Crisis 2014 – Part 3

The third and last part of the coverage shows a few of the smaller booths and general impressions.

Agema Miniatures brought their romans with them. Karwansaray Publishers had beside the Ancient and Medieval warfare the the Wargames, Soldiers & Strategy to offer. And it was great to see, that Gerard Boom, master of styrodur, was there as well.

And Fenris Games, who have a broad range of terrain with resin, MDF and other materials, showed off their products. Impressive house and harbour crane.

At SHQ Miniatures you get a lot of different historical military vehicles, unfortunately the wrong scale 😉 but friends of 20mm / 1:72 will get their money worth.

And beside the lots of manufacturers, there were a lot of different traders and smaller brands, that every range, accessoires and terrain that you could think of.

Between all those tables were a lot of visitors in uniforms and armour, some even with Servoarmour.

The miliatia brabantia had an impressive table with the Battle at the Saigawa River 1555. In 28mm scale, with lots of Perry Miniatures.

This large Saga Crescent & Cross gaming table shows the siege of a fortress by crusaders in an unusual size for Saga.

But the tables were very wide ranging. Different scales and epoches. Fiction and historic. Among others you could see a Infinity table, sponsored by Micro Art Studio, Warmachine by the Puppeters and the 3TH with Disposable Heroes.

The Team for historic simulation had a fictional Maximilian in Mexico / Imperial Disaster Puebla 1867, with Austrians, Belgians and other colonial forces.

And the Bolt Action contender Chain of Command could be played as well. Second World War in 28mm Scale.

So what's the resumé of Crisis 2014? Again very well organised. The growth spread out the visitors over a bigger area, because of that at some points you had the feeling that there were less visitors than last year. For 10 bucks you get beside free parking a nice Goodie Bag, including the event miniature, free sprues, tokens and a small brochure. Rock solid! And on top, the local catering with fair prices (drinks starting at 2 euro including beers, as well as hot snacks from 3 euros).

Something the organizers had very little influence, the partly heavy prices of english traders. The exchange rate between pound and euro was very loose and round up generously. So 6 Pound became 9 Euro, and there was a lack of show offers or bundles. You had to negotiate tenaciously or buy in large numbers. And among the gaming tables, that were done nicely, was missing a real jaw dropper, like you used to see in the years before.

But that's criticism on a high level. It was a great weekend, thanks to Willie and the Tinsoldiers for such a great event and to Stephan Huber for the invitation for friday night.

Link: TinSoldiers of Antwerp