This year the dates fell such that no sooner was The Other Partizan only just fading in my memory than I was heading to Fiasco and Leeds in the morning sun.
I grabbed a coffee in a nearby cafe as I had turned up early. Obviously as everyone got the lay in bonus with British summertime ending, I thought it would be a big queue on opening at ten.
The reality is that the musuem while being a giant venue itself offered perhaps the floor space only half of that if the normal dock hall venue.
That said the dock hall venue had some of the most generous circulation areas of any major show. And that was a big plus I always thought. And of course it had a very high ceiling which simply added to a cavernous feel.
Today we got a compact, cosy yet brighter venue.
The victims for space were the big demo games – those that characterise the partizan shows. And some bigger retailers were missing.
However the traders present offered a nice selection and choice. In fact having gone intending to only maybe do some gaming I ended up buying quite a few things
I was very happy with my purchases.
The games were mainly small table affairs with plenty of participants joining in.
So a good day out as it happened.
Postscript
Thought I would share some extra bits
I dug out 2024 because I did a long post on the armouries – no photos this year.
https://thewargamingerratic.home.blog/2024/10/27/a-genteel-fiasco-part-two/
And here is last years show post.
https://thewargamingerratic.home.blog/2024/10/29/a-genteel-fiasco-part-1/
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9 replies on “Fiasco 2025”
Ooooh those books look exciting!
Some good looking games too.
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Hi Frank yes there were plenty of games to play on the day and the books were a bonus – they seem to offer plenty of small scale scenarios.
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Sounds like you had a good time, which is the main thing.
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I did thanks Dave, Fiasco has always been a solid show with something of interest. While the big 20 foot by 8 type demos are impressive there is only so much visual consumption you can do. There was plenty of lively action on the smaller tables.
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Nice report, thankyou
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Hi! This was my vertical mountain! I don’t know who James Titterton is, but that’s defo my Mt Lagazoui (id appreciate if you could edit it, if thats possible)
i enjoyed running it and I’m glad people enjoyed the materials I bought with about the war on the mountain!!!
Django.
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Sorry Django I will update the post – I obviously read the wrong entry off the plan!
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I helped to run the Lagazoui board with the vertical gaming. The game, rules and board are both made by a good friend of mine, Django Ensor, who also ran the game with me. Glad to hear you liked it, it was our first convention out, and we’ll hopefully be having more outings in future!
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Hi Stafford I will amend the post. Every time I came by you were in discussions with punters and in the end I ran out of time. I did like the models point about the Austrians and Italians fighting literally vertically.
I have posted in my pro cycling posts pictures of the dolomites defences which are incredible. It is often forgotten that the Italians fought with massive losses on the side of the allies in ww1 whereas modern memories tend to revolve around their ww2 part in the axis forces of course fighting the Americans, British and early war French. Thanks for letting me know.
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