David Bickley's Wargames Blog

The occasional ramblings of an average gamer, journeyman painter, indifferent modeller, games designer, sometime writer for Wargames Illustrated and host of games in GHQ.



Sunday 22 May 2022

Partizan 2022

 Phil and I went over to Partizan earlier today, a much anticipated event in our gaming calendar. We were not disappointed I'm happy to report! 

We arrived about 40 minutes after opening to find no queue and no free figure on entry. All gone already they said. No surprise as the show was literally rammed full of happy gamers relieving themselves of the contents of their war chests, or joining in with games, or just admiring the quality of the multitude of top notch display games! Here are a few shots from games which struck me particularly as epitomising the very best of our glorious hobby ~

Two pictures of an ACW game, not in 28mm scale! I particularly liked the burning town and the river gunboats.
An Elizabethan set to? I forgot to ask, oops!
Waterloo! A staple amongst Napoleonic Wargamers', featuring a splendid model of the chateau of Hougoumont.
Perhaps B Troop ain't coming back after all?
Dark Ages set to! Some splendid chaps on view there.
Two shots of the Perry Miniatures' Battle of Dorking game. Perhaps subtitled 'what to do when the French are late?'
Two shots of the Claymore Castings/Dave Imrie game. Lots of figures sculpted by Matt there!
Culloden. A smashing looking table!
The Iron Brigade' s ACW game by Kevin & Peter! My personal favourite amongst the games, not that I'm biased you understand...😉
Russians v Turks from Derby Wargamers I believe.
A 1st Carlist War game, almost as good as Phil's table last Tuesday, almost...
Some details from the Boondock Saints' Indian Mutiny game. I might have spent hours looking at all the little details here.
Cold enough for you? A splendid winter table here, one of the best I've ever seen. Quite made me shiver!
Shaun's memorial game for his friend Ian Smith, a super 40mm game. Loads of bespoke stuff on show, soon to be sold on I'm told.

As I mentioned happy wargamers' disposal of the contents of their war chests in the opening of this post I should show the efforts I made myself in that direction ~

From The Last Valley, bespoke terrain for the discerning wargamer!
Trent Miniatures' FRW figures and Empress Miniatures' Prince Imperial, Rebel command and female leader on horseback.
Perry Miniatures AWI camp set. I've always wanted this, from stalwarts Dave Thomas and Phil.
The second installment of Rapid Fire Reloaded, the new version of a hobby favourite. A kind gift from Colin Rumford.
From Great Escape Games, paint for my 144 15mm Russian infantry and more tufts!
From Foundry, a paint triad, Ochre.
From Warbases, who else, a base for the second half of my 15mm German factory and the 40x50mm bases for my F&IW expansion project! 
Amongst all the joy of attending what is now our 'local' show, a mere 2 hours away, I particularly enjoyed putting the hobby to rights with chums Aly Morrison, Colin Ashton, George Anderson, Kevin & Peter, Colin Jack, Dave O'Brien and many others! I even met Jon! {Obviously not too busy today?} My next show? The Other Partizan in October. It seems thebastardcovid is playing havoc with our hobby still.

18 comments:

  1. A grand day out indeed, it's as well yourself and others take photos I am struggling to recall all fine games on show already.

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    1. It's an age thing, take it from me...👴🏻

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  2. A very enjoyable show indeed David…
    It was great to catch up with you…
    There were so many good games… and as for the Vignette winner…
    Yup!… there were some fine examples on show but that ticked all the right boxes…

    Here’s to the next one…

    All the best. Aly

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  3. I'm glad you had a great day out Daivd and by the sounds of it, the show was a roaring success. Sadly too far for me at present, so thanks for taking the time to take some very nice photos of some wonderful games:).

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  4. Great show and good to meet face to face again.

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    1. A Grand Day Out! Hope you enjoyed our chinwag!

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  5. A grand day out with my pending retirement I hope to be able to visit in the future 👍

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    1. I'm sure you will attend many shows when you are workfrei!

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  6. Thanks for sharing photo's of your grand day out David, very much appreciated from those of us unable to attend the show.

    Willz.

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    1. My pleasure Willz, glad you enjoyed my efforts. I always marvel at other folks' pictures when I realise how much I missed.

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  7. Fantastic looking games! Partizan always looks great as they seem to put on the games I would be most interested in(i.e. mostly historical).

    Christopher

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    1. Partizan is the premier wargames show in the UK for historical games in my opinion Christopher.

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  8. Looks like you had a splended day there Dave....so much to look at! Great pictures! 😀

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    1. It was very noisy and crowded I found, too many folk for me to feel comfortable, plus they have still not addressed adequate seating for older attendees like me to have a breather. Money before customers if you ask me.

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  9. A very inspirational show and some sensible purchases by myself, agreed the 40mm Napoleonic game was outstanding, I wonder what the cost would be for the whole lot. I think Partizan is or may have become THE wargame show for the hobby, it always seems very well balanced.

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    1. Partizan sits deservedly at the pinnacle of wargames shows.

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