Whilst tidying up some files recently I cam across some old pictures that predate the creation of this blog.
So I thought I'd share them.
These were taken way back in October 2007 at Wrhammer World in Nottingham. The Age of Arthur supplement for Warhammer Ancient Battles had been published not long before and the supplement's authors Steve Jones and James Morris staged a themed campaign weekend (as part of a larger Warhammer Historicals weekend). This was I think the first ever historical wargaming event I took part in and it was one of the best too.
I can't really remember much about the details of the games except that they were great and in one of them, possibly the first, my Warlord and my Opponent's Warlord both died simultaneously in a duel in the river before the game began.
These first few I think are me playing a warm up with Rob Broom's blue Late Romans on Friday night before the event. I'd barely played WAB at all before this, so wanted a practice and Rob and I were both at GW, so it was easy to pop through from Bugman's with a pint for a game.
Looks like James Morris Partizan Green T shirt in the background. And it's *possible* the tattooed elbow belongs to Jim Sweeney as it is one of the laws of me going to any WAB event that I *will* play Jim at some point during the proceedings.
Imagine that, a whole weekend of gaming!
A great looking weekend always feel it a shame GW became too commercial. A pretty good rule set although I’m struggling to remember when I last played them ?
ReplyDeleteGW were well in to their commercial period by this point. I know, I was running Mail Order at the time :)
DeleteWAB isn't without its flaws, but in period/book/supplement games are great fun.
You should expand your Lion Rampant Arabs into a WAB army.
Some great looking games
ReplyDeleteVery, very cool images of what I'm sure was a great day. No surprise with the title of my own blog, but WAB was the first wargame I ever played - 2006 or so. A lot of big names there in the pictures. BTW, Tom, pardon if you mentioned this to me before, but did you attend the 2013 WAB GT in Nottingham?
ReplyDeleteNo Dean I never played a GT, it was always the themed campaign weekends and events rather than the tournaments that I played in
DeleteHi Tom, yes it is my elbow, and what a weekend that was! We had three a side in the big game on the Sunday when I faced you with my standard bearer. I made some good friends that weekend who I played again and again at Warhammer World, Hot Lead and Cold Steel, and James Morris's campaign weekends. Thanks for posting mate, I still miss Ibn Coldir and his arabs.
ReplyDeleteI'd know that elbow anywhere :)
DeleteMy mate has just started a Christian El Cid army, so it's possible Inn Coldir will stride firth again after lockdown.
Cool pics!
ReplyDeleteBrilliant looking armies, thanks for sharing the pictures.
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