The Loughton Strike Force did it again and brought my personal favourite wargaming table at Salute. Following last year’s Saigon ’68 board, the topic this time was the Warsaw Uprising during World War 2. The rules system used was ‘O’ Group by Reisswitz Press.
A fictional battle during the 1815 Hundred Days Campaign was staged by the South East Scotland Wargames Club using the free Valour & Fortitude rules by Perry Miniatures.
An American Civil War encounter was fought with 18mm paper figures courtesy of Peter’s Paper Boys.
To the Strongest! fought for King or Parliament over control of Norchester during the English Civil War.
With the next event around the corner, here some more highlights from Salute 2024.
London Wargames Guild launched a Viking raid on London in 1014, with longboats sailing up the Thames.
A few hundred years later and more naval action with the Cornwall Wargames Association as the French take revenge on Cornish pirates in 1457.
Masterstroke Games staged skirmishes with their new system Force of Virtue. Live Elizabethan swordplay, with demonstrations and training sessions, and the Siege of Gradara with support from the Italian Municipality of Gradara provided more rich Renaissance flair.
I’ve always liked the Brass Bull by Reaper Miniatures and eventually bought it a while ago, learning that it was a Bob Olley sculpt.
I soon decided that it would be a great match for my Chaos Dwarfs, and so I painted it to go with their small force, which is still in its basecoated form.
While there are no rules as such for a Bronze Bull of Hashut, I’d probably field it with the profile of a Juggernaut of Khorne.
Of course World War 2 was a popular topic for gaming tables at Salute 2024, and here are my favourites.
In the Lard Zone, a section of rubble strewn Stalingrad had been recreated for armoured duels using the What a Tanker! rules.
Planes were the target of the Brecon Wargames Club with their game DAK ATTACK, staging an assault by the Long Range Desert Group on a German airfield.
Taking to the skies, Maidstone Wargames Society presented The Summer of 77, a 1/300 Battle of Britain scenario inspired by classic Warlord Books for Boys.
Retired Wargamers Reloaded invited you to Hold Until Relieved, the battle for the Orne crossings in Normandy 1944. The game was played using Rapid Fire Reloaded rules.
The Lost and the Damned 