Monday 24 February 2020

Cavalier 2020 - The Rejects on Tour



Postie, Lee and myself all visited Tonbridge on Sunday for our annual trip to 
Cavalier Wargame Show.
Don't know if was me but numbers did look down on last years show? And there seemed to be less traders and games? We all had dosh to spend at the Art of War stand but poor Glen had a flat tyre, so he was a no show!


Soon as we walked in we bumped into Al, Bob and Dave Crook!
I also met and spoke to fellow bloggers  Lee, Mick Sayce and  Lee Gramson

The Games


SEEMS - "The Colonel’s Jammed and the Gatling’s Dead"




Tonbridge Wargames Club  - Fight or Flight,  FIW








Maidstone Wargames Society Biggles - The Island at the Top of the World





Gravesend Gamers Guild - Kill Team (Sci-Fi)



Milton Hundred Wargame Club - Der Kampf um den Krug  - 28mm Napoleonic Skirmish; Demonstration










The Bring & Buy


Wadhurst Wargamers and role-players - Dungeons and Dragons




Society of Ancients - Battle of Paratakene








Friday Night Firefight - Best of Enemies
28mm Crusades

Love the castle!







Deal Wargames Society - Shall we dance ? 
20mm 1933 Bowradet Rebellion

My Fav game of the show!














Hailsham Wargames Club - Late Romans vs Goths







Crawley Wargames Club - Escape from the Aztecs







Lee and Henry Hyde 


Lee, little Postie and Moi


Peter Pig - Pieces of Eight




Cheshunt Wargames Club - Mosquito Strike Norway







Bring on the Bad Guys - Superhero


And finally Big Lee doing his thang!

33 comments:

  1. The sci-fi one looked cool.
    Sorry if the numbers were down, but at least you ran into friends.

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    1. Its always great to meet up with old friends for a chat, you're totally right Alex.

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  2. Nice pics of the games. But going to a show when you should be playing a game of Donnybrook... :)

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  3. You have a knack for getting my balding pate in the shot!

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  4. Thanks for the Pics Ray, looks like a nice show. I love that raised two track railway embankment, what a boss idea. The Mosquito Strike Norway game looks intriguing and the large ancients game looks like something I could stare at for ages, but oddly for me, it is the Biggles at the top of the World terrain that has me thinking about doing a rooms and corridors game - a bit Space Hulkish type of thing. Anyway, all good, thanks.

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    1. There were some great looking games Norm for sure. Glad the game inspired you.

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  5. Thanks, Ray: convention reports are always fun to see. It strikes me that the game layouts had a very "clean" look to them (in a good way).

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  6. Wide variety of great looking games; particularly like the Aztec game.

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  7. Great! Thanks for the report, Ray.

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  8. Lots of great looking games, thanks for sharing Ray.

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  9. Great report Ray. I've seen a few reports saying the numbers were down which is a shame as it's a great little show. Having said that, I didn't go this year so perhaps I'm part of the problem!

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    1. Bad boy Alastair, I do think shows like Cavalier are in danger, unfortunately computers and online ordering are killing them.

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  10. Nice collection of games there.That Mosquito Strike Norway looked very interesting.

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  11. Hi Ray- Thank you for your most comprehensive report on the Cavalier Show. Most enjoyable. Cheers. KEV.

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    1. No problem Kev, I'm glad you enjoyed the post.

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  12. I hope you all had a great time there! nice gaming boards.

    cheers

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  13. Although you feel there were fewer games there, they all looked very interesting with a few outstanin ones among them too,
    Great photos Ray.

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    1. Thanks Joe, we all enjoyed the show, its well worth the trip.

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  14. Good to catch up Ray - hope you managed to sneak your purchases in successfully!

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