Game 2 Saturday afternoon

Vikings v Western Franks

 Saxons v Romano British

 Republican Romans

 v Dacians

 Just before battle two commenced.

More pictures 2

Jen hysterical - what am I expected to do with these Romans?

 Tom wondering what the brown object in the corner adds to Andy's attack.

 These are the overall victorious Romans led by Adam against Mike's Dacians

 Andy wondering about the mug too?

 Romans v Celts

 Deserted, the supreme commanders had had enough.

More Pictures!

Some lovely pictures taken by Adam.
Day 1

Stuart meditating before battle commences.

 Phil.... is this my best side?

 Looking very happy before battle commenced.

 George with his borrowed dice and measuring stick

Day 2...

Day 2 and not a hangover in sight, a fairly rare occurrence.
Dave had left in a very strong position with Rob taking over from him today, however things did not go quite to plan, with Phil and then Stuart both beating him, I'm sure Dave will exact revenge at some point! I have no pictures of the games from today, very remiss, I apologise profusely!

I do have some of the Awards Ceremony though. These were characters painted by Phil as part of the prizes.

 George, as is now almost a tradition, won best Generalship. This was partly due to being a wargamer and forgetting his dice and tape, and partly just for being George! His opponents all had great games against him, even if at times they did need a translator...

 Next up was Gary, who despite losing all of his games was a fab opponent, he was voted as having the best painted army. Closer view of some of it below.

 Lovely!

 Adam was the overall victor of the weekend with some very high scores. His EIR are a force to be reckoned with!

 Finally, Tom was given a prize as the only person under about 40 (that about right Gary?!?), he may be the youngest gamer but knows the rules better than most, as the rest of us play a random selection of whatever we remember - it's our age!

Finally a picture from Friday evening in the bar, while we were waiting for everone else to turn up.

More pictures as they come in and some to be found on George's blog, which is much more eloquent than mine! http://musingswargameslife.blogspot.co.uk

The next enjoyable weekend of wargaming and socialising is November 12th and 13th, up near Newark, so add it onto the calendar!!

Gaming Weekend

Gravesend Wargamers Club

War & Conquest Gaming Weekend

What a great time was had by all! Here are some of the pictures of armies and Saturday's games... forgot to take gaming pictures on Sunday, although no doubt George will have loads up as he remembered his camera on Sunday!

Gary's Republican Romans - they looked brilliant as an army, and Gary was voted as having the best painted army of the weekend. See a later post for a closer view.

 This is Gary's Romans v Jenny's Celts.

 Andy wielded the German Barbarians

 against Tom's Dacians

These are Mike's Dacians, who did really well considering Mike had never played War and Conquest before this weekend... he said he'd come back :-) In this game Mike played Adam with his EIR.

 Phil's Heptarchy Saxons went up against Stuart's Western Franks

Dave's Romano British

 tackled George's Romano British

 This is Stuart's Franks in action

 Germans and Dacians

 A better view of Stuart's Franks

 The other end of his line

 Game 2 for George and his EIR

 Him and Tom taking their time, George was very apprehensive at this point, Tom looked to be on top

 Look at the concentration!

 Unlucky for Tom, George pulled a draw from the magic hat and we were then subjected to the George jig (must be a Scottish thing)!

 With that being the final game of Saturday, Dave and Adam were comfortably at the top of the table, with George and Mike being close behind. Off to the bar for a well deserved pint or two and the swapping of tales.