Hanau, Mudki, Brandy Station, Mars-la-tour, Champigny, Isandlwana ...

[ChrisBBB]

What have all these 19th-century battles got in common? If you're in the UK on Sunday 19 May, you have the opportunity to play them at the BBB Bash Day in Daventry. We're running a bunch of participation games at the Battlefield Hobbies game store. Full details here:
https://bloodybigbattles.blogspot.com/2024/03/bbb-bash-day-v-daventry-sunday-19-may.html

[has.been]

Sounds Interesting, AND local (I'm in Rugby) 

[ChrisBBB]

Sounds Interesting, AND local (I'm in Rugby) 

Then please come along and join us! It's all about sharing the love for 19th-century big battles and playing games that manage to be fast, fun and historical, all at the same time. We'll do our best to entertain you.

[has.been]

Then please come along and join us! It's all about sharing the love for 19th-century big battles and playing games that manage to be fast, fun and historical, all at the same time. We'll do our best to entertain you.

Looks like Vodkafan & I (both Rugby) will attend. He is interested in Brandy Station (Vodka, Brandy... getting a theme here.  )

[ChrisBBB]

Oh, doubly excellent! It'll be great to meet fellow LAF denizens. Should be a spirited occasion - make mine a slivovitz.

Can I encourage you to sign up via the Battlefield Hobbies website or drop us an email at bbb.bashday @ gmail.com so that Mark knows to expect you? I think the majority of places are taken now but still room for a few more.

[has.been]

Tried to e-mail, three times. Keeps telling me to check the e-mil address.
I used what you said,

bbb.bashday @ gmail.com

What am I doing wrong?

This was the message (if that helps at all)

Myself (Has.been), & fellow LAFer Vodkafan, would like to take part in
the largest Cavalry battle of the ACW.
Is that OK?

[ChrisBBB]

Sorry about the email problem. Did you take the spaces out either side of the @?

[has.been]

Sorry about the email problem. Did you take the spaces out either side of the @?

I did a copy & paste.
I'll give it a try following your suggestion.

[has.been]

That seems to have worked, so I'm off to bed now.

[ChrisBBB]

Splendid. With a nightcap, I trust.

Update: Spion Kop (2nd Boer War) now added to the agenda.

[ChrisBBB]

The Alma and Balaclava now added to the agenda. These are Matt Bradley's outstanding work, as showcased on his 'Pushing Tin' blog:
https://pushingtinwargames.blogspot.com/2022/08/the-alma-1854.html

Bash Day blog post updated accordingly:
https://bloodybigbattles.blogspot.com/2024/03/bbb-bash-day-v-daventry-sunday-19-may.html

[ChrisBBB]

Less than a month to go. There is still room for a few more players at the "Bloody Big Battles!" convention, Bash Day. This will be hosted at Battlefield Hobbies, South March, Daventry, Northants NN11 4PH, UK, from 09:00-18:00 on Sunday 19th May 2024.

Participation games on offer include:
Hanau (Napoleonic, 1813)
Mudki (First Sikh War)
The Alma (Crimean War)
Balaclava (Crimean War)
Brandy Station (American Civil War)
Mars-la-Tour (Franco-Prussian War)
Villers/Champigny (Franco-Prussian War)
Isandlwana (Zulu War)
Spion Kop (2nd Boer War)

To sign up to play, contact the organisers at
bbb.bashday @ gmail.com

And to confirm your booking, follow this link: -

https://www.battlefieldhobbies.co.uk/our-events/

Change the date to 2024 and select May via the Jump Month button. Select the 19th and there is the option to pre-pay for the event directly to the shop. £7 GBP covers 9am to 6pm for the day of gaming.

Looking forward to meeting some fellow LAFfers there!

[vtsaogames]

Hmm, commute from NYC a tad too long. Have a great time, guys!

[CapnJim]

Even longer from Michigan.  But it would be great to be there to play in some of those games...

[ChrisBBB]

Actually we do have one US player crossing the pond to join in! (OK, that's not his only reason for coming to UK - but he has modified his trip.)