Showing posts with label SELWG. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SELWG. Show all posts

Tuesday, 19 October 2021

SELWG 2021

Over the weekend the Rejects went to our first in-person game show in over a year and a year and a half. SELWG has moved to a new venue, and there were a few hiccups along the way, but we had a great day and bought a lot of gear.


We had a good day and all the Rejects said they enjoyed themselves. I did video them giving some feedback but the sound quality was so poor (too much background noise) I left these out in the end. Pity, because some of the responses were amusing! 

A fine body of Rejects! 

Inside the new Venue

'O'Group - The Scottish Corridor

'O'Group - The Scottish Corridor

Mark Backhouse's 2mm Romans using Strength and Honour

Cheshunt Wargames 6mm Battle for Hoe Binh, Indochina 1951

Milton Hundreds CoC Game featured two lovely Shermans. 

Deal Wargames Boworadet Rebellion, Siam 1933

Society of Ancients - Trebia

Spalding Wargames Club - A fist full of Lead

Gravesend Gamers Guild - 40k Titanicus

Postie chatting up one of the Traders. Does everyone really give him a discount??

Where's Walley? 

My modest Loot from the day. Not as much lead as I planned but there is always the next show!


Saturday, 16 October 2021

Posties Rejects are going to SELWG tomorrow

I will be going to SELWG tomorrow along with a few of my mates from Posties Rejects. This will be our first in-person game show in over 20 months and we can't wait. If you see me (I'm a big target, hard to miss) please come and say hello.


Friday, 25 October 2019

SELWG Withdrawal Symptoms

Exploring a Chieftain Tank in the
Norfolk Tank Museum
Let's start by stating that I'm an idiot. Unequivocal and no argument from me I assure you. Why? Because I booked a weekend away that clashed with one of my favourite game shows in my calendar, SELWG at Crystal Palace. Ray, Postie and Dave went to this year's event and the closest I got was a voyeuristic 'lurk' on Rays Blog. It looks like I missed a great show and I'm more than a little gutted. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed my weekend away with the family, but we could have had just as much fun the following weekend, but somehow I didn't register the date when we booked the hotel and the rest, as they say, is history. Numpty!

So while the lads were enjoying themselves at SELWG I had to content myself with the excellent Norfolk Tank Museum amongst others (six museums in three days!). Spending a couple of hours climbing on and in their tank collection was good fun, but not quite the same as attending the show and meeting friends. So 'Plan B' is to attend Warfare in the middle of November for my last big wargaming fix before the long dark winter months close in. This will be my first visit to this particular show and my last chance to stock up before the Painting Challenge begins in December. I expect to part with a lot of cash!

The new Operations Room should be largely finished by then and I can start getting some work done after weeks of self-imposed exile from my hobby. 

Sunday, 21 October 2018

SELWG 2018 - Close, but no cigar

My annual pilgrimage to Crystal Palace show didn't happen this year thanks to a spot of car trouble (more on that in due course) although it shouldn't come as much of a surprise to me as its been something of an on-again off-again affair for months. Initially I though I was going to miss the show because my Teacher wife has just had a numerically significant birthday and we were planning on taking a holiday during the Half Term break. However that plan went out the window several weeks ago and I tried really hard not to show my happiness when I realised I would be able to attend SELWG after all. I guess its Karma therefore that my excitement at attending the show should come to an (almost) crashing halt late last night.

I've never experienced a tire blowout before so I guess I should count myself lucky that it happened at relatively low speed and where I was able to pull into a lay-by. I say lucky because just a few minutes earlier I was travelling at 70 mph on a badly lit road. Not only did the wheel fail but it shredded in a way I hadn't thought possible and when I pulled over there was literally smoke rising from the tattered rubber that used to be a tire. I then attempted to change the wheel for the spare, whereupon I found that even my weight behind the wrench was not enough to get the wheel nuts off. The impossibly tight bolts even stumped the AA who arrived 40 minutes later and that was the point I realised my plans for a day at SELWG had bit the dust for the last time. So rather than writing a long post about one of my favourite shows - with accompanying photo's - I've spent today at home trying to sort out my car.

