Britcon 2018

[RonanTheLibrarian]

Britcon's lack of entries seems to be rather the exception than the rule at present. Not sure what the cause is.

Holiday season?

[nikgaukroger]

Two more bookings today taking us up to 5 so far.

What is the minimum to be viable at Britcon Tim?

And out of interest who are the new ones?

[madaxeman]

6 allows a round-robin and a playoff (or a more relaxed 5 round schedule!), but 8 is a better number for a 6 round event

It’s the 2 Fredericks from Sweden.

The dates for Britcon have t changed in over a decade so holidays are unlikely to be a factor..

[viking123]

No, cost and time commitment.

Bob

[urbanbunny1]

Woot

G'day Fredrick and Fredrick!

Simon

[madaxeman]

Chris Marston makes 6 - we are all systems GO!

[urbanbunny1]

Fantastic

Now to work out what to bring

[kevinj]

We're currently sitting at 6 entrants for Britcon, which allows for a viable competition. However, it would be nice to get at least a couple more, so please get your entries in if you fancy a weekend of gaming in Manchester.

[nikgaukroger]

When is the closing date for entries?

[madaxeman]

The day before the event if we’re on odd numbers, otherwise a little before that if not!

[nikgaukroger]

probably a bit academic for me really as it doesn't look like it'll fit in for me anyway

[madaxeman]

We're now on 7, with Lynette joining the fray... clearly an 8th would be very welcome (even for part of the weekend)

[urbanbunny1]

Just finishing off painting some elephants with artillery.......

[RonanTheLibrarian]

Would that be Determined Giraffes or Light Giraffes, Impact/Sword?

Either will do - line of sight is fantastic on both.

[urbanbunny1]

Does artillery on an elephant allow you to fire over friendly troops?

[kevinj]

The list deadline is fast approaching. It's next Wednesday, 1st August. So far I have 1 (thank you Keith!) and I'be grateful to get the rest ASAP so I can publish the R&R.

Simon - the answer is NO!!! Unless of course the normal conditions for overhead shooting are met. Elephants are big but they are smaller than hills.

[urbanbunny1]

what about if the elephant is behind the crest of the hill?

Does this count as "trunk down"

[madaxeman]

OK folks, due to unforseen circumstances we're back to 6.

Unless there is anyone else out there lurking for a very late entry, I'm inclined to lock down the numbers at they are with 6 as that makes running the event as a "round robin+1" event a lot cleaner than if we end up at 7

Any lurkers still considering it ?

[urbanbunny1]

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Britcon 2018 results for those who are interested.

Interesting that it was the Samurai who dominated this year

Last year it was
Elephants
Swedes
Samurai
Samurai