Posted by GamingClub Network on 05:01
Hello,
Here is a new document pack for joining the GCN. This will give you all of the information you need to do the job to Join our system and become part of a grat groupof wargames groups around the country.
Click the link below to get the file required.
http://www.box.net/shared/szr8ptl0rg
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Posted by Dan Currey on 13:46
Warpath is the new sci-fi game and miniatures range from Mantic Games and is released on the 11th November. To celebrate, they are holding a party and you’re all invited!Held on the 12th November at the offices in Nottingham, they’ve got loads of stuff going on including the first chance to get your hands on the complete Warpath range.Seminars with Ronnie and Alessio, including a look in the “Secret Room” and the upcoming releases within, learn to paint armies quickly with Golem painting studio, play the new and updated Warpath rules with Mantic miniatures for the first time and talk to industry guests!Anyone who comes through the door...
Posted by GamingClub Network on 06:18
In order for you to access copies of Kinghtwatch please click on the link below and download as you please.
Thanks
http://www.box.net/shared/yshck04xxxo1ltj3f...
Posted by Anthony on 07:26
Its been a little while since my last Blog, I got rather busy for a while helping Battlefront Miniatures get ready for their first Official European Flames of War Grand Tournament, the family even managed a week away in Scotland mid September, which was a nice break. We are currently having some building work done to the house, which means that I have had to spend most of my time at home over the last two weeks, we still have about three weeks of work, depending on weather of course, but I have managed to get loads of painting done and at least manged to get out to a couple of show's. Although the mess is starting to get on the nerves, thank...
Posted by Dan Currey on 06:14
Hi Ladies and Gents
I appreciate this announcement is quite early, but I want to get you all primed and booked in for this exciting addition to the Calendar
There are no details as yet other than this will be held on Saturday and Sunday 23rd and 24th 2012
It will be help at Maelstrom Games in Mansfield UK.
The cost of this event will be £45 for a Team of Three and will not include food over the weekend. The reason the Teams will consist of Three people is in the hope that most UK clubs will be able to field at least Two Teams!
Payment can be sent via PayPal - neverata@hotmail.com
Details will be added when possible. Who will be crowned...
Posted by Dan Currey on 08:47
On the 10/11th September 2011, Mantic Games (www.manticgames.com) will be holding their first official tournament at Maelstrom Games. Attendance is by invitation only, and we have 20 tickets for GCN clubs on a first come/ first serve basis. Entry and food is free, and you are more than welcome to play Kings of War with non-Mantic armies. If you want more details or would like to snap up a ticket, then please contact chris.palmer@manticgames.com. The Tournament will be played with 1500 point armies using the Kings of War 2nd edition rules and new army lists which we will send you with the tournament pack. Thanks, Chris PalmerWeb and Events Co-ordinatorMantic...
Posted by Dan Currey on 04:00
Just a quick post to remind people Less than 5 weeks to go to Games Workshops Games Day 2011 at the NEC at BirminghamThe GCN council will be in attendance at the event so come along to our stand and say Hello, sort out any paper work, talk about what we can do for your club or just chew the fat...
Posted by Anthony on 05:28
The weekend of the 3rd - 4th of September sees the first Official Flames of War European Grand Tournament taking place at Nottingham University. With places for 120 gamers this event will be the largest tournament for Flames of War in the World so far. However this is not just a tournament, we will also be holding the first European Iron Cross Painting competition, and a display featuring some of the upcoming releases for Flames of War and a ‘sneak peak’ look at some other exciting forthcoming projects.
Places for the GT are going fast, however we do still have a few tickets remaining if you are interested and want to test your tactical...
Posted by Dan Currey on 12:57
Bit of blatant pimp hereBracknell Forest Gamers are proud to announce our Warhammer Fantasy Battle Escalation tourney17th September 20114 Games escalating in size (think our Escalation event for WFB :))£12 per playerevents packhttp://bracknellforestgamers.wordpress.com/events/rank-u...
