Joy of Six 2022 Show Recap
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- čas přidán 11. 07. 2022
- Our club flew to the UK for our first wargaming convention abroad! There was only ever one choice for the show we all wanted to attend most--Joy of Six in Sheffield. Jo6 specifically caters to 6mm miniature wargaming enthusiasts like us! In today's recap we'll bring you along for this unique event as we discuss the games and the differences between US and UK conventions.
Joy of Six is organized by Baccus 6mm, but lots of other vendors were on hand to showcase the best range of products a small-scale gamer could imagine. It was a fantastic weekend in Sheffield and our club hasn't stopped raving about it since we returned home to the USA.
We have a full-length interview with Alex from Storm of Steel Wargaming available now on our Patreon page and in the weeks ahead we'll be sharing interviews with Luke (Geek Gaming Scenics) and Guy Bowers (WSS Magazine).
If you missed Joy of Six and live on our side of the Atlantic, you should come to Historicon 2022 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania July 22-24 for a weekend of historical wargames. Our club will be running multiple games in various scales, including 6mm!
www.hmgs.org/mpage/HconHome
Great summary of the best show in the calendar. It was great to meet you all and thank you for your kind comments about my board. Thanks for everything you are doing for the hobby!
Great to see you guys there. Thanks for supporting the show from all that way and for flying the 6mm gaming flag!
God's own scale!
@@LittleWarsTV Lancastrians just like 6mm ( Ask Pete) :)
Terrific video chaps and a great round up of the show. Thanks for including my interview as well!
Thought you handled Steve's interview 'grenade' pretty well. 🙂
He did, didn't he?
@@stephenbarker7793 LOL, I was lost for words...
Really nice to meet you guys. Thanks for the effort and support. Next time round play a game of All Hell Let Loose :). My first JO6 as well and what a great friendly show in a great venue for us all. Thanks again for supporting this niche scale. Roland
As a long time 6mm (and even 3mm) apostate cultist, I couldn't be more glad to see you guys head over to Joy of Six. I hope your conversion continues apace, and I look forward to your 1:1 battalion and divisional level wargames from Iran/Iraq to Wagram. We do have at least one superb 6mm institution on this side of the pond, GHQ, and they're perennially at Historicon, very friendly, and incredible miniatures. I am currently staring down the barrel of a 6mm T-55AMV at this very moment!
Nice report (as usual), guys. I've greatly admired what Peter has done over the years to promote 6mm scale and this marvellous Show is another great example of the work he has done - and, I'm pleased to say, continues to do. Makes me nostalgic for the days some 20-25 years ago when I had my own 6mm collection when I ran a couple of demos to promote the scale but which, alas, I sold when work and family commitments forced me to have a 'sabbatical' from the hobby. Of course, like Arnie, I'm back now. 8-).
One of the joys of the hobby--it's never too late to return to the tabletop!
A great show with a fine selection of high quality games on offer. I think Charles’ Korea game impressed me the most but there were so many fantastic games I’d love to have tried out. It was a busy day too with 20 participants playing my 2mm game over the day alone! I was exhausted! Great to see you guys.
A veritable who’s who of miniature wargaming at this event! My kind of celebrities! Such excellent set ups there!
Thank you so much for attending, and sharing this with us!!
Lovely video, and lovely to meet some of you in person and play Mark’s Strength and Honour with Miles and Greg (apologies to Miles for my horrendous rolling throughout…). All the best from the UK.
Joy of Six is on my list for next year. Well done and always enjoy what you all do and share....keep it up and come back to the UK again!!
Great video gentlemen! It was such a treat to see all the Little Wars TV gang rubbing elbows with all the big names in the hobby in England. The tables looked amazing! I enjoyed seeing Steve finally, I thought he may have been on a secret mission. lol It was great to see Alex from Storm of Steel too! I noticed big Richard from Too Fat Lardies; was he shy? Anyway, keep up the great work and Tony was missed.
Thank you Sir, you are too kind!
So good to see you guys over here in the UK to sample a games day and tour some well known locations! Looking forward to seeing your future videos.
So glad you guys had such a good time here in the UK. Looking forward to see all that you got up to.
Hoping you will be putting up more ACW battles as I loved the Peninsula campaign vids.
