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Silly Howard, we need to at least attemot to play something to attest our gaming community credentials, otherwise we would just be a group of random people drinking too much beer while talking bollox.

Actually scrub that comment, that sounds like a plan!

I'm fine with either, saves me having to lug a case around, although i'll only be drinking lemonade because my stomach disagrees with any type of alcohol (apart from red wine, but my head disagrees with that instead)

Aerethan wrote:I find it kinda funny that people in the UK think that going 100 miles for something is a long way. I go 86 miles to my dads house every weekend to play music.

There is a saying I once heard: " In Europe, 100 miles is a long way, in the United States 100 years is a long time".

Hell going to Vegas is 300 miles and we do that all the time.

Indeed but not on our roads, and not paying our petrol prices.


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notprop wrote:Yeah there were three platinum devil tournaments by Ketara in Canterbury all well attended and a great laugh as well. Not being central didn't seem to do any harm. Six inches of snow on the satuday morning helped to make it a bonding experience at PD2 as well!
The was as MGS said the silver sorcerer at WHW which was also cool but that was a few years ago now. I made it from
Essex and there were quite a few from London as well.

Yup, as notprop says, there have been a few.

Silver Sorcerer probably had the most countrywide attendance, though PD3 had a good northern turnout.

Nottingham is generally considered a good venue for these sorts of things - it's central, and you have both Warhammer World and Wayland Games as larger gaming venues - the upstairs hall at Wayland has loads of tables...


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Avatar 720 wrote:Birmingham is central-ish, although Nottingham has WHW and is probably a bit closer to the true centre if you go from the border with Scotland down to around Portsmouth.

Of course, since it's a UK Dakka meet rather than an England one, the true centre is probably around the Leeds/Manchester line?

There's a venue in Stockport, http://www.northwestgamingcentre.co.uk/ and they do games other than GW, so that side would be covered too.

Howard A Treesong wrote:How about London? I suggest this because I now live here...

London would be lovely, since I live here, but it's pretty impossible to find a cheap/free venue. And then, if people stay over for a weekend, it's a hell of a lot more expensive than elsewhere. Hotels/parking etc.

With Platinum Devil in Canterbury, Ketara and Reds8n were able to get a lecture theatre with a load of tables out of term time, and we did two summer events and a winter one. However, Ketara is now a bit busy with college work to organise, and Canterbury isn't perfect for everyone. Here's my report from the first one - http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/288976.page and Panic's from the second http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/334975.page

With Silver Sorcerer, the organisation duties were taken on by Chimera_Calvin. I'm pretty sure we just needed to contact Warhammer World and tell them how many tables we needed. When we did the event we had around 20 players, and reserved 12 tables. They had a (much bigger) Blood Bowl tournament on the same weekend, which meant that there was plenty of scenery available. We played tournament games in the daytimes, and then played for fun on the weird tables in the evenings (while consuming most of Bugman's Bar). When we were organising it, there was talk that in future they would be taking a deposit for large groups, but either they hadn't introduced it yet or we weren't a big enough group to count. The secret is to get in contact with Warhammer World itself, not Games Workshop. They have their own website with a calendar which lets you when is best to book tables. Doesn't seem like I have a report - here's Panic's - http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/313437.page

I've played one tournament in Maelstrom, which is also a lovely venue. not as spacious as Warhammer World, and in Matlock rather than Nottingham proper, but still a good venue. I don't know anything about the booking procedure/costs though.

I'd certainly be up for being involved in organising a second Silver Sorcerer, be it writing rules packs, playing, keeping scores or booking the bloody thing. Maybe the few Dakkites who don't play 40k would be up for being involved as scorekeepers and the like? We had a few people local to Nottingham pop down just to say hello last time.

I'd be very happy to travel to an event at Maelstrom. The only downside with Maelstrom is the low quality coffee (£1 for instant Nescafe -- yuck) but the beer is good...

For London, best bet is probably to piggyback on a larger event, like Dragonmeet or Salute. Meet up in a pub the night before, maybe for boardgames rather than minis games, and get your 40K and Infinity fix on the day of the con. I usually go to Dragonmeet most years anyway, despite living in north Wales, and I hope to get to Salute one year.

I'd love to see something in Nottingham or Matlock, since I live in Derby and could actually go to something that close.

I'd be up for Nottingham, still waiting for replies on costs though. UK tends to shut down over the christmas period, so will probably get a response after New Year.

Game wise, 40K is fine, but I could probably only stretch to a 1000pts (although an SC or two might take me further for minimum cost / effort)

I'm pretty sure I have seen charges for WW listed in the last year but am fairly certain this included a body to assist on the day with options for food.

I am disappointed with the Northern slant this conversation is taking, all roads lead to London and that. MODs I am being oppressed by beastly northerners!


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So oppressed that you made me double post! For shame.

notprop wrote:I am disappointed with the Northern slant this conversation is taking, all roads lead to London and that. MODs I am being oppressed by beastly northerners!

It's because their polar bear rulers won't let them travel south.



"You will stay here and feed us fish and foxes glacier mints."

I'm not just saying it coz I live here, but Northampton is the centre of the universe in the UK.