Posted by Anthony on 03:26
Sunday 17th July saw me head off to North Northamptonshire to Kelmarsh Hall for the 'Festival of History' organised by English Heritage.
The Festival of History is a large two day event, unfortunately due to my 30th wedding anniversary being on the same weekend, I was not able to get for the entire weekend, so I had to settle to attending on the Sunday.
The GCN council was invited to attend and bring along the GCN stand by one of our member clubs, Pheonix Gaming Club from Rushden in Northamptonshire who have themselves been invited to run participation war games by the event organisers for the last four years. It should be noted that PGC...
Posted by Dan Currey on 09:40
THE GCN Registered Club list has been updated
If you believe your club should / should not be on the listPlease contact Stuart - GCN Club Coordinator stuart.mackanes@gamingclubnetwork.co...
Posted by Dan Currey on 14:31
An update to the current email problemIf you replace the .org in the email address to “.co.uk” the email should find it’s intended addressee...
Posted by Dan Currey on 02:33
This is to let you know that at present the current email address for the GCN are not active as we transfer to our new providerIf you need to contact us please do so via this site or our Facebook page...
Posted by Anthony on 04:10
I have over the last few months mentioned on a few occasions that the GCN has been helping Battlefront Miniatures to organize their first official Flames of War grand tournament.
This is still the very much the case and the GT is not that far away now, set for the weekend of the 3rd and 4th September.
The GCN committed to assisting Battlefront Miniatures late on in 2010 in whatever capacity we could from the first meeting held late last year to the most recent meeting on Thursday 30th June, and we have been very heavily involved in the process. I must stress that we did not volunteer or even offer to actually run the event for Battlefront,...
Posted by GamingClub Network on 04:52
Here is a quick file showing GCN Informal and formal disciplinary procedures
http://www.box.net/shared/agdh9nr36kgmmubqzq1...
Posted by Dan Currey on 03:41
On Saturday 9th July, Mantic are holding their second Open Day and have a range of tickets that makes it easy for clubs to attend. With a range of games and activities as well as previews, seminars and the opportunity to find out more about our upcoming sci-fi game Warpath, doors open at 9:30 and the event will be held at Mantic’s new warehouse/office. The address is: Mantic Games (Camtex House), Greasley Street, Bulwell, Nottingham, NG6 8NG Tickets start from £5 for an individual but scale up, meaning a large club ticket allows 10-20 people through the doors for just £20. For more information, check out the Mantic website: http://www.man...
Posted by Dan Currey on 12:14
We have had an update that was received “just” after the SHOUT went outThe event is to good to miss off so we are issuing the this Special SHOUTThrudball, a not-for-profit Thrud-the-Barbarian themed Bloodbowl tournament in aid of the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation in Bognor Regis.Entry is £30 NAF / £36 Non NAF including food both days(you can camp at the venue),As well as 6 rounds of TR120 Bloodbowl there are Thrud Themed Awards and (perhaps) trophies,A charity Auction with many unique and superb items available, a Wandering Thrud for the non competitive teams giving the opportunity to win FREE "Thrudweizer",Dockdowl (all-at-sea Bloodbowl)...
Posted by Anthony on 06:45
I am finally able to post information on the first official FoW GT held by Battlefront Miniatures.
The Official Flames of War European Grand Tournament will be held on Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th September 2011.
The venue is the East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham.
'This 'open' tourney invites Late War Flames Of War gamers from across Europe (and beyond) to take part in two days of battling for the coveted title of 'European Flames Of War Champion'. All results from the competition will be given to HQ Rankings to give us a starting point from which to take the official European FOW tournament scene forward.'
'Residential packages...
