Coming to Joy of Six?  You may want to consider this event, on the day before, just up the road in Leeds.  

BBB BASH DAY IS BACK!  

The fourth Bloody Big Battles* BASH DAY will be held in Leeds on Saturday, 1 July. This is deliberately planned to be in conjunction with the Joy of Six** show run by Baccus in Sheffield on Sunday, 2 July. (Our thanks to Peter at Baccus for his kind blessing for this plan, and to Leeds Wargames Club*** for making their fine premises available.)

The format is entirely participation games based on historical battles and using the Bloody Big Battles (BBB) rules. For the best chance of playing the game that interests you most, please sign up in advance. However, we will do our best to accommodate walk-in participants on the day.

Games offered will include Napoleonic, American Civil War, Franco-Prussian War, Sikh Wars, and other C18 or C19 conflicts. Please look out for the list of available games, which will be posted on the BBB Blog*. The intention is that players should be able to play an entire game in the morning and/or another entire game in the afternoon. A post-battle team curry is also on the agenda.

Invitations have been sent to our existing list of potential gamemasters, but we welcome proposals from others interested in running games at Bash Day IV.

Go on, treat yourself to a wargaming weekend in Yorkshire - come to BBB Bash Day IV and Joy of Six on 1-2 July!

Colin & Chris

Bleeding Big Bash Day Team

Contact us by PM on Facebook, write a message on the bloody big battles io group (see below) or put a comment on the BBB or Colin the wargamer blog.  

Links: 

*Bloody Big Battles

http://bloodybigbattles.blogspot.com/

http://ttps://groups.io/g/bloodybigbattles/topics

**Joy of Six announcement

https://www.baccus6mm.com/news/09-01-2023/TheJoyofSix2023/ 

***Leeds Wargames Club

https://leedswargamesclub.com/

https://www.facebook.com/LeedsWargamesClub/

OWS website

https://www.oxfordwargamessociety.org.uk/

Practical information:

Venue address

Leeds Wargames Club - Hicks Hall, 60 Bankfield Terrace, Burley, Leeds LS4 2JR

Timings

Date – 1st  July 2023 - 09.00 - 17.00

Parking

It’s a residential area, so free, but there’s a lot of housing, so expect to spend a few minutes finding a space and walking to the club.

Tea & coffee will be provided but please bring your own lunch. 

Other details will be added in due course – watch this space!

Bloody Big Battles – update 24th Feb 2023

We are pleased to announce that a number of BBB players have offered to host games at the Bloody Big Battles Bash Day, which will be held at Leeds Wargames Club on 1st July 2023.  If you fancy two battles (one in the morning, one in the afternoon) in one day, then here are the games on offer so far:

ACW                           Chancellorsville

Crimean War              Inkerman

Franco-Prussian          To be confirmed

ACW                           2nd Manassas

Austro-Prussian          Kissengen

Anglo Sikh War          Gujrat (1849)  

Napoleonic 1813         Lutzen*

We are hoping to get a couple of other games hosted, but fear not! - we still have spaces/tables available if you have a BBB game that you’d like to host.

Our hosts include several veteran BBB players, including Chris Pringle, who wrote the rules and at least two scenario books and Mark Smith, who has just published the Bloody Big Battles in India scenario book.

As mentioned before, we are running this event on   Saturday 1st July, so you can have a further day’s wargaming at the excellent Joy of Six show, on Sunday 2nd July.  You don’t even have to leave Yorkshire!! 

Colin & Chris

Bash Day update – 11 March 2023

Dear All

Here is the latest update for BBB Bash Day, 1st July 2023.

1. Dedicated email.  We've set up an email for booking the BBB Bash day.  The address is:  bbb.bashday@gmail.com
2. We are now opening the sign up lists for games – just send an email and we’ll add you to a game.  As this is early, everyone should get their first choice.  We’ll book people in to the morning session unless notified otherwise.
3. We’re pleased to announce that Bruce McCallum will be bringing his 28mm Zulu game.  Chris Pringle recently provided an AAR on the “Bloody Big Battles” blog.  Bruce is offering Isandlwana or Nyezane.  It looks fun!

We still have room for more games, so if you are thinking of hosting a game, please do not hesitate to contact us.

We trust that this is clear, if not, please do not hesitate to contact us on the new email!!

Cheers

Chris and Colin

Bleeding Big Bash Day Team 

Wow - it's a while since I updated this!  BBB Bash Day is 4 weeks tomorrow and ideal if you want a weekend of gaming in beautiful Yorkshire.  Here's the essential info for the day:

BBB BASH DAY IV -   The key info in one handy place

When:            

Saturday, 1st July 2023

Where:            

Leeds Wargames Club - Hicks Hall, 60 Bankfield Terrace, Burley, Leeds LS4 2JR

Timings on the day:

09.00 - 17.00  (though this may be more like 9.30 to 10.00 to actually get started!)

Price £5.00

Format:

The format is entirely participation games based on historical battles and using the Bloody Big Battles (BBB) rules. 

For the best chance of playing the game that interests you most, please sign up in advance. We will do our best to accommodate walk-in participants on the day.

The Games on Offer:

1. ACW – Chancellorsville – host Chris Pringle (author of the rules, scenario books, etc.)
2. FPW – Sedan – host Mike Brown
3. ACW – 2nd Manassas – host Tim Carne
4. Austro-Prussian War – Kissengen – host Dave Whaley
5. Anglo-Sikh War – Gujrat (1849) – host Mark Smith (author of BBB India scenario book)
6. Zulu War – Nyezane – host Bruce McCallum
7. Napoleonic 1813 – Lutzen – host Mike Brimacombe
8. Napoleonic 1809 – Aspern-Essling – host Ned Dye

Parking:

It’s a residential area, so free, but there’s a lot of housing, so expect to spend a few minutes finding a space and walking to the club.

Tea & coffee will be provided, please bring your own lunch. 

Links: 

Bloody Big Battles - blog

http://bloodybigbattles.blogspot.com/

https://groups.io/g/bloodybigbattles

***Leeds Wargames Club

https://leedswargamesclub.com/

https://www.facebook.com/LeedsWargamesClub/

Email – bbb.bashday@gmail.com

Colin & Chris

Bleeding Big Bash Day Team

Just a reminder that two weeks today the BBB Bash day will be held in Leeds, with most of the games being in that most perfect of scales, 6mm.  A fair few will feature the fine products created by Peter and his team of creators and casters.  

So come down for a taste of BBB on the Saturday, followed by a trip to JoS on the Sunday.  You know it makes sense!   

A quick update on BBB Bash Day IV in Leeds last Saturday.  We had 17 hosts and players, everyone got to play two games and, judging by those who have put pen to pixel, it was an enjoyable game for the players.

You can read my write-up here https://colinthewargamer.blogspot.com/2023/07/bloody-big-bash-day-iv-last-post.html

It was also good to see a number of our Bash Day guys at JoS - the Oxford crew were last seen defending Leros against an invasion of towel wielding Kreigsmarine.  Thanks to all who came and made it such a memorable day!  

Colin aka Colin the wargamer

Thanks, Colin! Added my own report here.

Not to mention this unbiased report from a first-time player who enjoyed it enough to buy the rules!