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Wednesday, 26 October 2016

Birthday Bash 2.0* - you'll ALL be welcome

Some of you may remember two years ago I had a little birthday tournament with my mates. As you can see Liam was the victor using his Riptide spam ;) If you clicked the link you may also have noticed my birthday is in February, at least four months away. Well it's usually around this time of year that Ben starts thinking about a trip to Warhammer World - something I'm a little too tight to contemplate this time round.


So, I had a chat with the rest of the gaming crew and PeteB was well up for a mini tournament as his birthday is just before mine too. In 2015 we borrowed Ben's kitchen but this time that probably wouldn't be sustainable and in a bid to have another fun birthday celebration/gaming session I went to my local game store Wargames and had a chat with the owner Martin. He was perfectly happy for us to rock up, pay our fee to use the tables for the day and leave things at that. Alternatively he suggested a couple of other options to turn it into a much bigger event, even to ITC tournament scale! Which gave us plenty to think about.


PeteB, Ben and myself had a bit of a summit last night to discuss options. We're all after an event that is fun, not really about winning. Ben was also keen not to have Lord Of Wars, he feels they can make the game too one-sided but I fought to have them included on the basis for some folk it's the only way they can run a list. So we made some restrictions for taking them, as I said the event will be very much 'don't be a dick', we may be shooting ourselves in the foot for interested parties but we just want to have a fun days gaming. This was the interim plan [subject to change]...


Which leads us to the current knowns:
There's obviously other stuff on that sheet but we're not confirmed yet. Provisionally it'll be £20 but how that translates to prize fund, food, potential painting competition is yet to be decided. Wargames usually does quite extensive prize support but much like the principles [and part of the success] of Blog Wars we agree that big prizes for the winner will not be in the spirit of what we had in mind. We'll fix costs and prizes in time.

Currently there'll be myself, PeteB and Ben, with Otty, Liam and Throne of Skulls winner Scott potentially on board. Bottom line is we only need 10 people minimum to make this happen and Martin is convinced he can double our numbers from local players but I wanted to offer an open invitation to folk who follow the blog to see if they'd be interested in joining in, the more the merrier.

So what do you think? Let me know in the comments below.

* Birthday Bash 2.0 is a provisional title, feel free to offer alternative 40kaddict related names :)
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19 comments:

  1. Mike (Didcot Wargames Club)26 October 2016 at 14:28

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  2. Nogle26 October 2016 at 16:30

    How About since you are an addict,


    Intervention 2017!

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    1. 40kaddict27 October 2016 at 12:33

      That's actually not a bad suggestion. I'll think on it, even if I settle on something else for this event it may well be a keeper for the future ;)

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  3. Rob-not-steve26 October 2016 at 16:56

    I'd be very much up for this!

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    1. 40kaddict27 October 2016 at 12:33

      And I'd be very much up for you to be there too. :)

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  4. HellHenni27 October 2016 at 09:08

    After failing to get a ticket for Fluffageddon in time, I will try to make it to your event!
    Will have to persuade my boss to give me some days off in February, but that should be doable.

    Cheers,
    Hendrik

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    1. 40kaddict27 October 2016 at 12:37

      That would be amazing if you were to come all that way Hendrik. We better put on our thinking hats to make it an extra special event then :)

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    2. HellHenni28 October 2016 at 17:09

      As long as we get some games in and celebrate your birthday, I'm sure everyone is going to have a good time!
      Hope the two of us get to do a game with/against each other, Dave. ;-)

      Also, is the date set or could it still change?
      Once it's set, I'll start looking for a flight and hotel.

      Cheers,
      Hendrik

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    3. 40kaddict28 October 2016 at 18:39

      So far it's what we've settled on. PeteB has been in touch with Martin so far and I think the date is settled but I'll get confirmation next week and we'll firm up the format.

      The Premier Inn on the sea front is OK ;) It should be a blast.

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    4. From The Fang29 October 2016 at 19:19

      Are you still wanting to come to Fluffageddon Henni? Not sure what the situation is but email me and I'll check with Matt.

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  5. Triple D27 October 2016 at 09:09

    I'm pretty sure that with this much warning I can persuade the diary keeper to make an entry!

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    1. 40kaddict27 October 2016 at 12:37

      All hail the 'diary keepers', without them we would be adrift on the ocean's of the void.

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  6. Marc van Holst27 October 2016 at 09:31

    Hmmmm, $1400 AUD return plus accommodation... don't think I'm not tempted, but it is going to be hard to swing it ;-) Maybe some time in the 2020's?

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    1. 40kaddict27 October 2016 at 12:41

      You never know, we could still be doing this then and I'll hold you to it on your next visit ;)

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  7. Mike (Didcot Wargames Club)28 October 2016 at 12:12

    I'd be interested in coming along.

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    1. 40kaddict28 October 2016 at 18:40

      Fantastic, we will have to move things along so Martin can start making it available for registration.

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  8. From The Fang29 October 2016 at 19:18

    I'd love to come along. You've supported my events so only seems fair. I'll have to speak to Matt too

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  9. Krak Addict Blog31 October 2016 at 11:45

    Count me in for this! Southport is nice and (fairly) local for me as well ;)

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  10. Unknown31 October 2016 at 12:43

    Sup dave sounds good you can put me down provisionally to join in (as long as it's not on the 14th... Wife may kill me otherwise haha)

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