An hour from Birmingham, Leicester, Nottingham, Cambridge, London, Oxford etc. etc.

I could possibly sort a convention space too, about 30yards from the LGS and Games Workshop

EDIT - and by convention space, I mean the backroom of the pub where one of the gaming clubs meet, there's also a subway next door and a Scream pub 30 yards away too.

Going to move to london in a few weeks and only planned to attend one event this first year... I was thinking salute and maybe you guys could make the dakka UK meeting there?

I don't mind helping to organise something, especially if I get a chance to run MERCS demo games, try to convert some of you guys

I'm going up to Maelstrom either next week or the week after, so I'll find out what needs to be done to book an event there, and if it will cost anything.

As ArbitorIan suggested, if the event does go WH40K for any reason, I don't mind being a score-keeper / dogs body

Jon Garrett wrote:I'd love to see something in Nottingham or Matlock, since I live in Derby and could actually go to something that close.

Nottingham is on my bus route.
I'm not walking for more than 7 minutes in total to go anywhere.

I don't really play anything atm so I'm up for keeping score.

For those who are at a loose end in terms of gaming, maybe this would be an opportunity (depending on venue) to demo some of the games that are out there.

I can run semi confident demo's of Firestorm Armada, MERCS and possibly Malifaux (Although with Malifaux I would be clinging to the rulebook for dear life!)

I can pony up at least two factions for the above games, and about 6 factiosn for Infinity, although I'm not confident enough to run the Infinity game but I could support with painted miniatures!

I could potentially have a crack at demoing KoW, though i've never played it before but the rules seem pretty straightforward (or they did in the last incarnation I checked).

Only downside is that I only have Elves... lots of Elves... So unless you're fine with proxying elves as dwarves, or if people can donate a few WHFB dwarf/empire/orc models, then it'd be Elves vs Elves and not very interesting

I propose we all turn up at WW with Necromunda forces and play on their big city fight tables.

Drinking and being obnoxious about GW not updating it is optional but encouraged.

Ooh, necromunda I could totally have a go at. I'd have to remind myself on the rules, but I should still be able to put an escher gang together.

Bah, Mordheim is where it's at (because it's the only one i'd actually be able to provide models for, and probably only a lizardmen warband at that).

I'd also need to learn how to play it...

Hmm, now that I think about it the "necromunda at warhammer world" plan falls apart when I realise my necromunda gang is entirely non-GW models

Avatar 720 wrote:Bah, Mordheim is where it's at (because it's the only one i'd actually be able to provide models for, and probably only a lizardmen warband at that).

I'd also need to learn how to play it...

Get reading then

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?catId=cat480008a&categoryId=1100010§ion=&aId=5300009

I think we may need to start up a separate "Dakka UK" thread with a poll to get a consensus of opinion

We should try and work out a venue without descending into a violent, hate-filled North/South debate (North BTW).

I'd also suggest you don't try to make less popular games a central event and do let the warhammer games, warmahordes and perhaps malifaux or flames of war have central stage, more people will have more of them.

You can allocate 'open gaming time' for the other games, but, if you want folks to have an interactive event, you'll need to go for the big games imo.

But, but I love violent, hate-filled South/North debate. What could possibly go wrong?

I would be up for a Dakka meet....Warhammer World is not the most convenient for Canterbury peeps but I would be happy to drive up with some local peeps :-)

"plan" is to look at running another Platinum chap Devil around Easterish time.

MeanGreenStompa wrote:I'd also suggest you don't try to make less popular games a central event and do let the warhammer games, warmahordes and perhaps malifaux or flames of war have central stage, more people will have more of them.

You can allocate 'open gaming time' for the other games, but, if you want folks to have an interactive event, you'll need to go for the big games imo.

I can't really argue that GW and Privateer Press hold the top slot in terms of gamers playing their games. I would argue that Infinity has a larger following than Malifaux however.

I better try to scrounge a decent WH40K force off someone. Maybe I can trade one for beads and blankets.

Hell, I've got some old tyranids and some tau I could bring up and sell for cheap. It's not like I'm gonna get any use out of them.

reds8n wrote: "plan" is to look at running another Platinum chap Devil around Easterish time.

Sweet :-)

Delephont wrote:

MeanGreenStompa wrote:I'd also suggest you don't try to make less popular games a central event and do let the warhammer games, warmahordes and perhaps malifaux or flames of war have central stage, more people will have more of them.

You can allocate 'open gaming time' for the other games, but, if you want folks to have an interactive event, you'll need to go for the big games imo.

I can't really argue that GW and Privateer Press hold the top slot in terms of gamers playing their games. I would argue that Infinity has a larger following than Malifaux however.

I better try to scrounge a decent WH40K force off someone. Maybe I can trade one for beads and blankets.

Not in Bristol Vanguard, when I left, lots playing Malifaux (including several ladies, the aesthetic seems to be attractive to lady-nerds) but the infinity still all sat on the shelves unopened. But might well be different where you are.

I'd suggest getting space marines then aiming for a high elite style, perhaps death company heavy or descent of angels or grey knights. Using codex marine minis and 'counts as' should be your cheapest option. (assault on black reach terminators etc).