As a cousin, somewhat removed, of Stonewall Jackson, I'd like to see the Valley campaign featured.
All the best.
No doubt we will be returning to the ACW in the future--it's a club favorite!
Excellent! Really looking forward to seeing more videos from your trip.
Great review of a great event! I've been paintintg up 6mm WW2 Brits this lunchtime on the back of what I saw. keep up the great work guys.
Really fantastic video chaps. Thoughtful work as ever. The 'familiarity' point was well made. Looking forward to the other copy in the UK visit can.
Sooooo jealous! Thanks for the summary and looking forward to the rest of the videos. 👏👏👏👏
Looks like an amazing show ! Great recap vid my dudes
Fantastic! I have been wargaming for years & wasn't aware of this. If I wasn't already hiding a huge pile of shame of unplayed games & unpainted miniatures already, this is something I would definitely get into. Ah, WTH! Might have to hive it a go anyway! Thanks so much for sharing!
Great stuff, look forward to seeing more in the future from the trip and show.
Obviously a huge event in the miniature world, hope I'll be there one day...Thanks for sharing!👍👍
Nice coverage guys! Gives me the itch to start a 6mm project which is the last thing I need. Looking forward to Historicon 2022 next week and seeing everyone...including the Little Wars team!
We are ready to roll! Lots of great games on tap for the weekend!
You have me jealous and salivating over the figures and the beer. 6mm is so scarce in Australia but is intriguing in its capacity for large battles. I have just committed to Warlord's Epic Waterloo in consolation. One of my goals for 6mm would have been the re-enactment of the assault on the ridge at Alam El Halfa, Monty's first clash with Rommel and the start of Rommel's run of defeats in the desert. At 6mm you could get the both the full 21st Dak Div and the full front of the British regiments that stopped them.
Thanks for the Video - I'd really like to go to Sheffield someday!
Great video. Love the behind the scenes!
Loved this. And I have been to most of these and this is the one show where I feel I run out of time every time, it isn't just you
Damn it now I have to go build and buy more stuff. Awesome video.
That looks like a great Con. Makes me think back to my Micro Armour games in the 70`s!!!
Excellent! Really looking forward to the other videos from your UK tour.
More to come!
Great to see you guys over here in the UK and so close to my home. Wish I could of made it through to meet you guys. I hope you enjoyed it here and also I hope you travelled to a battle site on which to base one of your games. That would be awesome!
I hope you had a talk to Richard Clarke of TooFatLardies. :)
On Lard Island, Clarke has talk with you. (I believe that's the proverb).
Indeed we did! Extensively.
@@LittleWarsTV Great! About to embark on a campaign of CDS in the close future, so it was nice to see him in the video.
Hey, gents - discovered your channel by way of your Foy video. I’ve only dabbled sparsely in wargaming, but your channel has me hooked on your hobby. Wonderful pre-game historical information, opinions and surmising. I’ve watched the WWII outdoor naval game and now this video. Thanks for the excellent gaming entertainment.
What a fantastic looking convention!!
Oh it was indeed. And a lovely venue, too. That really enhanced the show--lots of room, a newer space, big windows with natural light, etc.
Aaaah hahaha! Joy of six, clearly a pun on 'ye olde' Joy of Sex book by Alex Comfort circa 1972. Too funny and not just a lil' bit cheeky. I was born in 1970 and can spot a dad joke when I see one. One probably has to be English and old to get this. Them were the days lol! Wargaming is sexy cool if'n you really love it! Nice video fellas. Thumbs up [but not in bums]. That's probably a whole new book these days.
Hahaha
Thanks for the recap. Very interesting
I cannot believe you guys did not visit Dover Castle! As historical wargamers you will find it a unique place. Iron Age to Cold War and everything - and I mean EVERYTHING - in between .
Do it .
War games scenarios?
The siege of 1214?
Alt history - if Napoleon invaded?
WW1 - Dover Patrol fights German incursions?
WW2 - Operation Dynamo? Battle of Britain? Alt history Sealion? Cold War?
I missed the Romans .. Sorry.
Seriously guys,Dover Castle should be a world heritage site.
Rant over.
As you were.
Carry on everyone.
