Reveille 2024
Held today, Sunday 24th November at Downend Folk House, Lincombe Barn, Bristol.
Had a great Dad/son day out at this small club event near Bristol. Alex and I havn`t done a wargames show for years, certainly pre COVID, but maybe not since before he did his GCSEs??
Even though there were a number of traders present - The Square, Andy Grubb, Blotz Terrain among them I was very controlled and only came away with one cheap book.
The show seemed quite busy even with todays awful weather
It was great to meet up and chat to Don Mchugh, Alan McCoubry and finally put a face to Rob Beswick (who I only knew through FB). It was particularly great to see and speak to my old friend from those SOTCW participation games at Gauntlet in Broughton - Will Mcnally who I haven`t seen in several years. I also spoke to Andy Grubb, the owner of Blotz and the guy who runs The Square, all seemed in good humour despite the weather.
Of course the highlights of any show is the games:
Alan and Don fought Rob in a 20mm WW2 desert bash using Rapid Fire Reloaded.
The game featured some lovely models
Just behind them was a great looking Cruel Seas game featuring some truly stunning ships. The guys running it were incredibly nice and not only chatted about their game took the time to show Alex and me their other fleets - Russian and Italian, very cool.
A 54mm Zulu War game
And last but not least my personal favourite of the day a 25-28mm Mexican Revolution bash run by guys from Penarth using Achtung Gringo! The variant of the Crush the Kaiser rules. I spent quite a bit of time discussing both the rules and the period with them.
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