Yes friends, the first ever official TGC event is now confirmed!
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The Great Crusade: The Compliance of Gedren Prime
23rd-24th October 2009
@ The Games Shop, Aldershot, Hampshire UKEvents to include:
- Themed 40k mini-campaign, written in conjunction with HH authors!
- Special 'Dead by Dawn' nightfight invasion scenarios
- Pre-Heresy Painting Competition
- Horus Heresy CCG games
- The Great Crusade PH Pub Quiz! With extra-special prizes...
- ...and an extra-special guest...
Obviously, coming along and watching/taking a look around will be free! Participation in the 40k events will be
£10.00 for both days or
£7.00 for just the Saturday, or for
Champions/
Loyalists/
Moderators it will be £8.00 or £6.00 respectively.
We can cater for a
maximum estimated 32 players, and we will try to tailor the event to your armies as much as possible. All in all, it's looking like it will be a very special weekend for all you pre-Heresy fanatics out there!
Everyone who takes part will receive a special PH gift from
The Games Shop, and for those who play in the 'Dead by Dawn' games there will be a few limited edition special bits available... first-come-first-served, as always.
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Accommodation and FoodThere is a limited selection of local hotels, but we have sorted out a special rate for the Friday night especially for TGC
Champions,
Loyalists and
Moderators. This will be £20.00 per person and although you may end up sharing a room, you will each get a real bed rather than just crash space on a floor or chair...!
Now, this is STRICTLY limited in numbers, so we must assign places on a first-come-first-served basis.
Please reply to this thread to CONFIRM that you would definitely like an accommodation space, and that you are willing to pay for it in advance. If we run out very quickly, we
may be able to get a few more rooms... I think the hotel owners aren't taking us too seriously until they see the cash!
The following spaces are assigned, and those in
bold are confirmed and paid for. If you ask for a space and do not pay, then it may be offered to someone else without prior notice. [/landlord voice]
1:
ShroudFilm2: Titus Pullo
3: Itkovian
4: H-Gate
5: Wolf Lord Mjolnir
6: Mabrothrax
7: Pacific
8: Apologist
We also have the option to book 4 more spaces, but this may involve further sharing - PM me for details.
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12:While visiting the shop, we found an excellent Chinese-Indian-Thai buffet restaurant called 'AM Bar' - it's £10.99 for all you can eat, including starters and desserts, and they are fully licensed for alcohol too. Unless there are any major objections, we'll probably have a big social TGC meal there...
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The WH40K mini-campaign consists of three linked games which have been written in consultation with two of the Horus Heresy authors (who will be named on the day...
) and should not considered a "tournament" as such, but rather a storytelling event. Although only semi-canonical, this will be a great exploration of what might have occured at a key time in the history of the Great Crusade, and hopefully it will be a lot of fun for all involved!
Download a brief history of the Gedren system
HERE.
We are hoping that players will be able to use the standard Space Marine and Imperial Guard Codex books (including variants like Blood Angels and Space Wolves) except that no unique personality characters may be taken - this is the living history of the 31st Millennium! It is recommended that the young Primarchs (should you wish to use them) be represented by a 'Chapter Master' with suitable upgrades, and be limited to ONE per army.
Librarians MAY be taken, but are limited to ONE per army. At this early stage of the Great Crusade, sorcery was tolerated but not widespread.
There has been some question over "how PRE-Heresy" your models need to be, in order to take part... basically, in order to let as many people take part as possible, we are willing to adopt a fairly liberal "counts-as" policy on armour MKs, weaponry etc. Doubtless, many of our members will have flawlessly pure-PH armies and this will look great, and for everyone else I just hope we can tempt you to include a few conversions or a special paintjob here and there.
Please post up what you are likely to be playing on the day. So far we have the following armies confirmed:
ShroudFilm - Imperial Army
Titus Pullo - Imperial Army
H-Gate - Imperial Army
Hero of Istvaan - Imperial Fists
Lucias - Blood Angels
Mabrothrax - Alpha Legion
Wolf Lord Mjolnir - Space Wolves
Itkovian - Iron Hands/Morlocks
The Buzz - World Eaters
Velcona - Salamanders
Pacific - World Eaters
Dave the Brush - Dark Angels
Ray - Space Wolves (13th Co)
Simon - Space Wolves
'Dead by Dawn: The Invasion Begins' WH40K Nightfighting
Friday 20:30 - 23:00Imperial expeditionary forces scout out the key invasion sites of Gedren Prime under cover of darkness - this will be the first time that players see the battlezone, and this is their only chance to level the playing field! Take out defences and strategic assets, and soften up the enemy for the main invasion force.
