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After a break of two years, Newbury and Reading Wargames Society will be hosting Colours 2022 on Saturday, 10^th September at Newbury Racecourse.  As usual, there will be a packed show with over 60 traders, participation games and a DBA competition, as well as the popular Bring & Buy.

This year only - FREE ENTRY

Games

Assault Publishing Studio Black Hole Wargamers Nigel Emson Friends Who Like Rapid Fire Grand Tactical Rules Loughton Strike Force Oxford Wargames Society Simon Miller and Friends Society Of Ancients Steve Deeprose Wargames Association of Reading Wings of Glory Black Hole Wargamers

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Stars and Steel - Spaceship battles 2 vertical games small unit sc fi ACW - Muskets & Springfields Parker Force 1942 invasion of Malta Mordheim City 28mm Skirmish Hungary 1848 Battle of Pakozd Battle of Roundway Down 1644 28MM Ancients Game 15mm Napoleonic 1813 Battle of Adrianople 378 (as seen at the Society Battle Day) WW1 Aerial Combat Necromunda +

Traders

1-72 ABC Brushes Achroma Ancient & Modern Army Supplies Anita Books Baccus Barwell Bodyworks Battlezone Miniatures Blotz Brigade Models Charlie Foxtrot Models Colonel Bill's Crooked Dice Game Design Studio Cuirassier Books David Lanchester Books Debris of War

Deep Cut Studio Disain Studio Eagle Figures Elite Wargames & Models Empress Miniatures Essex Miniatures F4 Freddie Terra Firma Fizzer Johnson's Men of Metal Forged In Battle Glenbrook Games Great Escape Games Gringo 40's Grubby Tanks/Britannia/Redoubt Helion & Co Heroics & Ros Instant Armies

Iron Gate Scenery Kallistra KR Multicase Last Man, Last Bullet Magnetic Displays/Cortani MC Model Painting Services Mili-Art Newline Designs Oakbound Studios Parkfield Miniatures Paul Meekin Books Pendraken Perry Miniatures Peter Pig Pit Gaming Shop Products for Wargamers

ROK Miniatures Scarab Miniatures Syborg 3D Printing Tablescape Tangent Miniatures The Assault Group The Last Valley Too Fat Lardies Tumbling Dice Warbases Wargames Illustrated Warlord Games Warpaint Figures Westwind Productions

Several traders provide discounts for pre-show orders for collection on the day.

Further details can be found on the NWRS website (https://www.nrwc.org.uk/colours-2022).

See you all there   
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fantastico!  :)

Thanks Nick,
that is a useful link, I think I had found it on my phone a little while ago when discussing with my son but having it here I can save it into my favourites tab. :)
Ian

the free bit is very nice.......I might be persuaded

The DBA tournament is elephant themed....anyone wanting further info pls message- I'll put you in touch with the organiser.

QuoteWargames Association of Reading - Battle of Adrianople 378 (as seen at the Society Battle Day)

This is the 28mm DBMM game that was voted Best Game at the Battleday back in the Spring, returning this time with enough players that we can hopefully get through it!

Less than two weeks to go and I am sure we can all feel the excitement mounting.

Please find attached event programme.  A few more traders and exhibitors have stepped forward since the original post.

Enjoy!

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What Nick appears to have missed out is that the Society of Ancients stand will also be present at Colours.  Please drop by and say hello!
Anyone who wants to help out for an hour or so, please feel free to contact me (Treasurer) or you can turn up on the day.

As an experiment for this show, I would like to set up a register of SoA members who visit the stand.  Just so we have some statistics on how many members come and visit us at a show...

See you there!

Richard

Just to forestall any speculation following the recent passing of Her Majesty, Colours 2022 will go ahead as planned on Saturday.  We shall pay our respects at a suitable point during the show.

God save the King!

The Society of Ancients stand will be on the 2nd Floor - D02 - which is right opposite the Bring and Buy.  Come and visit us.

Richard Jeffrey-Cook

We're at D07 with the Adrianople game, so not far away.

Adrianople game was massive and magnificent.

Magnesia game next to the SoA stand had a beautiful set of figures - and was manned by an old friend I had not seen for over 25 years!

How was it overall? Looked packed yesterday from the pictures

Show looked well supported....lots of punters, and good games on show. I went for a tournament, but my games taking max time meant I only got a quick look around until about 4:30, by which time there were some traders in clear up mode, as is to be expected after long distances travelled.
Good show 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

I really wanted to go but the part time job of taxi driver was fully employed yesterday.....

Quite crowded in the main trade hall for the entire morning.  Much less crowded on the upper two floors - except round the bring & buy which was several folks deep for the morning.

If it appeared crowded, that may have been because we had a record number at the show - we estimate close to 1,500.  Traders were delighted with the footfall past their stands and the number of wallets being emptied.  Brigade Models reported selling out of 1:1000 scale Vietnamese Villages, possibly due to the Vietnam skirmish game run by Devizes club.

Many visitors appreciated the free entry, especially those who were only able to arrive later in the day.

The Society stand did a record amount of business and the Magnesia game was of great interest to many.  I should also mention that our illustrious Editor was there showing off his new ACW rules.

We hope to see everyone next year.  Anyone who would like to put on a demonstration game, participation game  or a competition should let me know.

sounds like a success all round then