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Fiona @ Tabletop Rescue

@tabletoprescue.bsky.social

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UK-based small business, buying and selling pre-owned board games, tabletop RPGs, Warhammer, historical war games and all other tabletop gaming items. www.tabletoprescue.com www.ebay.co.uk/str/tabletoprescue

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Fiona @ Tabletop Rescue @tabletoprescue.bsky.social · Dec 17

It's time to introduce myself to Bluesky...

Hi, I'm Fiona, owner at Tabletop Rescue. We're a UK-based pre-owned games business specialising in board games, miniatures and TTRPGs.

Most of all, I love meeting people with a shared passion for gaming!

#hello #intro #boardgames #TTRPGs #smallbusiness

Fiona, owner at Tabletop Rescue, at her stand at Dragonmeet.

A person peeping between two shelves of board games behind a table full of tabletop roleplaying books.

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Fiona @ Tabletop Rescue @tabletoprescue.bsky.social · 4d

My first ever Goblin Green bases! 😍

This is one of our "rescues" - taking a customer's abandoned project into a fully painted piece of Warhammer history.

You can find this copt of Talisman 3rd Edition on our Ebay store today!

#miniaturepainting #oldhammer #goblingreen

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Fiona @ Tabletop Rescue @tabletoprescue.bsky.social · Jul 22

Having listed to this particular "music" this afternoon, I am the exact opposite of jealous 😂

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Fiona @ Tabletop Rescue @tabletoprescue.bsky.social · Jul 22

We had a couple of contenders for 'coolest find' today, but we've decided the coolest is this thrash metal gem!

Flexi-Disc by Sabbat, still in place in White Dwarf issue 95!

The recording we found on Youtube was the soundtrack to our afternoon!

#Warhammer #WhiteDwarf #thrashmetal #treasurehunting

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Fiona @ Tabletop Rescue @tabletoprescue.bsky.social · Jul 16

We sell pre-owned games for a living and we take pride in making sure that pre-owned games arrive with customers in good condition.

When buying games for our personal collection, we often buy pre-owned too, and taking good care of games for shipping is sadly not the norm!

Pergola arrived today 😭😭😭

Fiona @ Tabletop Rescue @tabletoprescue.bsky.social · Jul 11

We've just started a new "Tabletop Rescue" project and it's going to be a long road.

We're aiming to sort this joblot of Marvel Champions back into saleable format, as well as trying to rescue the playmats that have seen better days.

Wish us luck!

Fiona @ Tabletop Rescue @tabletoprescue.bsky.social · Jul 6

Thanks for your work on this "Tabletop Rescue"!

Fiona @ Tabletop Rescue @tabletoprescue.bsky.social · Jul 1

My wife, Amy, is the one who taught me to paint and is responsible for most of the painting projects we undetake at Tabletop Rescue.

I'm encouraging her to enter into more painting competitions - would you be kind enough to encourage her too, by liking and reposting her amazing non-binary horse! 💖

Andy Claaaaaarrrghhhhk, Nerdling Herder @andycruns.bsky.social · Jul 1

Mini of the month - Pride

Entry 5 by @amyjade.bsky.social

Pride of Bretonnia: Non-BiKnightly

#Nerdlings #MiniOfTheMonth

A Bretonnian questing knight musician. They wear the coat of arms and colour scheme of the non-binary flag.

Fiona @ Tabletop Rescue @tabletoprescue.bsky.social · Jun 25

We're looking for help identifying the White Dwarf issue that may contain this Tallarn Desert Raiders Army.

We have almost every back issue of WD in stock, so if the rumour is true then we'll be able to pair the army and the White Dwarf magazine it's from which would be SUPER COOL!

Amy Jade @amyjade.bsky.social · Jun 25

Random question:

I've just acquired a well painted Tallarn Desert Raiders army.

Allegedly, though I currently have no proof, it was an old white dwarf army.

Could anyone possibly rack their brains about what issue they might have been in if true?

Please share until we find the truth.

A mix of infantry including rough riders on the backs of cold ones.

Fiona @ Tabletop Rescue @tabletoprescue.bsky.social · Jun 16

No-one: "Is it easy to run a business from home with a toddler running around?"

Me: "Well, no, not always, but his plastic dinosaurs really enjoy pretending that Ultra Pro deck boxes are a train!"

#mumsinbusiness #UltraPro #dinosaur #smallbusiness #toddlerlife

A gold Ultra pro deck box split in half, containing one green plastic dinosaur and one orange plastic dinosaur.

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Fiona @ Tabletop Rescue @tabletoprescue.bsky.social · Jun 13

Would love to hear how it goes. We've not had much success with taking board games at Comic Cons.

Fiona @ Tabletop Rescue @tabletoprescue.bsky.social · Jun 13

Do do do do do doo doo do do, do do do do do doo doo "Poo-ie"

Fiona @ Tabletop Rescue @tabletoprescue.bsky.social · Jun 6

"The breakfast of (Sigmar's) Champions!"

As a teenager, one of my best friends painted Warhammer and I really did not understand the appeal. Fast forward 20 years and today I made a detour to Warhammer World for breakfast!

