Kings of the North and Other Stuff

Been a long time since I blogged (shame on me).

The Space Wolves, well they got finished and did ok at the tournament, it was an awesome birthday, won 2 games and lost 1. Beat a summoning Chaos Daemon army easily in my first game, my drop pods landed right in their deployment zone and kept them stuck there the whole game as I took apart his psykers and easily whittled his ability to do damage to me piecemeal. Had the time limit not ran out I would have table him.

Second game was humiliating, a Tyranid swarm ripped me apart in a few turns, leaving only my drop pods on the field, it was mucho embarrassing, but the guy is one of the best players in the north east so I am not all that surprised.

Last game against Chaos Space Marines and Chaos Daemons was quite fun, again dropped my Wolves into the middle of his deployment zone and spent the entire game bit by bit pulling him apart, my only downfall was when he summoned a daemon prince of Khorne and he took my last objective from me.

Highlight of the game, was my Rune Priest denying Ahriman every single one of his psychic power manifestations, and then when he killed a Wolf Guard Pack Leader he immediately turned into a Chaos Spawn.

Once again Worhamma put on a brilliant event.

So what else is going on, well I am finally gonna crack open Dreadfleet and build and paint it up with Megans help.

And the biggest thing going on is Kings of the North

 

 

No One Will Do It For Me.

I have for a few years had an idea in the back of my head that has refused to go away, to organise my own wargaming event, but not just a tournament that anyone can do, but something more.

What I have wanted to put together is the Ultimate Gamers Experience, with players staying on site, playing some incredible games, having great food and basically having an amazing time.

We see some amazing events in the US and I have always thought that we can do some much better here, but we just needed to do it. Blue Table Painting put on events they call Vahalla which have influenced me greatly, and well I realised that though I wanted it, and other people wanted it, no one was interested in organising it.

So I realised that I want it, but no one will do it for me, so I need to do it myself. Well that was two years ago. Now earlier in the year I hurt my head, it still hurts to this day but it gave me time and I filled a notepad full of ideas for this event, and I have pushed onwards with it, and the guys from Worhamma got on board with me too after I surveyed the community and found out people wanted it too.

My original idea was more laid back, no real formally organised tournament's, hopefully some guests from the industry, some great terrain and some awesome food and drinks.

However we are now organising an event which is just as good, its a full weekend of tournaments and campaigns, a 2 day 40k tournament, 2 day Dystopian Wars/Legions campaign, 3 single day Malifaux tournaments, and a single day X-Wing tournament.

So Kings of the North is happening on April 17 – 19th, at Moor House Adventure Centre just outside Durham, I have paid the deposit and now have to work hard to make it happen, and you know what I think we have put together a fantastic proposition, for £66 you get two night full board, plus entry to a tournament with prizes, and we already have some amazing sponsors, Hawk Wargames, Spartan Games, KR Multicase, Privateer Press, Kromlech and a few more waiting in the wings too.

I hope people enjoy it, I know I will certainly enjoy organising it, but now already have plans for the original idea to happen in October next year as well, just gotta put the plan together for that one, already a few ideas have been written down.

Anyway I am off for the night, and I must remember to blog more often!