Interesting how the french do a show.

[Leslie BT]

Here's a French show on the outskirts of Paris. Interesting to see how they do it.
For the competition players their is food provided for their lunches.

http://figurine-strategie.fr/LEM2018/en

[Colonel Kilgore]

That's an impressive website, Les.

And all in 2 languages too!

Do the players get wine with their lunches...?

Maybe we should have beer on tap at the next PP game day?

[martin goddard]

That looks like a superb convention! Tempted to go next year anyone?

[agamemnon]

I went to one of their early shows many years ago.  Impressive then and even more so now.  Would certainly consider going next year.

[Stewart 46A]

I would be interested Martin, take Waterloo or Trafalgar.

[Colonel Kilgore]

Or maybe Crécy or Azincourt - using Bloody Barons?

[martin goddard]

Come on chaps there must be one battle the French won...is there??? How about  Dien Bien Phu, they must have won that.  Or Camerone?  Could just take a bag of mud and do Verdun!

[Leman (Andy)]

Castillon 1453, or how to use lots of guns to blow away those pesky English archers - and, unlike Crecy and Agincourt, the Bloody Barons figures are the right period. Just imagine all those beautiful PP guns lined up!

[Leslie BT]

I'll be happy to help or take a game as well.

The french count Bastille day as a victory, difficult to make it a tabletop game though.
They were the first to officially enter Paris for the liberation.
The battle of Hastings was a french victory!
Joan of Arc won a few battles against the English.

[martin goddard]

This one may have "legs" Les. Rob and Stewart suggest taking the train. i thought maybe an airplane? As for a game, that will be a group argument /decision. Pirates will be ready by then??
All promising. UK Euro Exit might create a ban all English from Europe.

[Leman (Andy)]

Unlikely though as I clearly remember people going on European holidays before we even joined the Common Market, let alone the EU.

[Leslie BT]

here's a couple of links to pictures of the show.

https://www.facebook.com/pg/figurinesetstrategies/photos/?tab=album&album_id=2091855231059005

https://www.facebook.com/pg/figurinesetstrategies/photos/?tab=album&album_id=2091517024426159

[Colonel Kilgore]

Thanks, Les - there were some very nice-looking games there. I've found that in France before -maybe nothing particularly flash, but figures and terrain all very nicely modelled and painted. Looks like a good show!

[martin goddard]

Thanks Les  a really good set of pictures. Well sought out!

Seems to be mainly competition games. There are some interesting demo games there too. Looks like a school or similar location?
If we go, I think we need one of those applications that does instant translate?

[Leslie BT]

Yes we need to make contact with the club. It would seem that a lot just turn up and play. But if we are travelling so far we need a bit better arrangements.
The core of the show is competitions but their are a number of other games.

Also their were a number of display games often by the games producers/publishers.

The venue is the Salle de fete for Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, a suburb of paris just outside the main peripherique to the south of the 13th arrisomendment.