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General => Announcements and forum stuff => Events and Conventions => Topic started by: olyreed on February 01, 2016, 08:20:21 PM
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Hi, just to let you know that Beachead will be at the B.I.C on the 20th of February, I am hoping to be there with my Boshin war display game, there are plenty of traders and games there to
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Have a ticket. Nice to see a local show on the calendar.
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I'll be there trading as Bad Squiddo Games/ The Dice Bag Lady with my huge selection of Believable Female Miniatures, Frostgrave Bonanza, Ristul's Extraordinary Terrain, and all sorts of bits and bobs and gaming accessories. Looking forward to a change of scene, so much in the north/midlands. AND get to have a paddle.
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I was just looking at the BIC site and none of the links work to the Poole or SDMS clubs - I was part of the original South Dorset Military Society back in the 70's and early 80's before I went globetrotting for work.
None of my 'old' gaming friend still in the Bmth area seem to know about Beachhead.
Graham W
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Both the SDMS and PBA seem to be keeping a very low profile, there are a few disparate groups in the area, hopefully this show will bring some old faces out of the woodwork and clubs out of the closet. Perhaps give a chance to dust off the AWI and ECW figures.Keep well.
Douglas
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Typical - I'm in the US when Beachhead is on.
Good luck to the organisers, I hope it works out well enough for a Beachhead 2017 :)
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Having seen it on here and local it would seem churlish not t go and support the event
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Colonel Bills will be trading :)
If there's any pre-orders people would like to make, could you please do so before the 17th February.
Thanks,
Roy
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Typical - I'm in the US when Beachhead is on.
Good luck to the organisers, I hope it works out well enough for a Beachhead 2017 :)
That's no excuse!
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I have a day pass from she who must be obeyed :)
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I have a day pass from she who must be obeyed :)
I hoping to come down but it's my wife's first day back after being away for two weeks so I doubt it very much :?
cheers
James
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Well I went. I can't speak for anyone else but I thought, for a first attempt, it was rather good. Not interested in the tournament's, and I only spent about £120 on stuff I don't need, but I thought the games on display were, in some cases, quite exceptional. Way above the average show stuff & a credit to those concerned. I hope it becomes a regular event, I can get the bus there. Thanks to those involved for taking the risk.
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Interesting thoughts, unfortunately my impression afterwards was disappointing.
The prestigious venue actually worked well and the organisation was first rate, good selection of traders willing to take the risk, and a veritable horde of gamers.
But communications were poor. The Tournament gamers were intensely chanting their litany of plus 3 for this plus 2 for that. The demonstration games demonstrated lovingly painted figures on photographic drop cloths adorned with unpainted mdf treasure troves of buildings, not a scrap of paper to tell anyone, Who was running the game, what it was about, or why No contact information and worst of all NO Response to any questions or comments.
Where did all those gamers spring from? Did they return to their closets happy that they made no contacts with potential players? Did they feel they had wasted the opportunity?
I managed to meet up with a few old faces and play a bit of catch up, but found with one refreshing exception that they were no longer "wargamers"
They played WOW or Saga or Malifaux or Some meaningless anagram.
Only one said that they were playing Wars of The Roses USING A modified version of Hail Caeser with House adaptations.
So The show was far far better than the gamers desrve. Comments anyone?
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I was there with my display game. Thought it went very well for a first time. I take on board what you say about information on what we were doing, it waas the one thing i was disappointed about for myself and plan to have more information available at the next one i do
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I thought it went well. There was a great selection of traders. I played 2 demo games and while I agree that there was a distinct lack of info on the games/clubs, I found the people to be friendly.
I hope the traders made enough from us to come back again next year with more of their colleagues.
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72 hours and only two comments. Are wargamers in other areas as secretive?
I know there are several groups in the area, by repute or rumour, but it seems all to difficult to make contact with them.Finding like minded souls can be fraught with problems, you have to kiss an awful lot of frogs. Is this why so many find a small group of friends and stick with them? It`s easier than deciding would I like to play with this person/group.
Would people want to play with me?
I play the period not a ruleset.
I use pretty counters, be they hard plastic, bendy plastic, metal, resin, cardboard.
I don`t care if they are from manufacturer of the month.
I block paint, some subtle shading but no paint triads, magic dips or painting of the lining of a waistcoat pocket.
I`m am still searching for the perfect rule mechanisms.
If a rule gives a ridiculous result I will ignore it.
Just because the rules don`t say you can`t do it is not a reason.
I believe 28mm is not a scale or mdf the answer to every maidens prayer.
I enjoy a good friendly discussion.
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72 hours and only two comments. Are wargamers in other areas as secretive?
I know there are several groups in the area, by repute or rumour, but it seems all to difficult to make contact with them.Finding like minded souls can be fraught with problems, you have to kiss an awful lot of frogs. Is this why so many find a small group of friends and stick with them? It`s easier than deciding would I like to play with this person/group.
Would people want to play with me?
I play the period not a ruleset.
I use pretty counters, be they hard plastic, bendy plastic, metal, resin, cardboard.
I don`t care if they are from manufacturer of the month.
I block paint, some subtle shading but no paint triads, magic dips or painting of the lining of a waistcoat pocket.
I`m am still searching for the perfect rule mechanisms.
If a rule gives a ridiculous result I will ignore it.
Just because the rules don`t say you can`t do it is not a reason.
I believe 28mm is not a scale or mdf the answer to every maidens prayer.
I enjoy a good friendly discussion.
Noverre Man - I'm also in Dorset (near Poole). I gave up club gaming ages ago, not because I didn't like what they do, but because I have other hobbies taking up weekends and come clubs meet on evenings, which doesn't fit in with my work pattern. Hence I only get to do occasional games with friends. Feel free to drop me a PM.
Some of the local one have migrated to holding their club nights at Entoyment, so the shop should be able to give to give you club contacts.
I went to Beachhead and came away with a similar impression to you. Event organisation and selection of traders was great, but let down by communication and the appearance of many of the games. Regarding communication, in order to put on a good demo the gamers involved need to realise is that playing the game has to be secondary to engaging with the punters. If Beachhead is on next year I'll considering getting together with some chums and putting on a proper demo game.
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Any idea on numbers through the door?