"The Jewel in the Crown"

By which phrase I refer of course to the UK's premiere Wargames Show, Partizan, and not the abomination that is...well, you must know which overpriced-underlit-overcrowded-Sci-Fant event in the East End. {NB: this is an opinion, no-one is obliged to agree with it.} Of course I'm not in company with Phil for the show, as he is off enjoying R&R in Cornwall with his family, but Sue has volunteered to stand in and share the driving with me! We stayed overnight in the Premier Inn, just down the way from the Newark Showground, meaning no early morning start for we geriatrics-in-waiting!

I had no list to speak of I'm almost afraid to confess: some MDF hexes from Warbases; some French Eagles and a Wars of the Roses gun & crew from Front Rank/Gripping Beast; and some terrain items from The Last Valley. Little shopping means more time for friends and taking in the multitude of splendid games on view. So, without more ado, the games or parts thereof which took my fancy. There were of course very many other splendid games on show to what looked possibly like a record attendance.

Starting with the marvellous game by the Boondock Saynts ~

Next up going from a large group's game to one man bands we have a marvellous small game ~

Followed by The Bunker's splendidly realized ~

While right out of my comfort zone we have ~

And~

And then a really attractive fantasy battle showcasing the Midgard rules ~

Moving back to where I am more comfortable we had ~

Moving on to periods not so often seen we had ~

And ~

Back to more mainstream periods then ~

And a favourite of mine ~

A Mexican-American War game by the Curtey twins/First Corps ~

The Bodkins C3rd Romans v Sassanids ~

The perennial advert game for To The Strongest/For King & Parliament ~

An Aztec v Conquistador game ~

And finally from the Very British Civil Forum ~

It just remains to document my modest loot ~

It just remains for me to document that I had a marvellous day out, saw great games, chatted with good friends and bought new toys. Oh, and the sun shone on us all weekend! Finally, if I have miss-assigned any photos I meant no offence and blame Blogger which has taken to rearranging photos as you edit some and not others. Now, roll on The Other Partizan!