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Other Stuff => General Wargames and Hobby Discussion => Topic started by: Sangennaru on 17 February 2014, 10:44:30 AM
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Well, finally i'm moving from my country to another less... crazy.
For nine months, staring from the 15th of March, i'll be resident in Guelph, Ontario for my master degree thesis at the Dept of Engineering!
Is anyone living there? Not the Department, just Guelph! I know a couple of good fellas living in Toronto, but it's not THAT near...
Any info and any contact would be really appreciated... especially players and modelers from Guelph! =)
cheers
Jack
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Greetings Jack;
I live down the road outside London, Ontario. Also, there is a great bunch of guys in Stratford just up the road from you. They get together to game on a regular basis at James Manto's place. I sometimes get up there to play...not as often as I would like. Contact James Manto at J and M Miniatures and tell him Robin mentioned him here:
jmminiatures@gmail.com
James also organizes Hotlead, Ontario's finest little gaming convention which is being held on the weekend of March 21 - 23. This is the weekend after your move. This is one of my favourite conventions of the year, and it is local. Check out the link here:
http://www.hotlead.ca/
Unfortunately I cannot make it this year due to other commitments. It is the first one I am missing in over a decade. I usually run a number of games (Napoleonic, FIW, War of 1812).
If you want to make a day trip to my place, you are welcome to come and game. Feel free to contact me privately here or through my website here:
http://www.battlefieldgamedesigns.com/?page_id=9
I look forward to hopefully meeting you in the near future and welcome to Southern Ontario.
Regards,
Hitman
8)
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Robin seems to have covered it all. Be sure to visit Hotlead, it'll be a good intro to the guys that game in the area plus you'll meet a few LAFers too!!
Oh and in terms of Canada - Guelph is very close to Toronto!! :D
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Well, you already know I used to live in Guelph. :D
It's a nice little town! There's one gaming store (used to be three before the game scene collapse of the early 2000's :'( ), but you can find more in nearby Kitchener-Waterloo-Cambridge (three towns that sorrrrrt of function as one city). K-W is about 15 minutes away by car or 45 minutes to an hour by bicycle.
Will you have a car while you live in Guelph? Guelph is small enough that all you need to get around is a bicycle and the bus system is pretty good for a North American city of its size (which is still probably not as good as a European town of the same size, but it might be close). But getting to other towns can be a little more difficult.
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I second that about Guelph being a great little town! I dated a girl ages ago who attended UofG and I used to love my monthly trips from Ottawa to Guelph to visit her.
-Todd
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Thanks for all your response LAFers, you've been really useful!
Unfortunately i won't have a car there, i'll be quite stuck in the small town, but i kinda like the idea, after living in a big city for 24 years! :)
that said, what i'm more worried about is a refill of Silicon and resin for my works, do anyone knows if around guelph it's possible to purchase reasonably priced silicone rubber? if not, i'll bring a couple of kilos in my luggage! :D
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You might want to pack some resin etc to bring with you just in case as finding supplies here in Canada is not always the same as in Europe.
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I've found this, i don't know the shipping prices but they are located in canada, and their silicon prices is quite good!
http://www.sculpturesupply.com/list.php?sf=subcategory&vl=Mold+Max+20&cat=Rubber+Silicones
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Good question, not sure what hobby suppliers would have that in Guelph, since there aren't too many hobby supply stores (probably 1-2 and I have no idea what/where they are anymore).
You might have to go over to Kitchener-Waterloo to get the stuff, or mail away for it.
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Can anyone give Sangennaru a ride to Hotlead? He'll need a break from all that unpacking.
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uuu! a ride to hotlead would be great! actually, i'm ok with busses, but o don't know how they are there! :S
for the silicon i'll probably order it via mail, once there.
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Judging by the weather, I doubt I'll be able to go to Hotlead myself. I don't think my motorbike's going to be on the road in March, not this year anyway.
In any case, I only have that Friday off, not the weekend.
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Sculpture Supply Canada is an awesome place. I was just there on the weekend and they have pretty much everything you'll need.
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Welcome to the Great White North!
Hopefully you can get down (or is it up?) to HotLead
The website is hotlead.ca and they have a Facebook group as well
If you can, put a note in the facebook group. I know there are guys who come from or through Guelph.
I am in Chatham, ON - a couple of hours from Guelph - but I don't mind a road trip.
If you want to game sometime, let me know. Tam has friends in Guelph, so I'm sure I could convince her to take a drive.
Keith
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Hi there!
Enterprise Rent-a-Car is running a $9.99/day weekend rental special for their little economy cars right now. They have TWO locations in Guelph https://www.enterpriserentacar.ca/car_rental/worldLocationSearch.do
They will even come get you.
I also know a gamer lives in Guelph if you PM me your contact info I can pass it along and see if he is willing.
James
El Supremo/Head Doofus for Hotlead
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Welcome to the Great White North!
Hopefully you can get down (or is it up?) to HotLead
The website is hotlead.ca and they have a Facebook group as well
If you can, put a note in the facebook group. I know there are guys who come from or through Guelph.
I am in Chatham, ON - a couple of hours from Guelph - but I don't mind a road trip.
If you want to game sometime, let me know. Tam has friends in Guelph, so I'm sure I could convince her to take a drive.
Keith
Well, that might be awesome, but i woudln't bother you with a longer road to get to Hotlead! However, if you are really passing through guelph i will gladly jump in! =)
Hi there!
