Monday, 12 October 2026

The Other Partizan, October 11th 2026


I had the pleasure of attending The Other Partizan hosted by by Laurence Baldwin and Richard Tyndall (Newark Irregulars), the UK's premiere wargames show in terms of the quality of games.

It is always a lot of fun attending Partizan, or indeed The Other Partizan, as I am always highly impressed by the sheer number of extraordinarily high quality games; so many that it's almost impossible to take them all in without i/ ignoring all the folk you have got to know over the last few decades and ii/ floating around at such a pace that one has no time to really look at the games nor the traders. Thus, what you see here is a representation of what I was impressed by via my own long and winding path through Partizan and the people I know, and was to meet for the first time yesterday.

Please do not equate the number of photo's with the feeling of pleasure I gained from any particular game (thought this certainly is representative of some- I think this will be clear!). Quite often the flow of pictures was interrupted by saying "Hi" to friends and chatting. no bad thing at a large social event. 

all the photo's are "clickable" in order to enlarge; so please, if you are of a mind to, click right then "Open image in New Tab" for the larger file. 

1st Corps, 28mm, WW2, BEF Counter attack at Arras 1940








Barely Legal Wargamers, 28mm, WW2 Sicily 1943 'A stroll in the sun'









Old Pikey's Gaming Group, 20mm, WW2 Iwo Jima





Boondock Sayntes, 28mm, 18th Century Indian, A Very Midgard Third Panipat 1761

 The Bodkins                                           28mm Ancients                                                Britannia AD60



















Bramley Barn Wargames Club, 28mm, Second Anglo Sikh War, The Battle of Suraj Khund















TooFat Lardies, 28mm, WW2, Brécourt Manor Assault




Fieldcraft UK, 28mm, WW2, Operation Exporter 1941, Vichy French North Africa








Forest Outlaws, 28mm, Foreign Legion, March or Die






Iron Brigade, 20mm, WW2, Juno Beach June 1944




League of Augsburg, 28mm, War of Spanish Succession, Churchill’s Challenge!






Midgard, Narnia







Mr Steve Jones, 28mm, American War of Independence, The Battle of Hubbardton










Sharp Practice, AWI



Skirmish Wargame,s 54mm, Samurai, Once Upon a Time in Old Japan Samurai Showdown





The Bodkins, 28mm, Ancients Britannia AD60















The Bunker, 28mm, Indian Wars, The Battle of the Little Bighorn











Yarkshire Gamer, 28mm, Franco-Prussian War





Too Fat Lardies, 28mm, What a Tanker






Cheers. I hope you enjoyed my wee sojourn around the sacred halls of The Other Partizan at Newark Showground.

6 comments:

  1. Excellent photos Darrell, the show was once again a brilliant showcase of top-notch games, shame I didn't bump into you this time.

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    1. Cheers buddy. I noticed you and Lee from a distance but was in conversation at the time. Never saw you again despite frquent visits to the Foundry stand lol :>)

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  2. Great photos. Thanks for posting. It is clear the quality and presentation of the figures and terrain on display was top-notch. Thank you for taking the time to share so those of us over the pond can vicariously share the experience.

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  3. Great pics Darrol . I was busy all day playing in the large Minden game and didn’t get around the show to nice to see what I missed!

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    1. I must have missed a lot of games Dave as I didn't get a chance to get over to the Minden game despite it attracting me like a lodestone.

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