The show has been held in Middleton Hall, in 'thecentre:mk', http://www.thecentremk.com/ which is the trade-mark of the city of Milton Keynes shopping centre, (or 'mall' for my American friends!), since 2001.
Some shows / years are better than others; and this year it was "alright", but there were nothing like as many traders as in previous years, and, I thought, not as many participation games...though I might be wrong there. However, the demo / participation games that were present were very good! One that was *really* innovative was put on by Peterborough Wargames Club, and involved suspending (models of) an invading force of Napoleonic hydrogen-filled "war" balloons, carrying French troops, across the English Channel and being repelled by British 'Rocketeers', firing huge firework-like rockets at the invaders!
Peterborough used a net suspended across a garden gazebo to hang the balloons onto, moving them a few 'net-squares' at a time, representing their flight towards Britain, and had participants aiming at the French balloons using a really "Heath Robinson" aiming device! Unfortunately, the photos I took of this game don't do it justice, but I trust you'll appreciate the innovative concept!
So here is just a selection of photos I took on the Saturday.
Peterborough Wargames Club Napoleonic invasion of England by "war" balloons! It's a bit difficult to see in this pic, so see further photos below. |
In this photo, you can just make out the fine-mesh net suspended across the top of the gazebo. |
Tring Wargames Club. A WWII "mini-game" in 20mm - Arnhem 1944 |
Huntingdon Wargames Club. WWII in 1/32nd scale (mostly Tamiya models) Stalingrad 1942/43 |
Another view of the battle for Stalingrad around the railway yard. |
Members of the English Civil War re-enactment group "Prince Rupert's Blew Regiment of Foote" from the Sealed Knot Society. (Note: The spelling of "Blew" here is the 17th century spelling) |
Another view of the 'Campaign' and the huge Middleton Hall in thecentre:mk Shopping Centre |
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