Thursday, 12 October 2023

The Other Partizan 2023 Part 1

 


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!

48 comments:

  1. Thanks Ray - I was there, but nice to see it all again, there was just so much good stuff.

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    1. Agreed Norm, that's what's great about Partizan, there's so much to see and it all looks fab, even the sci-fi!

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  2. Some great stuff, sorry I missed it

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    1. Family duty first, Martin. there's always next year?

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  3. Great 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!

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    1. Thanks for the heads up, I've edited the script Trebian.

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  4. Cracking report Ray, some great looking games there, looking forward to part 2!!

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    1. Glad 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!!!

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  5. Star Wars - nice! Some of those are massive.
    And what were you going to do with that money in your wallet anyway?

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    1. The Star wars game was brilliant, the monies still there, but it won't last long for sure!

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  6. A lot of great looking game photos, Ray, but I am especially interested in seeing a naval game using squadron-sized tokens.

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    1. The 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.

      https://www.leagueofaugsburg.com/shop/product-1216.html

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  7. Great set of pics Ray. I wish I could attend a Partizan someday.

    Christopher

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    1. Come over and join us in our next trip up north in May 2024?

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  8. I always enjoy your summaries Ray. They are always expertly done.

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  9. Good to see you guys enjoying your time with so many fine games, Ray!

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  10. Some great looking games indeed

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  11. Very fine photos. Thanks for sharing them.

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  12. Great photos Ray of some amazing looking games!

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  13. Some great looking games on show

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  14. the 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

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    1. ps thanks for photographing the game.

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    2. @Neil - There certainly was!
      @Rupert - Thanks for the heads up, I've edited my comment, showing the correct info.

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  15. 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.

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    1. It was a very juicy day Ed, very juicy indeed!

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  16. Thanks 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!

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    1. Shame 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???

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  17. A fantastic looking day out Ray....

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  18. Thanks' for posting, Ray. Some great looking games. especially liked the siege of Stokesay Castle. Lovely gatehouse there and on the table!

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    1. I know, that was a spectacular looking game.

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  19. Cracking pictures Ray…
    It was an excellent day out…

    All the best. Aly

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    1. Certainly was Aly, probably see you at the next one!

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  20. Cracking stuff Ray,

    some 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

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  21. Awesome, wish I could of gone, now I want to build Stokesley castle!
    Best Iain

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  22. Goodness those are some gorgeous looking games! Lots of variety too. (Especially liked that SW Scarif table - wow!)

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    1. Sci fi's not my thing, but the game did look fantastic.

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