Enfilade! 2013 w/Guy Bowers of Wargames, Soldiers & Strategy

Well it's been an eventful and enjoyable Memorial Day weekend. Thanks to Mike Evans (Relic Miniatures), Pat Lowinger (Socal Warhammer) and the Northwest Historical Gaming Society, we were graced with the presence of Guy Bowers, editor of Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy. Guy arrived from the UK (via Holland) last Thursday and immediately started his information gathering with a visit to the Museum of Flight. I'm sure they'll be a lot of photos of his visit on the Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy Facebook.

Here are a measly few photos I managed to take at the local convention, Enfilade!, which Guy attended. For the first time the convention had an official theme - Warfare on the Silver Screen. Having at least three hours of sleep, Guy kicked it off by hosting two back-to-back games called "Wrath of Heaven" - based on the the movie 13 Assassins. The rules were a cleverly modified version of Muskets and Tomahawks. Here's a photo of one of the games which included several White Rock Gamers from Vancouver, B.C.

I only managed to snap a few photos of the the over 120 excellent games being hosted over the weekend. Here's a Napoleonic game hosted by Doug Hamm (aka Larry Leadhead).

Mark Waddington's Vietnam game - with a downed Huey.

Guy placed a very respectable 4th place in a field of about 12 in a SAGA tournament. This finish even more impressive as he only knew of the game upon arriving at the con, and was given a loaner Saxon army from the GM, Sven Lugar. Guy was also awarded Best Sportsmen and received a hand crafted skull trophy stand.

Guy finished the weekend by using his Russian Steam Tank, err, T-35 to defeat a British army and then my Fallshirmagers with a Panzer IV in a Bolt Action tourney hosted by Pat Lowinger. Here's Guy using his Daimyo powers to shock and awe Richard Li's British.

Addendum: I was remiss to have not mentioned earlier that Pat awarded all the players with prizes courtesy of Warlord Games. Even with my dismal finish, I still walked away with a prize that I really like - ECW Infantry - I'm sure they can be used as Empire troops!