Posted by Anthony on 04:18
Sunday 5th June saw us at Wales Comic Con, Glydwr University in Wrexham, North Wales.My alarm was set for 4.30am, although I was up just before 4.00am. Time for some toast and a couple of mugs of coffee then load the car and go and pick up my assistants for the day, my COGS club mates Martin and Jason. I had arranged to pick up Martin for 5.45am and then onto to Jason for 6.00am and all went as planned. I had used Google maps to plan the route a few weeks earlier and needed to allow just over two hours as I needed to drive up to Stockport and then onto the M60/M56/M53 and down again into North Wales.All went very well, in fact the trip only took us 1 hour 50 minutes, the only fly in the ointment for the whole day was that I got caught on a speed camera just before Hazel Grove, I was doing...
Posted by Dan Currey on 10:38
Another early start (3:00 am)I must be made ! For all that don’t know the GCN has been invited to attend the Comic Con show in Wales on Sunday the 6th JuneIt’s ten years since the Lord of the Rings – fellowship of the rings film was released and to commemorate this Games Workshop has given the organiser some prizes to give out on the dayWE as a group will be running LoTR games and showing of over GW systems at the show betting on how long Tony will stay awake ! If you in the are pop in and say hello with regards Daniel Currey07951 816613 GCN Representative Thames Valley - Southern England Promotions Officer for GCNwww.gamingclubnetwork.org. &nb...
Posted by Anthony on 12:40
Well that's three weekends down for my attending events and show's, just one more to go next weekend in this batch at Wales Comicon in Wrexhan North Wales, more about that event next week though.
Sunday 29th May saw me at the first of the years two Partizan show's held at Kelaham Hall in Newark, Nottinghamshire, the same venue as GCN/COGS holds their Hammerhead show.
I was at Partizan running a Flames of War demo game with the assistance of Martin one of my fellow COGS members who came along to help me out. The Partizan show hosted by Newark Irregulars is more a historical based gaming show than our own Hammerhead show, however its still...
Posted by Anthony on 09:24
What I have been up to recently and where have I been, I will tell you.
14th and 15th May.
This saw me at Maelstrom Games in Mansfield Nottinghamshire once again.
I actually go to Maelstrom quite a bit as I only live about 20 minutes away in Chesterfield. This visit was to support GCN club 'The Tempus Fugitives' who were holding one of their very successful 40K campaign weekends at 'The Eye of the Storm'. I will point out that I did not attend as a player, I only went along for the afternoon and evening on the Saturday and for Sunday afternoon. Being as two of the GCN council were at the event, Gareth Williams and Stuart Mackaness, it...
Posted by Precinct Omega on 06:46
Everyone loves pirates and this blog has already featured the great new fantasy pirates skirmish game from Black Scorpion, "Cutlass". So here's some more goodness from Black Scorpion in the form of their brilliant skeleton pirates, painted by Precinct Omega Studi...
Posted by Gonks on 06:22
Well, as part of the new project for Cutlass by Black Scorpion Miniatures, I have been assembling my crew of female pirates. I have used all but one Black scorpion model in my starting crew. After swapping out some weapons and changing a few poses I have now sprayed them in primer ready for painting.
As per a Facebook (Ben) request here are some pics so far:
And a final picture of what happens when someone takes the terrain away and folks really want to play Cutlass.Playdoh terrain, it's the next best thing!
Lucky dice
Go...
Posted by Gareth on 16:31
Back at the 40k, finally got to field all those imperial guard I have been painting for so long. One win two losses, but hey having a lot of fun gaming.
Thanks to TF for such hard work. Thanks to all my oponents, it's been a gas.
Now to work out how to rescue two more wins tomorrow, from my obvious jaws of defeat.
Can't beat Maelstrom, spent the whole day gaming, the evening into morning enjoying a brew and a board game we found in the bar.
Hoorah win all d...
Posted by Gonks on 23:22
Hi all, well in order to keep my sanity at reasonably normal levels I decided to do a quick review of these new rules.
I picked up a copy of Cutlass at Legionary in Exeter at the weekend and I can say that on first inspection the book looks very nice with a good mix of colour photographs and artwork. The book is pleasing to the eye and at just over 100 pages it's a good investment for £20. The cover art is exceptional (and yes you can get "Her" as a figure) even though she is currently sold out......Bugga! Written by Gav Thorpe and Adam Clarke, it instils good expectations from the cover.
