Quick mention - new shop "Gaming Figures" in North East - sort of

Just a quick mention of a new gaming shop \ venue in the North East - Gaming Figures of Redcar, Cleveland.

Actually they're not "new" but they have just moved into a newly refurbished building at The Palace Hub, 28-19 The Esplanade, Redcar. The new place is a vast improvement on the old one, with much more room for stock to be displayed, better lighting, and space for at least four gaming tables. Gav (the owner) also tells me they have access to some conference rooms in the building that they can use for tournaments - something I think I will take him up on in the coming year.

I called in on Saturday to see the new set up and it is fair to say it was "buzzing"

Well worth a visit if you are in the area. A nice mix of historical and Fantasy \ Sci Fi and also some very competitive prices both in the shop and on-line too. 

Cruel Seas - Faffing about with submarines and other new fangled technology

Last night we were testing out some options for having submarines in Cruel Seas. I also wanted to give a try out for an App I picked up called "My Mini Report". The main selling point for the App was it makes producing battle reports easier because it allows you to add a voice commentary that gets converted to text as comments. I've tried it before but to be honest it was "a bit of a faff" to use, and previously I said "bugger it", but I decided to give it another go - and it was easier this time. It still needed some editing after the game but it didn't take too long. I think I may be getting the hang of it, but I'm still on the fence.

Here's the "test" result

The game itself went "OK". Like much of Cruel Seas there was some "err" moments when stuff happened - the ram was far less damaging than I thought it should be, and the perennial problem of torpedoes not doing enough damage reared it's head, but nothing that was deal breaking, and it was fun, for a given value of "fun".