The Society of Ancients stand at Campaign hosted contributions by local the battlefields associations from Northampton and Naseby – see the report on the Shows North blog.
Northampton 1460 was a participation game featuring my battlefield layout, Trebian's new rules and Heraldry from Fluttering Flags …
(Northampton 1460 at Campaign 2015) …
The Naseby display was a battlefield layout which was moved on to follow the course of the action through the day …
(Naseby at Campaign 2015 … opening phases)
The Naseby display was promoting the big free event at the battlefield in June
Good luck to them with that spectacular project!
The event is a great chance to take wargaming to a wider audience and to try to engage the public with games, military history and heritage societies.
On the SoA stand we were pleased with the response we got and hope some of the dozens of leaflets picked up will generate some new enthusiasts and volunteers …
(youngsters taking an interest in historical battles at Campaign 2015)
Thanks to MKWS for putting the event together and to the Centre MK for letting wargamers take over their atrium.
More on the ancients games on the link above
And a special feature on the Naseby model ECWBattles
Please support your local battlefield.
Phil