Gamesfest 4 : 24th October Watford UK

[Lupercal]

Dear Guys ,



We would like very much for you to attend GamesFest 4



The day is going to be awesome and already the line up is looking fantastic!



As well as the companies listed below there will be Space Hulk tourament plus a 40K doubles tournament ( see www.gamesfest.co.uk for a full list of demo/tournament games).

There will also be a FOW demo and a warmachine demo game.



We are also having an after party.



If you have any questions please feel free to contact us.



Regards Mark



P.S If you would like to do a demo please let us know.



07976 629378



www.gamesfest.co.uk





What is GamesFest?

A one-day convention encompassing RPG’s, Board Games, CCG’s War Games, Comics, Books, Film, Video and PC Gaming.
Our aim is for an informal event that enables the enthusiast and casual gamer to sample the best the hobby has to offer.



The current line-up is:

Companies Attending
Games Workshop
Forge World
Warhammer Historical (www.warhammer-historical.com/acatalog/Events.html)
The Black Library
Mongoose Publishing
Esvedium Games
Battlefront : Flames of War
Triple Ace Games
Project Hydra
Warlord Games
Chaos City Comics
Calamity Comics
Murky Depths
Cardbreakers
Wargames Inc
Simple Miniature Games
Definitive games
Otherworld Miniatures
Monarch Books and Miniatures.
Steve Jackson Games
Mantic Games

Authors Attending
Graham McNeill

Gav Thorpe
Richard Williams
Joely Black
Derek Gunn
Garry Charles
Dan Abnett
Peter Mark May
Frazer Lee
Raven Dane
Nick Kyme
Simon Scarrow
Robyn Young
Leah Moore
Conrad Williams
Steve Dean
David Devereux
Alessio Cavatore
Steven Savile
Steve Lyons
Bob fishcer


Artists Attending
Kev Walker
David Michael Wright

[Lupercal]

Gamesfest proudly presents its first Historical fiction panel.

Featuring two of the big guns of the genre(surely swords?)

Im looking forward to this - as is Matt A.



Robyn Young lives in Hove, and is the author of BRETHREN, the first novel in a trilogy set in the world of the Crusades. The author of numerous poems and short stories published in magazines and anthologies, Robyn has a Masters in Creative Writing with distinction from the University of Sussex. She teaches creative writing part-time in Brighton.

Simon Scarrow is a UK-based author, born in Nigeria and now based in Norfolk. He completed a master's degree at the University of East Anglia[1] after working at the Inland Revenue, and then went into teaching as a lecturer at City College Norwich.
He is best known for his Eagle series of Roman Military fiction set in the territories of the Roman Empire, covering the second invasion of Britain and the subsequent prolonged campaign undertaken by the rump of the Julio-Claudian dynasty.

[Lupercal]

Black Library have confirmed on their site:

http://forum.blpublishing.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13465

'The Black Library will be present at this year’s Gamesfest, taking place on the 24th October at the Watford Colosseum. We’ll have a number of authors present, who will be signing throughout the day, plus two panels taking place at the event. It’s a great chance to meet your favourite authors and find out more about the Black Library, so come and join us there!

Black Library authors attending:
Nick Kyme
Graham McNeill
Sandy Mitchell
James Swallow
Gav Thorpe
Richard Williams

Panels:
11am-11:45am
The Black Library
With Nick Kyme, Sandy Mitchell, Gav Thorpe and Richard Williams
Your chance to find out more about the Black Library, Games Workshop’s fiction publishing division. Whether you’re interested in writing for the worlds of Warhammer or Warhammer 40,000, want to know about upcoming releases or are just curious about how a Black Library book gets to the shelves, then this is the session for you.

1pm-1:45pm
The Horus Heresy
With Graham McNeill and James Swallow
The Horus Heresy is the Black Library’s premium line, an epic tale of the time when Space Marine turned on Space Marine and the Imperium was nearly torn apart. Eleven books into the series and it’s still going strong with a fantastic string of best-selling titles. Graham McNeill (False Gods, Mechanicum, Fulgrim) and James Swallow (Flight of the Eisenstein) will be talking about writing for the Horus Heresy and telling us about their forthcoming titles A Thousand Sons and Nemesis.