Wish I could join you chaps.. maybe next year
Although on a positive note.. my good lady wife asked if I wanted to go to Prague next year (which is nice)
Wish I could join you chaps.. maybe next year
Although on a positive note.. my good lady wife asked if I wanted to go to Prague next year (which is nice)
Never Knowingly Undergunned !!
I really must get a passport sorted out, I'd love to do Prague, and the girls are old enough to leave behind (if they want to go to Prague they can get jobs)
Lest we forget
Originally Posted by johnbiggles
I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
Hi Tim,
what time do you hope to arrive tomorrow?
Lest we forget
Don't know yet...................got in late, just cooking dinner, haven't started packing yet................need to look at the stuff you sent me.................hopefully 08:00ish?
I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
Apologies for not managing to pop by the table during the day, once the punters were let in I didn't stray far from our booth. I did how ever manage to grab a few photos of the Shadow Warriors Tripods and Triplanes demo table.
The rest of these, plus a few more general shots including a timelapse shot from our booth can be found in the Flickr album.
- Neil.
Really enjoyable event guys - the usual heaving mass of bodies that kept the place "warm" despite its sizeTim ran the WW1 games in the morning and was already offloading his supply truck when I arrived at 8.30pm. The table was always well occupied and the games were a lot of fun. Naturally, I flew an RE8 alongside another and an SE5 or two in support, against Tim and his horde of Dr1s. I believe we went down something horrible to nil and personally I didn't last more than a few turns
Ah well, c'est la mort, or is that meant to be vie?
John and Ruth Biggles ran the afternoon games - a series of WW2 actions over the desert. I didn't last any longer in the first of those games either. Flying a Kitty Hawk I believe I was shot down by a combination of three ME109s inside five minutesBut I did manage to survive once - in the very last game, flying an ME109. Perhaps I should change sides
Rob (Rabscallion) provided the rest of the support during the day, which was a lot of fun, except I didn't find anything to spend my pocket money on. Silly, because, needless to say, Tim managed to sniff out the one supplier of Wings merchandize
Sorry - no pics at all, but I am assuming there will be one or two eventually posted by the others. Good to see David Manley, Neil (NeilCFord) and Steve (Guntruck) there too, although only briefly, as they were involved in other games - yep, the various vehicles look just as impressive in the flesh as they do in the photos. Congrats Steve. Beautiful work! Sorry not to see Adie and son. I may have been on my wandering break if you turned up guys, so sorry not to meet you. But if, in fact, you couldn't make it, well here's to the next occassion.
And that's it from me folks. Thanks to all involved - really enjoyed the day!
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Ruth and I turned up at around 930 having been delayed by a couple of 50mph sections on the M1 to find Mike wandering round sans wristband, expecting to be turfed out any minute, and Tim in the final throws of setting up the tables for his WWI games
Tim has many photos taken during the games in order to supply a proper report on the morning's fun, but here are a few pics taken after my being shot down (first kill of the day) by none other than my darling wife
Tim here in full flow, flying a Dr1, running the game and explaining the joys of the game to some passing trade
if memory serves they were already converts, and I believe one of them may be a fellow forumite.
in this next picture Mike is ably assisting some new players, while Rob appears to be musing pensively about his next choice of cards, while in the background the multitude throng
over the next couple of days I will endeavour to post up the three WWII games of the afternoon session
Lest we forget
Good to see the first of the returns before I scarper off to Prague tomorrow chaps.
Thanks for posting John. Also thanks to the other runners and riders.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
A great day -really enjoyed it - All of the participants I spoke to seems to be enjoying themselves very much. i predominantly play WW1 but really enjoyed the WW2 session as well as a bit of scoring which was almost as good as playing! As a bonus, I was 'led' astray by Tim and picked up a couple more planes for my collection. Thanks all.
I popped by the table during the afternoon while a WW2 game was in play and had a chat with Tim (Flying Helmut). It was great to see the table full and everyone enjoying themselves while I also drooled over Tim's small (cough, cough) collection of aircraft.
Well done to all involved at the table.
Ah so I did miss you Adie - pity. Next time I hope
Have fun in Prague guys.
Action aplenty. It did not end well for the Brits - Don't turn Right ... too late!
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Payback
Tims AA guns looking pretty intimidating
It looks like you had a good time.
I can attest that all involved in the game pictured above seemed to have a good time.
In the afternoon, after the splendid games Tim had put on, it was my turn.
We move from the Western Front to the Western Desert.
I got off to a slow start with the camera, so we join the fun about a quarter of the way into the first game.
The map is upside down in this view, with the Mediterranean coast around Tobruk at the bottom.
The Axis are mostly attacking from the right with the British flying in from the left, and the lone italian taking off from Tobruk itself.
The Falco was asked for by one of the participants fancied having a go with a WWII biplane!
Ruth took charge of the scoring using a system we adopted last year for ensuring 1. we don't lose any chits, 2. nobody makes any mistakes when adding up and 3. its easier to see how fast the total damage is mounting up.
As you can see, Mike has just crashed his Kittyhawk, shot down in bits.
The allies had 3 Hurricane MkIIBs with the 6 gun wings, and 2 Kittyhawks which kept the scoring simple, BBB/BA attack and 18 damage for all the aircraft
The Germans were flying 4 Bf109Es CCA/C attack and 18 damage with just the Falco as odd man out with B/A and 16 points
Once everyone had got the hang of the two card system and the speed changes, the aircraft fell in quick succession
A view down the table during the second game, Ruth is out murdering the hapless allies while Rob has a go at running the score sheets.
In the foreground is a small display of WGF aircraft courtesy of Tim.
I spent most of the afternoon trying not to be distracted by passers by, and calling the sequences of play.
Everyone ready?
Play card number one!
Any firing?
Slide and choose, everyone ready? play card number one!
after an hour of play, the final score for game two
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We played three games in all, each roughly an hour long. Game two saw the most visitor participation, we had players who were familiar with WGF and wanted to try WGS, players who had "seen it at other shows but not had the time" and players who had never seen it "but it looks interesting". Several players stayed for all three games, various children did what children always do in this game and butchered the adults.
We finished the last game just before the show officially ended, and all agreed it had been up there with the best shows of recent times.
Last edited by johnbiggles; 04-08-2019 at 12:15.
Lest we forget
Another year another failure to attend, I really must do something about my wife insisting on booking so many holidays... mmm or maybe not, lol
However she is keen to have a bit of a spa away thing with our daughters next spring and is offering me Prague as a makeweight... so might finally get to that at least
Never Knowingly Undergunned !!
Now there's a generous offer you cannot refuse ChrisHowever she is keen to have a bit of a spa away thing with our daughters next spring and is offering me Prague as a makeweight... so might finally get to that at least
Well attended, and well done!
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