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And so it came to be; The Other Partizan and Durham Wargames Group's valiant effort at pulling off a  small piece of Homer's epic with the Siege of Troy, or rather the battle as the Greeks made their first assault.
Normally at Partizan I would be running around taking pictures of games that particularly struck me as eye catching, dramatic, epic etc. but thanks to an eight hour rowing couple directly above me in the B&B, the dizziness and exhaustion that ensued etc I was unable to find the energy nor mettle to push onward with my camera and capture the show in pixels to share with you lot. I do apologise for this situation; the blame lies firmly with the rowing couple and the management of the B&B who's only response was "sorry dude!" and a flimsy promise that they would contact booking dot com! Farse. Mucho apologies to everyone who put such wonderful games on deserved every pixel of coverage and of whom I didn't manage to get around to taking any snaps due to exhaustion and dizziness!

OK, back to the toys! The actual city of Troy had been hanging out on a shelf at our club for as long as I can remember but was in need of some serious refurbishment to make it ready for the game. Given the age of the model and a good refresh it did really well to act as a centre piece for the game and is still, to this day, an amazing construction as a model made to the standards of Ian Weekly of yesteryear.

The battle started out with a clash between the main protagonists, Menelaus, Achilles, Patroclus, Hector etc battling it out to raise the morale of their armies. As per history, Hector fought Ajax and won, Hector fought Menelaus and won, Hector then fought Achilles and lost then Paris shot Achilles in the heal and he died which gave the Trojans an extra main Character with the Greeks lost 3 Characters to the Trojans single chap!

The battle then began in earnest with the Greeks smashing the Trojans. Needless to say, the wooden horse did not remain on the beach but was scavenged and taken home!

I'm limited to the number of images I can place in most posts on any given forum so for more images of the game please hop on over to my Just Add Water Blog here:
https://justaddwater-bedford.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-other-partizan-2024-trojan-war.html

Here's a few tasters:

Stunning!!!

Superb, definitely.

Sorry to hear about your dreadful B&B experience, Darrell.

Great photos.

And great link to even more lovely photos. I think the duel is fun image as is the rooftop 'Helen' watching the battle arm over the shoulder of her companion! And the chariots exiting Troy gateway / causeway are great images too. Lots more vignettes in the interior too. Very spicy from wineseller to 'courtesan' (?) or priestess.

CarlL

Great report, lovely pics on the blog 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Quote from: Atheling on October 16, 2024, 08:26:38 AM...thanks to an eight hour rowing couple directly above me in the B&B...

Presumably they were rowing in the bath tub, practising for a transatlantic event?

It is hard to think which might be worse when one is anttempting to get some sleep; a pair rowing for eight hours or an eight rowing for two hours.

Quote from: Nick Harbud on October 19, 2024, 01:40:50 PM

Quote from: Atheling on October 16, 2024, 08:26:38 AM...thanks to an eight hour rowing couple directly above me in the B&B...

Presumably they were rowing in the bath tub, practising for a transatlantic event?

It is hard to think which might be worse when one is anttempting to get some sleep; a pair rowing for eight hours or an eight rowing for two hours.

I wonder if they were looking for each other's skulls?

 

Thank you for all the comments guys

Quote from: Keraunos on October 20, 2024, 02:33:16 AM

Quote from: Nick Harbud on October 19, 2024, 01:40:50 PM

Quote from: Atheling on October 16, 2024, 08:26:38 AM...thanks to an eight hour rowing couple directly above me in the B&B...

Presumably they were rowing in the bath tub, practising for a transatlantic event?

It is hard to think which might be worse when one is anttempting to get some sleep; a pair rowing for eight hours or an eight rowing for two hours.

I wonder if they were looking for each other's skulls?

Oops. Schoolboy error. I reckon I miust have still been in recovery!