Misc., Wargame Show, The Other Partizan, Newark

This weekend a group of us went to two wargame shows – Border Reivers in Newcaslte (Saturday 6th September) and The Other Partizan in Newark (Sunday 7th September). Unfortunately I left my camera in the car in Newcastle (distracted by the pelting rain). Therefore I missed out on pictures of a few excellent games, including a 28mm Shiloh game laid on by the “Like a Stone Wall Group”,  and a lively “Flashman & the Pirates” game run by the Durham Wargames Group. If any of my pals took pictures of these I’ll post them later.Here are a few photos from The Other Partizan show. This time my camera was low on batteries, so I missed out on several impressive games, including a great-looking 20mm Second World War one, and the League of Gentleman Wargamers’ “Ligny, 1815”. My favourite display game by far was the First World War game (“Cambrai 1917”) shown above, but there were many other great games on view – a few of which are shown here.
Above is the South East Scotland Wargames Club’s “Iraq 1941” game, while below is a stunning Carlists Wars game laid on by the Perry brothers.The ones at the bottom are a 6mm “Napoleonic” game, which looked impressive, despite the tiny figures, and a refight of “Aliwal 1846”, in the First Sikh War. We had a great weekend, although it was a little disturbing how many of my non-Edinburgh friends commented on scurrilous reports that I’d been rather worse for wear last Thursday – my Rioja fuelled-evening. I told them there was absolutely no truth in the rumours that I could barely roll my dice, let along move the lead around…  If you haven’t been to either of the two Partizan shows (in May and September), then you really should go. In my books its one of the nicest wargame shows in the country, and a much more enjoyable (and cost-effective) experience than attending the over-blown Salute show in London.