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Hey guys, I'm totally new here and totally new to wargaming though i have been interested in it for 11 years. I remember when i read my first White Dwarf at luch break at primary school. I was obsessed with Eldar from that point on! I tried to get into gaming but couldn't find any local groups. Unfortunatly it has been this was for the past 11 years and I'm tired of it!

That being said, I am looking for some local guys to perhaps meet up with and have a friendly game (bearing in mind im a noob to wargaming). From there I am looking to set up a local group at a nearby hall (currently looking at The Forum in Greenwich or the scout hall at Swallowfield Road, charlton).

Either way, I am looking for some locals that might be interested in helping set that up or that would be looking to attend if/when we get it up and running.

I know there is a thread from 2009 saying that a few of you meet up at the Gypse Moth for drinks and friendly chat. If you are one of those guys, or just live locally, drop me a comment or click the poll so I know roughly how many would be interested!

Thanks!

SELWG is quite close to Greenwich.

South London Warlords are not too far either.

I like the idea of a nice little local setup but I live the other side of London so Greenwich is out of my range.

This is great.

I'm so tired of the Games Workshop locals with "no fun allowed" traditions.

I knew some clubs in central London including games played at Darksphere and others such as the Cross Gaming Club, but three problems occur:

- Usually Fees to play (par darksphere, but you can't find the players)
- Many have dropped 40k, and I can understand why. But it's great when you play for fluff and not for comp.
- London train fairs (unless you live there)

Greenwich is perfect for me (sidcup) and I would love to be a part of this. Though the weekends won't be the best time.

Reply with the details as soon as possible, available also asap.

Potentially could game with you guys.....I am in Canterbury but work near Greenwich and can travel.

Blackgaze wrote:This is great.

I'm so tired of the Games Workshop locals with "no fun allowed" traditions.

I knew some clubs in central London including games played at Darksphere and others such as the Cross Gaming Club, but three problems occur:

- Usually Fees to play (par darksphere, but you can't find the players)
- Many have dropped 40k, and I can understand why. But it's great when you play for fluff and not for comp.
- London train fairs (unless you live there)

Greenwich is perfect for me (sidcup) and I would love to be a part of this. Though the weekends won't be the best time.

Reply with the details as soon as possible, available also asap.

Hey, good to hear from you guys! I don't have any details as of yet. I have 3 venues in mind:
Sunfield Church Hall - Blackheath Royal standard.
Scout hall at Swallowfield Road.
The Forum at greenwich.

Tomorrow I will check out the first at last places and get back to you here.

I think it's best to start with just 40k and get the player base going. The real hurdle, like you said, will be getting the player base to cover the rent fees. But like I say I will look into it tomorrow.
I was looking at perhaps Wed/Thurs evenings. How does that sound?

Thursday is potentially "do-able" - I wouldn't be able to come all the time but would be up for any tournament / apoc and ad-hoc weekdays.

Awesome. I have emailed the church and will phone The Foum tomorrow.

I have no idea about the last venue. Maybe i'll contact Greenwich Council tomorrow and see whats up.

Both days are great and suitable.

Remember the venue needs a good place to store scenery, as it's going to be annoying to bring it every week.

Maybe in the future we could actually have the right scenery for 40k specialist games. I've been meaning for some Gorkamorka and Mordheim games for ages

Quick update for you guys.

I just spoke to The Forum- Greenwich. A 25 man room (smallest) is available on Wed/Thurs but = £30 per hour and a month would need to be paid in advance. X_X

Try a pub function room. They will often let you have a room for free on the basis you will be drinking.

Could start in someone's local house as a temporary gaming club

Blackgaze wrote:Could start in someone's local house as a temporary gaming club

That's true. I know I have the space to store a few tabletops - 10x 14' shed ftw!
But I don't have the space to actually play. I'll ask about in town around the Royal Naval college/Greenwich Uni

Any luck?

I am based in East Ham , and Greenwhich would be great....would this just be 40K or would you be open to other games...warmachine/hordes , Mantic and others?

Sorry I haven't updated in a while. Been busy. I haven't found anything yet but i'm still on the lookout! I have one fresh lead to check out tomorrow!

What lead was it?

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Hi, i live on isle of dogs and would definitely be interested in coming along, although i only have warmachine/hordes at the moment, planning on 40k but not for a little while as i only just got back into wargaming 2 weeks ago after 12 years and just bought my armies.
I could potentially hold some games at my place as well but i have no table or scenery or anything like that just the space.

If you're at Greenwich uni, it might be possible to get a uni room on a regular basis - this is what Ketara did at Canterbury to hold the Platinum Devil tournaments.

Didn't the Greenwich Student Union building have rooms upstairs...?

Okay, sorry I haven't been around as much as I would have liked. Things have been happening rather fast.

