Category Archives: Events

Musings on Day 1

Posted on September 11, 2011 by Quirkworthy

Before my immediate thoughts are buried by day 2’s events, I’d just like to jot down a few of them. It was an interesting day and provoked a number of broader points as well as points about the specific rules … Continue reading →

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KOW Tournament – Day 1

Posted on September 10, 2011 by Quirkworthy

It’s been a hectic day at the front, with 3 games played and much happy banter, cursing of luck and other associated gaming nonsense. I’m a bit brain fried to write much sensible for the moment, so I’ll mostly be … Continue reading →

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Trying Out Kings of War

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Quirkworthy

Had a go at Kings of War last night. I managed to persuade Bob to give up his evening so I could get at least a vague idea what was going to happen at the weekend. I shouldn’t really say … Continue reading →

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By Invitation Only

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Quirkworthy

Well I’ve decided to go to the Kings of War tournament this weekend. This is despite the fact that I’ve not played it since it was in the original Alpha well over a year ago, and then only once. One … Continue reading →

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Partizan II

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Quirkworthy

I went to a wargame convention yesterday called Partizan II at nearby Kelham Hall. It’s a venerable old gent of the UK wargames calendar with many years under its belt, and at least 3 different events per year under different … Continue reading →

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A Picture Paints…

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Quirkworthy

…a thousand words, and over at Tears of Envy’s blog you can see several thousand words’ worth of pictures from yesterday’s Mantic Open Day (they really should call it MantiCon). Tears of Envy, in case you didn’t know, is the … Continue reading →

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All Day Talking

Posted on July 9, 2011 by Quirkworthy

Well I just got back from the Mantic open day where I had a jolly time. Lots of excited and enthusiastic folk, which is always nice to see. Ronnie and I gave a seminar/talk/Q&A/general waffle this morning about Dwarf King’s … Continue reading →

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Mantic Open Day

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Quirkworthy

Another weekend, another convention! Well, an Open Day. Tomorrow Mantic Games are having their second Open Day and I’ll be there running demos of Dwarf King’s Hold and  taking part in a couple of seminars about what’s new and where … Continue reading →

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Shiny Toys

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Quirkworthy

When I said that I had stoically resisted temptation, I was only talking about what I’d spent on the day. As well as being on panels, running lots of demos of DKH, appearing on Beasts of War live  and so … Continue reading →

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Back From My Travels

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Quirkworthy

Back from the Emerald Isle this afternoon after a fun time at Q-Con and with the Beasts of War guys afterwards (filming videos for DKH2, Urban War 2, etc). Q-Con turned out quite busy with something over 1,500 people attending … Continue reading →

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