Great video .. look forward to seeing what else you got up to over here . If you haven’t , and you’re ever able to visit , I’d definitely recommend Partizan show too .. it’s bigger but still very friendly and always a great array of games on offer .
We heard a lot of good review of Partizan--it was probably the top mentioned show people told us to attend!
That was different. Haven't seen 6mm before, despite 40 years (on and mostly off) in the hobby. TFW when you recognise a scaled-down Gettysburg in 1.5 second :)
Great video. Thanks.
Great to see you. Glad you recorded my daughter doing bunny ears on me!
A perfect moment too good to miss! A father trying to play with toy soldiers while his daughter is giving him bunny ears. Loved it.
As usual an amazing video.
Very cool stuff. I plan on getting some 6mm Napoleonics in the future.
I am still holding on for 30 Years War battles. I have enjoyed Tilly's Very Bad Day in 2mm for that purpose.
glad the show was a great success ❤❤
I'd really love to put on a miniatures wargame of the Batley Townswomens' Guild re-enactment of Pearl Harbour.
It was so nice to meet you guys. Cheers for the pint! Hope I can repay the favour one day.
We always stand ready for pints on any continent we can get them!
I want to move to england just for the table top wargame and miniature scene.
You all get me so excited to be apart of this community. Thank you!
Great to have you, Tre!
cant get my head round 6mm....but love you guys hope we gave you a warm welcome
the terrains are beautiful.
Miles - I feel your pain, brother. Every time I go to a con I come home with more rulesets, or another historical period I want to game (or both!!)😁😁
Bravo!
Fantastic. thank you sop muc for bringing this to my attention; I shall surely visit their next meeting. Subb'd!
Nice vid again guys, did you venture further North to the land of the dram?
God willing...that could be a future trip! More castles, more battlefields, lots of Scotch....
That's awesome! Texas has a Milleniumcon for wargaming. They should have one this Nov.
For me I discovered the Command & Colors Napoleonics huge collection (7 boxes for the moment) and it's great for years of pleasure!
This is amazing I wish I had a strong community like this
6 mm is a awsome wargaming scale !
Unfortunately my aging eyes can't deal with anything below 15mm. Thanks for showing what can be achieved in the smaller scales.
Think of it as a single mini with lots of bumpy bits!
I was thinking there was no Historicon preview then I saw this, "Oh, yeah, I remember now..."
Wholesome.
Looked really good, wish I had known it was on. I’m only across the border in Scotland.
6:55 2mm is just 6mm with very, very short miniatures.
8:00 What company is that with the scifi figs? I know you folks have a serious historical bias, but my tastes run more toward scifi these days and it's always interesting to see something I don't recognize.
A fair question--I didn't get a chance to talk to the GM of that game, so I couldn't say on the figure manufacturer.
@@LittleWarsTV Drat. Well, you've apparently got a dealer room vid coming, maybe that'll cover it.
Great video
It really captures the feel and ethos of the show
I'm sorry I never got to say Hi but I was never free from umpiring my game
Thanks
James
A fabulous looking game it was! Was very intrigued not just by the look of the game, but also the concept. I picked up some Sudan figures to explore a co-op concept where the players work together running the Brits while the Mahdist forces are all fully automated. And it sounded like you had something quite similar happening.
@@LittleWarsTV
Thanks
Thats right , rules are modified version of TWWWBK and, the Mahdists are controlled by the system but probably more like the system in pony wars than in the TMWWBKs itself. Also instead of IGOYGO I changed it to card activations
Good luck with your efforts on this topic
This would be fun to play. Very interesting. Could fight modern wars with these miniatures.
Never thought I'd see aussie Owen Wilson run a Little Big Horn game. Wow.
Now I cannot unsee that comparison....
Dan isn't an Aussie, he's British.
As someone who plays 40K which has 28+mm models, I cannot even imagine painting a 6mm model. Do you paint the eyes too?!? I’m impressed. The boards are beautiful too.
Haha NO. No eyes!
Love the shirts...
Our garish bowling shirts are hard to miss!
What amazing modelling of figures and terrain! We're there any ASL scenarios in miniature being played?
British shows all seem to be one day. That's not near enough time!