The game...
Posted by Anthony on 05:10
Scarborough War Games club presents:-
War Torn, a weekends war games event in Scarborough on the 25th and 26th June 2011.
Here is a bit of a run down of whats going on over the show weekend.
- Aerobatic display by the renowned Blades team
Several Blades’ pilots commanded RAF Harrier Squadrons in the most exacting of circumstances (in Iraq and Afghanistan) and one of them led the Red Arrows. Six of the Blades were Harrier pilots, two were Jaguar pilots, all were RAF instructors and Blades 1 to 4 are all former Red Arrow pilots.
The Blades fly an aircraft called the Extra 300 LP; one of the leading high-performance aerobatic aircraft...
Posted by Gonks on 00:44
Just realised that it's been a while since my last post. Have been super busy with sorting out the first half of operation 'Carboot Courtyard', which is to be West Cornwall games Club's big summer game. The idea came from Martin, the bastard, I didn't know they could do that, Smith, after he decided that in order to properly satisfy his inner nerd we should reduce down 63 miles of Operation Market Garden ( Holland - September 1944) into a 16 foot by 8 foot table for his birthday at the end of July.
Having agreed to this extreme idea, it was tasked to me to do the following:
Build the board! Aaarrrggghhhhh!!!!!
I must say...
Posted by Gareth on 23:23
Another early (for a Sunday) rising. Breakfast and then Belgium for the next club visit, HQ Gaming in Sint-nikolaas.
Hoping the guys may have enough time for a game before setting off again for the ferry ho...
Posted by Gareth on 11:45
Every gamer, fantasy and 40k won at least one game today. Well done all. Thanks to our hosts and all the people we met and chatted wi...
Posted by Gareth on 22:08
Long day travelling yesterday, a few beers to relax. Early rising for today's gaming.
Save, Tom and Dan for fantasy
Dave, Richard and Chris for 40K.
Letting the gaming be...
Posted by Gareth on 09:14
Currently beavering away at Imperial Guard army to be ready for the campaign weekend Saturday week.
3 Vendetta's almost finished on my paint table right now.
Also getting ready for the GCN Holland and Belgium trip.
Battle of the Clubs in Tilburg this weekend and on the way back stopping off in Belgium.
Busy, busy ti...
Posted by GamingClub Network on 09:12
PLEASE CHECK BACK AT FUTURE DATES TO SEE HOW WE ARE PROGRESSING
THANKS&nbs...
Posted by GamingClub Network on 00:13
Merchandising, something that can be used to put out your clubs looks out to the public and draw in other members or can just make your current members feel more part of the club by wearing the club T-shirt or rolling club dice.
Many of these ways of advertising are not particularly expensive but can be awkward to organise form a single clubs point of view. The GCN are looking into being able to provide a single place to get the primary products form the basics right through to banners and jackets.
My question is, what sort of merchandising would your club be interested in being able to buy for you to sell to your members?
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Posted by GamingClub Network on 12:23
Over periods of time the GCN like to post out a newsletter showing some of the things they have been up to and a map of what is planned for their future.
The link below allows you to access all of the past Castelain newsletters so you can read through them. If you have anything for the next newsletter email one of the committee with details.
http://www.box.net/shared/afgcjnm...
Posted by GamingClub Network on 07:41
Some of us in the GCN are quietly waiting for the inevitable question, which is, ‘why should my club have to pay £20 every year to be a member of the GCN’. At the very least it will make a change from hearing the other more usual questions we are more normally presented with, which is one of the following forms, ‘if our club joins the GCN what’s in it for us’ or ‘what can we expect to get out of membership to the GCN’. I am sure most of the council has been faced with that question on more than one occasion; I certainly know that I have. However, one thing that both sets of questions have in common is the answer, as the answer pretty...
