Hill 107: Return of the Mag 5-The Other Partizan 2018

Sunday 19th August.

Happy now Dave?

The magnificent 4 and a half.Dave is mentally still in bed.

The Gothenburg Gamers headed south to the sunnier climes of Newark courtesy of Iron Horse albeit red and white.We headed down on Saturday in order to be refreshed for our Sunday shenanigans and after a couple of foaming ales courtesy of my favourite firm of solicitors Messrs Wither and Spoons headed to our fav restaurant,The Koinonia.This is the best Indian restaurant I have ever been to.It specialises in fish and coconut dishes and is just scrummy.

Bill has finally found someone smaller than him.

This lad's dad was having more fun than his son I think.

After a night of curry and ale we headed for our digs for the evening and awoke refreshed(well most of us)and after a hearty brekkie headed for the Newark showground and a day of gaming and buying toys that we don't really need.We even passed a Vegan campsite full of people who must have drooled over the bacon rolls and Cornish pasties we would be indulging in later.

Oh.A pirate game.

Complete with one of Angus's books.

Mad Max 1

Mad Max 2

Zombies-the in thing at the mo.

This looked interesting-hooded cultists abound.

Our game was quickly set up in order to await the hordes but also to be able to peruse the toys for sale before the general public.One of our group,don't worry Dave no names will be mentioned was busy on his phone checking his Ebay bids on painted armies.Considering where we were it was a bit like coals to Newcastle.

The view down the hall.

One day I'm going to indulge in one of these games.

The crowds duly appeared and the majority were impressed with our take on the usual cowboy gunfights.It's amazing the draw Playmobil has.Children young and old came for a peruse and we found some willing participants willing to shoot each other for a bag of Milky Bar Buttons.

Back to our game-which looks like Hunt the Red Spot.

"Come up and see me,make me smile"

You are not getting in without a password.

Still missed!

With five of us in attendance it meant that three would take care of the game whilst the other two could check up on the opposition and there were some very good games on offer.
The good thing about this show is that the clubs and groups put a lot into of time and attention into their games not like some shows were a printed purchased mat is laid out to play some game from a film franchise.

Brilliant but an awful lot of time spent.

This was the ironclad's target.

Impressive.

Obviously a cannon demo zone.

Between games I had a shifty around the hall and took a few photos of games that took my fancy and there where a few.In my usual style I finally found a game that really took my fancy.It was a game based on the 221b Baker Street boardgame that I had purchased a few years earlier and the scenery looked phenomenal.I was annoyed that I had just found it in the middle of the afternoon and then severely p****d of when I found out it was right next to our table.One day I am going to open my eyes.All the best to Terry Broomhall who put on,in my opinion the best game on show.Just a wee bit better than ours.

Brrr!Too much snow for August.

The boys are back in town.

Bren carriers stopping at the local AA box.

Battle of Bosworth-VBCW style.

Very impressive.

And they even dress up.

We played a few games before early closing time for us due to us heading for our early steed north so it was goodbye to the organisers and this great venue and hello to our train north.

This looked amazing.

Using scenery and figs to extend the boardgame.

Can't get enough boats.

"The games afoot Watson"

Another view of a very good game.

We all had a great weekend and enjoyed the delights that Newark had to offer.We were all happy with our purchases although I seemed to have left some figures of Bodie,Doyle and Mr Cowley on the train.Not very Professional of me-boom boom!And yes Dave was successful in his Ebay purchases.