Sunday 28 February 2016

Cavalier and back again

This years Cavalier Wargames show has been an excellent and tiring day. I spent a lot of the day meeting up with friends and fellow bloggers like Henry Hyde, Bob Cordery, Whisperin Al, David Crook and Stephen Dix. Everyone seemed to be having a great day and and lot of laughter could be heard whenever we gathered in a huddle to exchange greetings. For me this first show of the year is summed up by this amazing banter and friendliness and makes the show a firm favourite in my calender. I didn't take as many pictures as normal, mainly because I spent so much time talking to traders and friends. Here's a selection of my photos and they gave a good overview of the games on display.  

The main hall of Cavalier

Henry Hyde, Ray Rousell, Robert Cordery & David Crook

Friday Night Firefight - Zulu! 1879

Friday Night Firefight - Zulu! 1879

Hailsham Wargames Club - Malplaquet 1709

Hailsham Wargames Club - Malplaquet 1709

Deal Wargames Society - Prison Break 1945

Deal Wargames Society - Prison Break 1945

Society of Ancients - Trebia

Society of Ancients - Trebia

Staines Wargamers - Trojan War 1180 BC

Maidstone Wargames - Road to Homs 1982

Maidstone Wargames - Road to Homs 1982

Maidstone Wargames - Road to Homs 1982

Maidstone Wargames - Road to Homs 1982

Tonbridge Wargames - Chickamauga Day 2

Tonbridge Wargames - Chickamauga Day 2

The Bring and Buy stall

Cavalier small hall

North London Wargames - Monoontour 1569

Gravesend Gamers Guild - Warmachine
All in all quite a varied selection of games on display with a wide range of scales and periods. I particularly enjoyed the 2mm game... but I must remain disciplined and not get sucked into another scale!

I had a pretty successful shopping trip as well. David Crook gave me a book on Hannibal that will help me in my current project and I also found a book about about the Fall of Carthage on the David Lanchester stall. In addition I found a book I have been seeking for a while on the Churchill Tanks and an impulse purchase, a book on WWI Tanks. I also picked up several packs of MDF bases and some paint and medium thinner. Not a bad haul.


10 comments:

  1. Nice one Lee. I enjoyed the show, and it was great to bump into all the blogger royalty too!

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  2. A modest haul, but it looks like you have some reading to do now.
    Most importantly good to see you again.

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  3. Great pictures and fantastic tables, love Malplaquet and Road to Homs 1982!

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  4. Great looking venue and some nice games too.

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  5. Lovely photos. The 1982 game in (6mm?) looked very interesting.

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  6. Awesome. Great loot and a great day out by the looks.
    cheers

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  7. Great catching up with you and some of the other Rejects, nice pics as well.

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