{"id":1060,"date":"2015-04-25T18:56:35","date_gmt":"2015-04-25T18:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/badwargamers.com\/bad\/?p=1060"},"modified":"2015-04-25T18:56:35","modified_gmt":"2015-04-25T18:56:35","slug":"salute-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/badwargamers.com\/bad\/salute-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Salute 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have to admit I was a bit overwhelmed by Salute this year and as such my photo snapping was short and random, there seemed to be hundreds of folks with camera phones so I&#8217;m sure there will be more comprehensive pictures.<\/p>\n<p>Some views &#8211;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There seemed to be large (and I mean large) expenditure. If this is a barometer of recession then surely it must be over.<\/li>\n<li>Very young crowd. A lot of young folks<\/li>\n<li>Very diverse ethnicity of attendants<\/li>\n<li>50M queue for Forgeworld within the show!!<\/li>\n<li>Historical games probably a minority now. Fantasy skirmish being de jour.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I thought it was a very healthy show. But a bit much for me<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lurkio.co.uk\/blog\/archives\/2470\/crowd3\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2458\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2458\" src=\"http:\/\/lurkio.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/crowd3.jpg\" alt=\"crowd3\" width=\"3219\" height=\"1368\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lurkio.co.uk\/blog\/archives\/2470\/crowd2\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2457\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2457\" src=\"http:\/\/lurkio.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/crowd2.jpg\" alt=\"crowd2\" width=\"3024\" height=\"929\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lurkio.co.uk\/blog\/archives\/2470\/crowd1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2456\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2456\" src=\"http:\/\/lurkio.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/crowd1.jpg\" alt=\"crowd1\" width=\"3264\" height=\"1696\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The crowd was absolutely massive this year. The highlight being a bit of mob rule where it seems that everyone in the snaking entry queue just seemed to make a mad surgery towards the entrance<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lurkio.co.uk\/blog\/archives\/2470\/warlord2\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2469\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2469\" src=\"http:\/\/lurkio.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/warlord2.jpg\" alt=\"warlord2\" width=\"3113\" height=\"1815\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lurkio.co.uk\/blog\/archives\/2470\/warlord1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2468\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2468\" src=\"http:\/\/lurkio.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/warlord1.jpg\" alt=\"warlord1\" width=\"3258\" height=\"2127\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some Warlord game previews<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lurkio.co.uk\/blog\/archives\/2470\/terminator2\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2467\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2467\" src=\"http:\/\/lurkio.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/terminator2.jpg\" alt=\"terminator2\" width=\"1923\" height=\"2761\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Terminator preview<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lurkio.co.uk\/blog\/archives\/2470\/terminator\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2466\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2466\" src=\"http:\/\/lurkio.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/terminator.jpg\" alt=\"terminator\" width=\"3154\" height=\"2202\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lurkio.co.uk\/blog\/archives\/2470\/stingray\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2465\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2465\" src=\"http:\/\/lurkio.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/stingray.jpg\" alt=\"stingray\" width=\"2137\" height=\"1828\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stingray<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lurkio.co.uk\/blog\/archives\/2470\/spartan1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2464\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2464\" src=\"http:\/\/lurkio.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/spartan1.jpg\" alt=\"spartan1\" width=\"2865\" height=\"2057\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Spartan games<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lurkio.co.uk\/blog\/archives\/2470\/ship3\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2463\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2463\" src=\"http:\/\/lurkio.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ship3.jpg\" alt=\"ship3\" width=\"2260\" height=\"1929\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lurkio.co.uk\/blog\/archives\/2470\/ship2\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2462\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2462\" src=\"http:\/\/lurkio.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ship2.jpg\" alt=\"ship2\" width=\"2013\" height=\"1319\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lurkio.co.uk\/blog\/archives\/2470\/ship\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2461\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2461\" src=\"http:\/\/lurkio.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ship.jpg\" alt=\"ship\" width=\"3213\" height=\"2025\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lurkio.co.uk\/blog\/archives\/2470\/hawk\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2460\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2460\" src=\"http:\/\/lurkio.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/hawk.jpg\" alt=\"hawk\" width=\"2568\" height=\"1494\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hawk wargame flagship<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lurkio.co.uk\/blog\/archives\/2470\/halo\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2459\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2459\" src=\"http:\/\/lurkio.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/halo.jpg\" alt=\"halo\" width=\"3264\" height=\"1879\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Halo<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lurkio.co.uk\/blog\/archives\/2470\/battlestar\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2455\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2455\" src=\"http:\/\/lurkio.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/battlestar.jpg\" alt=\"battlestar\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2123\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Battlestar galatica<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have to admit I was a bit overwhelmed by Salute this year and as such my photo snapping was short and random, there seemed to be hundreds of folks with camera phones so I&#8217;m sure there will be more comprehensive pictures. Some views &#8211; There seemed to be large (and I mean large) expenditure. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/badwargamers.com\/bad\/salute-2015\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Salute 2015<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-salute"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/badwargamers.com\/bad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/badwargamers.com\/bad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/badwargamers.com\/bad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/badwargamers.com\/bad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/badwargamers.com\/bad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1060"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/badwargamers.com\/bad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1061,"href":"http:\/\/badwargamers.com\/bad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1060\/revisions\/1061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/badwargamers.com\/bad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/badwargamers.com\/bad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/badwargamers.com\/bad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}