Good Day at Beachhead

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Visited Beachhead in Bournemouth yesterday which is a fun little show. And managed to bag a few goodies. Including the new Victrix market stall and relics sets which I split with a mate. 

The bargain for me was this paint set for a £10 and I was sorely tempted by several other sets they had. But by the time I had noticed it, I had spent most of my money!

We managed several games of Wings of Glory which is an excellent game (I will be looking for a copy). We won the first game by shooting down the British observation plane but then I got shot to bits on the second game in my Albatross. 

This was a really super looking second edition game of game of WH40K.With so many classic minis. 

Some of the many excellent entries to the Duncan Rhodes painting competition.

Really love this guy, he has real character. 

Some of the other great games on display. 

Thanks to all those people  who have read* and commented on the blog. It is always interesting to read the comments. The number of page views has shot up over the 12 months, with nearly 50k  over the last year. 

*And strangely thanks to the gamers of Singapore who have consistently visited the blog over the last 5 years. More than any other country. 

Rob 

Warfare 2025 Show

 A.K.A. Sherman Fireflies are Awesome

Had a great time at Warfare in Farnborough today and I did spend a bit more than I was planning! Plus managed to play a couple of games. 

This will mean I can put together a new Wartnose jousting team of witches, go on a couple of paleo hunts and start my rise as the biggest gang in Rome. I wasn't planning on getting the Gangs of Rome but as soon as picked up the box and felt the weight. I just had to have a copy. 

We first managed to get in on a game of 'What a Tanker' where I crewed a heroic Sherman Firefly and Jason took on a dastardly Panther. The Firefly took out two Panzer IVs and nearly took out Jason's Panther but got stuck in the open and eventually my luck ran out. And then of the course the Panther's 75mm gun found a weak spot. A really great participation game and run by a friendly team. It also hardly needs saying but what awesome terrain. 

Also took part in an epic  historic battle between the Greeks and the Romans. The Greek Phalanx looked unstoppable but in true Roman form they still managed to duff us up. And a Roman victory was inevitable. 

Plus a couple of pictures of a very nice looking large scale LotR game. 

Rob 

The Battle of the Five Armies at Colours

 Midgard Rules

The excellent game of Battle of the Five Armies using the Midgard rules (by https://mogsymakes.net/blog/) and using Iron Mitten's minis* (https://iron-mitten.blogspot.com/). 

*And most likely some from Mogsymakes!