12th March, Wolverhampton

March also saw us at ...

ALUMWELL SHOW

The first real show of the year in central England was always Alumwell and it still seems to feel like the start of the season even if it now follows a number of other events.

This is another combination show for us ... teamed up with the Battlefields Trust and Northampton Battlefield Society ... this time presenting NBS's newly published narrative game of the 1460 battle.

Northampton Battlefields Society ... and ...

The Society of Ancients ... present ...

The Battle of Northampton 1460 ...

This is a blown up chunky version of the boardgame which is now available as a cut out publication from NBS ... it has been played at a number of shows and goes down a treat (you really need a copy of this game ... and - as luck would have it - it has now been published so you can buy one *but there's more* all the proceeds go to helping to protect the battlefield so it's a double win) ...

Northampton 1460

OK promotion done, but it will be reviewed in Slingshot and I'll give contact details in a follow up blog for those of you who want to get one.

We played a number of games and everyone had a good time.  Graham was signing copies for autograph hunters.

We were right next to the WWII vehicles ... a regular feature of this friendly Midlands show ...

West Midlands Military Show

Indeed, reenactment/living history is well represented within an old fashioned mix of military history and modelling interests and there is usually something for everyone ...

Wars of the Roses ...  Civil War ... Napoleonic ... WWII ...

... and if the show had a sub-plot, it was The Great War ... a number of splendid interpretations 100 years on from 1917.

Not much for the pure ancients enthusiast I'm afraid but some very good historical games in other periods, nicely presented and generally engaging the visitor ...

WMMS 2017

... and did I say 'scale modelling' tables ... yards of them ... a nice mix of shopping, things to play, things to look at ... and folk dressed up ...

And Societies to join and good works to support ...

The Battlefields Trust and a few items available at WMMS 2017

Meanwhile our participation game went on pretty much all day and introduced a few people to wargaming, a few more to the Wars of the Roses, and a fascinating range of plausible historical variants.

A good show and a good day out.

Thanks to the organisers and thanks everyone who joined.   Make sure you don't miss Alumwell 2018.