Got back from a couple of days at Hamburger Tactica. First time for me at Tactica and it was a wery nice wargaming comventions, alla games displayed was participation games, really nice indeed.
I had the chanse to say hi to several gaming personalities especially the Finnish delegation, think they was 6 of them attending, very nice with som nordic interaction:)
Here are a bunch of pictures from Tactica, I have tried to tell what games etc, but i can have missed some info, sorry about that.
Blooad Eagle game, stunning terrain indeed !
One more Blood Eagle game
Space Hulk ?
WW2 D-day, Impressive !
Vikings with Trolls raid Paris back in the days then the Nordic contrys ruled the known world;)
Napoleonic skirmish in Spain 40mm minis from the Perrys
X-wings
D-day, Germans defend over a flooded areia in Normandy, 20mm
Freebooters fate (Same ship that I have converted to my 17th centery project)
Waterloo, British Squar defend against French cavalry, display
Viking game
Force on Force 20mm, really lovely terrain.
Black ops game, the ship are indeed stunning.
Sorry not sure...
Warfare miniatures Greate Northern War game. Impressive !!! I´m sure the Swedes won every session played;)
Congo, greate looking game that I had the chanse to play on Sunday morning, more pictures from that game in a leter blogpost.
Game of Thrones game using the Saga rules. Very vell built terrain and painted minis a favourite !
Not really sure about this, but indeed some Brittish in troubble in a desert enviroment during the 1880´s
Flames of war
British naval landing in Egypt and the French ofcourse got there first and try to stop them...
Stunning looking game run by "THS - Team for historical simulations" including Stefan that run the Montys Caravan blog
Perrys show how to sculpt minis
Aly Morrison was also there sharing his knowledge in sculpting minis, at the moment he is contiuing working on his Potemkin War (Swedish-Russian War 1788-1790) range. Some pictures below of the upcomming Swedish cavalry minis (left) as well as the Russian counter part (right)
Dropzone commander?
Warlord games, Conflict 47
Napoleonic
Main enterence and foodcourt
Desert Wars ww2
Napoleonic skirmish
Sci-fi skirmish
Torstenson War 1643-1645 Sweden-Denmark, using a Musket and Tomahawk rules spin of....strange that they was not using the Pikemans Lament;)
Frostgrave
Aggro, Fotball Firms against Bobbys during the 1970´s England.
Tanks! 15mm tank game
The theme of this years Tactica was retro gaming, so they had set up a extensive exebition of old wargaming stud and toys that we oldimers used to play wargames with, very nice and nostalcic.
Paper miniatures and terrain.
Retor Hanibal vs Rome game
Warhammer Quest ! Impressive terrain
DBA 3.0
Tacticas own participation game using pre-painted plastic minis on metal bases. I got some of these minis when I was a kid:)
Battle masters
Wargaming with Playmobile figures :)
Nice terrain :)
Dead mans hand
My little loot pile
Several of the old Tactica special minis
Tactica Dice in a nice box
Tank m/21
Wet palett
1/72 Hansa cogge
From the flee market i got some sprues with Normans and a bag with bits as well as some TYW casualty minis.
Some great looking games
ReplyDeleteLooks like a great time and decent hall. I have actually just ordered one of those English Medieval Ships from Zvezda.
ReplyDeleteI had the fortune to visit Tactica a couple of years ago - best show for games and displays in my opinion. Lovely tables on show here. Thank you
ReplyDeleteLooks like a fantastic show. Thanks for the wealth of pictures!
ReplyDeleteCracking games and pictures!
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures. Many beautiful tables. The icy water on the Game of Theones table was spectacular. Thanks for posting.
ReplyDelete/Mattias
Wow! The quality of the game displays is amazing!
ReplyDeleteTerrific photos!
Thanks for taking the time to post so many pics of some lovely looking games:)
ReplyDeleteStunning pictures, thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteWTF... someone is making 28mm miniatures for the Russo-Swedish War! Why can’t we get some 28mm Swedish figures for the Napoleonic’s????
ReplyDeleteGlad you had a good time and thanks for sharing all your piccies with us.
ReplyDeleteAlan
Amazing! What a fabulous show, thank you for sharing these Michael.
ReplyDeleteUtterly amazing. My fafourites are the Torstenston's War and Gustav III's War with the Playmobil thrown in as well for nostalgia.
ReplyDeleteWow! Some really outstanding tables!
ReplyDeleteIt was wonderful to make your acquaintance in Hamburg. I hope to see you again there next year! ;-)
ReplyDeleteGreat photos of some wonderful games, thanks Michael!
ReplyDeleteFlipping heck, there are some great looking tables in that little lot. I agree with Mattias - the ice on the GoT table is stunning. I applaud everyone involved!
ReplyDeleteWonderful pictures Michael. It was a splendid pleasure to make your acquaintance in Hamburg!
ReplyDeleteThanks Stefan ! It indeed was very nice to meet up at Tactica ! Most impressive game you and your friends was running !
DeleteThank you all! Glad you enjoyed My pictures :)
ReplyDeleteWonderful picture's thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the pics. Whets the appetite for conventions. This looks like it is actually possible to get to
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