Enterprise Rent-a-Car is running a $9.99/day weekend rental special for their little economy cars right now. They have TWO locations in Guelph https://www.enterpriserentacar.ca/car_rental/worldLocationSearch.do
They will even come get you.
I also know a gamer lives in Guelph if you PM me your contact info I can pass it along and see if he is willing.
James
El Supremo/Head Doofus for Hotlead
Cool! Will PM you right now! If someone is FROM guelph i won't fell guilty to take a snatch!
Cheers and thanks LAFers! :)
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PM'd you Sangennaru.
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PM'd you Sangennaru.
replied! you're too kind!
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My plane is in 4 hours!!! Thanks y'all for your help, i hope to see you soon! :)
Cheers
Jack
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Safe journey. Hope to see you next weekend.
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Hooray!
Still don't know if I'll see you folks at Hotlead, but based on the weather, it'll be a slog by bus if I go. :P
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it'll be a slog by bus if I go
The snow will be gone by then lol but even if it's not the journey will be worth it. Isn't there anyone from GTA going that you could grab a ride with?
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Toronto proper is not a really strong minis gaming town at all. Given I don't play GW games or Warmahordes, I don't actually know a single tabletop wargamer in Toronto. ::)
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Toronto proper is not a really strong minis gaming town at all. Given I don't play GW games or Warmahordes, I don't actually know a single tabletop wargamer in Toronto. ::)
I'm sure there are some but with no outlets to game in, well, its like looking for the needle in a haystack. I sold a bunch of Wargames FactoryVikings to a bloke here living in T.O. to use for Saga with his buddies. I guess I "know" of 1 guy.
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I'm pretty sure that Johnno is from the GTA (Hmmmmm maybe not after seeing the post above)
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=63813.0
Unfortunately most of the guys I know are from the West (London), SW (Chatham/Windsor) or Stratford itself.
Check out the FB group, see if you have any luck there:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/49381491031/
https://www.facebook.com/events/371611836285444/541758379270788/?notif_t=like
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There's one other person on LAF from Toronto, but I can't recall who.
But yes, there's really no venues. In all of the downtown area and inner suburbs there's only the Duelling Grounds, and in the mid-suburbs there's Heavy Support games.
Duelling Grounds has a few non-Warhammer/Warmahordes minis gamers that I've seen, but Heavy Support's community is more MTG/YuGiOh etc. They do have minis gaming, but only "popular" games like 40k and Warmahordes, with a little Infinity and Flames of War mixed in - don't think I've ever seen anything more obscure played there, not that I go that often.
And that's it, in a city of 3 million.
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We have a thriving wargaming group here in Toronto!
http://www.torontohmg.org/
We play downtown at Dueling Grounds on Wednesday nights. There is also Meeplemart which as a new location on Spadina near Dundas with a large gaming area (just opened there last week). If you are ever in town let me know and we'll have you down for a game.
Many of the guys will be at Hot Lead next weekend, but sadly I can't make it this year :(
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I second Watts, our group is growing weekly. We play every Wednesday, and routinely have 8-10 guys out at a time, sometimes more. There's alot of FoW players in the city as well as other historical gamers. I think with Meeplemart opening a few years ago, the historical community has grown significantly. They seem to go through alot of SAGA, Bolt Action, FoW, etc.
Always welcome if you're in the city, make sure to stop by our website.
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I was born, raised and work in Toronto. But I live outside of the city proper now. The cost and congestion among other factors have forced me out.
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There was as group that met 1 Saturday a month near Bathurst St and Eglinton Ave W. I'll try to find their name
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Nice to see some more faces from Toronto coming out of the woodwork. :)
I live near to Meeplemart. It's neat place to shop, but my impression had been that only 40k was played there. Plus the store front itself is only open 2-3 days per week and the staff was really growly and rude whenever I was there, so I saw no reason to return.
Maybe I'll give it another go. Trying to find folks up for Pulp Alley! Anyone?
EDIT: Anyway, to get back on track, I wonder how Sangennaru is doing now that he's in Guelph?
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I believe he made it to Hot Lead last weekend, based upon one of James Manto's post-con reports.
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Yes, I've spoken to him since I posted that. ;)
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Hello there!
Sorry for not replying: yes, i've managed to go to Hot Lead for a few hours, although there was a massive crowd and i just met a few people. Being an outsider, and whithout enough time to play games, that was the best i could do.
I'm rather happy of my experience there: the place was heartwarming, and a lot of nice people talked with me. Too bad that i didn't have cash and the ATMs didn't like my credit card... but i still have a nice lead mountain brought with me from Italy, so i'll be allright.
Thanks again for your help, LAFers! it was a pleasure to meet some of you!
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Sorry I didn't get to meet you!
But I was running games all day on Saturday.
Glad you made it to HotLead and glad you met some other LAFers.
If you want to get a game in, post and I'm sure we will get soemthing together
Keith
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I'm sorry I missed you as well!
I really like the looks of the stuff you have done for Fenris! :-*
Are you going to continue doing similar stuff while in Canada? (I suppose the studies have to take priority, but OTOH you could help fund you stay...)
Regards,
Howard Fielding
The Tekumel Project
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Missed you too Sangennaru. I was manning the Bring and Buy with chairface and Rico, amongst others, too bad we weren't introduced. Glad that Glen was able to take you home and that, in the end, you decided against hitch hiking!!