Friday 22 February 2013

Let the Retail Therapy Commence

Although I'm a keen Internet shopper there really is no replacement for hands-on retail therapy. And for gamers like me that usually means visiting a local wargames show or convention. There are a handful of game shops within reach of my home but for the sheer variety of products available you can't beat a convention. My 'show season' (for want of a better phrase) starts this Sunday with Cavalier at Tonbridge in Kent.

I have only been going to this show for a couple of years (since I joined Posties Rejects) but it has become a firm favourite and a regular feature of my gaming calender. It's nice and early in the year and it feels like the herald of spring after a long bleak winter without any other shows (the last one I went to was SELWG, waaaaay back in October). My trigger finger is definitely starting to get twitchy and I have some cash burning a hole in my pocket that absolutely must be spent!

Here are a collection of my pictures from the 2011 and 2012 shows to whet your appetite for this great little event. 



8 comments:

  1. I'll be down on Sunday too, with a small stash of cash!

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  2. You London boys are so lucky. Here in the north west we pretty much have Phalanx and that's it. There are other shows (Derby, Leeds, Newark) but all involve 3-4 hours in the car to get there and back.

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  3. Well Jel (as I believe the kids are saying nowadays.) The biggest show nearest us isn't until May and, even the, is a couple hours away in the car.

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  4. Good luck amoung the shiney stuff.

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  5. You England boys are so lucky, up here in Canada we have a good 10.5 hour drive ONE WAY to Historicon to hit anything of this magnitude. I would KILL to be able to drive a few hours return and see pretty much the whole country, let alone cool events. It's sad that in order to attend an event in Calgary for example, it is a solid 4 day drive one way.

    Get in the car, and drive the few hours. Do it for us here in North America :)

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