Carronade '18

Yesterday was the next annual FDWC show, Carronade '18 and another successful show it was too.

The show is now pretty much at capacity and with 50+ or so traders plus a couple of charities selling hobby related materials and 40 or so Clubs show-casing games there isn't any facility to grow further, which doesn't seem to be an issue. Just about right for the show I think.

The weather was very good on the day, and with most game shows this kept the numbers attending down slightly on the previous couple of years but with over 800 punters through the door plus club members and clubs with their games etc, well over 1200 peeps so not too shabby for these parts.

It was a busy day but with the warm weather, the halls were a bit stuffy but for a change the upstairs halls were much more pleasant for the painting competition and games hall, and the Flea Market next door which was much appreciated.

The Wargame Society of Contemptible Bastards - To the Strongest Rose 28mm WOTR

Games in the back hall;

League of Alzheimers - Crusades Game

3:10 to Yuma - Glasgow and District ?

SESWC - Arsuf 3rd Crusades (I think)

Congrats to Leuchars Veterans for their Win in the Particption Games Category and their 'Carry On up the Khyber', and the Wildlings for the Runner-Up position in the same category with their 9th Age game, congratulations also to Kirriemuir for winning the Demo game category with their 'T in the Park WWII game, and Durham's Port Republic 1862 game getting Runner-Up.

Games in the first hall;

The painting competition was again present and as with  the door entry numbers, this year was the first year the number of entries was down slightly on previous years with sixty four entries over the seven categories.

The main victims of this reduction appeared to be the Historical Vehicle category where there was only two entries (one of which had to withdraw early) and the Historical Single Figure category with only three entrants.

Once again, the level of entries was pretty high and several eye-catching pieces were present.

Games in the Upstairs game hall;

Wildlings 9th Age - Battle of Stivelyn (Participation Games Runner-UP)

St Aidans - Ghost Archipelago

Stirling Wargames - Necromunda

You can find the full post show debrief on the club website soon here.

Single Fantasy/Sci-Fi Entries

Junior Entries

Fantasy/Sci-Fi Unit Entries

Fantasy/Sci-Fi Unit Entries

Historical Unit Entries

Historical Unit Entries

Fantasy/SciFi Vehicle Entries

Winner & Runner-Up - Fantasy/Sci-Fi Vehicle

Winner & Runner-Up - Single Historical

Winner & Runner-Up - Single Fantasy/Sci-Fi

Winner & Runner-Up - Fantasy/Sci-Fi Unit

Winner - Historical Unit (& Best of Show)

Runner-Up - Histrical Unit

Winner - Historical Vehicle (and only final
 entry)

Winner & Runner-up - Fantasy/SciFi Vehicle

A couple of the central hall games in progress

Another good and enjoyable show and the club show committe are already planning next years fray. 

Battle Companies Campaign - Part the Second

The last week or so has seen various BC Campaign activities with Monday being the next major get together round robin bout and various separate PvP games previously.

The participants this time round were;

                                 Dave K                Rivendell

                                 Andy W               Mordor Orcs

                                 Ian                       Gondor

                                 Kevin                   Warg Riders

                                 Andy K                 Easterlings

                                 Myself                  Arnor

                                 Leigh                   Hobbits

                                 Alan A                  Dwarves

Already with most of the Companies having five games under their belt, several of them are beginning to look pretty chunky, particularly Andy W's Orcs and Dave K's Rivendell Elves being the current ones to watch out for.

On the flip side of this is Iain's Gondor BC which has been particularly unlucky with post game results and has been forced to restart from scratch once after losing captain and down to three bods, and his second BC has not faired well after losing a second captain from the restarted group.

This time round, games were pitched about Company ratings with games paired off with opponents with similar rating matched against each other and then next closest.

My own games for Arnor against Dave K's Elves and Kev's Warg Riders were both victories for the enemies of Arnor with the Elves being much luckier on the dice rolls and Arnor only winning two duel rolls all game but still taking a time to defeat and then a much quicker defeat as the Warg Riders swarmed the hill that Arnor was holding and breaking at 75% casualties, going down in very quick order for a fraction of casualties in return. The post game results were pretty kind though and the Arnor BC is much the stronger finishing up.

We only managed two random generated scenario's each this time as the game length's are creeping up as the companies strength's grow which is nice. It will be next time round before we get to the next Campaign Scenario 'Catching the Thread'.

Following this weeks games the scores have now moved to 10/10 victories apiece for Good /Evil with the Evil side picking up a couple of decent victories this time round.