Four Rejects took the long trip up country to visit The Other Partizan last Sunday.
It was a long drive, made better by a stop off, for a rather tasty breakfast, cheers Postie!
Here we are in the queue, Me, Steve, Dave and Postie
We arrived in great time and was very near the front of the queue.
Barry Hilton/League of Augsburg - Rolling Thunder
Barry was showcasing his new set of rules Rolling Thunder, which are a take on his Mad For War rules, but use smaller ships, based on large bases in their squadrons.
I played a small part in the game near the end of the day and enjoyed every minute.
I did have a pop at Barry though, the Rejects have just spent out on his Ark Royal ships and now he's gone even smaller. I can feel the hole in my wallet getting bigger and bigger and bigger.......
The game was Day 1 of the Four Days Battle in 1666.
The ships are all from Tumbling Dice, but Barry will be releases his own range very very soon!!
Bumped into Aly Morrison in the queue for a cuppa. Congrats on your 40 years at Games workshop!!
Doncaster Wargames Club -
Pete Barfield - Gangs of Rome 2
Ancient graffiti! Pete said it was on the side of a buildings at Herculaneum!!!
Pete, Iain McDonald and me.
Nick Hindley - Giant Risk
Completely mental but must have been fun to play!
Like a Stone Wall - The Battle of Graus 1068 The Spanish Reconquista
A fabulous looking game, and who wouldn't want that fortification on their tabletop!
Caseshot Publishing - The Assault on Fort Mulgrave 1793
15mm French Revolutionary Wars
All Hell Let Loose - The Battle of Scarif
6mm Star Wars
Sci Fi's not my bag, but boy did this look great!
RAF Assiciation - Never get off the Boat
28mm Vietnam
Letsxcape Wargame Cafe - Space Port Stories
15mm Xenos Rampant
Huntingdon & District Wargames Society - First Bull Run 1861
28mm ACW
Not sure who this guys were?
Renatio et Gloriam (CCC games) - English Civil War in ReG
KB Club - 1/800th Space Fighters
KB Club - 144th Moderns
Wings of Glory Aerodrome Forum- Sails of Glory
Wings of Glory Aerodrome Forum- Wings of Glory
Wargames Developments - WWI in three turns
Edit *** Northamptonshire Battlefields Society
Lance & Longbow Society - Pwell Melyn 1405
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Keelmen Miniatures - Raid on Bega 1849
Hungarian War of Independence 1848-49
Colonel Bill's
Coritani
Forest Outlaws Gaming Club - The Battle of Medway AD43
Forest Gamers - Sainte Mere-Eglise 1944
Shrewsbury Wargames Society - The Siege of Stokesey Castle
1st Corps - The Defence of Calais 1940
Chesterfield Old Boys - WWII Western Desert
Grimsby Wargames Society - The Battle of Hargicourt 1918
WWI
Very British Civil War Forum - Dawn Raid
And there I will leave Part 1. Look out for Part 2 soon!
Thanks Ray - I was there, but nice to see it all again, there was just so much good stuff.
ReplyDeleteAgreed Norm, that's what's great about Partizan, there's so much to see and it all looks fab, even the sci-fi!
DeleteSome great stuff, sorry I missed it
ReplyDeleteFamily duty first, Martin. there's always next year?
DeleteGreat write up. NB Northamptonshire Battlefields Society isn't a Trust. Just to be clear we aren't claiming to be a type of organisation we aren't!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the heads up, I've edited the script Trebian.
DeleteCracking report Ray, some great looking games there, looking forward to part 2!!
ReplyDeleteGlad you liked the report Donnie, it took me almost as long to go through all the pics and post them as it did walking round the show all day!!!
DeleteSmashing looking games.
ReplyDeleteThere were some crackers Rich!
DeleteStar Wars - nice! Some of those are massive.
ReplyDeleteAnd what were you going to do with that money in your wallet anyway?
The Star wars game was brilliant, the monies still there, but it won't last long for sure!
DeleteA lot of great looking game photos, Ray, but I am especially interested in seeing a naval game using squadron-sized tokens.
ReplyDeleteThe rules worked really well Jon, you can get the rules in PDF version at the link below for £10.99. They're well worth it.
Deletehttps://www.leagueofaugsburg.com/shop/product-1216.html
Great set of pics Ray. I wish I could attend a Partizan someday.
ReplyDeleteChristopher
Come over and join us in our next trip up north in May 2024?
DeleteI always enjoy your summaries Ray. They are always expertly done.
ReplyDeleteThanks Lawrence.
DeleteGood to see you guys enjoying your time with so many fine games, Ray!
ReplyDeleteIt was a knackering but brilliant day Dean.
DeleteThanks for the tour Ray.
ReplyDeleteNo problem George!
DeleteSome great looking games indeed
ReplyDeleteThere were!
DeleteVery fine photos. Thanks for sharing them.
ReplyDeleteNo problem at all.
DeleteGreat photos Ray of some amazing looking games!
ReplyDeleteIndeed there were.
DeleteSome great looking games on show
ReplyDeletethe one you have marked as ???? is Keelmen Miniatures (Hungarian War of Independence 1848-49) Raid over the Bega 1849. I did have abig pop up banner but I guess your eyes and brain were overloaded by the amazing visual feast that was partizan. Rupert
ReplyDeleteps thanks for photographing the game.
Delete@Neil - There certainly was!
Delete@Rupert - Thanks for the heads up, I've edited my comment, showing the correct info.
Excellent photographic "ride along" report: thanks for posting. Quite an inspiration to see--I can only imagine how the juices must have started flowing being in the room.
ReplyDeleteIt was a very juicy day Ed, very juicy indeed!
DeleteThanks Ray, brilliant pics as always! I missed so many games, didn't see half the ones you showed, especially in the first half or so of this post, I think probably 'cos I turned right at the entrance and missed the 'participation zone' to the left, until much later when they were all packing up. I would have liked to see Barry Hilton's naval game, especially! I think you were right to get up so early, it's a big show and it needs all day. Maybe next time!
ReplyDeleteShame we missed each other David, I did keep an eye out for you. Its very easy to miss a game or 2. Looking at the list of games on the Partizan site, I missed loads, not sure how, but I did???
DeleteA fantastic looking day out Ray....
ReplyDeleteIt certainly was Keith.
DeleteThanks' for posting, Ray. Some great looking games. especially liked the siege of Stokesay Castle. Lovely gatehouse there and on the table!
ReplyDeleteI know, that was a spectacular looking game.
DeleteCracking pictures Ray…
ReplyDeleteIt was an excellent day out…
All the best. Aly
Certainly was Aly, probably see you at the next one!
DeleteCracking stuff Ray,
ReplyDeletesome absolutely lovely looking games there, I was supposed to join in on the Shrewsbury wargames table but sadly we couldn’t make it over this month. Keep up the great work
Cheers
Matt
That's a shame Matt, maybe next time?
DeleteAwesome, wish I could of gone, now I want to build Stokesley castle!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
I know, brilliant wasn't it?
DeleteGoodness those are some gorgeous looking games! Lots of variety too. (Especially liked that SW Scarif table - wow!)
ReplyDeleteSci fi's not my thing, but the game did look fantastic.
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