Vapnartak

Another round of wargames shows began today with a visit to Vapnartak at York.  A very smooth journey across the Pennines  meant we arrived in good time to set up the Lance & Longbow game; Tannenberg.  This was being put on by Will whose collection is predominantly 20mm plastics, using the version of 'Lion Rampant' which we usually use in our participation games.

General overview from behind the Teutonic army 

The grandmaster and his reserve

Polish-Lithuanian right wing

Will ran the game twice during the day and each time attracted members of the public willing to join in.  Particularly encouraging was the number of youngsters who took part.

Two shots of the action.  I was pretty busy on the society stand for most of the day, so can't give any details.

On the upper floors were a number of games which caught my eye.  Grimsby Wargames Society put on a WWII game "Retreat to the Dneiper".  There was plenty to catch the eye:

One of several crossings of the river

Plenty of detail in the ruins

Further along were Harrogate Wargames Club with an ancient period game using the "Infamy Infamy" set of rules fro Too Fat Lardies.

There were plenty of very nicely painted figures

There were a few changes to the show layout this year.  The tabletop sale moved up to the top floor and this enables the traders to spread out a bit.  That certainly helped people to get around and made the venue feel a lot more spacious.  Up to lunchtime there were plenty of people about and many of them seemed to be carrying purchases.  Of course these shows give you the chance to meet up with old friends and at York Steve and I were able to get a good chat with Alasdair and Phil.  For more photos check out Will's blog

Thanks to Will, Andy, Bob and Steve for their support for the game and Dave and Lynne for providing the much needed tea and coffee to keep us going.