Blog-Con : Part the Second

As promised here are a few more pictures from Sundays Blog-Con held at the Wargames Foundry in Nottingham.

More painted Foundry mini's in the display cabinets around the shop/gaming area.

I love this Sherlock model...I may have to buy one of these!

There were also several nice vehicles in the cabinets including this Russian T34

The second game of the day was "A Very British Civil War" and made full use of the excellent terrain tables available in the Foundry gaming area. 

Panzerkaput, our very able Umpire for the game explains the rules

My Peelers were the only group without an SMG but they did have nice uniforms

Ray and Loki trade insults before the game gets underway...I think a private war is about to break out!

The game area in Foundry has several excellent terrain tables with plenty of space for lots of 'big-boned' wargamers. 

The game gets underway. The objective, collect as many crates of 'provisions' as possible. In the foreground a band of Socialists swep down the hill towards my Peelers. 

My Peelers line up along a convinient hedge expecting a frontal attack. 

Hang on a minute...where are those reds going?

Outflanked! Those sneeky socialists have my peelers at a disdvantage.

Fortunately I win a higher initiative next turn and have time to jump over the hedge before they charge downhill. 

In for a Rubel and all that...the Reds charge downhill towards the Peelers but take a beating from defensive fire and bayonets! 

Meanwhile on the other side of the village Ray and Loki seem to have forgotten the objective of the game as they tear into each other. Loki commandeers a van, smashes through a hedge and ploughs through Rays troops.

Having burst amongst Rays troops Loki then throws a Molotov Cocktain into the scattered soliders, incinerating three of them! Ray was not a happy chappy! Everyone else laughed heartily. 

Meanwhile James troops are picking up boxes unhindered and Frans Irish Republicans are similarly playing to win! How unsporting!!

The Irish crest the hill and see the Peelers have won against the Reds, but they are now weakened and ready for a Republican coup de grâce in the rear.

Meanwhile back on the other side of the Town someone (Loki of course) has annoyed the Morris-Men....bad move. These guys may have awful stealth skills but in melee they were bloody leathal! 

The game was now drawing to a close and when the bodies had been removed it was clear that James was the clear winner...probably because he was playing the game rather than just fighting the nearest opponent! 

This pretty much wrapped up Blog-Con for this year and I think everyone that was there on Sunday seemed to have an absolutely great time. Inevitably I succombed to a bout of 'shineyitus' before the day was over and ended up going home with several packs of Wild West Gunmen and some Judge Dred models. It was a long day for me (with a 300 mile round trip in the car) but a really enjoyable one and something I look forward to next year.