I asked if we would we be on TV and we are, stoically keeping Korea British! Glad you had a great time in the UK, would have loved to have spoken more but all those Chinese kept interrupting! I look forward to seeing the follow up videos. Regards Karl (bright red Hawaiian shirt)
Glad your visit went well. Hope you didn't have a stickswitch as your hire car. Looking forward to the rest of your reports.
Great recap. What miniatures were used for the Hell on Hill 112 game at 11:46? I am assuming most likely GHQ (for the US visitors) but would like to check. Good plug for the book too. I have a few by Georges Bernage, but not that one. Soon to be remedied though!
Hello from the uk!
Living the Dream. 👍
JoS is actually quite a small wargames show in the UK.
Certainly nothing like the crowds of Salute, Partizan, etc. By US standards this would also be considered a small show, but this is one that seems to be growing every time its hosted!
Oh man, I want to go to this.
Great content as always guys. I love the scale but in my area 10mm is as small as anyone is willing to play. Do you have a list of rules sets, manufacturers, perhaps any solo play information you can pass along? Thanks for your effort.
Wow! I feel very inadequate as a painter after seeing some of those 6mm games. I do have a couple of 6mm projects on the back burner, though, and now I want to dust them off and see what could be done. Given that much of my gaming is constrained to a 3x5 table, it would make sense…
Oh for sure. On a 3x5 table you could fit some really big battles in 6mm scale. That's one of the primary appeals in our club. On a 6x4 in one evening we can run major battles and not just little pieces of them.
Would like to see a cross-over video with you guys and Luke @geekgamingscenics doing 6mm using GHQ Micro Armour. Or would like to just see you guys doing something with the GHQ 6mm stuff.
Thanks for the great coverage, as US 6mm player, I envy your trip. Do you happen to know what rules they were using for the Sudan Death game? That one really piqued my interest. Cheers.
Yes, it was a variant of The Men Who Would Be Kings, with the Mahdists controlled by random activation.
Hope you enjoyed the uk
Oh yes, we loved it!
I wish I could join your club...
I hope to make it over one day!
Nice to see a substantive wargames show in Sheffield again after the sad demise of Triples several years ago...
Ha, thirty seconds into the scene there's 8 people in front of huge sign which says "Wear a face covering".
Hope,you came to Wales for a visit.
Nice shirts.
👍👍
I have heard of JO6 from down under.
Speaking of Imjin River, any chance we can see a Korean War wargame in the future? Also any chance you'll be revisiting Gettysburg again next year for the 160th anniversary?
As a matter of fact, the crystal ball here looks quite good for Korea. Quite good indeed....
Please please get involved in the Renaissance period. Ive been banging away at you guys to try some War of Religion period battles. So Im very glad if you got infected with the period bug.
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Where have I heard that music from 0.50 to 1.40 before? 😜
7:46 Steve Clay spotted
This video showed up on my suggested so I'm "new" here, is 6mm the same scale as GHQ micro armor? Me and some friends played all the time in the early '90's, using GHG minis and, I think, Command Decision was the ruleset. I still have my minis and a couple of different rulesets.
I thought this scale was all gone as I NEVER see it in hobby or game stores anymore!
It's not gone at all James! It's more popular than ever! 6mm is very, very close to GHQ microarmor. Technically microarmor is 1/285th, but that's splitting hairs. We use a lot of GHQ stuff in our club, as their tanks and vehicles have always been--and remain--the best quality detail and castings available. Not cheap, but the best.
It’s seems rare to see American shows featuring miniature games of the Battle of The Little Big Horn, or any of the Indian Wars battles. Is this just a “Video Show” thing, or do Americans shy away from this era?
Didn’t know Heroic and Ros was still alive !
Indeed, alive and quite active. We have a lot of their minis in the club.
@@LittleWarsTV but what about the Napoleonic range ?
IS THERE A WW2 WARGAME FOR SMALL GROUND UNITS ? BOTH INFANTRY AND ARMOR SKIRMISH .. WHAT WOULD BE RECOMMEND ?
here in the USA I've played 1/285,1/144,1/160,and 1/64., what would these be in mm
6mm, 12mm, 10mm (sometimes 12mm), 25mm respectively
@@Captn_Grumpy Thanks