I'm a long way behind my fellow bloggers is posting pictures from this years Cavalier Show in Tonbridge but I have finally found time to review and post them. The show seemed a lot quieter this year and by mid afternoon there seemed to be very few visitors around. Maybe this was because there were some significant missing traders this year but I also heard that there were roadworks through Tunbridge Wells. Whatever the reason there were definitely fewer people at this years show which is a great pity.
As usual I took a load of pictures and for a change I also played a Participation game (and won!) along with fellow Reject Ray. More on that later but now here are my photo's.
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| Rejects on Tour! Ray, Richard, Ian and Myself along with possible future reject Richards son |
The Traders
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| The Main hall about mid-day. Not as busy as usual but still a good selection of traders. |
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| Eagle Figures |
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| Tumbling Dice |
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| Caliver Books |
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| Redoubt Enterprises |
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| Harfields Military Figures |
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| ...and the Bring and Buy. |
The Tables
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| A new Zombie game due for release later in the year. The miniatures looked good with a nice set of unique character models in both pre and post zombiefication formats! |
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| Peter Pig's Poor Bloody Infantry |
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| PBI complete with bogged down tank. |
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| An intriguing James Bond themed game 'Snowfall" making clever use of magnetic sheeting to hold the figures in position. |
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| A close up of this extra 3D games table! |
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| Crawley Wargames Club's chariot racing game. I played (and won) this game at |
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| Deal Wargames "Mayhem on the Meekong" a 15mm Vietnam game. I saw this at SELWG last year abd it was good to see this again. |
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| Deal Wargames "Mayhem on the Meekong" |
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| A very Hot LZ |
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| The Society of Ancients |
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| Society of Ancients |
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| Tonbridge Wargames Club - Stalingrad 1942 - CrossFire WWII |
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| SEEMS - Border Reivers 1575 |
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| Friday Night Firefight - Stop the Rocket 1945 |
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| Its not often you get to see a V2 on the games table! |
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| Gravesend Gamers Guild - an ECW Skirmish game |
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| North London Wargames Group - A Town called Malice 1880 |
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| Southend Wargames Club - Cumberland & Tennessee 1864 |
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| This game used a pre printed game mat by Cigar Box Mats. |
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| The printed mat is supplemented by a small amount of terrain and looked very effective. |
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| Union troops advance |
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| At the end of the day Ray and I took part in a participation game run by Staines Wargames - Outrageous Fortune 1415 |
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| Five players take command of a French unit attempting to cross the field of Agincourt and capture British lords for ransom. |
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| The French units jostle for position and fight not for the honour of France but for the highest value prisoners! A great game, and not least because I won! |
Nice pics Mr H. I did enjoy the Outrageous Fortune game, it was a lot of fun!
ReplyDeleteVery simple rules but effective i thought.
DeleteAnd rather timely for this year!
DeleteThanks for the report!
ReplyDeleteNice pics Lee!
ReplyDeleteI think it was SELWG rather than Salute where you played the chariot racing game before.
Your quite right it was SELWG...I've corrected the label.
DeleteCool pics. Cheers
ReplyDeletenice report - thanks!
ReplyDeleteLooks like an excellent show with a couple of really nice tables.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot for sharing.
Good report far less bias than my own. I did like the 10mm ACW game. The 15mm Vietnam game was also good. Over all I was disappointed in the show, Less traders than usual, mostly uninspiring games.
ReplyDeleteBut very good to catch up with other wargamers and bloggers.
Hi Lee
ReplyDeleteNice to see the pic of the Tonbridge Wargames Club game, but please note it was Crossfire, not Rapid Fire.
Richard
Lol...that's what I get for copying someone else's captions! I've corrected the description now, thanks for letting me know.
DeleteLooks like fun! I love the printed ACW mat.
ReplyDeleteLovely photos. Must agree about those mats, they look very nice.
ReplyDeleteA good report Lee. Nice pics!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the report! Looks a nice little show.
ReplyDeleteFabulous. Thanks I love the photos of conventions. It is good of you to think of us. Great, Ta.
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