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Offline wallofmeat

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Jupiter Jazz: Battlefleet Gothic Mini-Tournament, South London, March 14, 2015

Hello – so recently I’ve been finding out there is quite a few more BFG players in London than I thought. People who have fleets collecting dust, or have stumbled into BFG later on, or are like me returners with ebay accounts and a vague memory of exploding spaceship fun.

So anyway – how about a Mini-Tournament at Dark Sphere? (Elephant and Castle / North Lambert in South London, UK). Likely date is Sat 14 March 2015.

1)   A friendly tournament where new players or those ‘not expert’ on the rules are welcome.
2)   1250 point games. ‘Death Match Style’ fleet engagements following normal victory points, no disengaging; fight to the death. Aiming for 3 games each during the day.
3)   BFG:R rules (as found on Afterimagedan http://tinyurl.com/nnj2zzf ) (though if you prefer you may take BRB Eldar – please notify if you are using a fleet no covered by the above/other preferences as I’m sure they can be accommodated) + Any models you like (appropriately based and preferably painted). For fun, a refit will be rolled at the beginning of the tournament for your flagship.
4)   Â£5 Entry to cover table fees and pizza at half time. Please bring as much tokens/dice/scenery as you can!
5)   Prize for the winner.
6)   6 places in total, though room for expansion if there is demand.

The theme of the tournament will be the capture of the ‘Jupiter Drive’, a Dark Age of Technology interstellar engine coil design - recently unearthed by Tech-priest in the archives of a fortress world. As traitor forces rush the area, pirates take advantage of the chaos to progress their own clandestine plans.

The tournament will likely run from 11am – 6pm – this may in fact be tight for 3 games, though I will move things along if stuff starts to drag.

If you would like to enter – please post your name and fleet below and PM me your email / contact number. Later on I will ask for people’s fleet list and for them to designate a flag ship. You are also encouraged to post any paragraphs on fluff or tactical thoughts either pre or post tournament as I believe such content helps to foster awareness and interest in the specialist games community. The mini-tournament is designed first and foremost for a way for players to have fun and meet other enthusiasts. Join up today!

(oh – and any feedback or questions please feel free to comment below)
(Eager New BFG Player)

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I'm, so glad this Game still has such a strong following, it one of my favorite games
If I do kill you, it'll be from the front, and you'll be armed.
-Malcolm Reynolds

Offline wallofmeat

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You and me both Raptor. More popular than I thought - 3 days and already hit the capacity of 8!
(Eager New BFG Player)

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Better make sure you guys will be taking some nice photos of it all. I'm very curious to see all the amazing models that will be dropping by!
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Me too - I will be doing my best on the photo front, though I admit my skills are somewhat less than professional. Looks like a good mix so far.
(Eager New BFG Player)

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Have fun guys we'll be doing a similar tournament over hear at adepticon! ;D
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Thanks! Ah yes - the tournament is a little smaller than adepticon I think, though if all goes well, perhaps there is more room  in London for a larger one. I think there is many un-galvanised collectors/players in the UK (starting to sound like a communist revolutionary), though gaming is often closed.

Out of interest, how big is BFG at Adepticon?
(Eager New BFG Player)

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We started with 22 tickets to the event at last count there are 10 tickets left so were going to get a larger turn out than we had last year which were pretty happy about
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Nice! I thought there were only 14 openings like usual so it was bad sales, but 12 sold so far, awesome!

Wish I could be there. Next year I'm definitely going to get back into it.

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As long as were still here we will always run it every single year
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Looks like it was a good day guys, if you do another I'm in :)
All ahead full. Ram them.