Some of you might have heard that we were pretty much packed to the brim yesterday for the Flames of War tournament. Toybox was transformed into warzone with five different tables featuring different scenarios. They came as early as 11am to set everything up.

Nick started the day off with a simple briefing and he also did the pairing. By the way, Nick Chew won but I am sure he did the pairing fair and square

So, as usual, before we began, everyone posed for a group photo but unfortunately, the Flames of War banner was being put to use somewhere else. Let’s just say it was important there than being in the photo.

The players definitely came all set for war. They had extra armies, extra tanks – all packed nicely into a toolbox.

My usual impression of a miniature game is like the picture. Stumped by the rulebook. But since this is a new game to many at Toybox, it was quite a common sight to see people frown upon reading the rulebook.

Throughout the day, you could see many of them flipping through the book or shouting for Nick, who happens to be the resident rules guru that day.

If they are not busy reading the rulebook, then they are busy arranging their army precisely where they want on the board. Becareful here, 1cm could mean someone hitting you or totalling missing your units.

Of course, other than rulebook, the other symbolic representation of the miniature game is the 6-sided dice that is found in abundance all over the 5 tables.

So, if they are not reading or arranging, then its dice rolling time. You would never expect see so many grown men squeal and scream over dice rolls at a hobby store. Maybe in the casino, but this is entirely something else.

So, that was it. The first Flames of War tournament at Toybox. No one gave us any feedback at the end of the day so we assume everyone enjoyed their day. It was a tiring day but it was quite an experience hosting the Flames of War Club.

I leave you with more pictures I took over the course of the day: