Joy of Six 2022

[Elliesdad]

I really enjoyed the "Tank Hunting For Beginners" participation games (SeeBee Games). It's a shame I forgot to ask if I could have had a copy of the rules ☹️
My daughters fiancé played in the War of the Worlds participation game "Horsell Common 1895" (Madgamers - Maidenhead & District) and enjoyed that too. The tripods are lovely models 👍
Cheers,
Geoff

[paulr]

Some really inspiring games on show        

[DecemDave]

Yes.        thanks for taking the time to report on the show.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Fab write up 

[fred.]

A great set of photos there - and some really good looking tables.

But it is a bit that the tables look good, but often the figures are a bit lost. This is perhaps a bit down to the nature of photos - as playing with 6mm tanks, they aren't that small. But I still prefer 10mm for infantry.

[Chris Pringle]

Aha, now I see the photos. No idea why they wouldn't download before. Great job - gave me a better look at some of the games than I managed when I was there!

Mine was the 'intriguing game with nothing going on'. Simple explanation: it was a last-minute sub. I learned the day before that a game had dropped out so I threw a box in the car, turned up, asked Pete if he'd like another game, he said yes, so I rolled it out. However, as I was committed to helping with the Gettysburg game, I wasn't able to man it throughout (though my two buddies did run it in the afternoon). As for the game itself: Isaszeg (1849) from my particular obsession, the Hungarian War of Independence. If nothing else, it inspired a few people to ask about the printed battlemat idea, so that's enough to make the modest effort worthwhile.

Anyway, thanks for the report!

[mmcv]

Those are some fantastic looking games, thanks for sharing!

[Chris Pringle]

Added my own report to the BBBBlog, "Joy of 1866" (as it also includes a report of an Austro-Prussian war game):
https://bloodybigbattles.blogspot.com/2022/07/joy-of-1866-joy-of-six-show-then-skalitz.html

[Baron Counterpane]

Sorry I missed you Chris.

I was busy most of the day demoing Cold War Commander 2. Big thanks to those who came and gave it a try - we really appreciated your enthusiasm.

Having a sector of the game specifically dedicated to visitor participation worked really well. It meant we could go at a brisk pace and let punters experience the rules more fully than if we'd had to wait for the rest of the game to progress to a turn end.

We were a bit short-handed due to some last-minute unavailability otherwise the rest of the battlefield would have been busier.

[paulr]

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Having a sector of the game specifically dedicated to visitor participation worked really well. It meant we could go at a brisk pace and let punters experience the rules more fully than if we'd had to wait for the rest of the game to progress to a turn end.
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That is a really good idea   Gives the impact of a big demo game plus lets the punters have a go

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

If I get this link right there is a good review of JoS here :-

https://hereticalgaming.blogspot.com/2022/07/joy-of-six-2022.html?m=1

Seems I did.

[Raider4]

Little Wars TV visited, and seemed to enjoy the show:

Don't think the guys wearing the hats do themselves any favours though.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Don't think the guys wearing the hats do themselves any favours though.

I did suggest they were taking the pith (generated lots of groans.)

[Ithoriel]

Did they tell you to pith off?

[Westmarcher]

Don't think the guys wearing the hats do themselves any favours though.

Clearly, a couple of Mahdis.