The Joy of Six 2023

It's that time of year again!  If you want to present your wonderful game at the best 6mm themed wargames show in the world, then booking are now open.  If you want at trade stand to display your 6mm wares to the biggest collection of potential customers to be found in any one place, then you too can book your space.  If you want to come along and be part of the most vibrant show on the UK wargames circuit, then get the date in your diary!

Just toddle along to www.joysofsix.co.uk to make your bookings.   As we fill our the list of traders and games, the site will be updated to reflect this.   I am also working on getting galleries of games for previous shows up and running.

2023 will mark our tenth year of the show.  In the decade, the event has grown steadily from a small hall with  about 50 attendees to the sbow that we have today.   Let's see if we can make our tenth show one to remember.

Another Baccus year, another Baccus set of releases

It’s our first week back into the 2023, so time to start as we mean to go on with some new releases. ‘Oh No!’, I can hear you groan, ‘When will this madness end?’   Sorry, but you will just have to put up with new bits and pieces emerging from the dark Satanic mill that is  Baccus HQ for the foreseeable future.  

But more of that anon.  Let’s start with the first magic number of 2023 which is #23153.  Many apologies if you placed order #25154 and are even now howling at the moon and cursing the tardiness of the Baccus casting team, but they are still getting up to speed having overdosed on mince pies, turkey leftovers and far too much seasonal cheer.  The hard grim dose of reality at being once again chained to a casting machine has been a shock to the poor things.

Storytelling and Myths...

Midwinter is the Dark time of the year. The time when the cold and the snow force humans into shelter, and, in times past, cause them to huddle around a fire - a source of warmth, comfort and indeed, survival.   Let us draw back the crusted curtains of time and see such a gathering, all intently listening to just one amongst them.   A man with no home, who travels from group to group, exchanging food and shelter for entertainment in those long, cold winter nights.  And what entertainment!  Accompanied by the seven stringed lyre, there are tales of warriors and gods, brave deeds and vanquished enemies, monsters and heroes.   Those listening are enthralled and know in their heads that such stories are but stories, fleeting half truths and exaggerations and that such things could never, ever, come to pass, but their Hearts, their Hearts told them that maybe, just maybe they could be true…https://youtu.be/8kk2vpW6448

'Tis the season to be Jolly

It’s that Most Wonderful Time of the Year – so they say anyway.  I wouldn’t be a business owner working in a Victorian era workshop with no heating if I didn’t have a little bit of ‘Humbug!’ in me.  Let’s start off with tidings of Comfort and Joy and all that by giving the magic order number as #23083.   As ever, some of you with orders after this number will get an expected surprise, and some prior to this will have to wait a little longer.  Many apologies to those who will have to wait until the New Year for us to send their orders off.  We really have worked as quickly as we can, but full completion of every order proved to be too much this time around.

Orders, delays and postal strikes.

Another week, another set of orders, another order number completed.   This week, we have reached order number #22889.  Surprisingly enough, and against all the odds, we are actually currently reducing the gap between receipt of an order and despatch.   However, the usual seasonal demand is catching up and delivery times are being stretched which is sadly beyond our control.   Also beyond our control is the current round of UK postal strikes, which are creating backlogs and delays in orders arriving.  Please bear with us – orders to UK destinations are very likely to be delayed by several days, and as we use first class post we cannot provide details or tracking numbers.  What I can say is that to date, they are all getting through eventually.

'I'd go blind painting something so small.'

Yes, we’re back after a couple of weeks absence.  Judging by some recent emails it is obvious that some of you are experiencing Magic Number Withdrawal Trauma.   Given the seriousness of this condition it is therefore incumbent on me to provide partial relief by letting you all know that we have reached order number #22758.    However, we have a lot of orders cast and yet to be processed, so if you have an order in the system expect some good news in the next few days.

It's time to get show orders sent in.

I’d like to start off today’s update with a big Thank You to all the members of the Wargames Association of Reading for their mammoth effort in staging the Warfare show last weekend.  The new venue for the show was excellent, but it was obvious to all that it was a very labour intensive to run and the hosts did a wonderful job.

Which brings us to this week’s order number, which is….#22550.    The usual proviso applies in that some numbers prior to this will be going out next week, and a few in advance will actually be on their way

Still messing around with wings

Okay, so I had a week off from doing updates.  ‘Slacker’, said the emails, ‘Sluggard’, ‘Sloth’, ‘Negligent’, Work-shy’, and even ‘Otiose’ were just some of the colourful adjectives aimed with exquisite precision.   All damning judgements.   I really cannot afford to miss this week.  Let’s start with this week’s order number, which is #22432.

Baccus - it gives you wings....

It’s Friday, so it’s the Baccus weekly update.   I’ll start today with the traditional announcement of the Magic Order number.  This week it is #22241.  I’ll add the usual rider that some orders prior to this number will not be going out until next week for a while host of mysterious and arcane reasons known only to a small circle of the Enlightened…

No new releases this week, but as promised, the is a preview/teaser photo of the first of the resculpted 17th/18th century Poles.  

Carrying on the theme...

And yet more Russian artillery…  But before we head on to this week’s releases, let’s have a look at this week’s order number, which is #22122.

This week, we are rounding out the Russian field artillery with three larger calibre pieces.