With the surprise opening of 'Cut and Thrust Wargaming' in Bristol it has suddenly become very easy for me to organise and run a tourney to fill the January slot in next years Epic Tourney Calendar.
Details below:
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THE EPIC WINTER WARMER: SATURDAY & Sunday JANUARY THE 15-16th 2011, CUT AND THRUST WARGAMES STORE, BRISTOL, UK
It's nearly free! Just pop on down on the day, and pay £2.50 to rent a table for the whole day plus a little extra to cover the cost of prizes (2.50)! Sunday big bash gaming is another £2.50 each so that's between a fiver and £7.50 for a weekend of top notch epic goodness (excluding beer money)!
Prizes for: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, Most Sporting, Underdog Army of the Day (least min/max'd), Bestest Looking Armies (players and judges choice), AND...the biggest wooden spoon the UK Epic Tournament scene has ever seen (subject to availability...)!
Use any army you want! Tau, Tyranids, Dark Eldar, NEcrons, some wierd version of space marines? Who cares?! Just come and play some Epic Armageddon! (but don't be a dick about it or we'll smash off some points from your score :-)! )
3 3000pt games, all bog standard tourney scenario: makes sure we're all on the same page and don't spend yonks organising ourselves around alternative scenarios.
More than enough time in the evening for beers, pubs round the corner, drinks allowed in store, and Coffee, tea, chocolate on sale IN STORE!!! What more can a gamer want?
NO CAP ON NUMBERS! It could be massif!
Registration/Army Submission: Saturday 8th of January.
Expressions of interest to Man of Kent via PM or here.
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Discount for Tournament Go-ersOur Proud Sponsors 'Cut and Thrust Wargaming' are pleased to announce a MASSIVE 15% DISCOUNT to any Winter Warmer Attendees off of most available stock! They can get hold of Hordes, Warmachine, 40k, WFB, Flames of War, Malifaux...most things, Army Painter Products...etc.
For LARGE ORDERS please feel free to RING THE STORE about a month in advance (2 weeks time) so as to make the most of it and guarantee it'll be in store on the day for you.
Tis not a real english man that does not quaff AleWe've decided to get a keg of Bath Ale (or 2!) in for the weekend: A 1-2 (price TBA) gold coin donation will get you a 'ticket' which you can exchange for a fine pint :-). Cans of cider and lager may also be available for a smaller donation but the focus is on ALE!!! (Bring a tankard!)
Winter Warmer Epic Bring and Buy!It's a Bring and Buy, at the Winter Warmer! (Epic related goods only please as we don't want to detract from the store's wares). Bring your unwanted minis and trade/sell/buy to your hearts delight. We'll be running this during lunch so have things ready to be displayed on one of several clear benches provided. Lunch will be a bit longer as we've no limit on when the tourney has to end proper (though I'm aiming for 6/7pm)
AccommodationFor those that are joining us for the Big Bash on Sunday day I thought I'd mention the obvious dearth of accommodation options that exist in Bristol. One good idea might be for all those that are staying over to get in touch with Bristol Backpackers and rent themselves out an exclusive Geek's only dormitory? I'll leave that up to you lot though.
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SCHEDULESaturday0900-0930: Arrive and Register
0930-1200: First Game
1200-1300: Lunch, Epic Bring and Buy.
1300-1530: Second Game
1530-1545: Armies set up and displayed for painting award points and judging.
1545-1815: Third Game
1815-1900: Help required with packing up, Tourney Scores Totted Up, Award Ceremony and THANKS!
1900+: Curry and Beer time! Chill the F**k out!
Sunday1000-1030: Arrive and Setup
1030-1100: Set up them hordes!
1100-1700: Play play play! (lunch somewhen in between!)
1700-1730: Help required packing up.
1730+: "Get the hell out of my shop!"
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Participants:*
Mok
EdgarSan
E&C
JonLuke
GlynG
Reedar
Hymirl
Steve Plenderlieth
Russy B
Steve S
Zulu Warrior
Carlos
McMullet
Alansa
Stompzilla
Zog
Mike T
Hello_Dave
Curis
Zombocom
Carlos
Rob
Robin
Angor
Pulsar
barazhufatufafa
That's 24 players thus far! Could this be the biggest epic event of 2011? We'll just have to wait and see!
*At time of writing.
Event RulesWe will be using the standard EpicUK 3 Game Tournament rules pack for the Winter Warmer. You can find it here:
http://www.epic-uk.co.uk/rules/EPIC%20U%20...%200rules.pdfWith the following obvious changes:
-'General Restrictions' states the no experimental armies etc may be used: Disregard this.
-In the case of 'Odd Number of Players' we will be operating a 'bye' system. No one will be asked to sit out.
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See you all there :-)
Yrs,
R>
