EDIT:
I'm looking to set up a 54mm Inquisitor Grand Tournament at Warhammer World in Nottingham on one of these dates:
- 19th Feb
- 26th Feb
- 5th March
- 12th March
For those not familiar with the IGT format, it's an event where attendees take turns GMing (with lots of stand-alone story scenarios), and everyone scores each other on categories like characterfulness and creativity.
An old event pack is here, and I don't imagine I'll be making that many changes to it:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/tc2bx92p3abyt3r/IGT_2015_Event_Pack_V1-0-1.doc/file
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ORIGINAL POST:
I'm making the assumption we're not going to fit anything into the tail end of 2021, but I do want to get thinking about what we can do next year.
Right now, it looks like Dark Sphere has very restricted hours on Saturdays (12:00-17:00), and Element Games has its opening hours at 09:00-17:00, which is probably earlier than ideal for most. However, Warhammer World seems to be doing 10:00-20:00 on Saturdays (although I probably wouldn't plan to use all of that), and once again has sensible booking rules, so that seems the reasonable option at this point.
I do have things on my ideas list if we're interested in an event, but if other people want to do one, that'd also be very welcome - and there's also the standard option of "Hey, we just haven't run an IGT in an while".
Another thing that *could* be on the schedule is hitting up Salute again in April (as their bookings are still open) and that could help keep us visible - but with the hassle I had this time around, I'd want some pretty concrete answers before I committed to that one.
i can ask at FactoruM (0900 - 2000), i seem to recall they'd want £5 per head and will ask at Bristol Independent Gaming (10:00-19:30) what they'd want
i've got a couple of campaigns already written and if people were interested, halfway through writing a marine campaign to allow poeple to get the big boys on the table
Quote from: greenstuff_gav on November 19, 2021, 09:41:07 PMi can ask at FactoruM (0900 - 2000), i seem to recall they'd want £5 per head and will ask at Bristol Independent Gaming (10:00-19:30) what they'd want
Looking at those two, Bristol Independent Wargaming seems to be significantly more practical to get to by public transport, although unfortunately neither is really a central location that's accessible to as many people as possible.
If there is something put on down there, I'll try to make it though!
Likewise - Factorum isn't really a viable option for me, but BIG might be doable in the unlikely event that trains are operating at peak efficiency.
Dice Saloon is open until 22:00 and has a pizza oven and beer license and great transport links, but is in Brighton - something of a trek for most folks north of London. Or West of London.
Brighton isn't terrible, there are good train links and a ticket from Stevenage is just over £25
£70 from Bath to Brighton at a quick look so i'd look at the 3hr drive instead... 'bout the same as it is to WHW :)
If no-one has any big objections, I think I'll look at whether Warhammer World has any free tables in mid-late February and look at organising an IGT. That doesn't put a big load on any one person, and leaves us more room later in the year for other venues or narratives.
I'm pretty sure I've got a clean calendar for February, so I'm down for that.
Apparently WHW have also got a clear calendar for both February and March.
Because I think giving people a choice of eight Saturdays is going to result in choice paralysis, I'm going to narrow that list down to...
- 19th Feb
- 26th Feb
- 5th March
- 12th March
... as potential dates for an IGT. Let me know availablility, and I'll try to narrow down which ones work best for us.
Based on responses so far, I'm narrowing the IGT date down to these Saturdays:
- 26th Feb
- 5th March
Let me know which of those you can do (or, indeed, which you prefer, if you can do either).
I've voted on the Tome of Visages, 5th works for me.
Can easily do either date though, should it need changing.
i originally said 27th, however my neice (http://www.buildyourimagination.co.uk/files/oph.jpg) is 1 the week before, i best say the 5th!
Mr Karandras alerted me to this, I would say the 5th preferably.
how do we feel about unwilling victims being kidnapped and dragged along for the day? if so i may be able to bring another person.
Very unhelpfully, Warhammer World have *now* told me that the 5th March isn't available (after previously telling me that any Saturday in February or March would be fine), so we're going to have to pick a new date for the planned event.
Please indicate EVERY date you can do from these (not just your first choice), and I'll come back to it in a day or two and pick the one that the most people can do:
- Sat 26th Feb
- Sat 12th March
- Sat 19th March
Quote from: Sumaki on December 13, 2021, 12:14:25 PMhow do we feel about unwilling victims being kidnapped and dragged along for the day? if so i may be able to bring another person.
If I'm not considered legally complicit, then sure.
Am I right in thinking we're booked in for March 12th now?
There was date confusion on The Tome, but I think that's the last update date I saw.
Yes, that is correct - sorry, I managed to screw up by not updating people here as well.
Assuming we don't have to put it off because of either legal restrictions or just good common sense, we are booked in for 12th March 2022.
Sorry about the various delays in the promised event pack, but I've been umming and ahhing over a point.
