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Brilliant effort by all involved!
Seriously impressive - don't get much more prestigious than Salute. Congratulations to the team.
Congratulations to all 8)
Congratulations.
Indeed liked and commented on Facebook.
Congratulations! Who are the team? What was the game? Can we hear more about it (in Slingshot, as first comment says?)
Congratulations to all and thanks for all your hard work.
Update: Report on Salute by Big Lee from Miniature Adventures revealed that the game was Battle of Issus using Impetus 2 rules. It was a really great looking game.
First of all very well done to the team at Salute ;D
However it is a little odd that there was no publicity on this forum on the team from the Society and the battle they were taking ::)
That said I take nothing away from the achievement 8) 8)
Quote from: Dave Knight on Apr 12, 2026, 09:48 PMFirst of all very well done to the team at Salute ;D
However it is a little odd that there was no publicity on this forum on the team from the Society and the battle they were taking ::)
That said I take nothing away from the achievement 8) 8)
Anyone know if any of the guys running the game frequent this forum? Is it an Eastbourne club (?) contingent?
They did very well to nab the best participation game award. It's a busy venue and hard to spot all of what goes on, so kudos for getting noticed (as my colleague said, you go home from Salute and realise you've only seen 40% of it...🙃).
Quote from: Dave Knight on Apr 12, 2026, 09:48 PMHowever it is a little odd that there was no publicity on this forum on the team from the Society and the battle they were taking ::)
Possibly because we have other lives that we have to get on with. Remember we are volunteers. Frankly I am getting p***ed off at the implied criticism from members on this forum. Perhaps they would like to volunteer? I have been Membership Secretary and then Treasurer since January 1997. Quite happy for someone else to take over if they wish to.
The show team are the guys from Eastbourne. Well done to Alan, Eric, Mark and (apologies - I should have noted who else was in the team).
It was the Battle of Mantinea, not Issus (I think Issus was in the Salute programme as the original intention, but the guys changed the battle), using Impetus 2 rules.
The figures were from Eric's collection, 28mm and very nicely painted. The battlefield was actually pretty simple using carpet tiles, spray painted but very effective.
Congratulations to the team.
I don't think there was any implied criticism from anyone.
I believe there is an SoA demo/participation game every Salute so we wouldn't expect to get advance notice about it. I would still like to have something on this winning game in Slingshot - maybe Alan, Eric or Mark (or A N Other) could provide?
Quote from: lionheartrjc on Apr 13, 2026, 07:34 AMPossibly because we have other lives that we have to get on with. Remember we are volunteers. Frankly I am getting p***ed off at the implied criticism from members on this forum. Perhaps they would like to volunteer? I have been Membership Secretary and then Treasurer since January 1997. Quite happy for someone else to take over if they wish to.
Why are you pissed off? I was very clear with my congratulations both before and after the comment you highlighted. I did my best to make what I believe is a valid point without implying any criticism of those, like yourself, doing great work for the Society.
Not everybody is in the loop with what goes on at Salute. In fact I would think that only a small minority of members are. I honestly don't think that it would be very hard for somebody in the know (not necessarily those running the game) to put up a simple post saying something like " The SoA is putting on a participation game at Salute on (whenever it was). If you are going support the guys - they do a great job every year"
Perhaps there are many other SoA games at shows that I don't know about - that would be a shame. We have a great medium of communication in this forum lets use it to its full advantage
There's an informative interview from the show with Mark (I assume he also has a surname but I don't know what it is!) here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2bPUlo6FGg
(A few seconds in from where this clip starts). All good SoA publicity.
Fab work and great advert for the society
Quote from: RichT on Apr 13, 2026, 02:27 PMThere's an informative interview from the show with Mark
In the time allowed I think that is very good interview.
Rules, figures, extras get a mention then the lad holding the mic asks the important question
"Can folk easily join SOA and can they do so online"
Mark answer and covers the main points Slingshot, research vs gaming etc.
I'd have been flustered and made a right hash of things but kudos to Mark for his composure :)
Yes it was really good to get the plug in and get it in well
More kudos to the team at Salute, as the first member they signed up to the Society has already joined the forum (see introductions section for more details).
That's a positive to hear. Best participation game at Salute is, to me, the most important prize given and the one to win. Congratulations to the team who put it on.
Dave
RE "However it is a little odd that there was no publicity on this forum on the team from the Society and the battle they were taking ::)"
I think the answer is ORGANIC to how the SoA survives, as alluded to by Richard Jeffrey-Cook, it is organic in sense that over the years many members have taken the 'banner' (not always literally) of the SoA to their local show(s) to raise profile of SoA and as volunteers (rather than this being a centrally organised event) while many times SoA goods would be provided by a SoA committee member to support this venture and any subscriptions raised passed on (obviously mostly re website days). The same principles still apply hence my labelling it as organic in terms of how volunteers run our society, as pro-active members.
The only advertising might be a notice in Slingshot or in later years on the website of the organisation whose show the volunteers attended. Many committee members have done this on top of 'committee' roles (Phil Steel perhaps being the most obvious one - but apologies to all those others who have attended over the years..) In Lancashire (as was) myself, Phil Halewood and Martin Charlesworth did a similar regular participation game spot at the 'Phalanx' show for many years. You probably only met other SoA members in this way outside of SoA events, like the AGMs / conventions or the AGMs held for couple of years as the Leeds Armouries museum.
Of course the Forum helps widen our contacts, but most of those I have spoken to here I have never met face to face, so the volunteers become that face for some national or local events.
CarlL
The Society Battle of Issus gets a brief mention in the June Wargames Illustrated mag.:-
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That's good.
People looking at the picture wondering where the river is, remember it's 2nd Mantinea, not Issus. Evidently that last minute change didn't get picked up by everyone.
Ooooops...sorry, I've just perpetuated some 'fake news'. 🙃
Thanks Donald ;D