Crisis Convention: Picture Report Part One

It took a while but I have finally managed to make a series of posts dedicated to the largest wargame convention of mainland Europe organised by the Tin Soldiers of Antwerp in Antwerp. I have been going to this show for several years now but missed the previous edition which was hosted in a new location so this year I was eager to see the new location which was larger and easier to access by public transport. 

Although I wasn't aware of the railway works around Antwerp turning an straightforward connection of 1.20 hours in a everlasting trip of 2.10 hours including surviving in an overcrowded train. But we finally reached the convention location at around 11am so no more queues but also no free miniatures left! Here's the first part of the picture report showing some of the great wargame tables present. The quality of all the tables seemed to be of a very high standard compared with the earlier editions. Note that the pictures are clickable for a better view or slideshow.

Great looking urban set-up, not sure from which club or company but it seemed to a demo game. I liked the look of this particular table due to the details and the splendid small scale buildings.

One of the larger wargames played at Crisis was this huge Battle of Fort George game by THS. This wargame featured some great looking defenses, troops and ships. Above you can see the right flank of the table with troops storming a gabion defense supported by  a small battery of field artillery.

Picture of the left flank with a nice warship and eager crew looking for some targets. This was also one of my favorites due to it's sheer size but also because of all the great details and attention for the terrain. 

Another picture taken from the right flank showing the entire lay-out and the several vessels involved in the battle of the fort.

Nice medieval town, not sure which club brought this game but it looked great.

Another picture of the game above showing the camp outside the city walls with a pig being roasted above the campfire, a nice bunch of camp followers and supplies.

Close-up of the excellent demo samurai table of Karwansaray Publishing. The rules used were created by Guy Bowers of Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy and were called Wrath of Heaven in which each player controlled a ninja on a secret mission. I haven't played the game but I have read that the rules were easy, fast and great fun so I will probably buy the magazine for these rules. Looking at the buildings I think the houses were made by Oshiro Model Terrain while the great looking castle was made inhouse by a member of Karwansaray Publishing.

Here you can see the overview of the skirmish sized table filled with civilians, ninjas and soldiers. This table was one of my favorites because of the great attention to details such as livestock and other nice bits and pieces.

Large World War One game with some convincing explosions using some small flickering lights inside the smoke.

Another game of unknown origin but with a great looking city center with troops moving through. Also note the hanging on the city square and the nice city houses and supplies.

Picture of the 15mm Battle of Culodden, 1746 brought by the Aigle Imperial showing the nice marshy terrain. The second pictures shows the bogland from another side as the terrain looked really convincing for the used small scale of miniatures.

Lots of Crisis pictures will be posted in the coming days so keep and eye out.