How would people feel about the event pack mandating up-to-date vaccination (or at least a valid exemption)? I realise it's a controversial point, but with the event requiring us standing in close proximity groups of three or four for hours on end, I feel like if we are holding what is fundamentally a non-essential meet-up that I really don't want to have it on my conscience that anyone in the community (or in their family) has suffered as a result.
i'm double vaxxed, had my booster and will be wearing a mask so am fine with it
For me, as someone who can't make the date but would go if I could, its up to the TO. If you set some rules out that you think offer you the best safety for the group then everyone should respect and adhere to them. If you're allowed to have a 'be stinky, get sent home' rule for warhammer/MTG type gatherings then a 'be vaxxed & do a test plz' rule would be fine in a pandemic.
I've seen pretty solid success at get togethers this Christmas with 'a do a LFT an hour before you are due to leave' approach within the family/friends circle. If you show positive then you don't go to the party/meal/pub. Requires common sense and trust but short of handing out LFTs at the door before you let people in you've not got much power.
Does WHW have a posted policy atm for their expectations for visitors? Bigger picture is you can have a internal rule for your event but it's a big public space with shared facilities so you have no control over the people on the next table over or anyone that sees a 54mm rhino and wants to come have chat for 5 mins.
I'll have had my booster by then, and will likewise be wearing a mask anyway, but as a general rule I am always in favour of all organised events having a requirement for both vaccinated status (or exemption) and a fresh negative LFT, and masks worn unless there's a particular reason not to.
I would hope GW/WHW have a policy requesting somethign roughly equivalent anyway.
Quote from: gpemby on January 02, 2022, 10:44:16 AMDoes WHW have a posted policy atm for their expectations for visitors? Bigger picture is you can have a internal rule for your event but it's a big public space with shared facilities so you have no control over the people on the next table over or anyone that sees a 54mm rhino and wants to come have chat for 5 mins.
WHW's current policy is that visitors to Warhammer World must wear a face covering at all times, unless either exempt or eating/drinking in Bugmans.
And yes, I realise other visitors are somewhat out of our control, but it's us that's going to be standing in clusters of three or four for hours on end.
Well, opinion so far seems positive, so I guess I write that in then.
So for the next event I will be running Isabella's long delayed Ascension (unless someone wants to do another event first), now that Nurgle has relaxed his hold on the world.
http://www.the-conclave.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=2882.0
What are people's thoughts on dates and venue? June or July is probably looking best for me at the moment (May might be a but too early for me to get some of the models and terrain ready). I'm unsure on venue as at least two of the main characters will be obviously non GW. We have got away with it in the past and I'm really not sure there are any other good options at the moment (and Warhammer world is kind of central to everybody).
if I'm able to wrangle it then mind-late june would be my preference, as July tends to get busy.
Well I'm hoping that you'll be there as I'm pretty sure your team will want to settle the score with Isabella. We could always look at a date later in the year if that suits people better.
Quote from: Cortez on March 15, 2022, 12:03:39 PMunless someone wants to do another event first
If you're looking in the next few months, I'm not aware that anyone else has expressed an intention, so I'd say you're in the clear. (If you do push it later in the year, then I'd say there might be room for others).
QuoteWhat are people's thoughts on dates and venue?
I know I've got some commitments I'll need to dodge (and I'll need to check when they are), but I'm inclined to say somewhere around June is probably a fair shout. Anything more than three months away, no-one seems to know if they're free; any less than that, lots of people are already committed.
(I'll also vote against May, as I've got a trip to Wales booked around then).
As far as venue... well, the places I've checked out personally are WHW, Element Games and Dark Sphere (both Waterloo and Shepherd's Bush, but I'd definitely opt for the latter).
- I've never actually had an issue with non-GW models at Warhammer World; the staff aren't that clued up on what the old range looks like and there's lots of scratch-built stuff there.
- Dark Sphere and Element aren't very central, unfortunately. They also don't have their own on-site resturant, although I'm actually increasingly minded to consider that a plus; everyone bringing their own lunch would avoid the "there's a forty-five minute wait" issue. I'm open to either (I'm on the West Coast Main Line, so both London and Stockport are easy for me), but I'm aware they rule a lot of others out.
I do keep wondering if there's a good venue around Birmingham, but I've not found anything that seems great. The larger venues are all catered to stuff like MtG, and I'd need to probe the smaller venues.
Alternatives we've not already tried are kind of a pain, as anywhere we pick needs to be easy to get from from an active (and well connected) train station to keep things open for as many people as possible; a lot of gaming stores and the like just don't really meet that.
To be honest, although I'm aware it has its drawbacks, I do just like WHW for being a busy venue where lots of people wonder what we're up to.
