As promised here are some more pictures from the Broadside Wargames Show on Sunday. These show a selection of the best display and participation games that caught my eye in the brief period I was able to get away from the Rejects display. Looking at other pictures posted on various Blog's and forums I clearly missed a lot of the show!
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| Medway Wargames Society - |
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| Medway Wargames Society - |
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| SEEMS - Dogfights in Northern France |
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| Society of Ancients - Issus 333BC |
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| Society of Ancients - Issus 333BC |
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| Rainham (Medway) Wargames Club - Napoleonic Naval |
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| Rainham (Medway) Wargames Club - Napoleonic Naval |
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| Friday Night Fight Club - Slaughterloo |
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| Deal Wargames Society - Denmark 1940 |
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| Deal Wargames Society - Denmark 1940 |
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| Deal Wargames Society - Denmark 1940 |
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| Eastbourne Wargames Club - Operation Husky Sicily 1943 |
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| Eastbourne Wargames Club - Operation Husky Sicily 1943 |
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| Maidstone Wargames Society - Those Magnificent Men In Their Floating Machines |
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| Maidstone Wargames Society - Those Magnificent Men In Their Floating Machines |
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| Southend Wargames - Gunboats on the Nile |
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| Southend Wargames - Gunboats on the Nile |
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| Crush the Kaiser - Miracle of the Marne |
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| Crush the Kaiser - Miracle of the Marne |
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| Crush the Kaiser - Miracle of the Marne |
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| Shepway Wargames Club - The Town with no Name |
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| Shepway Wargames Club - The Town with no Name |
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| Shepway Wargames Club - The Town with no Name |
Although I thoroughly enjoyed the show I do have a couple of minor moans about a small number of the display games this year. First there were several tables with absolutely no information for visitors, not even a label stating which group was putting on the game. For me this is a basic requirement when putting on a display game (the clues in the name folks!). Another slightly more tetchy gripe relates to interaction with the public. While the vast majority of the groups presenting display games at the show were more than happy to interact with visitors it has to be said that there were a significant number who seemed to ignore passers by. Maybe I caught them at a bad moment but when someone lingers over your table for several minutes that's your cue to make eye contact and - at the very least - say hello!
Don't let my little moans give you the wrong impression, I thought the show was very good and the standard of display games, and the courtesy of the clubs involved, was on the whole excellent. But there are few groups out there that continue to leave me wondering why they bother putting on a display at all.
Nice to see the show through another's eyes. I missed most of the games upstairs. It's where we put the troublesome groups (JK) with the big guys near the door in case we get any trouble!
ReplyDeleteI didn't see any big guys ;)
DeleteNice pics Lee!!! And yep, I'd have to agree with you on those points!
ReplyDeleteVery nice photographs ... and spot on with your comments!
ReplyDeleteI agree 100% with everything you wrote.
All the best,
Bob
Thanks Bob, its only a small minority but I've seen it nearly every show I have been too.
DeleteThanks for sharing these Photo's Big Lee. I love to torment myself with what I missed out on :D
ReplyDeleteWow - some very nice looking games. Great photos, thanks for taking the time to take them and post them. Dean
ReplyDeleteNice pictures although the first two are Dystopian Legions not Flintloque
ReplyDeleteoops...I'll change the labelling now!
DeleteSome cool looking games. Thanks for sharing. Sounds like some tables are missing the point of 'social' games.
ReplyDeletecheers
Its a regular but thankfully small number of groups at every show I have been too. I see this sort of event (where you are 'invited' to put on a demo and are given a table for free) as an opportunity to showcase our hobby, while others just see it as a free table and a chance for a game.
DeleteGreat pictures! I love that Western town! Thanks for sharing Lee!
ReplyDeleteGreetings
Peter
http://www.peterscave.blogspot.be
Tanks for the nice photos, Lee!
ReplyDeleteHi Lee,
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting the images.
Tony