Greetings…
At the weekend, I made my way to Newark in the company of my old (old) friend David O’ Brien.
What a fine day out we had with lots of lovely games to look at…
So here are some pictures…
A lovely American Civil War game from The Bodkins…
This table became a rendezvous point for many of us throughout the day… At one point there were five Daves in attendance… surely this must be a record 😁.
A nice participation game from Here’s the Ruckus…
Samurai action from The Shrewsbury Wargames Society…
Operation Bagration from The Derby Wargames Society…
Chesterfield Old Boys… Bemis Heights.
Glasgow Tradeston Wargames Club…White Mountain.
The Iron Brigade’s… Assault on Kawajima Castle 1564.
A lovely game full of lovely details.
The Westbury Wargamers… The Battle of Minden.
Wild Geese from The Bunker…
Lots of entertaining details on this…
Like a Stone Wall… Cape Finisterre.
War of Spanish Succession from The League of Augsburg.
One of my favourite periods.
The God of War from The League of Extraordinary Kreigspielers.
Always filled with lovely things…
Operation Nimrod ( The Iranian Embassy Siege 1980) from Veteran Voices.
A really unique portrayal of the events of the day from some very informative people .
An impressive Seven Years War game from… Friends of a Military Gentleman.
Midgard Heroic Battles
Mighty Empires.
Boondock Sayntes…
Full of splendid details…
Well that’s all the decent pictures I managed to take.. I apologise for those lovely games I missed.
My excuse of course is that I was busy judging the Vignette Competition…
The Winner was this lovely group from The Iron Brigade
What’s not to love about Koi Carp 😁
A terrific day in grand company meeting up with loads of good friends… Mostly called Dave 🤣🤣🤣
All the best. Aly
The UK seems loaded with Dave’s! I had three in a recent four-player remote game. Glad you enjoyed yourself. Saw a photo of you in Ray’s show recap.
ReplyDeleteEverywhere you turn there is another Dave…
DeleteRays show coverage is awesome…
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Fantastic show Aly.....I think my favourite was the "dolls house" in the Indian Mutiny game!
ReplyDeleteAn excellent detail indeed…
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Some really superb games on show, really inspirational.
ReplyDeleteIt was a fine day with lots of splendid games…
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Nice pics Aly, I think from a judging point of view, I would be hard pushed to pick ‘the best of ……’ type tables, everything was eye-catching. A great day out for the wargamer. On our way home we drove passed the old Kelham Hall, another place of happy days, but not a venue that could cope these days.
ReplyDeleteI have fond memories of Kelham Hall… but it certainly couldn’t take the numbers now…
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Cracking photos of equally cracking games, I wonder how many Dave’s attended in total? Always good to meet and have a chat, see you in October.
ReplyDeleteMaybe someone ( a Dave) should organise a Dave meet up 🤣
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Aren't all wargamers called Dave? Grand to meet up with you again, however briefly, and with Dave of course. Some super pictures of those outstanding games on show.
ReplyDeleteIt feels like it 🤣.
DeleteIt was good to see you old chap…
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Brilliant... I wish I lived just a little bit closer!
ReplyDeleteI reckon I am very lucky to live in the Lead Belt…
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Great looking games, thanks for the captions!
ReplyDeleteIt’s my pleasure Joe…
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I did like the samurai battles real inspiration for me to get on with my Japanese project 🤔good to catch up on the day
ReplyDeleteOoo! You have a Japanese project… Look forward to seeing that.
DeleteIt was indeed good to catch up…
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It was a good day.
ReplyDeleteIt was indeed Rob
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Didn't see you Aly, but up until the afternoon it was absolutely heaving!
ReplyDeleteOnly managed to extricate my photos yesterday; sadly a lot were blurry and out of focus, including a lot of the SYW game. I was fortunate that I took some later of the game when it was less crowded.
Neil
It was a busy old day wasn’t it… I’m surprised how much I missed.
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I can't believe I forgot all about Partizan until I saw people's reports on their day out! Must be getting old ...
ReplyDeleteOh! No!…. The horror 🙀
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I'm green with envy...it looks an amazing show!
ReplyDeleteIt’s certainly one of the best shows of the year…
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It was a great show, difficult to judge Id have thought, so much that was good!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
A great show indeed Iain…
DeleteJudging the Vignette Competition is always difficult.. as you say ‘so much that was good’
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Oof! That Seven Year's War game. And I thought my Napoleonic regiments were big!
ReplyDeleteYes those regiments certainly made an impact…
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What a fabulous looking day out!
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