Little Wars Pix - Part II (the other games)

 

55 Days at Peking game based on the movie of the same name.

I had a minimal amount of time to roam around and look at some of the other games at this year's Little Wars convention, but there were some games that really caught my eye. The giant 55 Days At Peking game had a giant wall that must have been at least three feet in height. It also had hundreds, if not a thousand, 28mm figures on the table.

Entrance to the Japanese legation.

I'm gobsmacked by the amount of dice that this game consumed.

Here is a good picture that provides a sense of how big this game was.

Nice looking scenery and hundreds of Boxers on the table.

Yet more Boxers, scaling the walls of one of the compounds.

Some of the Other Games

There were a lot of good looking games at the show.

I do not know what this game was, but it had an awesome looking model of 
the White House in Washington DC. Judging from the style of the red car in 
the picture, my guess is that this takes place in the 1930s.

Amazing craftsmanship and modeling.

A Tolkienesque Mines of Moria game in 28mm.

Impressive looking terrain. My photographic skills do not give justice to the quality terrain.

A dungeon game. Simple terrain, but very effective and well-painted.

A large Napoleonic game. Nice terrain.

Western gunfight game with a suitably attired game master.

Close up view of the terrain in the western gunfight game.

Here are a couple of pictures of a very good looking Great War trench warfare game. My one nit pik, and this seems common to nearly all of the trench warfare games, is that the terrain is always modeled in a black color. I think that using a dark brown and some occasional tan dry brushing would really make this type of game terrain really "pop". Nevertheless, this was a well modeled tabletop lay out.

WW1 trench warfare game in 28mm.

Close up view of the trenches and dugouts. Nicely done!

Mare Nostrum board game. This looks really interesting to me and it would
augment my Punic Wars Project quite nicely.

There was a 54mm Battle of New Orleans game that caught my eye. I have been considering doing a 54mm Peninsular War in Spain, circa 1810-12, so I am always on the look out for plastic Napoleonic figures. My Roman buildings could easily serve as Spanish buildings.

Andrew Jackson's American Regulars

The British team advances across the pitch.

Overhead view of the New Orleans game. The British units are carrying  ladders
that they will use to cross over the fortifications.

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Here is the What A Cowboy game set in the Warner Brothers film lot in Hollywood.
This game won several awards at the 2024 Historicon convention.

Overhead view of the What A Cowboy game. Extra points for originality in 
the scenario and well executed terrain. I like the idea of the game set in the 20th Century
on a film lot filming a Western cowboy movie.

I need one of these lift cranes for my Roman city.
Anyone know who makes this model?

Battle of Freeman's Farm in the American Revolution.
I think that the table needs lots of trees though.

WW1 dogfight game, The game master is attired appropriately .

A parting photo of the great wall of China in the Boxer Rebellion game.
Superb modeling. This probably won the Best Terrain award,

Hannibal 54mm Punic Wars Game

While I will cover my own game in a separate blog post, here are a couple of teaser photos for your enjoyment.

Nellies lead the Carthaginian attack

A view of the three game tables (6ft by 18ft long each). Carthaginian table in 
the front, a center table that saw most of the action, and the far back table is
where the Romans deployed to defend their city over in the left upper corner.

The Carthaginian battle line deployment with elephants out front

A view of the three game tables from the Roman perspective.

A thundering clash of men and animals on the center table.
The Roman aqueduct spanned the width of the center table.

So there you have; it looks like another successful Little Wars convention this year. My thanks go out to Kevin Cabai and his staff of volunteers for organizing this fine show. The show was well organized, it was easy to sign up for games using the Tabletop Events software app, and I really liked the venue.

I am looking forward to next year's convention. Who knows what I will bring this time?