Pre-heresy events & gaming

I trust the Gedren event was a success and everyone had a good dose of the Pre-Heresy fun that we all crave for. Sadly I couldn't attend, though I would have liked to!

The next known organised event of this nature is Tempus Fugitives' Siege of Terra in May. That's 7 months away. While I am striving to build and paint my forces for this event, I feel like I am wishing my life away just waiting for it to happen.

I know there's rumblings of more events to be run by the TGC and affiliates in the future, but I'd like to bring such a discussion to the public. Particularly as I am a member of said public

For certain, I would like to see and attend more events. Whether they are TF/TGC driven or just a gathering of fellow gamers who share the interest. The obvious stumbling blocks are time and location. Something as grandeur as a TF event held at WHW gathers enough people and prestige that you all travel from afar to attend. Gedren has shown that smaller events can also draw in members from afar, so the will is definitely there and it can only grow stronger!

On a personal level, I am able to provide my club's venue in Tamworth (Staffordshire) on Saturdays for an all-day event. I am sure there are various other sites, including the obvious Warhammer World (Nottingham) and Games Shop (Aldershot).

This is really just to start an open discussion with a few seeded questions - do you want to see more events and meets? How far and frequently would you travel?

The Gedren Prime event was an amazing success in my opinion so i would definately be up for any more meetups that there are in the future...

I think that Shroud will run another official event but im not sure on how often he intends on these being run. I think he and Titus Pullo will pobably need some rest after all of the time spent on this one!

I think the key to getting people to travel is to have a really strong idea of how everything is going to be planned out, and for it to be a two day event with a bit of a social in the middle. It doesnt need to be a full on campaign ike Gedren was for a meetup for some games but I guess you need to make sure that you are getting 'value for travel'. I think the social is an important bit too as it gives you the chance to talk about stuff away from the table, and... erm, drink loads of beers!

I've got no trouble coming to Warhammer World or to Tamworth for a weekend but I probably couldnt do it for a day. I guess the same would be said for you guyscoming down south! In terms of frequency, as often as I can!

Is SoT really 7 months away!!? We need to do something before that!!!

Exactly. Sometimes I worry that after the next 2 TF events (2 events in 12 months!) a lot of the custom stuff I've built will be sulking over what to do next.

I know most of you are willing to do more and I think it's pretty much a certainty that Shroud will maintain running events in the future.

Interesting you highlight 2 days and understandable for the longer distance too. I will of course find out if my local venue is available - not having looked into Sundays before as we have permanent storage and room on the 1st floor of a church.

Yes, we have to refrain from screaming Khorne chants if there are other people in the church, but they do make lovely bacon sarnies on Saturday mornings

As a member of the same gaming club as whitehorn I would be obviously interested in helping out with the mechanics of the day, I'm pretty sure that I could secure a venue for 2 days also but it'll be in a scout hut and not many pubs or accomodation near.

having said that I may be able to secure something in Coventry if the church can't accomodate the sunday - would perhaps just be a case of asking around the people I know - might even get some store guys to stop by.

I'd love to see something like an open-form "Pre-Heresy Gaming weekend" where we all just meet up and play PH games, without any real storyline. We could aim to have these every few months, in different places?

I intend to have another event in the new year (maybe February?) and something bigger at WHW in the summer.

If we can collaborate with our GT members (Dargor etc?) then we could have PH gaming/social meet-ups to coincide with those.

It'd be cool to see some of our overseas members coming along, bringing family and hangers-on to take in the touristy things while they get all PH-geeky!

Sounds good to me... Someone start organising it already!!!

Learnings from Gedren event seem to be for a story line event (or anything more organised than just a gaming session) then organisers must know who is coming and what army they are bringing. I think me and the shroudmeister will be very happy with a few 'gaming session' events as a bit of R&R which also being a bit more informal mean a bit more time for a socialness too. (Mr Gate and myself were pretty Imperial Army-ed out by 3.00 on Saturday.)

I'd be up for being involved in this. I third the use of our club being a good idea.

Well the Games Shop is always at this forums disposal - I know its 'down south' but as we now know one of my regulars runs a hotel, so i am sure we can sort something out with him accomodation wise (its about a 15min walk from the shop!!)

I already have some plans for the next event, which I need to run past Shroud

My idea will mean using the big room on floor 2 (for those of you who now know the shop layout!!)

Where about downsouth are you? As if your not too far away from plymouth then i may be intereted in coming along.

Basically the people writing 'south' are the ones for who anywhere south of Derby is 'the south'.

To me its in the east!

Ahriman - the shop is in Aldershot, Hampshire - so about a 4 hour drive from Plymouth !!

Im always up for meet-ups, be-it for social games or story lined!

so its pretty sure theres enough people willinging to get involved, so enough talk, PLAN, PLAN, PLAN, ALREADY!

Well, since the interest is definitely there... I will get something sorted ASAP!

I have two big bits of work at the moment, hopefully easing up by the end of the week. After this, I will make enquiries on all fronts.

Awsome!

im probly biast because i live 10mins away but i think The Buzz's shop is the ideal place as we all found out at the "Gedren" event

god willing I will be able to come to the next one, I only couldnt make this one as I'd just got back from holiday

Depending on the location I be up for another event.
The fluff from the Gedren event left it open for a sequel. I may also have time to do some converting - (Not the Emperor kind )

Laurie - Check you Facebook emails !!

I'd like to come to some 30k events, seeing as I'm putting together a Heresy-era army. Still painfully slow progress, but once it's made I'll certainly want to use it.

As a side note to official events, I am planning to visit WHW a few times before AOTE3 along with a few fellow AOTE players from my club. My intention is to test our armies using the TF rules in preparation for the main event and of course enjoy our efforts in making both the armies and lists. It should also inject some much needed motivation towards getting armies built and painted

To those interested, i will keep you updated on dates for this should you wish to join up with us and share a few beers.