This will be standard 1000pt WH40K with a difference - all games will be played in near-darkness and against unknown foes, so players are advised to bring a torch and/or laser sights! Each table will have an attacker and defender objective which will be made known just before deployment, and the Imperial players must map the battlefield as accurately as possible for their commanders.
Space Marine armies will be representing the invaders, and Imperial Guard armies will be defending. Night fight rules will be in effect for the duration of the game, and a debriefing session will allow generals to confer over their recon notes and plan for the invasion a-proper the next day...
'The Compliance of Gedren Prime' WH40K Planetstrike
Saturday 09:30 - 12:30From the strategium of their flagship, two of the twelve known Primarchs - still young and eager to please their father - begin the compliance of the human planet below. A coalition of all twenty Astartes legions has come together in a great display of unity, and each must play their part in what is to come: invasion!
Using intelligence gathered by the scout forces, the Primarchs will orchestrate the attack from orbit - each player leads an army of 500pts to fight alongside their allies, and aside from a single compulsory Troops choice this can be anything from the codex that you wish, subject to the normal Force Organisation Chart maximum limits. A huge multiplayer Planetstrike will then rage over every battlezone, with bonuses and penalties dictated by the outcome of the 'Dead by Dawn' games.
However, a dark secret has been kept on this world, and when revealed it will shake the Legions Astartes to their very core...
'My Brother's Keeper' WH40K Apocalypse
Saturday 14:30 - 17:30As the implications of recent events become apparent throughout the system, the invasion of Gedren Prime seems set to succeed or fail based on the actions of the few heroic generals still operating on the surface. In the Emperor's name - death, or glory!
All hint of subtle strategy has vanished, and the opposing armies clash desperately across the ravaged landscape. Standard 1500pt games of WH40K rage across what remains of the cities and forests of this once noble planet, and their outcomes will decide how the story ends. Where possible, players will be grouped into doubles games to encourage brotherly co-operation in the face of this new threat.
More info coming soon...
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Team Pre-Heresy's Painting Competition
Saturday all dayPresented by TPH and The Games Shop, TGC are very excited to announce the FIRST EVER (as far as we can tell!) Pre-Heresy Painting Competition! Entry is open to all PH enthusiasts and is completely free, and we hope to see the best PH painters out there competing for a coveted
'Golden MK4' trophy...
Entries will be accepted in the following categories:
1) Single Miniature
2) Squad
3) Vehicle or Walker
4) PRIMARCH!Unlike TGC forum contests, you MAY enter a miniature which you have used in previous competitions etc, so people out there probably know the level of competition we're likely to see!
The winners will be judged not only on general painting and converting standards, but also on how well their entry sticks to the pre-Heresy fluff and artwork. So
hint-hint, avoid the MK7s, guys.
At this time, we cannot comment on the possibility of some kind of fantastical gladiatorial showdown between the various Primarch miniatures using TF rules. No sir. No comment.
More info coming soon...
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The Horus Heresy CCG - 'Traitors Gambit' Draft GamesMore info coming soon...
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The Great Crusade's Pre-Heresy Pub Quiz!
Saturday 13:00 - 14:00Only open to participants in the 40k campaign events, this quiz has been devised by the biggest geeks... ahem, I mean "fluff experts"... in the world. In teams or flying solo, test your knowledge of the Horus Heresy novels, the background and characters of the Warhammer 30,000 universe, and of course the rules of the game itself! From the Unification Wars to the Siege of Terra: how much do you actually know? Prizes for the winner/s, of course!
More info coming soon...
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We will update this thread with more official information as we get it - watch this space!
This post has been edited by ShroudFilm on Sep 18 2009, 02:22 PM
TGC EVENT: The Compliance of Gedren Prime, 23rd-24th October 2009, Aldershot UK
