{"id":8853,"date":"2024-04-03T10:00:47","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T09:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/?p=8853"},"modified":"2024-04-01T12:22:51","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T11:22:51","slug":"summer-of-77-show-game-coming-to-salute-51","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/2024\/04\/03\/summer-of-77-show-game-coming-to-salute-51\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer of 77 show game coming to Salute 51"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/2024\/04\/03\/summer-of-77-show-game-coming-to-salute-51\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>The Maidstone Wargames Society is pleased to announce our show game for 2024.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8851\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8851\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8851\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/2024\/04\/03\/summer-of-77-show-game-coming-to-salute-51\/final4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/final4.png?fit=800%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"final4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/final4.png?fit=800%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-8851 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/final4.png?resize=800%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/final4.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/final4.png?resize=768%2C614&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8851\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Luftwaffe approach the south coast of Britain and their first set of targets, the radar stations.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We present the Summer of 77, a world war two Battle of Britain participation game. Why 1977? I hear you cry. Our show game is based on a simple game that appeared in the 1977 summer edition of Warlord magazine and is the brainchild of society member Phil who has turned it into a full scale 3D landscape.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8827\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8827\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8827\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/show-games\/summer-of-77-battle-of-britain-show-game\/wipfinal\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/wipfinal.png?fit=800%2C419&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,419\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"wipfinal\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/wipfinal.png?fit=800%2C419&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-8827 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/wipfinal.png?resize=800%2C419&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/wipfinal.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/wipfinal.png?resize=768%2C402&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8827\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fully detailed landscape of the English countryside, towns and villages. Not to mention those all important airfields and radar stations!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The game has already made a successful appearance at this years Cavalier show in Tonbridge and will make its next appearance at <a href=\"https:\/\/southlondonwarlords.co.uk\/salute-1\">Salute 51<\/a> on the 13th April, we are table GJ05 on the <a href=\"https:\/\/southlondonwarlords.co.uk\/s51-plan\">show plan.<\/a> If you&#8217;re at the show come and try your hand at thwarting the Luftwaffe. You can also find out all about the game including how it was constructed on our show game page <a href=\"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/show-games\/summer-of-77-battle-of-britain-show-game\/\">Summer of 77<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8852\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8852\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8852\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/2024\/04\/03\/summer-of-77-show-game-coming-to-salute-51\/final5\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/final5.png?fit=800%2C1108&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,1108\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"final5\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/final5.png?fit=800%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-8852 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/final5.png?resize=800%2C1108&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/final5.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/final5.png?resize=768%2C1064&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8852\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spitfires prepare to scramble to meet the incoming German fighters and bombers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Maidstone Wargames Society is pleased to announce our show game for 2024. We present the Summer of 77, a world war two Battle of Britain participation game. Why 1977? I hear you cry. Our show game is based on a simple game that appeared in the 1977 summer edition of Warlord magazine and is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/2024\/04\/03\/summer-of-77-show-game-coming-to-salute-51\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Summer of 77 show game coming to Salute 51&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":8854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Summer of 77 show game coming to Salute 51","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[24,38,13,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-6mm-wargaming","category-aerial-wargaming","category-public-show-games","category-ww2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/final6.png?fit=1000%2C1000&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9A5LG-2iN","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8853"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8858,"href":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8853\/revisions\/8858"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}