The Megalomaniac (Mwhaha): 06/02/13

Sunday, 2 June 2013

Partizan

Popped over to Partizan today to have a look at the wonderful games and pick up a few trinkets. I got there around 12 and found it really busy. I missed out on the free figure which is normally a sign of high footfall. I am not sure if the new entrance effected the flow of people, and at least one room was almost one in one out, but it definitely had a crowded feel. Crowded in a good way, as it gave the show a buzz. So what game delights did I see....

Wargames Developments - WW1 participation

RAF Wargames Association - Blakes 7. This was a busy participation game. I will get my Blakes 7 figures painted honest!

RAF Wargames Association - Blakes 7

RAF Wargames Association - Blakes 7. Blakes team takes a bow between games. Great figures from Crooked Dice.

RAF Wargames Association - Blakes 7

Sheffield Old Boys - 28mm Dark Age skirmish 'Feast of Crows'

Grantham Strategy Club - Witch Racing. This looked great fun.

Grantham Strategy Club

North Hull Wargames Club - 20mm WW2 Blitzkrieg France. This was a great looking table with Brits defending against Germans. This room was a bit squeezed this year as the new management had placed the bar in here (not open). Even better for some reason the lights in the ceiling were pointing upwards so making this quite a dark room. The LED explosions did get a chance to shine.

North Hull Wargames Club - 20mm WW2 Blitzkrieg France.

North Hull Wargames Club - 20mm WW2 Blitzkrieg France. I loved these.

North Hull Wargames Club - 20mm WW2 Blitzkrieg France.

Newark Irregulars 28mm Jungle Warfare - Chindits against the Japs.

Newark Irregulars 28mm Jungle Warfare

Warlord Games 28mm WW2 Bolt Action game

Westbury Wargames - 28mm Carlist Wars 1837 - Battle of Arquijas. I'm a sucker for Perry Miniatures and games set in the snow. This was one of those games I had to keep coming back to look at.

Westbury Wargames - 28mm Carlist Wars 1837 - Battle of Arquijas

Great Escape Games - Wild West participation game showcasing their Dead Man's Hand rules.

Great Escape Games - Wild West participation game

Lance and Longbow Society

Lincoln Miniature Warfare Society - 'snowy' Impetus

Wargames Soldiers & Strategy Magazine 28mm Ninja participation game.

Wings of Glory Aerodrom Forum 1/144 WW1 air combat

Wings of Glory Aerodrome Forum 1/144 WW1 air combat

RAF Cranwell Wargames Club - 20mm WW2

South East Scotland Wargames Club - 28mm 1950s Korean War

League of Gentleman Anti-Alchemists 28mm 1857 Indian Mutiny game. This board was raised to about chest height giving the game a different viewing perspective. I liked it. Not so God like.

League of Gentleman Anti-Alchemists 28mm 1857 Indian Mutiny game

The Bunker - 28mm Sherlock Holmes. This board just keeps growing each time I see it. Very popular with the punters giving the game a go. I think there were 2 to 3 games being played simultaneously on the lay out. Great stuff. Lots to see.

The Bunker - 28mm Sherlock Holmes

The Bunker - 28mm Sherlock Holmes. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is the flying blur. I didn't notice this straight away. Brill.

The Bunker - 28mm Sherlock Holmes

South East London Wargames Group - Valhalla a Viking Skirmish game. Apparently the rules are free to download from the web.

South East London Wargames Group - Valhalla a Viking Skirmish game

Derby Wargames Society 28mm WW2 Desert Action

Very British Civil Forum Battle of Leicester game of the 1937 Very British Civil War. I love this 'what if', and the game was a delight to look at. Well painted figures, vignettes and a sausage dog, a bull dog and some ducks.

Very British Civil Forum Battle of Leicester game of the 1937 Very British Civil War

Very British Civil Forum Battle of Leicester game of the 1937 Very British Civil War. Is that a bath strapped to a wheel bed being used a mobile pill box?

Very British Civil Forum Battle of Leicester game of the 1937 Very British Civil War.

Very British Civil Forum Battle of Leicester game of the 1937 Very British Civil War. On second look I noticed these are Hinterland Miniatures ladies.

Very British Civil Forum Battle of Leicester game of the 1937 Very British Civil War.

Very British Civil Forum Battle of Leicester game of the 1937 Very British Civil War. Spot the bull dog and daschund. The daschund and it's owners are Westaphalia Miniatures supplied by Empress Miniatures in the UK.

Very British Civil Forum Battle of Leicester game of the 1937 Very British Civil War.

League of Augsburg 28mm 1690s Cavalry Clash - Flanders Bullets and Blades

Skirmish Wargames 54mm Battle of Pavia

Craig Davey, Simon Miller and Friends - 28mm Ancients - Battle of Raphia 217 BC. Ptolemiac and Selucid armies clash. I liked the terrain and figures on this game. The terrain was nice and simple but really looked like a cultivated plain. The figures looked great, and with 1500 plus on the board impressive. The rules used were Simon Miller's 'To The Strongest'. Rules designed to play quick large games. Similar to Hail Caesar but more suitable for competitions. I was shocked to discover that the Ptolemiac pikes painted by Simon were in fact pins with a pike head painted on, I'd have sworn there was a sculpted head. A game that meets my megalomaniac standards!

Craig Davey, Simon Miller and Friends - 28mm Ancients - Battle of Raphia 217 BC

Craig Davey, Simon Miller and Friends - 28mm Ancients - Battle of Raphia 217 BC. Ptolemiac phalanxes nearest the camera.

Craig Davey, Simon Miller and Friends - 28mm Ancients - Battle of Raphia 217 BC

Craig Davey, Simon Miller and Friends - 28mm Ancients - Battle of Raphia 217 BC. Nice use of Perry Miniatures plastic Sudanese with some conversion as Arabs in Selucid service.

Craig Davey, Simon Miller and Friends - 28mm Ancients - Battle of Raphia 217 BC

Kallistra - 15mm Napoleonic

Like a Stonewall Wargames Club - 28mm American Plains Indians - The Fetterman Fight, 1866

Like a Stonewall Wargames Club - 28mm American Plains Indians - The Fetterman Fight, 1866. Very atmospheric game, which in these pictures was turning in to a historical one. The ill fated commander is top left trying to ride to safety.