With
January rapidly coming to a close I thought it was worth taking a
closer look at the Wargaming Calendar for 2015 and coming up with a bit
of a plan. Also I need to clear the plan with the Master Scheduler (in
other words, my wife) so that I don’t get into hot water.
Battlecry
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| Battlecry - Tigers in the mud |
Traditionally one of my favourite events of the year as in the past it was hosted in a
big gymnasium and it was filled with people playing a wide variety of
wargames, as well as board games and card games. It also had the biggest
turn out of retailers of any of the events I would normally go to. This
resulted in some good games along with a few ways to be parted from my
money. This year they are moving to a new (smaller) venue and dividing
the event up over a couple of weekends. Hopefully it will still retain
the flavour of previous years and luckily I only have a few weeks to
wait to find out!
As for the
gaming I am taking a slightly unconventional approach (at least by my
standards) and dividing the weekend up in to two events – one day of
X-Wing and one day or Hordes (first chance to roll out some Trolls).
Ides of March
Yeah,
this is the big one! 40-50 Warmahordes players and a chance to get in a
bunch of tough games (that I will of course loose). Ideally I will be
taking the Trolls along for their second outing but IOM does have a
fully painted requirement (which I am really pleased about) so I might
have to put down a backup list with eBaldur and/or Bradigus Thorle and
lots of constructs. Super excited about this event
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| Ides Of March - Sweet trophies! |
To go to the NZ Nationals or to not go… that is the question?
This
year the New Zealand Nationals will be in Auckland (yay!) but I am
really struggling to find the time and enthusiasm put a 3 day weekend into gaming these days. Ten
years ago I would have gone in a heartbeat but with more
responsibilities comes more hard decisions… not going will definitely
put a dent in my efforts to take out the Romanian spot in the NZ Flames
Of War Rankings though! I might end up just having to put in a days
friendly gaming somewhere instead?
NiCon
The
North Island Convention is on another long weekend (just like the
Nationals) but in this case it is in Thames (which is a short-ish drive away
from the in-laws house) which might make it a bit easier to get away for a couple of days. Whilst
it is too far away for concrete plans, Flames Of War is definitely on
the cards.
Panzerschreck
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| Panzerschreck - Road Trippin' |
Panzerschreck
is the ancestral home of Flames Of War tournament gaming and
traditionally takes the form of a doubles Late War event.
Definitely
keen on this as we normally hire a big mini-van for a nice team building
9 hour drive! I’ve been chatting to Phil about pairing up for a bit of
low stress gaming.
Assuming I get my act together I’ll either be taking
an Atlantik Wall Puma company or Romanian StuGs so that could be quite a
lot of fun.
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| Lords of Ruin - More sweet trophies! |
Lords of Ruin
I
am working on the assumption that this event is happening again this
year as it was an absolute blast last year. Sean Lincoln organised a
fantastic event in a local pub (down in Wellington). This is my drop
dead target for having the fully painted Trolls in action!
Choptober
Looking forward to this one day W/H event here in Auckland. All the usual suspects will be there, and it will be a low stress event!FlamesCon
We
still need to get out ducks in a row with FlamesCon but my assumption
is that it is happening… so much for insider knowledge eh! Either way,
Romanians all the way baby! Currently thinking that it would be fun to
play Early and Mid War, just not confident that I can get an EW Romanian
army painted for it…
1 comment:
Nice one, you've a rich and varied schedule lined up there. I agree about three-day tournaments, not very family friendly! One-day tournaments are the way of the future :-)Good luck with it all, hope you get along to everything you want to.
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