Reward for the campaign

The diligence of participating in our current campaign will be rewarded.  Winning the most hex tiles, and therefore having the most Kingdom Points will bring you fame and fortune throughout Middle Earth!  Which means we will know who won.  To that end I wanted to bring in something that was unique and allowed everyone to have a shot at the ultimate reward.  Okay, maybe not ultimate but a prize anyway.  So at the end of the campaign we will raffle off a pair of unique dice.


Every KP you have will get you one raffle entry.  They are machined out of a single piece of aluminum and are slightly smaller than your typical 16mm dice.  Not a lot, but I thought it would be a nice unique piece to add some incentive to the bunch.

Next couple of months scenarios

Here is the list of scenarios we will be playing, if you are interested in joining us, bring a 700 point Legions of Middle Earth legal army.  Most of us are able to play either good or evil, so just bring what you have and we will adapt.
-Jobu

Date - scenario -page in LoME
October
7 -Take and hold -pg 111
14-Clash of Piquets -pg 113
21-Contest of Champions -pg 105
28-Meeting Engagement -pg 108
November
4-Ill met by Moonlight -pg 106
11-Reconnoitre -pg 114
18-Storm the camp -pg 104
25 -Thanksgiving-alternative day?

Misty Mountain incoming on pre-order

Here is the link.

FTW Games grand opening

This Friday June 4th FTW Games will be open for the first time! Hours are 2pm to 10pm.

FTW Games will carry Vallejo Paint, micro art studio bases/bits, Infinity, Warmachine, Sabol Army Transport, Army Painter, Games Workshop, Gale Force 9, Battlefoam, Magic, Comics and Flames of War.
Link to a previous post about the new store.

FTW Games
13176 Midlothian Turnpike
Midlothian, VA 23113
804-464-1873

New Hobby/Game store opening

Stoney Point Refugee poster/member Rob Baer has decided to take the plunge and open up a hobby/game store. He is planning on having at least six tables and a paint bar. The store will be located in Casey's neck of the woods. Link to the thread over at SPR.


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BFG 2010.01.28

some thought s about last night's game

1. hope everyone enjoyed the game enough for a future repeat
2. though imperials won, we fielded about 1300 pts to chaos/necron 1100 pts. i would say we tied.
3. all special orders should have been declared in the beginning of the movement phase
4. brace for impact should be declared before any dice are rolled (attacking or defending as in turrets)
5. necron lightning arc uses the gunnery table to determine the # of dice to roll to hit (all targets are closing)
6. necron gauss particle weapons are lances (4+ to hit) with a roll of 6 ignoring shields
7. for each strength of portals a necron ship has, an additional teleport attack can be made. Each scythes can thus make 3 attacks per turn.
8. imperial lunar cruisers can exchange prow torpedoes for prow nova cannons for +20 pts per ship


BFG Scenario Rules.

HobbyTown Update

Michael C (Aristo):
"Spoke to a new employee at Hobbytown on Saturday afternoon. He said his job is to handle all the people interested in Games Workshop stuff. He himself is big into 40k. He seemed supportive of idea to stay open til 9 pm, also to get group terrain and more standing tables for people to use as well as obtain more merchandise to sell. "

HobbyTown

As most of you know by now, we no longer has access to HobbyTown after 8pm. What this means is that

1. All current gaming nights (Thursdays) will have to be privately hosted. As we previously decided, gaming host decides the game and scenario being played.

2. As long as this works, we should be alright. But one of the reason we went with HobbyTown is to be visible, thus able to recruit new players into our group. If we want to do so, we will have to play on a weekend afternoon. Maybe once a month?

3. We might also want to revisit the idea of dues if this can help us maintain a desireable gaming venue

Gaming Nights

Currently, with WotR as well as LotR SBG Battle Companies, we are tentatively looking at the following gaming schedule at Hobby Town.


1st Thursdays: WotR, 500 points.

3rd Thursdays: LotR Battle Company

5th Thursdays: BFG, 40k, or Fantasy Battle.

Gaming Nights: Next and Beyond

Next gaming night will be 04/30/09 at Hobby Town. Expect low turn out.

Most of us have decided that instead of going on an every other Thursday schedule, we would instead adhere to 1st, 3rd, and possibly 5th Thursdays at Hobby Town. This will be an easier schedule for all to remember.

Naturally we are all free to set up additional gaming time as desired.

Gaming Night 04/16/09: BFG

About 5 to 6 of us played an intro game of BFG tonight. I thought it was a good showing. I think there has been enough interest for another BFG gaming night. If the regular club LotR gaming get into campaigning and interests in BFG remain up, we might want to consider an alternative time for BFG (once a month?).

Some thoughts from tonight:
Planetary gravity well: free turn toward the planet only at the beginning and or end of the movement phase.

Fleet interests:
Huan: Imperial, Chaos, and Tau (to be painted)
Chris: Imperium and Chaos
Eric: Necron (to be painted)
Daniel: wants Space Marine
Matt: wants Chaos
Jeff: ?

BFG resources:
Warp Rift BFG fan community magazine
Port Maw
and my favorite forum: BFG on Warseer

Alternative Models:
For anyone contemplating a Tyranid fleet, many gamers have bought the Tyranid 40k warrior set and the customized the models for BFG use.
Other companies (non GW) include
Spartan Games
Babylon 5 ships

Gaming Night 04/02/09 and 04/16/09.

Twelve people showed up last night for a big bash. (We picked up another refugee from GW Stony Point last night.) Again the result was pretty much a draw. Two considerations are currently being explored, that of playing battle-company campaigns and or War of the Ring, both with the thought the game would go by faster thus the result would be more definitive.

For all interested in War of the Ring, it is to be released this month so perhaps we should place an order with Hobbytown (for good will). I inquired about this last night and to do so, we will need to know the GW catalogue number. I will add this to the post later.

For 04/16/09 two games will be featured, that of Battlefleet Gothic and LotR Battle companies. See you then.

Club Night Poll

Currently we are meeting at Hobbytown every other thursday nights at 530p/6p. This makes the next meeting 2/26/09.

Question: Should we meet
A. Every other Thursdays?
B. First, third, and fifth Thursdays?
C. Second and fourth Thursdays?

Gaming Night 02/26/08

Next club gaming night will be 2 weeks from last night.
Again points are as follow:
LotR = 700 pts (but we may want to revise this down if it is a megabattle format)
40k = 1750 pts
FB = 2000 pts
BFG? =

About 7-8 people showed up last night and stayed till a bit before 9P. Lots of terrain pieces were brought. Most played LotR but 2 played 40k. I think it was a good show for our first club gaming night.



BTW, I recently bought the Axis & Allies Anniversary edition. Up to 6 players can play (Germany, Italy, Japan, UK, USA, USSR and possible China?). Let me know if there is interest in this one night.
Rules and info can be found here.

1st Meeting Summary

We had a great show out for our first meeting and many details were worked out.

1. We will be meeting at Hobbytown on Broad every Thursday night at 6pm unless specified otherwise. Gaming will be open format for now.

2. Gaming night will be posted here for everyone to comment on regarding attendance.

3. For 40k Seamas and I will try to generate activities and events. For LotR Chris, Michael, Jeff and I will try to generate activities and events. These people will be given access to post on this website.

4. Jeff will look into club bylaws and such. This will be necessary when (if) we have club dues.

5. Next club gaming will be 02/12/09

6. Game points will use GT points.