Many thanks to all the clubs, organisations and individuals who presented the participation games at Hammerhead 2019. There were some 60 games/activities booked into the main central gaming area of the George Stephenson Exhibition Hall and the Gamers Lounge with a good mix of genre and scales.

The standard of the participation games was very high, both in terms of visual appeal and playability, the Forest Outlaws judges had a very difficult task on their hands in choosing just three games out of all those present!

7TV Apocolypse - Harrogate Wargames Club

A Brick Too Far - Royal Airforce Wargaming

Age of Sigmar - Imps Gaming

Airbrush Demonstration - Barwell Bodyworks

Albedo Combat Patrol - Sally 4th Gamers

Battle for Walmington-on-Sea - Forest Outlaws Wargamers

Battle of Assaye 1803 - Boondock Sayntes

Battle of Castle Itter - Peterborough Wargames Club

Battle of Dorking 1871 - Victorian Military Society/The Continental War Society

Battle of Ismeille - Leeds Night Owls

Blitzkrieg Panzer Battles - Blitzkrieg Miniatures

Blood and Bridges 1985 - Berks and Bucks Occasionals

Bolt Action - Forest Outlaws Wargamers

Boxer Rebellion - Falkirk Wargames Club

Casablanca Meets the Mummy - 3 Shires Gaming

City of Death - COGS /GCN

Cold War Turns Hot - Redcar Ironbeards

Dark Side of the Moon - That's one small step for - Cover! - South London Warlords

Darklands - Mierce Miniatures

Discworld Witch Racing - Grantham Strategy Club

Dystopian Car racing - Victorian Steel

ECW Fire and Fury Variation - North Humberside Wargames Club

Evacuate the King - Lancaster Games

Game of Thrones - Forest Outlaws Wargamers

Gangs of Rome - Sarissa

Haitian Slave Revolt - Wyvern Wargamers

Hellboy and All out War - Mantic

Manouver Group Historical - KB Club

Manouver Group SciFi Ground Combat - KB Club

Marsaglia - 1693 - Derby Wargames Associates

Memoir 44 - Lincoln Miniature Warfare Society

Middle Earth Strategy Battle - Retford Wyverns Gaming Club

Mortal Gods - Sarissa

Nick the Tsar II - Ad Hoc Gaming Group

Of Gods And Mortals - Lenton Gamers

Ou sont les Mousquetaires - Warbases

Mike's Painting Clinic - Come and have a go!

Peninsular War - Peter Dennis

Rebel Assault on the Imperial Kiris Shipyard - Leicester Phat Cats

Rescue Robert Rogers - Forest Outlaws Gamers

Revenge ‘32 - Doncaster Wargames Society

SAGA - Gripping Beast

SAGA Fantasy - Gripping Beast

Sails of Glory - Wings of Glory Aerodrome Forum

Seven Days to the River Rhine - Great Escape Games

Sharp Practice - Like a Stone Wall

Some Worlds are Best Left Alone - Sons of Simon De Montfort

Stalingrad: Block by Block - Pennine Megagames

Star Wars Legion - Imps Gaming

Sword Point - Gripping Beast

Telamon - Society of Ancients

The Assault on Hoth and Evacuation of Echo Base - Dan Hodgson - Reveille

The Pyramid of Doom - The Old Guard Group

Vanguard - Kings of War -COGS/GCN

War & Empire - The Battle of Metaurus 207BC - Westwind

We Make It, We Sell It - A Very British Civil Forum

What a tanker! - Sons of Simon De Montfort

What could possibly go wrong? - Doncaster Gamers

Wargames Illustrated Painting Competition - Wargames Illustrated

Wings of Glory WW1 Airwar - Wings of Glory Aerodrome Forum

Wittmanns Wild Ride - Reluctant Conscripts

Wytch King or Parliament! - The Bunker Boys

Participation Games Awards

Trophies were presented for the following categories

1) Best Visually Appealing Game: Blitzkrieg Panzer Battles - Blitzkrieg Miniatures

2) Best Constructed Participation Game: 7TV Apocolypse - Harrogate Wargames Club

3) Overall Best Game: The Assault on Hoth and Evacuation of Echo Base - Dan Hodgson

The Winners of each category received a trophy unique to the 2019 show

In addition the Best Overall Game winners have their name added to the Hammerhead Shield

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For more information contact Sally at info@hammerheadshow.co.uk

Updated 04.03.19