Weekend Games Day, Saturday 8th October 2016.

Our next Weekend Games Day will be on Saturday 8th October 2016, 10am-5pm at the Great Gaddesden Hall.
It will feature a couple of games:

• Crusades game using Soldiers Of God rules by Warwick Kinrade
• Napoleonic Game using Black Powder rules. French v Russians.

I might get the opportunity to use my latest figures from Fireforge Games: Sudanese Spearmen with Command, and Arab Heavy Infantry.

Sudanese Spearmen and Arab Heavy Infantry

Our Games Days give members an opportunity to play more ambitious battles than are possible at a normal evening session. We have more time available and the games are multi-player so there is room for two or three larger gaming tables.

Vanquish 2016 and our Balkans War Demo Game

Vanquish is a new wargames show held in May 2016 at Bourne End in Buckinghamshire. It was a fairly small show, but very well supported with a Bring and Buy, good parking, refreshments available and a bar.
There was a good mix of traders, about 15 I think, plus some Demo/Participation Games.

Our well planned Demo Game had to be hastily rethought when we found the gaming tables were round. Actually it worked very well especially as we had a terrain cloth instead of tiles to play on.

We ran our First Balkans War Demo Game using Chain Of Command rules by TooFatLardies. Several people came and showed interest in the game and the club and some club handouts were taken.

Other Demo and Participation games included a Frostgrave game, The Charge of the Light Brigade and a Napoleonic Participation Game.

Frostgrave Demo Game in the background

At the end we thanked the organiser and asked if he plans to run Vanquish again next year. We were pleased that he does so we asked to be included in the plans.

Thanks go to the Vanquish orgainser from Newline Designs in the background.

These photos, plus many others, were taken intended for a Battle Report but then I realised I've already done one during the testing of this Demo Game. So I've tried to use the photos I have got that give some impression of the show. The Battle Report that was done for the test game can be seen here.

A Blog for Tring Wargames Club - Why?

Today I decided to start a Blog for Tring Wargames Club. Why?
We already have a website where there is loads of information about the club plus all the latest news and reports. It's got to a point where the website has become quite large with many pages that may never be found by the casual visitor.
We also already have a facebook page which highlights news and upcoming events with the chance to post comments and "Likes", etc.
I thought it would be a good idea to have a blog where we can put the latest Battle Reports, news, and interests from the club. Here things can be discussed at greater length than on Facebook and with more emphasis on current activities than on the website.
Well that's the plan.