Scarlet Thunder at Reading Warfare

Five Club members took the game to Warfare at Reading for two days. We had bought the worlds largest (almost) digital clock to have a countdown for the games (£35 on ebay) and it helped speed the game up no end as players were aware that time was short.

 On that basis we played ten games over the two days (so around 40 punters (well, 35 - an umpire made up the numbers on some games) and handed out loads of Salute leaflets.

 John Treadaway would like to thank Tim "I've just lost a piston ring in my car on the way up here" Atkinson, Peter Merritt and Ivan Congreve (the three drivers for the large slabs of scenery and display boards) plus Kevin Dallimore for running the game.

Warlords at Crisis 2011

Ian's, Martin's and Des' Battle of Ayacucho at Crisis, with "help" from Harry, Dave and Phil...

And after a great show at Antwerp, the intrepid team made a pilgrimage to the Waterloo battlefield. All very impressive. Here are two 'then and now' shots.

Warlords at SELWG 2011

Last weekend was the SELWG show at Crystal Palace; there were two teams of Warlords there to visit our neighbouring club and show some support.

A general view across the lower hall

Lord of the Rings participation game with 3" figures

ACW demonstration game with 15mm figures

All pictures by club member Kevin Dallimore - see more pictures of the show here.

Warlords Display Team at Skirmish 2011

'Skirmish' is a local show to many of the Warlords; it's at a school in Sidcup, and attracts about a dozen games and about 25 traders of wargames and toy soldiers. A Warlords display team lead by Ian Spence took the Battle of Ayacucho along to support the show.

The Battle of Ayacucho in Peru occurred between the Royalists (Spanish) and Patriots during the South American Wars of Independence (1808–1829). Also known as the Battle of the Generals, it was fought on December 9, 1824, on the high plain in southern Peru and ended in victory for the forces seeking independence from Spain.

The terrain was constructed based on some contemporary maps of the battle and the use of modern technology. Google Earth and photos of the area were used and we consulted some South American experts who explained how the battlefield looked. The figures are all plastic 1/72 , from various leading manufacturers HaT, Zvezda, Strelets and Italeri. We have been using Dave Brown’s Generale de Brigade for Napoleonic battles, for many years. The second version was released in 2010 and became even more popular with us as various tweaks in the rules allowed smaller units of 15-20 figures to be represented in a realistic way.

Hammers Slammers across the web

As you may know, Hammers Slammers: The Crucible was jointly written by club member John Treadaway, and a group of Warlords have been taking a couple of quite outstanding tables round the show scene in the last couple of months.

I'm very pleased to see that Dropship Horizon is back with a new crew, and they have given the game some coverage here - http://dropshiphorizon.blogspot.com/2011/06/south-london-warlords-15mm-hammers.html

Many thanks...