I've commented on this before but the SELWG show seems to have an almost supernatural effect on the weather. Every year, regardless of the prevailing conditions in October, the day of the show is nearly always a bright crisp and beautiful autumn morning. This year was no exception and when I looked out at the weather today my heart sank even lower. So I guess all that is left to do now is wait to see the pictures posted online by those that were able to attend, and plan my trip to SELWG for next year. Maybe I'll have better luck in October 2019!

Sunday, 22 October 2017

SELWG 2017

Its not secret that SELWG is one of my favourite wargame shows. Its just the right size for me;  always has some great games on display; is close enough to my home that I can drive it in under an hour; usually the weather isn't too bad for standing in the queue before the doors open; and most importantly this is where I had a fateful meeting with those most rejected members of The Rejects, Ray and Fran (of Don't throw a One and The Angry Lurker fame). I have been going to this event for years and I have a lot of good memories so its not surprising that I have been looking forward to this years SELWG with growing anticipation.

The Traders seemed very busy and the quality of the participation & demo games was very high.

SELWG 2017

Traders on the Mezzanine

The Bring and Buy

Tunbridge Wellls -Sand and Salami - 15mm WWII

Tunbridge Wellls -Sand and Salami - 15mm WWII
Shepway Wargamers -Brittania 417AD

Shepway Wargamers -Brittania 417AD
Shepway Wargamers -Brittania 417AD
Streatham & Tooting Wargamers 

Streatham & Tooting Wargamers 

Streatham & Tooting Wargamers 

Newbury & Reading Wargames Society- Stoke Field 1487

Newbury & Reading Wargames Society- Stoke Field 1487

Society of Ancients - Sentinum 295BC

GLC Games - Red Badge of Courage - ACW Participation Game

GLC Games - Red Badge of Courage - ACW Participation Game

Gravesend Gaers Guild - Panzer Vor

South London Warlords - Darleks Invasion Earth 

South London Warlords - Darleks Invasion Earth 

Rosebyrne Demo Table

Peter Pig - Spanish Civil War 

Peter Pig - Spanish Civil War 
Peter Pig - Spanish Civil War 
Friday Night Fire Fight Club
No table signs means I don't know which club put this game on or what battle they are playing...All I can say for certain is its ACW!

ACW

Rejects on tour - Postie, Ray and Tamsin
Simon Miller - Battle of Ruspina - To the Strongest 

Simon Miller - Battle of Ruspina - To the Strongest 

Simon Miller - Battle of Ruspina - To the Strongest 

Maidstone Wargames - Fenris Decending 

Midstone Wargames - Fenris Decending 

Deal Wargames - Stopping the Traffic - Prudka River Sep 1939 -15mm WWII

Deal Wargames - Stopping the Traffic - Prudka River Sep 1939 -15mm WWII

Deal Wargames - Stopping the Traffic - Prudka River Sep 1939 -15mm WWII

Deal Wargames - Stopping the Traffic - Prudka River Sep 1939 -15mm WWII
Gravesend Wargames Club - Taking the Pissoir! - WWII 

Gravesend Wargames Club - Taking the Pissoir! - WWII 

Gravesend Wargames Club - Taking the Pissoir! - WWII 

Gravesend Wargames Club - Taking the Pissoir! - WWII 
Anti-Alchemists - Texas War of Independence 1835

Anti-Alchemists - Texas War of Independence 1835
Essex Warriors - Siege of Maldon 917AD

Essex Warriors - Siege of Maldon 917AD

Friday Night in Crawley - Landskncht! 

Friday Night in Crawley - Landskncht! 

Friday Night in Crawley - Landskncht! 
Loughton Strike Force - General de Armee 

Loughton Strike Force - General de Armee 

Loughton Strike Force - General de Armee 

SELWG Loot! A metric ton of MDF bases; two Blandford uniform guides; A Samurai figure; A Saga model of Alfred the Great; an Age of Adventure set of Livingstone and Stanley; A colonial adventurer figure; Alexander the Great by Warlord Games; a pack of celebrating vikings; and an Imperial Roman command set. The models are all destined to be painted as display figures rather than as part of any army I am building. 

That wraps up the games on display and all in all a pretty good selection of really good games. As usual I spent almost as much time chatting to friends as I did taking pictures. However the big thing today was that I restocked my lead mountain and managed to buy approximately a tree's worth of MDF bases! I was also very fortunate to find some very cheap uniform books on the Bring and Buy so all in all a pretty successful day out.