Quote from: MarcoSkoll on March 16, 2022, 03:22:48 AM
I've never actually had an issue with non-GW models at Warhammer World; the staff aren't that clued up on what the old range looks like and there's lots of scratch-built stuff there.
i had three different staffers ask if the marines were "y'know, had bits 3D printed" ... NOPE!
i don't have much to contribute as hoping to be out of hte country by end of May but can offer pre-written campaigns / scenarios if anyone needed
Pete the Carboloader (AKA Inquisitor Andaini 'Bones') is very visibly a Disney Goofy character with a skull nailed to his face, but that didn't get challenged.
As far as I know, the only time we've actually been challenged challenged is someone leaving bare resin out on the table, and that was fine when it was stuck back in a case.
"Most of this is sculpted, the rest is bits released before you could read" seems to put the matter to bed.
As the most southern member of our little gang, I'll have to sway to the wind, but I'm likely to miss Element days - Nottingham's rough enough, but the extra ~60 minutes train time puts me a bit too close to a 24-hour travel day.
I'm always up for Dark Sphere - perhaps galvanising the Heretical Scale scene in London could help the OTS scene too? I know the previous attempt at that was shaky (to say the least), but we got a remarkable turnout last weekend, so maybe things are on the up.
Ok so we'll go with Warhammer World then and probably in June.
I can't do the 11th.
So available dates are:
4th
18th (there is an Underworlds event on that day, judging by the Kill team event last weekend it won't be a major issue but will make it even busier than usual in Bugmans).
25th
Quote from: Cortez on March 16, 2022, 10:24:27 PMSo available dates are:
4th
18th (there is an Underworlds event on that day, judging by the Kill team event last weekend it won't be a major issue but will make it even busier than usual in Bugmans).
25th
Of those, I think the 4th is the best for me.
The 18th is probable, but I have other commitments in the week leading up to it (so I can't isolate as much to minimise my chances at catching the lurgie), and for the 25th, I'm likely to be somewhere that it'd be a lot harder for me to get to the event from.
Quote from: greenstuff_gav on March 16, 2022, 09:05:23 PMi had three different staffers ask if the marines were "y'know, had bits 3D printed" ... NOPE!
Conversely, the Arvus
does have 3D printed parts, but no-one actually challenged me over it.
(That said, all the major parts were self-modelled, using Blender. As such, I see it as pretty similar to the rest of it; it's still my work, I just used somewhat fancier tools to turn the raw materials into the end result).
I can't make the 4th, so 18th or 25th would be better for me.
Just floating an idea out there - I'm aware it's short notice, but if I were to run another IRE playtest day at the end of April (either the 23rd or 30th), would there be any interest?
I'm going to have to work out *where*, as looking it up, apparently Dark Sphere has pretty limited hours at the moment (only 12-5), but, my guess is that it'd be a one table affair, so one possibility might be the Bad Moon Cafe? (Not that far from the Waterloo Dark Sphere).
Their table hire isn't exactly cheap, but it's not unthinkable for one board.
Don't think I can afford to go down to London at the moment sorry.
As for my event the 18th is looking the best in June at the moment or we could consider the last Saturday in May or the first Saturday of July?
How many people are interested at the moment?
June 18th, or last saturday in May works for me either way.
Well, based on what people have (or haven't) said, looks like an IRE playtest in late April is a no-go.
Sorry for not responding :(.
It seems like I could make the 23rd, or possibly the 30th, as there's not a lot going on in April.
I'm guessing you'll want more than one player though.
Ja, sorry, I was going to get around to posting in the negative soon, I just didn't want to deter any maybe-yes's.
April/May seems to be stacking up busy all of a sudden.
Any movement on a date for Ascension?
I'm starting to get to the point that people want to know my availabilities in around this window, so having a date nailed down would be very useful.
Unfortunately I've just started with a new job so am not going to be free on the 18th (and obviously won't have much holiday built up yet), so I will have rethink the possible dates once things have settled down.
Seeing as Cortez's event seems to be indefinitely delayed for the moment, I'm musing over whether I should indeed look at scheduling another IRE playtest day.
It seems that Dark Sphere's hours are still short, so yes, we may have to look at the Bad Moon cafe (it is a bit pricey), but if there's the interest in putting it in Nottingham, that's something I'll consider.
As I was in London anyway on Thursday, I figured I'd take the time to go and check out Bad Moon as a possible venue for events.
Initial impressions are good - there's a decent supply of terrain, the tables have space around for rulebooks/character sheets, and there's integrated dice trays:
(https://i.imgur.com/KAYeQu8.jpg)
It's about half a mile from Borough tube station, and not some horribly complicated route, so fairly accessible.
The downside is that it's definitely more pricey than other venues; its standard booking prices are £15 for a table for four hours, with an extra £5 after the first three people, so that's basically £10 a person for an eight-hour day (assuming they don't force some kind of "event pricing" on us).
But it's worth consideration, I think, if we want to try it.