaur themed Fantastic Battles army. I found these at Crossed Swords. Seventeen centaurs and 1 big monster/Minotaur/centaur thing. While I did not go looking for them, they were a fair price and I figure I do something with them. Apparently they are Bob Murch sculpts from the early 2000s. I already had some very old chaos centaurs painted a few years back. Combined this will be a force of 27 centaurs, roughly 12-13 companies and a couple of leaders. The big guy will be built as a dragon. The winded figure in the picture will be used for another project. 

HotLead acquisitions

 

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.

The haul!

The Fluyt

The Dhow

Hotlead, a good trip to Stratford Ontario

 

So lots of fun stuff at Hotlead this year! Beyond some really excellent looking games the big thing for me, as always, is the bring and buy. It is often an expensive weekend as I often find plenty of must have items and this year was no exception.

Cangames aquisitions

  Some of this years purchases!

So another year and another Cangames convention has come and gone. As usual it is the stuff that is for sale that draws me to the event, that and a chance to scope out the state of the gaming scene in Ottawa. This was the 43rd annual convention, I still remember stumbling upon the first convention all those years ago back in 1977!!!

Hotlead 2019 in pictures Part 3 of 3

My final picture posting of Hotlead. After reviewing part 1 and 2 I realize that I teased everyone with only one picture of the 1/32 scale What a Tanker game. Well, I took a lot more pictures than just the one shot, so just as this photo odyssey started with that game, this last posting shall end with it.

Hotlead 2019 part two of three

Part two of my picture posting of Hotlead 2019.

Hotlead, March 29th - March 31 2019 my pictures of the convention games part 1 of 3

What a Tanker game in 1/32 scale!

 
Just back from a trip down to Stratford Ontario to check out the gaming action in Southern Ontario. Only my second time making the 6 hour trek to the show, but both times the drive was worth it! Excellent convention, great array of games being played, and a great one day bring and buy, which to be honest is the main motivator for me attending.