So today the Naval Wargames Society ran "Sails of Glory" at Colours (one of the main wargaming events in the UK). The small but intrepid team of four stalwart naval types assembled at the show at 0800 this morning, set up and in very short order got straight into action. e played an initial game amongst ourselves to give the newbies a chance to get up to speed. Even this game, kicking off before the show started, attracted considerable attention from the gamers and traders present. the show opened officially at 1000 and the public appeared. We were kept busy right through the day, playing through six games, all of which were hard fought and very enjoyable actions, and in fact we were the last game still playing on the day (we say Boney10's crew sloping off whilst our last action was still in full swing :happy:)
The reaction to the game was amazing. Everyone who played it loved it. And it worked just fine for all ages. I think our youngest player was 10, but we had a visit from a 6 year old who was very well acquainted with pirates, Admiral Nelson and Trafalgar, and who grasped the style of play very easily - no prizes for guessing what is on his Christmas list this year! The table was often surrounded by observers If we'd had copies on sale on the day we could have cleared dozens based on the numbers of players and observers who were stuck by the quality of the models and the speed and ease of play. We had a few "old salt" naval gamers playing as well who thought the system was ideal for those quick "club night" games, and for small ship actions (we are already kicking off thoughts for period and other variants using the basic system). I also chatted to a couple of Kickstarter punters who were eagerly awaiting their goodies next month (fingers crossed), and a couple of chaps who had thought about the Kickstarter but who decided not to go for it - and who were now seriously regretting that decision.
Keith's wooden wind marker and ruler were also commented on with extreme praise!
So, all in all a very successful day. And with luck more demos and parti games upcoming at events in the next couple of months. The game was a big hit, highly popular and, if today's freaction was anything to go by, assured of great success in the near future! :happy: