1990s Anglesey Warriors and LLADs interclub games

Back in the day, in a land far away I had the pleasure of attending an friendly game between 2 clubs on the RAF Valley base. The hosts were the Anglesey Warriors a great bunch of chaps and the visitors were from the mouthful of Llandudno and District club. The Llandudno club is now defunct but the torch is carried by the Conway club.

15mm Malboroughian bash

28mm Wild West skirmish with Britannia Miniatures' figures. I remember the Indian Chiefs name to this day .... Big Chief Wind in Britches.

20mm WW2 Eastern front.

Very early wargame in my career - 54mm

Background

1980s Britain in a back garden a war was being waged against the forces of the American Civil War and their Wild West allies by the united Napoleonic factions.

Scenario

The Americans must hold the castle and get the supply train through the besiegers.

The Napoleonics need to stop the supplies getting through and take the castle.

Rules

None but the joy in my head

Forces

Napoleonics:
Airfix Highlanders
Airfix British line infantry
Airfix French line infantry
Airfix French Imperial Guard Grenadiers
? French Imperial Guard Grenadiers
Britains Detail British Guard (not Nap but logically fit in my head)
Britains Detail British Life Guard cavalry
Britains Detail British Scots Greys
Timpo British Scots Greys
Britain's Detail French Chasseurs a Cheval
Britain's Detail French Curassieurs
1 x cannon

American Civil War and Wild West Allies
Britains Detail Union Infantry
Britains Detail Confederate Infantry
Britains Detail dismounted US cavalry
Airfix dismounted US cavalry
? Union Infantry
Timpo Union Infantry
Britains Detail Union Cavalry
Britains Detail Confederate Cavalry
Various makes cowboy supply train
1 x Confederate gun and limber
1 x gun deployed in castle

The Game

The pictures tell the story

The wall is breached by the Highlanders

The supply convoy battles it's way through

A Confederate makes his way to the top of the castle to taunt the attackers

The siege ladders are hurried to the walls taking fire from the defenders

The British infantry take casualties as the support the cavalry attack on the supply train which is hacking its way through

The rear of the castle is defended by Custer and his men who are taking a toll on the attacking French who throw grenades as they charge in (they are grenadiers after all,and are modelled with some)

The fighting was desperate with only part of the supply train making it in side. The waggons that were cut off made a desperate last stand outside the walls.

The storming parties took horrendous casualties but made it over the wall forcing the defenders back to the base of the tower.The American cannon swept the castle square with grape shot, miraculously not hitting their own supply train as it made it inside.

Although the 3 walls had fallen the final wall held by Custer fought on preventing the Napoleonics from taking the cannon from behind. The Tower held!

The Napoleonics had run out of men.... and then the dead were cleared and in came a second wave!!!

The British always won. No bias honest.

Northern Militaire 1980s?

While digitising family photos I found these beauties taken at Northern Militaire in the 1980s I think. The venue was Queen Elizabeth Court if I remember correctly. I've no inside shots just these of Viking re-enactors having a battle for the crowds and a march past of Napolepnic re-enactors.

12/01/14 Update
By the power of the net, I now know these photos were taken at the Swinton venue at Lancastrian Hall.