I wish I'd discovered tabletop games sooner, but at least I did eventually!

Fiona @ Tabletop Rescue @tabletoprescue.bsky.social · Jun 5

It's always nice to be able to do something special for our customers.

We don't have physical store, but we were able to organise a special visit to our stockroom today for a surpise birthday treat!

#boardgames #happybirthday #customerservice

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Fiona @ Tabletop Rescue @tabletoprescue.bsky.social · May 21

I always dreamed of being able to walk to another gamers house and, thanks to this business, I now know;

Al - from my local game group
Geoff - who is opening a Warhammer club in town
Ebay guy - who lives at the end of my street

Side Note: Don't message us on ebay for discounts - email us instead!

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Fiona @ Tabletop Rescue @tabletoprescue.bsky.social · May 14

We've completed another "Rescue" project this morning.

We bought these three Battletech boxes 3 months ago, but the minis have only just been located by the original owner and now they're reunited.

Now we'll find them a new home where they'll hopefull hit the table soon!

#battletech #miniatures

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Fiona @ Tabletop Rescue @tabletoprescue.bsky.social · May 13

Most people associate our business with buying and selling pre-owned board games, but we're often most excited when we receive TTRPGs and Warhammer.

Today we hit the jackpot with Warhammer TTRPGs - two different eras of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay amongst lots of other great books!

#ttrpgs #WHFRP

A car filled with over 100 tabletop RPG books and 50 board games.

Fiona @ Tabletop Rescue @tabletoprescue.bsky.social · May 12

Expeditions (the sequel to Scythe from @stonemaiergames.com) is our latest addition to our personal collection.

It's unusual for us to love a new game enough to sleeve the cards, buy the expansion, add upgraded coins and paint the minis all in 1 week!

Painted mech miniatures for Expeditions board game.

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Fiona @ Tabletop Rescue @tabletoprescue.bsky.social · Apr 29

This big stack of historical war games is a single customer order from one of our regulars.

We recently starting talking more about our wishlist service and it's awesome to be fulfilling orders for some sought after grail games for our customers.

#wargames #boardgames @hollandspiele.bsky.social

Two stacks of historical war games from publishers such as Compass Games, Hollandspiele and White Dog Games.

Fiona @ Tabletop Rescue @tabletoprescue.bsky.social · Apr 22

The long Easter weekend was a busy one for sales on both our Ebay and Facebook page.

We're very grateful to everyone who ordered from us - our postman was a little shocked today!

Ebay: www.ebay.co.uk/str/tabletoprescue
Facebook: www.facebook.com/tabletoprescue

Fiona @ Tabletop Rescue @tabletoprescue.bsky.social · Apr 18

Last night we got the chance to play Finspan from @stonemaiergames.com

It's a much lighter gamer than we were expecting, but it was about right for us after a hectic week here.

Wyrmspan still tops the charts for -span games, but we'd be happy to play again.

What do others think?

Fiona @ Tabletop Rescue @tabletoprescue.bsky.social · Apr 12

Bringing up our gaming son (hopefully)!

✔️Dice was one of his first words
✔️Likes to play "Dinosaur Dice" - each toy dinosaur receives a matching colour dice
✔️"Want board games" is the subject of at least 20% of tantrums
✔️Creative use of Warhammer

Amy Jade @amyjade.bsky.social · Apr 9

I could have said no, those are mummy toys...

But the grim darkness of the 41st Millennium* could use an injection of childlike joy, wonder, monkeys, and submarines.

*Yes, technically 42nd, but that just doesn't flow.

#warhammercommunity

A child's hands playing with a 40k terrain set placed on a road playmat. The child is opening a wall to drive a hotwheel car in.

The same 40k set is filled with various cars and trains, including some Thomas the Tank Engine monkey cars.

Fiona @ Tabletop Rescue @tabletoprescue.bsky.social · Apr 11

Tomorrow will be our first time visiting Salute at Excel London run by @slondonwarlords.bsky.social

We're excited to see if we might have a stand there in 2026!

@amyjade.bsky.social has a shopping list, I'm turning on networking mode, and we're excited to see who we will see there!

Fiona @ Tabletop Rescue @tabletoprescue.bsky.social · Apr 9

Thanks so much!!

Fiona @ Tabletop Rescue @tabletoprescue.bsky.social · Apr 8

TTR = Tabletop Rescue

TTR = Ticket to Ride

TTR TTR = Ticket to Ride Tabletop Rescue

We've rescued some very, very cool items today for Ticket to Ride collectors!

#tickettoride #tabletoprescue #preownedgames #boardgames

Rare pink, transparent purple, transparent black and trasparent white trains for Ticket to Ride board game.

Fiona @ Tabletop Rescue @tabletoprescue.bsky.social · Mar 19

Phew! We're finally getting back on track after a superb weekend at @aireconuk.bsky.social

I couldn't have done it without the help of my awesome wife!

We loved meeting every single person at our stall and were amazed by how many people know about Tabletop Rescue!