So, what can you do at Recon?
Firstly Recon Gaming Show is free entry, so you can bring along the whole family for a fun day out. Along with over 30 gaming traders we have a heap of other things going on for you to join in with.
One of the charities we support through the Recon Gaming Show is Models for Heroes who will have a stand at the show. So you can chat with them about the charity, what they do to help our veterans and if you’d like, make a donation.
There will be a Christmas/Gaming themed tombola, with all proceeds going to Cancer Research. This was very popular last year and had some cracking prizes on the stand, so get there early to avoid disappointment.
We will also be selling raffle tickets for the Recon Raffle with all prizes generously donated by our traders on the day. All proceeds from the raffle go to Models for Heroes.
Tournaments
Hordes of Tiny Things
The ever popular Hordes of Tiny Things makes a return.
Hordes at RECON – A small and friendly competition using the popular Hordes of the Things rules from WRG. We play in 15mm scale, but as long as your bases fit, any size figures can be used if you can come up with an explanation for their size! There are no set army lists, just use the army composition instructions in the rules, this gives you huge flexibility in creating the army you want to play with. We play 5 games over the day, with a break for lunch. Entry fee is £5 to cover the cost of entry to the venue, and cost of the winner’s trophy.
If you would like to take part please contact Tim at the following email:
Participation and Demo Games
Rich Goss Starship Troopers
Not content with blowing everyone’s socks of with his amazing Aliens board last year at Recon, Rich Goss is going above & beyond this year. Originally planned for Salute 52, but we snuck in there first, Rich will be bring his Starship Troopers game to Recon this year!
So don’t wait till April for Salute, get yourself to Recon in December and see this incredible game and join in, after all Everyone Fights!, Nobody quits!
You can see some of the amazing effort Rich has put in, in the pics below and keep track of his journey at his blog here;
https://www.richgoss.co.uk/salute-52
Undaunted – Battle of Britain
Tally-Ho, Angels 30!
Another participation game being run at Recon this year by Peter Ball & others from the Grantham Gaming Club. They will be running Undaunted Battle of Britain 1/300th air combat using a mixture of deck building with hex based wargaming.
Battletech & Alpha Strike
Bradford Battletech Battalion will be putting on Battletech & Alpha Strike participation games & demos at Recon Gaming Show this year. If controlling mega tons of armed & armoured mechs is your thing, then this is for you!
HOT FUZZ!
The Doncaster Wargames Society will be putting on the following participation game for you to join in and play.
Yarp!
Sandford Floral Committee best kept village 23 years running presents HOT FUZZ!
Using 28mm figures and their own rules set it is sure to be a fun & action packed game, be sure to check it out.
War of Saint-Sardos
The Lance and Longbow Society will be putting on a game once again at Recon for you to take part in.
The game we will be playing is a fictional encounter from the War of Saint-Sardos, which took place 1323-1325 in Gascony.
The root cause of the conflict was the confusing question of overlordship in Gascony. Edward II was Duke of Aquitaine, but he owed fealty to Charle IV, the French king. Naturally, Edward was reluctant to do homage for his French lands and diplomatic manoeuvring had taken place over a decade, trying to resolve this Gordian knot.
The incident which led to war was the authorisation, by Charles, of the building of a bastide (walled town) by the Abbot of Sarlat. within the Agenais, which was part of Edward’s French possessions.
The seneschal of Gascony, who had been appointed by Edward, disputed the right of the abbot to carry out this building. In November 1323 the new bastide was attacked and burnt and a French sergeant hanged.
Charles summoned the suspected arsonists to appear before him, when they refused he declared all Edward’s lands forfeit. A force belatedly sent to Gascony by Edward under the command of his half brother, Edmund of Woodstock, was bottled up in the fortress of La Reole and the French under Philip of Valois had free range across Gascony.
Our game has Edmund of Woodstock taking the field and facing Philip to resolve the dispute. We will be using our own version of Dan Mersey’s “Lion Rampant ” Rules and the game will be a participation game so anyone can take part.
Dead Mans Hand
Halo: Flashpoint