So, so far we have Greenwich Uni as a possibilty.
The Forum is out of the question (it is WAY too expensive).

However, my father does the finances for Sunfield Chuch and regularly attends meeting there. They have a large space available and he is going to see if he can get if you us at a knock down price. It shouldn't be too much of a problem as he already uses one of the offices as his own office.

The next meeting is on Tuesday. So ideally before then I need:

a) A rough idea on prices - does anyone know how much these clubs usually charge (i've never been to one). I'll be checking it out myself, but a quick post wouldn't hurt .

b) To know around how many people would come. From what I see we have about 7-8 possible members! So if you are interested and are lurking....STOP! And make yourself known to the Inquisition!

c) To know how long the average game lasts

Okay, some good news guys, I just visited Sunfield Church and it's looking good. There is a main hall which is £30 per hour.

However, as a starter I say we go for the meeting room which is a decent size, has built in storage AND a mini sink/tea/food area. The best part is...we get all of this for just £15 per hour (and hopefully less after the meeting tomorrow). So currrently, at £15 per hour for say...2 hours thats £30...divided by around 8 people, that's £3.75 per person (my maths is great ). If we add a little more for say, snacks that I could bring along/for the making of game boards etc, we could play for £4-5 per person, per week... How does that sound? SELWG is £5 for non-members as it is.

Remember, those figures may drop after the meeting tomorrow.

I'm going for a board size of 4' x 4' is that a decent size They can obviously be combined for larger battles.

So let me know if you are still interested guys!

I am still interested , what games are you expecting to play ?

Synthetik wrote:I am still interested , what games are you expecting to play ?

just 40k atm I guess. If we get more members i'm sure we can expand into WFB.

ForsakenBacon wrote:Okay, some good news guys, I just visited Sunfield Church and it's looking good. There is a main hall which is £30 per hour.

However, as a starter I say we go for the meeting room which is a decent size, has built in storage AND a mini sink/tea/food area. The best part is...we get all of this for just £15 per hour (and hopefully less after the meeting tomorrow). So currrently, at £15 per hour for say...2 hours thats £30...divided by around 8 people, that's £3.75 per person (my maths is great ). If we add a little more for say, snacks that I could bring along/for the making of game boards etc, we could play for £4-5 per person, per week... How does that sound? SELWG is £5 for non-members as it is.

Remember, those figures may drop after the meeting tomorrow.

I'm going for a board size of 4' x 4' is that a decent size They can obviously be combined for larger battles.

So let me know if you are still interested guys!

Yep. I never expected the club to be free, it's too much effort for that.
The biggest question for me is even if we get the Church, where are we going to get all the terrain from?

Hopefully once things go well we can move on to other games such as Mordheim and Gorkamorka, seems like this is the only chance I can get to playing these

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DFNEWdr2S8&feature=fvwrel

Better start taking notes my good man!

But seriously, I see no reason why we can't make them ourselves. Once we get a club fund going we can start looking at buying things. I have a lot of old board laying around so that could form a base.

Perhaps everyone interested should come along to a meet up day and we can discuss it all and make plans to get terrain moving.

As i said before, I have a massive shed that can be used for temp storage until we can hopefully move it to church storage.

I live in Woodford, and work around Canada Water, and I'm looking for somewhere to play! I have quite a large army, but unfortunately I also nee dot learn HOW to play! (Also some motivation to get the buggers painted up!)

master of asgard wrote:I live in Woodford, and work around Canada Water, and I'm looking for somewhere to play! I have quite a large army, but unfortunately I also nee dot learn HOW to play! (Also some motivation to get the buggers painted up!)

I'm in EXACTLY the smae boat as you (minus working near Canada Water ). And this is exactly why I am trying to set this group up, so thank you for your interest and hope to see you when it is all up and running.

Edit: What army you collect out of interest...

nah , sorry I love the 40k universe , but I dont play 40k or wfb , hate the games , think there naff.

If I can get a WM game going or even a DT7 demo , then Im in

ForsakenBacon wrote:
I'm in EXACTLY the smae boat as you (minus working near Canada Water ). And this is exactly why I am trying to set this group up, so thank you for your interest and hope to see you when it is all up and running.

Edit: What army you collect out of interest...

Awesome! I'm looking forward to getting playing! I have a force of renegade (or are they?) Dark Angels space marines, using codex space marine. How about you?

master of asgard wrote:

ForsakenBacon wrote:
I'm in EXACTLY the smae boat as you (minus working near Canada Water ). And this is exactly why I am trying to set this group up, so thank you for your interest and hope to see you when it is all up and running.

Edit: What army you collect out of interest...

Awesome! I'm looking forward to getting playing! I have a force of renegade (or are they?) Dark Angels space marines, using codex space marine. How about you?

Well I'm looking at getting started on either eldar or Blood Angels myself. Might just have ourselves a clash of the marines!