Today, after a long break due to the pandemic, the Battleground show at Stockton on Tees returned, bigger and better than ever!
As ever, I took a lot of pictures (and spent a lot of money!) and have divided them into 3 sections, Traders, Re-enactors and Games.
Come, walk with me...
Traders:
Dave Thomas
Andy, my mate is also a fan of ...
...their excellent figures!
Even re-enactors have wargaming needs to sate!
A rather nice display of WW2 desert tanks and guns!
These do some gorgeous models!
Pendraken Miniatures, the sponsor of this excellent show for several years!
The Bring and buy
Cozzmic cakes - and their ever present game where you shoot a Titan and eat what you hit!
Of course, you can just buy the cakes from the nice backroom staff!
The Last Valley (I always spend most of my cash here!!!)
Andy, the talented chap who makes it all!!
Suddenly all the punters were gone and I got the shot I wanted!!!
...Thanks to the helpful proprietors!!!
Graham's Wuerkshoppe
The Games:
The battle of Vicksburg (Grimsby Wargames Society)
I luv the little chuffa!
Magnus Ars De Imperatoria's Gaslight game
My own club, Tyneside Wargames club's :Battle of Bautzen 1813
There are over 10,000 figures on this table!!!
Redcar Ironbeards: Monty's attack.
Some lovely models in this game!
Our friends from Westerhope Wargames club's Wellington in India game.
...and their usual display of period weapons.
Lancaster Wargames Society's game.
Courage mes Braves, arretez les momies.
John Blenkley: Always above WW1 game.
Ah a Nieuport 17, my favourite
North Riding Wargames club: 28mm Vietnam (comlete with a couple of downed 'slicks')
Wakefield and district wargamers: Battle of Block island.
Wargames in the Dungeon - A Battle in Middle Earth.
Yorkshire Coast Wargamers: Napoleonic DBN
Dougie's Wargaming Blog: Goose Green, the Falklands 1982.
Generals and Kings: Normandy WW2
UK Fight club: Take that hill, The Battle of Donetsk airport.
Brompton Bankers: Pilgrim's progress.
Durham Wargames group: Pavia 1525
Something to do with dice: Carnevalle- blood on the water.
Lovely Paper building!!!
Lancaster Cellarmen: Never mind the Billhooks.
Prince Bishop Wargames club: Siege of Barnard Castle 1215
Stafford and District wargamers: Pony Wars
The Reenactors:
These were the East India company, Vanguard and the 68th DLI
Even they have shopping to do too!
And that's it!
Many thanks to the organisers, all the traders and the folks running the games!
Well done!
