Warfare 2019

First wargame show since since Salute back in April so I was looking forward to this one, as previously reported DG was down so it was a double bonus - always good to have a natter when you go to a show and invariably one of us spots something the other hasn't seen.. 

I thought it was a bit of a quiet show this year, we went on the Sunday and from reading the posts from the other Blogerrati who attended on Saturday, a number of games they showed were not there the day we went - which is a shame..  the trader hall was full, but a number of the traders had bigger stands which I think (?) meant fewer overall traders there...  yet again no Peter Pig stand (and I had money ready)..

Purchases? Bargain spray tin of Army Painter anti shine varnish, and this [clicky] which I just could not resist..

...one day I think that might be a project of mine..  

Not so many games this year, this participation game was very effective though (by Boscombe Down and Amesbury Wargames Club)

...scratch built by club members, and the tower had rooms/interiors - I liked the way they had modelled the ruined wall sections to swap in when damage was being represented..

Given my dislike of all things hex, my game of the show was the following by Aylesbury Wargames Club who put on a 28mm Bolt Action game alled "Berezina Bridge" which was set on the Eastern Front in September 1944

Sealed Knot (the re-enactment group) put on this clever night battle game set during the Battle of Sedgemoor in 1685. The blank squares were to hide the battlefield so that as units advnced terrain was revealed that might or might not affect the advance..  very clever.. the terrain and buildings were also all painted monochrome which made for a very distinctive look.. top marks..

....and that was largely it....  some of the competition games were very good looking, I was quite taken by a Pegasus Bridge setup on one of them, but there were no figures on the table at the time. There was a massive 28mm game by Newbury and Reading Wargames Society called "Caractacus Strikes Back" set in Britain circa 45 AD  but to be honest other than a lot of figures that was largely it, terrain was club game night standard and it didn't make me go "wow"...

After years and years, the show moves venue next year - Ascot race course - it'll be interesting to see if they manage to also change the format/vibe at the same time.  The show is ace, but the venue has always been a bit hit and miss!