Thornbury IPMS show 2019

Last Sunday (4th August) saw the annual IPMS Show at Thornbury Leisure Centre near Bristol. The Lincombe Barn Wargames Society has been helping run parts of the show for a long time and this year was no exception.

As well as running the popular Bring and Buy table, the club also has a display stand, showing some of the games we play and we run a participation game. This year, our chosen game was Congo by Studio Tomahawk. Despite having not played the game for a while, we managed to get three games completed on the day, and I think that everyone enjoyed themselves. Below are a selection of photos from the games. All figures were supplied by Clive (the Forest Tribes) or me (the European Explorers). We played the same simple scenario in all the games, Raiders of the Lost Mask from the Last Queen of Aksoum bulletin sheet.

In addition, some of us submitted entries for the Wargaming Class of the IPMS Painting Competition. The first picture shows the winning entry. I think that is an Age of Sigmar thing, but I have no idea what they are, apart from being some kind of animated trees. Anyway, it was a nice paint job.

This Ork vehicle battlegroup (below) was an impressive entry, but was unplaced.

I submitted a few different entries from stuff already painted which I use for gaming (rather than specifically-painted competition pieces), both in the hope of getting a top three spot, but also to ensure that there were enough wargames entries to the competition. My entries were a mixed bunch, featuring figures from Bad Squiddo, North Star, Pulp Figures, Copplestone, Reaper Miniatures and Perry. I had high hopes of getting some recognition for my Freyja's Wrath entry, but it was not to be (insert sad face here).

Below are all my entries together, plus one from someone else at the bottom right.

"How did I fare?", you might ask. Well, I didn't win, but I did grab second place with my Perry 28mm plastic Condottieri foot men-at-arms figures at the top left of the picture above.

Next year I really Must Try Harder.

LBWS Tabletop Sale 2019

Yesterday was the Lincombe Barn Wargames Society's annual Tabletop Sale, basically an indoor car-boot sale for gamers.

The show was a sell-out in terms of available tables and there were plenty of regular sellers at the show, plus some new faces who I hope enjoyed themselves and made a profit. From the feedback I received there were a lot of happy people, so I hope that the same thing applied to those I didn't get a chance to speak to. There seemed to be more visitors this year compared with 2018, which is good news too.

Anyway, here are a few pictures;

We will be running another TTS next May, date to be agreed early in 2020, so, if people are interested in attending as either a seller or as a bargain hunter, I'll be publicising the sale as soon as I have details.

Before that, the club will be running a Bring and Buy table at the Thornbury IPMS Show in August, as well as running a participation game, which will probably be What A Tanker! set in the Western Desert between the Afrika Korps and the 8th Army.

Finally, on Sunday 24th November the club will be hosting our ever-popular Reveille II show, with many traders as well as demonstration and participation games. 

IPMS Avon Show, Thornbury (near Bristol) this coming Sunday

IPMS Avon is holding its 28th annual show in conjunction with Lincombe Barn Wargames Society on Sunday 5th August 2018.

The show is being held at the Thornbury Leisure Centre, north of Bristol where there will be over 2,300m2 of display space spread over 3 large, well lit halls. There is also ample free parking for participants and visitors alike.

The club will be running the Bring and Buy sale, a display table showing the games we play and also a demo/participation game of What A Tanker in 15mm.