Thanks Peter. Duly amended.

The first weekend in October will see Sarisbury Green host the 8th Forged in Battle Team Challenge. We have capacity for a maximum of 10 teams of 3 players. Priority will be given to those who have attended previously but new players are also welcome.

The event will run with an even number of teams ...

Following Graham's email on Warfare I've created a poll. Please express your preference by the 31st December.

A FoG event at Sarisbury Green could allow 5 games and would be at a similar price to the Forged in Battle event in October - subject to numbers of course.

Please only vote if you plan to ...

Good morning – thanks for coming down to the South Coast for the weekend. Hope you enjoyed the event. As usual any feedback would be gratefully received. If there’s sufficient interest, let’s do it again next year!

I found a few errors so the scores below are slightly different to those I read out ...

The venue should be open from 07.45. We will be setting up that morning. Please feel free to lend a hand if you should arrive early.

First game to start at 09.15. Last game finishes at 19.30.

On Sunday we start at 09.00 and last game finishes at 15.45.

A timetable will be available in the hall ...

In making the 1st Round draw I chose to make the following exclusions:

Wessex 1 cannot play Wessex 2 on day 1.
Oxbridge cannot play Oxford in R1.

As a result, the first round draw is:

Plymouth vs Oxford
Gloucester vs Oxbridge
MAWs vs Wessex 2
Surrey vs Wessex 1
Mercenaries vs Sarisbury

Just to confirm that we will be using the latest rules & Army Lists for this year's event.

The venue should be open from 07.45. We will be setting up that morning. Please feel free to lend a hand if you should arrive early.

First game to start at 09.15. Last game finishes at 19.30.

On Sunday we ...

The first weekend in October will see Sarisbury Green host the 7th Forged in Battle Team Challenge. We have capacity for a maximum of 10 teams of 3 players. Priority will be given to those who have attended previously but new players are also welcome.

The event will run with an even number of teams ...

With both Steve & I unavoidably absent, Ian Carbutt has kindly agreed to step in as TO.

Ian's mobile no is 07481 442681.

As Phil noted above, he's volunteered to take the Round 1 bye. The bye is worth 28 points.

The 1st Round Draw:

David Fairhurst vs Terry Shaw
Lynda Fairhurst vs Graham Roberts ...

Can you use Hannibal in Africa in the Later Carthaginian army list as he is limited to Average or Poor Elephants and yiu could take Superior Elephants by not taking Hannibal?

Yes. The Elephants must be fielded as Average.

Mr Briggs' original email listed you as Later Achaemenid Persian.

Which is correct?

Thanks very much to everyone for making it another cracking weekend of wargaming.

I think I've made sense of all of the scoresheets and here are the Team & Individual Results.

Team Scores

Plymouth 335
Surrey 332
Solent 316
MAWS 286
Oxford 254
Oxbridge 252
Gloucester 233
Mercenaries 223
Wessex 1 ...

The venue will be open from 07.45. We will be setting up that morning. Please feel free to lend a hand if you should arrive early.

First game to start at 09.15. Last game finishes at 19.30.

On Sunday we start at 09.00 and last game finishes at 15.45.

A timetable will be available in the hall ...

As we have 2 Wessex teams I have elected to keep them apart for the first day.

The 1st Round Draw is:

MAWS vs Oxford
Solent vs Gloucester
Plymouth vs Mercenaries
Wessex 2 vs Oxbridge
Wessex 1 vs Surrey

Hi Paul - I'll be doing the draw on Thursday night & will be published on Friday morning.

Owain sent the R&R to the Fog list but here they are.

Sticks and Stones

Name Army Club
David Putt Mayan Plymouth
Owain Simpson Medieval Indonesian or Malay Mercenaries
Bob Medcraft Medieval Indonesian or ...

Question for sticks and stones
We are allowed 1 BG of armoured, what about armies like Minoan that can dismount chariots to be armoured foot,personally I would not allow it

I was asked this question at Britcon David & forgot to post my answer - sorry.

The Minoan list is permitted but their ...

Hi - just saw your post.

Christopher Anders was playing in the States. You might try a PM to 'berthier'.

The first weekend in October will see Sarisbury Green host the 6th Forged in Battle Team Challenge. We have capacity for a maximum of 10 teams of 3 players. Priority will be given to those who have attended previously but new players are also welcome.

The event will run with an even number of teams ...

Well spotted. List above amended.

Big thanks to Phil Powell for doing the list checking.

Ali Shaw Nikephorian Byzantine
Andy Kitcher Georgian
Dave Ruddock Fatimid
David Fairhurst Nikephorian Byzantine
Graham Roberts Early Spanish
Imogen Pickles Thematic Byzantine
Lynda Faithurst Later Abbasid
Martyn Simpson Dailami
Owain Simpson ...