TARGE 2017. SUMMARY AND PHOTOS.

Saturday saw my annual trip to Kirriemuir for Targe 2017. I scored some Middle Imperial Romans on the bring and buy, enough to provide the bulk of two DBA 3 armies. I had a great day meeting old friends and finding out about other's games. As usual, we had our traditional lunch at The Thrums Hotel. Dale and the club members did their usual great job. Roll on next year.  

Here are some photos from the day.

Oldmeldrum Wargames Group's Battle of Barra Hill, 1308.

Alistair working out his next move.

Barra Hill again. The Bruce's forces in action, just outside Oldmeldrum.

A 7TV scenario showing a British attack on a Nazi moonbase.

A Dropship Commander game.

East Neuk's Iraq Rebellion 1941 participation game.

Falkirk and District's Battle of Falkirk, using the Maurice rules system.

Dunfermline Wargames Club doing Commands & Colors Ancients and Napoleonics.

Ramillies in 1/300 using a Cigar Box Battles mat.

The Carlist War using Sharpe Practice rules.

Aberdeen Wargames Club's the Battle of Woking 1917, using The Great War rules and figures taking on All Quiet on the Martian Front tripods. 

Gourock put on a 19th century game using Piquet rules.

A Gates of Antares game in progress.

Colonial game using Newline 20mm figures an The Men Who Would Be King rules.

Adeptus Titanicus.

Leuchars Veterans 'Fury' participation game.

The Iron Brigade's 1920's Back of Beyond game pitted the local warlord General Ying and his White Russian mercenaries against the Bolsheviks who were trying to stop Professor Blastov from completing his Doomsday Project for General Ying. Somewhere among this mayhem are Tin Tin, Snowy and friends.

Glasgow Warhog's Essen late WW2 game.

CARRONADE 2017: SHOW LOOT.

Just a short post to show off my purchases from the show.

 I was tempted by these beauties from the flea market. 12 Gordon Highlanders and 5 officers suitable for use with In Her Majesty's Name  or The Men Who Would Be Kings.

 A closer view of the Gordons. The kilt detail is wonderful.

 Four figures suitable for use with 7TV or A Fistful of Kung Fu.

 A ship for Sails of Glory, which I am starting to collect.

I did pick up IHMN Gothic from Caliver.

All in all a good show. I didn't spend too much. For once!

CARRONADE 2017 : SHOW REPORT.

What better way to end a hiatus from blogging by posting a picture report from my visit to the Carronade 2017 show in Falkirk?

I travelled with David and his two sons. After a very foggy journey to the venue we arrived in time to set up for our stint at the flea market. We had booked a table for the first two hours, as experience shows that is the time that traders and other exhibitors tend to have a look around.

View of our flea market table.

In the end, I had a rather modest return from selling, but at least some of my stuff found a new home (three bags down, two taken home). After a quick lunch, It was time to take in the show. There was the usual mass of great looking games, both display and participation. Here are a few of them:

A 15mm WW2 bocage game in 15mm.

Leuchars Veterans' 'Fury' participation game.

The table was always busy, so no chance to get a game in.

Glasgow Warhogs' Essen Pocket WW2 display game.

Operation Pluto.

British and Greeks defend against German and Italian air and seaborne forces. 

On the Island of Pouthena, 40 miles east of Crete.

Westerhope Wargames Group 7 Years War game set in 1756.

Using their own old school rules, they played toy soldiers the old way; practical terrain giving a good looking game that anyone could easily put on..

Durham Wargames Group's Spanish Civil War game.

It was set around Madrid and featured a train as the centrepiece.

I picked up a few decent bargains from the flea market, as well as IHMN Gothic from Caliver. More in a future post. David's blog has photos from more of the tables.  http://ironmammoth.blogspot.co.uk

TARGE 2016.

Saturday 12 November 2016 saw my annual trip to Targe, Kirriemuir Wargames Club's show. As well as the traditional lunch at The Thrums, I had a good time at the show.

I only had one 'need', which was a Skirmish case from Figures in Comfort, for my Broken Legions and En Garde! forces. I did pick up a few other things, which I might share in a separate post. To the tables:

Germany 1945 game, using Fireball Forward rules. 

A wider view of the table.

A view from the US lines.

Fictional Honours of War game by Oldmeldrum Wargames Group.

Glasgow Games Group and Hawk Wargames had a Dropship Commander game.

And a Dropfleet Commander game.

The Iron Brigade presented a demonstration game of York 1641.

A wider view of the table.

Detail of 'York'.

East Neuk club put on a participation game set in the Borneo jungle during the Malaya Emergency.

Another view showing the Commando Miniatures figures used.

Commands and Colors Ancients using Hexxon tiles and 15mm figures. C& C Napoleonics in the background. Dunfermline Wargames Club.

A Congo participation game.

Russians v Afghans 1980s. I think Northumbrian Painting Service were running this.

Ancient Greeks on the attack in 15mm.

Middle Earth game using War of the Ring rules.

Another view of the battle. If I remember correctly it was the defence of the Westfold.

Indian Mutiny game of Sharp Practice, by SESWC.

Omaha Beach by Glasgow Warhog.

A closer view of the beach defences.

I did take shots of other tables, but these were of too poor quality to post.

Throughout the day I manged to talk to few traders and fellow gamers. I had my eye on a few things in the Bring and Buy, but ended up with a bargain DBA Hungarian army for £10. All in all a good day. Lovely shirt sleeve weather. Very un-seasonal for Scotland in November!