Thoughts On - Wargamers Show - 1 October 2023 (Updated with photos).

 Hi Everyone,

                       Just a quick shout-out to the Wargamers Show 2023. 

The venue for the show is the 100-acre Scout Hut, Aldridge Road, Streetley, Sutton Coldfield, B74 2EB. Sunday, 1st October 2023, 9.30 - 16:00. 60 parking spaces are available on site. 

The 937 and 997 buses are on a Sunday limited timetable. It is not exactly Wembley Stadium, but better than nothing. No information about entrance fees. There are 9 traders on the list so far. I don't know about any bring-and-buy tables, but if not, set up in the car park.

Source - bhgs.org.uk/calendar.

I did manage to attend the show, but I was not feeling at my best, due to having the Covid 19 vaccine and Flu jabs in both arms the day before. (The journey on public transport took about two hours each way for me, so I was rather shell-shocked, through being bounced around by the time I arrived). Some of the other Battle Circle members were there, having arrived earlier. I tried to order food from the pub next door, but they were too slow, so I left, unimpressed.

I was hoping for more magazines and rule books in the second-hand section. They did have large collections of painted figures and vehicles, just not what I was looking for at the moment. I did purchase some scout figures for my 5 Parsecs game. Other things in the main hall were out of my price range or covering subjects I had already had rules for.

I think this was a Zombies game of some sort, run by "The Guards Club".

I think they can be found at "Thye Church of Saint Thomas Moore Parish Hall or possibly next door in the Primary School on Friday nights. Please confirm the details before going.
Corner of Horse Shoe Lane and Church Road. (71 and 60 bus routes).

A WW II aerial dogfight game of some sort.

Thanks to the show organisers and all who came along to support it or sell us goodies.

Regards,

Ivor Cogdell

Thoughts on - Shows 2

 Hi Everyone,

                          I had hoped to go to the Penkridge Wargame Tabletop Bring and Buy on January 15, but the public travel situation was too iffy, as the rail strike had disrupted the area, so the busses would have been a nightmare too. Sadly, my local Wargaming show, Alumwell 2023 in Wolverhampton, looks like it is not happening, so I hope Barrage at Stafford is on. I may consider Salute, in London, if it is easy enough for me to get there and at a reasonable cost. That is one that I have not done before.

    

Regards all,

Ivor Cogdell

Update 15 Sept 2023 - See the "Thoughts on - Wargamers Show - 1 October 2023."

Thoughts on - Shows 1

 Hi Everyone,

       I was looking forward to going to a couple of the wargame shows this year, Alumwell in Wolverhampton and Barrage in Stafford. Both, i see are now cancelled, unfortunately. Are there any shows going ahead that I can get to by public transport from Birmingham UK ? (Salute- London, I would imagine, would be one, but not sure what travel times involved on the tube.)

         I saw one in the Walsall area, but it was to far away from the bus lanes. The Birmingham games expo is still on as far as I know, but I don't  think there is any wargaming apart from board games. Please correct me if I am wrong on that point, as I have never been to one, yet.

Regards all,

Ivor Cogdell

St Edwards Wargame Day

St. Edwards School Wargame Show

Pictures from Dec 1 2019.

Hi everybody,
                      Hiding on one of my hard drives are pictures of December 1st 2019 at St Edwards ? School Wargame day. Here they are for your delectation. Unfortunately, I was a bit under the weather, as they say and did not have chance to gather any notes as to who was who, but they might give you some idea of some of the fun that was taking place.

These were "Battle Mechs" From Circle Battlegroup, Based in Stocklands Green (My club.)

A second table of our Battle Mechs.

Possibly WW II Bolt Action ?

"Gaslands"

Possibly Roman / Greek ?

Fighting over a Temple ?

"Commit the reserves Charrge!"

All pictures are Copyright (C) Ivor Cogdell 2020.
These photos were taken on an EE Alcatel One Touch PIXI".

There you go, I hope there was something of interest there for you. Also at the show were assorted vendors, thanks for coming..Thanks to all the organizers and vendors that took part. Unfortunately I was unable to go to the WMAA day in March 2020, so these are the last of my show photos so far. Who knows when the next one will be ?

 Stay safe everybody.


Ivor Cogdell..

The Barrage Wargames Show, Stafford 2018

Hi all,
           Here are my photos of the Barrage Wargames show, some with a description and the club responsible for it, some without. Thanks to all who came and made it another enjoyable event.

If I missed your table out or missed giving you credit, apologies. There were lots of varied terrain, but all were good quality.

For more information, click www.barrage.org.uk.

See you there next year.

Ivor Cogdell