UK Games Expo - Birmingham - Runners and Riders

davidandlynda · Post by **davidandlynda** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 7:16 pm

one or two were lost betting against me I noticed

David

philqw78 · Post by **philqw78** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 7:31 pm

It seems I will be playing instead of Nick. Since I have seen the runners and riders I shall put to popular vote whether I should use Libyan Egyptian (more like Hittites, but I've got the army and its no where near as pooh as what Nick had) or the Dominate Romans that I would prefer.

Or is that a bluff or even a double bluff

hammy · Post by **hammy** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 9:39 pm

I vote Libyan Egyptian because there is already a Dominate Roman and there are very few duplicated armies.

titanu · Post by **titanu** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 6:47 am

nikgaukroger wrote:
spike wrote:
nikgaukroger wrote:I may just have thrown a spanner in that - but Hammy will cope
Are you dropping out Nik

Looks like it I'm afraid

Nik - Bobs not THAT bad is he?

titanu · Post by **titanu** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 6:49 am

nikgaukroger wrote:I may just have thrown a spanner in that - but Hammy will cope

Nik - I think of you as less Hittite and more Philistine

philqw78 · Post by **philqw78** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 6:52 am

titanu wrote: Nik - I think of you as less Hittite and more Philistine

Well he's now a Libyan. Due to the enormous amount of votes, nearly better than the Euro elections last night, with a majority of 1 I will be Libyan Gypo's

shall · Post by **shall** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 8:00 am

A late vote for the Libyan Gypos to keep the biblical quota looking good. Hope I don't play it!!

Si

philqw78 · Post by **philqw78** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 12:50 pm

shall wrote:A late vote for the Libyan Gypos to keep the biblical quota looking good. Hope I don't play it!!

Si

Would be kinder to you than the Romans.

shall · Post by **shall** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 4:10 pm

No I think the Romans would be easier to bust than the Egyptians. Can't catch all the chariots. Hard to kill the Meshwesh. Small Bgs of Romans much easier to deal with.

Si

david53 · Post by **david53** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 8:40 pm

Would like to thank Hammy for Umpiring and the three players I played for good sportsmenship and enjoyable games Robert Medcroft,Oliver Hutt and Will Hardiman. Hope to see you again at another event. A good friendly event with good gamers.

Thanks Robert for a good Friday evening and an enjoyable day and well done on you place your work paid of, still have to arrange a game sometime.

dave

Robert241167 · Post by **Robert241167** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 9:45 pm

I would like to repeat Dave's comments and thank Hammy for a great tournament. I really like the 650 AP 1 day tournaments and look forward to the next one in Manchester.

Thanks to my opponents: David Fairhurst, Phil (Libyan Egyptian) and Steve Clarke for being gracious in both victory and defeat. Also thanks to all the other competitors who took time out to talk to me.

Thanks Dave for your enjoyable company. It was great to place 6th after my debacle at Ascot. Long may I reign in the top half of competitions.

See you all again soon.

Rob

timurilenk · Post by **timurilenk** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 6:07 am

I can only echo the sentiments above.

This was my first competition with FOG being a veteran of five games with friends beforehand and it was a delight from several points of view - friendly and fun, the format of the competition was great with three rounds in a day, the rules seemed to play really well in a competition environment without too much need for the umpire ...

I had three excellent games using my Ottoman Turks against Roger Draper's Indians, Martin Hayes and his Early Persians and finally Bob Medcraft with his Lithuanians. All the games were fabulous fun and I learned a lot - thank you to my opponents for helping me out from time-to-time with the rules. The game I had with Martin was my favourite to-date with lots of fighting and the result swinging one way and then the other.

Thanks to Hammy for organising everything - like clockwork with minimum fuss - excellent!

Ian

TWRNZ · Post by **TWRNZ** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 7:08 am

I do hope there will be a brief summary of the event.

I for one am very interested in the 650 point, 5'x3', 2.5 hour format. So much so that while having a cuppa this afternoon I dug out Nik's Slingshot article on the same event in 2008.

david53 · Post by **david53** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 7:24 am

TWRNZ wrote:I do hope there will be a brief summary of the event.

I for one am very interested in the 650 point, 5'x3', 2.5 hour format. So much so that while having a cuppa this afternoon I dug out Nik's Slingshot article on the same event in 2008.

This is just my personal views.

The size of the table ie 5' by 3' is what allows most if not all games to be completed within the time span. On Saturday those games that went to the wire was played by people who may have been very new to FOG or who were showing newish people the opperation of the rules. I mean no disrespect to those just for those with the rules experience you can get in close quick and theres a solution soonish.
I think the three foot tables work for armies heavy in Infantry and maybe the few Shooty Cavalry armies taken may agree with me, I'm not saying this is a bad thing just an obeservation.
Also for those newish to FOG 650 points allows for less units and maybe a less steep learning curve in tactices.
I am sure Hammy can put together a better run down of the 650 points show, but the fact of getting to play three games with a large percentage finishing in time is a plus.
I personnaly would hope someone would maybe have a weekend event with 650 points to see if that would work over a longer time scale.
Just a few thoughts I hope others would add more and this style could move forward.
dave

will05 · Post by **will05** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 2:15 pm

Thanks all, I had a good day playing my first real people.
Particularly like to thank Hammy, the players I played-Lynda, Peter & Dave for good and helpful games, and Robert for that lift back.

Thanks
Will

david53 · Post by **david53** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 3:58 pm

will05 wrote:Thanks all, I had a good day playing my first real people.
Particularly like to thank Hammy, the players I played-Lynda, Peter & Dave for good and helpful games, and Robert for that lift back.

Thanks
Will

Its now official I'm a real person at last recognation at last...........

david53 · Post by **david53** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 5:57 pm

Hi There
Just unpacked and found rules missing did anyone pick up a copy of rules my names in the front page and theres tabs down the pages....
Dave

viking123 · Post by **viking123** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 6:10 pm

Just want to add my thanks to Hammy for organising a wonderful day of FOG and my three opponents for great games.

Bob (Robert)

Robert241167 · Post by **Robert241167** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 6:16 pm

Hi Dave

Hammy picked up your rules for you.

Seems like I wasn't the only one losing my books !!

Rob

david53 · Post by **david53** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 7:26 pm

Robert241167 wrote:Hi Dave

Hammy picked up your rules for you.

Seems like I wasn't the only one losing my books !!

Rob

Thanks for that Rob I'll thank Hammy when i see him must have been more tired than i thought.
Dave

UK Games Expo - Birmingham - Runners and Riders

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