Britcon 2017 - 11-13 August

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Britcon 2017 - 11-13 August

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Britcon, the largest event in the BHGS calendar returns again to Manchester over the Friday-Sunday of 11-13th August 2017, with a full roster of events on offer, as well as our regular tradeshow, and student-priced onsite accommodation.

Rulesets on offer this year include:

​DBA (one-day event, Saturday only)
L'Art del la Guerre 15mm 8-game / 2-lists format period
Mortem et Gloriam 15mm
Bolt Action 25mm - supported by Warlord Games
DBMM 15mm, open pool
Epic Armageddon
Field of Glory: Ancients & Medieval 15mm - one "Ancients" pool
Field of Glory: Renaissance 15mm, open pool
SAGA
Warhammer 40k

We hope to be able to announce more gaming systems soon. Full details and a booking form for these periods are alreadyon the BHGS website

This year prices are again "frozen" (see what we did there..?) and your entry fee for all of our 3-day events includes the Britcon Fiver where we again hand back £5 to every player in the form of the very popular "£5 off any £10 purchase with any trader" deal.

Booking is now open so visit our website to reserve your place

We are also running following upcoming events and would love to see you there too;

Roll Call - Cranfield, 8/9 April ALMOST FULL - ONLY 5 PLACES LEFT, BOOK NOW!!
BHGS Challenge @ UK Games Expo - NEC Birmingham, 3/4 June - an exciting new era for our "Midlands" based event running alongside UK Games Expo

We hope to see you at an upcoming event !
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Re: Britcon 2017 - 11-13 August

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Just to be clear, Britcon FoGR is ANY army from ANY book, yes?
"No plan survives the first contact with the dice."

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Re: Britcon 2017 - 11-13 August

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RonanTheLibrarian wrote:Just to be clear, Britcon FoGR is ANY army from ANY book, yes?
Yep... I guess it's possible we will have the new amendments to p,at by then too - Nik, what's the latest eta ?
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Re: Britcon 2017 - 11-13 August

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madaxeman wrote:
RonanTheLibrarian wrote:Just to be clear, Britcon FoGR is ANY army from ANY book, yes?
Yep... I guess it's possible we will have the new amendments to p,at by then too - Nik, what's the latest eta ?

Given where we currently are I think the end of March or sometime in early April may be realistic - but no guarantees.
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Re: Britcon 2017 - 11-13 August

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So,

whose in for FoGR at Britcon?

looks like it may be the last year of FoGR, seeing the way the the last few comps have gone.

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Re: Britcon 2017 - 11-13 August

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I am

Keith
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Re: Britcon 2017 - 11-13 August

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Not me this year. Time to change period.
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Re: Britcon 2017 - 11-13 August

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me neither - the ship has sailed
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Re: Britcon 2017 - 11-13 August

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Hunter Hope and Stewart Riddick also dropping out from last year.
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Re: Britcon 2017 - 11-13 August

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Currently on 4, pretty much exactly the same as last year at this time.

Overall we're 10% up y-o-y across all periods so far
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Re: Britcon 2017 - 11-13 August

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so,

will Britcon include the latest revisions?

Need to decide what extra miniatures to paint.
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Re: Britcon 2017 - 11-13 August

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Up to 5 now, so looking set to be a more than viable event, and with more than 20 people keen to play at Derby there certainly seems to be a positive groundswell at the moment.

I'd be inclined to go with the revisions - assuming they are finalised and published soon. I guess we need a cutoff date though - end of June?
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Re: Britcon 2017 - 11-13 August

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Up to 7 - Thunderbirds are GO GO GO!!!
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Re: Britcon 2017 - 11-13 August

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So,

It's July now and the amendments aren't published.

What are we playing with for britcon?

FoGR v1?
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Re: Britcon 2017 - 11-13 August

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Kevin and I will put our heads together on that one

We have so far;

Steve Stead
Keith Spedding
Simon LeRey-Meyer
Frederik Bohm
Frederic Bodin
Christopher Marston
Dave Parish

if that helps and there is a consensus among you all ..
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Re: Britcon 2017 - 11-13 August

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I am happy to go with the amendments
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Re: Britcon 2017 - 11-13 August

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I think that's the plan - it's just a question of which ones!
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Re: Britcon 2017 - 11-13 August

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What about the one where Keith rolls badly for every dice?

:P :P
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Re: Britcon 2017 - 11-13 August

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Don't need amendments for that! I think the ones giving a built in penalty to Aussies are the best...

Although with Simon's submarining it would improve his chances!
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Re: Britcon 2017 - 11-13 August

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Hmmm

And where did I place last Britcon?

" face plant....."

:-)
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