No ADLG events since the 1/72nd scale whupping for my Vikings at The BIG Abona Festival back in June… by November I was starting to go stir-crazy (and not in a painting sort of way!).
Browsing the UK calendar had failed to cough up any events which coincided with a free weekend, but on the French part of the ADLG forum I spotted one event on a very specific weekend in November, and a last-minute plan suddenly fell into place… Avignon!
Air Miles subsidized the international logistics, Avis loyalty points chipped in with a gallic roller-skate-sized hire car and a list I’d already used saw a very small but relatively freshly painted Assyrian army packed into the world’s smallest tin for a hand-luggage-only travel plan involving the smallest rucksack in my collection.
5 games later and there French meta has been well and truly tested to wine, beer, cheese and obscure local spirits type destruction in 5 games of mixed success for the Lions of Assyria.
Listen and be amazed at the local atmosphere, or read the full report on the Madaxeman.com website (https://www.madaxeman.com/reports/Avignon_2019_1.php) .
Original music courtesy of Howard Gray, additional sound effects from the BBC sound archive