Wednesday 24 August 2016

Bagamayo 1916

Hi All


Sunday was Partizan 2 the wargames show at Newark and our group (Bramley Barn Wargamers) were presenting a demo game.


When talking about a game a couple of months ago we wanted something different that would stand out and be visually interesting, but also would utilize the collections we already had. We then started thinking about whether we should be considering something relevant to the 100th anniversary of the battles in 1916. Bagamayo was almost 100 years to the day for Partizan so became a logical choice.


Chum Chris Charlton and I had the figures already, "Admiral Charlton" already has a fleet of various sized boats and Chris Flowers had ideal terrain.


In terms of the game itself The Royal Navy was quick to agree to stage a landing at Bagamayo in East Africa using Sailors and Marines from the ships in the area supported by Zanzibar Rifles. Despite being outnumbered the Imperial Forces took Bagamayo from the German and Askari forces defending it (including a gun from the battleship Konigsburg) with relatively light casualties, no doubt in part due to the fire support from the Royal Navy ships off shore.


We only managed few moves in our game and got a great response from visitors to the show , below are a number of pictures captured on the day by the Admiral himself. Enjoy!









 One of the big guns taken from the Battleship Konigsburg.




















 Basing department back in action so hopefully so Great Northern War figures based to share with you soon.

10 comments:

  1. Nice photos of the game, and good looking figures and terrain.

    Konigsberg was not a battleship:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_K%C3%B6nigsberg_(1905)

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    1. Apologies a Cruiser! Thanks for the positive feedback

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  2. Most impressive pictures, splendid terrain and minis, thanks for sharing!

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  3. Cheers Phil much appreciated.

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  4. What a marvellous looking game! Thanks for sharing all these lovely pictures of it!

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  5. It was a good looking game and with a great back story to boot. Many thanks for taking the time to have a chat and really nice to meet you. Well done.

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    1. Great to meet you Paul, I enjoy your blog and our shared GNW project so nice to put a face to the name.

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  6. Absolutely stunning! Looks like huge fun.
    Cheers,
    JB
    Http://sgtguinness.blogspot.com

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  7. It certainly was Sgt Guiness, think we will be playing it again, but this time get a few more moves in. Helps if I stop laughing everytime someone is attacked by wild animals.

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