Today saw me attend the other Partizan at Newark showground, now I usually stay over and attend the show but with growing years I’m becoming more tight with the money and decided the money I would have spent on the hotel I could spend at the show and therefore in my eyes I’ve spent nothing.!!!! Go work that one!
The two hour drive was straight forward - a bit of fog but it was clearing I arrived and Partizan always seems to be blessed with good weather and today was no exception.
A large queue was present and I decided to wait until it was moving in, the organisers got the queue moving in quickly ( take note York organisers ) and we were in, it was clear from the start it was to be a busy show. 60+ games and 40+ traders meant there was plenty for everyone.
I bought a few bits and pieces, bases from Warbases, paints and paint brushes from Corittani miniatures/ magnetic displays and some dark age Irish from Forged in Battle.. There were other traders I intended to return to but never got back.
I just intend to do a photo dump of the games - the first batch are the participation games and even they are now of a quality that a few years ago would be called demonstration
I apologise for any games I’ve missed ( and I know I have) it wasn’t intentional and it was also nice to see that the organisers are encouraging some smaller scale games to make an appearance.
As always it was nice to catch up with people and chat but I’m also aware that I never got to meet others who I knew were attending. By 1pm with the sun shining I sat outside, bought an ice cream had my sarnies and decided to head home - leg was giving me jip.
I still feel this is the best show on the circuit by far. Negatives and there has to be some - the seating area inside next to the cafe is small for the number of people attending and by lunch time the gents toilets get disgusting, soaking wet floors and blocked toilets ( a sad reflection on some of the attendees) but I will be back next year!.
