Battleground 2015!

[Leon]

Just a final reminder to everyone that Battleground is this Saturday!  With Christmas looming, this is the perfect opportunity to grab some last minute bargains and fill that empty spot under the tree!

We've got:
- 37 top traders, bringing a huge selection of products, scales and genres: http://www.battlegroundshow.co.uk/#!traders/c24i2
- 18 excellent games, providing both eye candy and participation: http://www.battlegroundshow.co.uk/#!games/c19qp
- A Tabletop Sale where you can hire a table and offload any unwanted goodies: http://www.battlegroundshow.co.uk/#!tabletop-sale/c1nf9
- 3 Living History groups covering a range of periods: http://www.battlegroundshow.co.uk/#!livinghistory/c1m7q
- Special offers, some of which are exclusive to Battleground: http://www.battlegroundshow.co.uk/#!offers/c1hjf

The show takes place this coming Saturday, 28th November, at the Queens Campus Sports Hall in Stockton-on-Tees.  There are full directions and information over on the website here: http://www.battlegroundshow.co.uk/ and if you can't make it along on the day, why not 'Like' our Facebook page where we'll be posting all the pictures from the day: https://www.facebook.com/BattlegroundShow

We hope to see you there!

[Roy]

Just been on a recce mission and luckily the A1 road closures along the North and South stretch around Junction 60 (Scotch Corner A1M) don't come into effect until 8pm (20:00hrs) on the 28th - until 2pm (14:00hrs) on the 29th.

The A1M at Scotch Corner will be open to use during normal working hours.

[slimreidy1]

Good evening folks,

My dad and will be running a demonstration game at the show tomorrow. We will be putting our 10mm Austrian and French armies on using the Blucher rule set. Stop by and say hello if your passing. See you there  -bd

[Leon]

All set up now, really looking forward to it now!

 

[Techno]

Hope you all have a great day !
Cheers - Phil

[Steve J]

Have a great day and look forward to plenty of pics

[mad lemmey]

Have fun all!

[Leman]

Looking forward to hearing all about this.

[Jim Ando]

Hi

I went to battleground with my nine year old son and had a great time.

We played the the excellent border reivers wild bunch game.

Unfortunately I only spent 12 quid at the pendraken stand .

Jim.

[jimduncanuk]

All set up now, really looking forward to it now!

Been back from Battleground for a wee while now. A 2.5 hour drive each way so not as tiring as the trip to York from Edinburgh. We left early enough to get home over the border before darkness fell having left in darkness in the first place.

My first time at this show and will probably visit again next time around.

A neat little show, not so little actually but constrained by the scale of the premises so doesn't have much upgrade potential unless there's another hall stashed away somewhere. A good mix of traders which some shows don't quite manage so I managed to get my lead, some MDF and some paint which I didn't get at a show last week.

I met a TMP'er in the canteen, 'Hi Jarrovian', going by his TMP handle he didn't have far to travel. The canteen wasn't up to much, under-staffed I would have thought but fortunately, being on a bit of a diet, I managed not to get too excited by the offered menu.

I exchanged a few Scottish Tenners with Pete Berry for a great big bag of 6mm ACW (and some MDF) which will allow me into Longstreet but only after I explore some of the Polemos options. A couple of more tenners extracted a few more Shermans from Dave at Pendraken and a few bottles of paint, nothing in particular that I needed but the colours were 'pretty'. I also got a couple of bottles of 'soft tone' can't remember who from, which I am now, apparently, addicted to.

I had a few short blethers with Leon, longer chats with Martin at Warbases, Stu at Colonel Bills, Erik at Figures in Comfort, Dave Lanchester at Dave Lanchester and a few nameless others (well I can't remember everyone). I took no photographs on the day, didn't see many others doing so apart from a young lady with a tripod. Has anyone blogged any pics yet?

So the plan, back at the ranch, is to finish off a bundle of 28mm Napoleonics by the end of the year, finish the Warmaster/Warband options still in the painting/basing queue, add a few more Shermans and stuff to my Pendraken WW2 setup and then the Baccus ACW stuff. By that time it will be well into 2016 and all priorities will have no doubt changed by then.

[jimduncanuk]

Has anyone blogged any pics yet?

Found some here:

http://herkybird-richardbradley.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/battleground-show-2015.html

Thanks Herky

[mad lemmey]

Great shots

[paulr]

 

One day I might get to a show like that...

[Techno]

Great shots

Hear, hear !

One day I might get to a show like that...

Same here, Paul. 

Cheers - Phil

[Steve J]

Some nice looking games there. Off to our local show which is small, but is always a nice way to fill a few hours on a Sunday morning.