Hi Everyone,
My Name is Fabio and I am from Winnipeg,
MB, Canada. I have been traveling to tournaments for the past 5 years or so and after meeting Reece and Frankie in Arizona and learning what the ITC was really about I decided to take the plunge with a couple buddies and start the
Plains of War GT.
Right now we are in a 'bring the hobby back' sort of mode by hosting Free Open Gaming at Reset Interactive Ultra Lounge in Winnipeg on the first Tuesday of every month. We provide all the tables and terrain so all gamers need to do is show up with lists and play. It works out really nicely because its wing night at the bar so the servers will come to the tables, take orders, and deliver beer and wings all night! Plains of War has been doing this for the past 6 months and we feel it has really boosted the gaming community here in winnipeg.
Myself and the PoW Crew have been busy in the recent months with monthly gaming , a kill team tournament, getting our hotel details finalized, getting sponsors, writing up contracts for said sponsors, building terrain, driving to the U.S to grab large quantities of F.A.T Mats... the list of things to do is endless!!
So what I won't do is post a lot of words in this post but I will post links to our
FB page's photos and our website for info so be sure to check them out!
Free Monthly Open Gaming
So we just had another open gaming night at Reset Interactive Ultra Lounge in Winnipeg, Canada last night and despite my theory of it being a slow night due to the time of the year I was very wrong. We had over 30 Gamers through out the night playing games of
40k that ranged from 1,000 points, 1,500pts, 1850 pts, and 2v2 matches. It was actually so busy that we ran the kitchen out of wings on wing night
lol! They were able to get reinforcements quickly though so it was all good! They didn't run out of booze though so no one was really that worried.
After Set Up:
A shot during the evening:
More images can be found:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1665975866971060.1073741836.1607722979463016&type=3
Kill Team Event
We Also had a Kill Team 2v2 tournament where each game you had a random partner and random opponents. It was called the Ice Breaker. We used it as a way for people in the community to come out and game but more importantly come out and meet new players and literally "shoot the gak". We were very fortunate to get a lot of prize support which was really cool! so lots of the guys walked away with stuff!
The Time Clock:
Prizes:
More images can be found at:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1664114037157243.1073741834.1607722979463016&type=3
Tournament Hotel and Accommodations
So I finalized all the hotel info for the first annual Plains of War
GT with the Holiday Inn which is located right next to the airport. I was able to get an excellent deal on the venue as well as food deals, drink deals, and quite competitive room rates. All this info as it becomes available will be posted on the website.
website link:
www.powgt.ca
Terrain Building
So with tournaments you need terrain and I am not one to skimp out on the stuff so I had ordered quite a bit recently. So one day myself and a buddy decided to crack open one of the orders i had received (more because only one box fit in my car.... camaro problems) build, prime and texture coat all its contents.
Some Photos:
F.A.T Mats
So I had ordered a bunch more mats for the event and they were sitting at the boarder. So I get up super early on a Saturday and zipped to the boarder to grab all my mats. I had to go steal my mothers vehicle though because there was no way in hell they would fit in my camaro (#Camaroproblems)
Once I returned to my parents place to drop off my mothers vehicle I had to unpack all 20 mats just so that they could fit in my back seat (#Camaroproblems). I must say though, I have never had such good traction while driving before.
My dog was not to impressed though.. he didn't have a back seat to sprawl out on.
Thats it for now everyone! Please be sure to go to
www.powgt.ca and click the "Subscribe Button" on the main page. We promise not to send any spam! it is just so I can notify everyone when signups open, and any major changes that people should be aware of as the event gets closer such as rules changes / updates, hotel info, schedule changes, etc.
