I was hoping to be there by
eleven but with heavy traffic I did not arrive until 11.20 am. The half hour drive
took me an hour.
Once I had brought my ticket
I looked around the concourse and small hall, which I always do at SELWG. There
did not seem to be many people around as I made my way to the Bring & Buy
tables. At this point you are usually being pushed around as it is always busy
but not this year. There was a load of goodies here from books to models but nothing
for me so I thought that I would come back to it later on in the day.
So off I went to the main
hall. Here there seems to be a few more people but still room for you to see
all the trade stands and what was on offer. But it was once I was half way
round I suddenly realised that there we no trade stands selling 20mm HaT figures or much 20mm accessories
for the battle table. I am beginning to
think that I am the only person still playing with 20mm wargames, as there were
loads of 28mm stuff to no end. But just like last year there were a few traders
tables still vacant and a couple of gaming tables.
So on to the games. The game
that caught my eye was in the small hall from the Shepway Wargamers doing a
demonstration game from The Lords of the Ring, “War in Middle Earth” in 28mm. As you can see from the pictures there were
loads of figures in this game all well painted with a very good layout/table.
Next up was this lovely model
from the Maidstone Wargames Society “Zeebrugge
1918”. The picture shows the ship H.M.S Vindictive landing a force of sailors
and Royal Marines on the mole at Zeebrugge in 28mm.
There were also a lot of
participation games this year and they all seemed to be very busy which is
great for the hobby. For me the show was a little disappointing as I could not
get my HaT French command figures, so the money has gone back into the war
chest for Skirmish 2019.
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