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Screaming fans mob tabletop wargames championship

Fans watching their idols in actionSalute 2009, the biggest miniature wargames gathering in the UK, was besieged by hordes of hysterical young girls yesterday as fans of the hobby’s greatest gamers flocked to the Excel Exhibition Centre in London to see their heroes in action.

As the tabletops were prepared with scenery, painstakingly painted miniatures carefully unpacked and the minutiae of wargaming rules brushed up on, hundreds of teenage girls worked themselves up into a delirious frenzy while they waited for their idols, such as 56 year old gaming idol Barry Cullen, to appear.

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Posted: May 8th, 2009
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