We’re baaackkkk….

After a couple of skiving, and sitting around doing very little, we are back with the weekly updates and announcements.  The first thing to do is to issue this week’s magic order number, which currently stands at #25066.   As ever, some orders prior to this may just have missed the cut, but we will pick up on these next week.

More Big Base Battalia!

The dust is now settling on the aftermath of the Joy of Six 2023, so it’s time to roll our sleeves up and get back to the serious work of making toy soldiers for the enlightened members of our wonderful 6mm wargames community.  But first, it’s the return of the ever-popular Magic Order Number, which this week stands at #24955.   We aren’t quite working on next day deliveries, but we have got the delay between order and despatch down to 8-10 days.

So what’s new for this week?

Joy of Six 2023 - Many thanks

This is just a quick note of thanks to all who made this year's JOS a massive success.   I am sure that the internet will soon be awash with photos and videos, so I will let others tell the story of the day for the moment.

What I would like to do is to thank all those who staged some jaw-droppingly awesome games - to single any one out would be both divisive and unfair.  Large or small, the quality and enthusiasm behind them were first class

New Baccus releases for the Joy of Six

Only one day to go before the doors to the Joy of Six are flung open.    The excitement is rising and those who are lucky enough to be attending are preparing for their journey to Sunny Sheffield.   However, lots of you out there are probably more interested in knowing about their orders with us, so the first announcement today is this week’s magic number of #24845.

Joy of Six 2023 - Just six more sleeps to go.

With just six days to go until the Joy of Six show, it’s all getting a wee bit hectic here.  Lindy has done the revision of the revision of the revision of the floor plan, negotiating the tricky patch of last minute game cancellations and bringing in replacements.  The floor plan accompanying this post ‘should’ be the final version, but in the last week, we’ve been averaging two changes per day...

Famous Last Words...

Recently, we’ve been quiet.   ‘Too quiet’….one may say, and we all know what happens in the best films when those two words are uttered by the patently dispensible unfortunate actor.  Yes, all hell breaks loose and ‘quiet’ becomes but a fleeting memory.  So yes, we are about to well and truly break that quiet moment, and crank the volume all the way up to eleven.

But first, this week’s order number, which rests at #24769.

Joy of Six 2023 - Floor plan!

With just under three weeks to go before we fling open the doors to the Joy of Six 2023, it’s time to show you what awaits the lucky visitors.  I am delighted to release this year’s floor plan.

New Baccus releases for Joy of Six

We’ve had a planning meeting today focusing on what we are going to showcase as new releases at a certain little show in Sheffield in about three weeks’ time. I’m sure that this might be of some interest, but first we have this week’s order number which stands at #24623.

Now let’s talk about our release plans…but before we do that, I’ve added a couple more photos of the new Comnenan Byzantine codes.   This has proved to be a very popular range indeed – and the good news is that we will be releasing more Byzantine armies from different eras over the coming months.

Joy of Six 2023 - Just 30 days to go!

Yes folks, there is just one month to go before the Joy of Six 2023.  

But before we get around to this, there is time to squeeze in this week’s magic number which stands at #24581. 

There is a slight edge of panic creeping in as we realise that we had better get around to doing some of this organisation stuff for the Big Day. 

Something a little different.

As promised, we are attempting to resume ‘Normal’ service this week – I will leave it up the more observant of you out there to define the term, as that is a task well beyond my misfiring neurons.

The order number this week is #24473, but as usual, there will be some prior to this that will be sent out next week, and the odd one ahead of it that sneak through.  One of the reasons for the irregular announcement of order numbers over the past few weeks has been the peculiar clustering of UK Bank holidays.   April saw us lose two days over Easter, while May will contain three, (three!) more Bank holidays.   That means that over the period of April to May, we have effectively lost a whole week’s worth of production.  Add to this the preparation for two major shows, one of which was Salute and that puts a lot of pressure on the system.   We are bouncing back pretty quickly, but please bear with us.