Slitherine

We are staying in the Travelodge at Pride Park.

Travelodge are always doing deals.

Bob

Looking for a team to join anyone still thinking of entering.

Dave

Dave,

No sure whether Ben is still looking for a team.

Bob

We now have 10 teams:

MKWS
2 Burton Teams
2 SELWG teams
Ilford
Central London TMaB
Les Trois Mousquetaires
Oxford
The 3 Individuals who still don't have an amusing or interesting name

Anyone else considering entry please note that the deadline for entries is 1st September, and these need to be sent (with payment) to:

Derby Wargames Associates
53 Breedon Avenue
Littleover
Derby
DE23 1LR
Email: competition@worldwargames.co.uk

The entry form is available from http://www.worldwargames.co.uk/

For those who have entered please note that the deadline for Army Lists is Friday 13th September.

The Hotel Savoy will be back following a successful season at Britcon.

The hotel has gone thru a substantial refurbishment and will be open for a new season.

With less than a week until the deadline, I have lists for 9 out of the 30 players. That's not too bad really! I'm away from home next weekend so I'm happy for lists to arrive by Monday 16th. If I've got them all by then I'll try to get the R& published on the 17th or 18th.

How are we going

list in

can't wait after a weekend (next) of playing with foot can't wait to get back to all horses again

cheers

Alasdair

My list in too.

I see FOGAM have got their Runners and Riders up already.

After this weekend getting my arse whipped as Henry VIII, I'm looking forward to using a more sensible army!!

Don

Don, I see you can get whipped when fielding armies both North and South of the border. You cannot blame the Flodden Scots all the time.
John

I'm just awaiting some outstanding responses on lists, I hope to get the R&R out tomorrow.

OK, there's still a couple of outstanding queries, but nothing that affects the substance of the R&R. Here are the Teams:



Here are the players and armies in each pool, in team order:



Pools 1 and 2 have a number of repeated armies, but everyone has put their own unique spin on each. Pool 3 is full of stuff I've never seen used before. It's also great to see a few new names. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone the wekend after next.

The round 1 draw I will be random, but I will keep the two Burton and SELWG teams apart for the first 2 rounds at least and longer if possible.

Anyone concerned about the usage of "Scotch" referring to anything other whan Whisky or Eggs should refer their queries to Mr Allen.

looks like I win the prize for tallest hat in pool 2 Its Baron Munchausen all over again

i thought Lynnettes choice was savvy wildcard thinking that everyone would bring Qing ... obviously not

Simon, I was going to pick Qing but then realised most of the troops I wanted to use were not available on the dates available for the competition.
John

I can only the assume the misuse of the term Scotch is due to the owner of the army being totally pickled on the stuff although with the English being notoriously mean this cannot possibly have been bought by himself.
We Scots do not mind being mislabeled providing we can use our own term of endearment for our Southern neighbours. That term being of course B*St*rd English.
364 days to go.
John

So regarding the cunning plans in Group 3, will the Safvid Persians wielding the latest technology, muskets, or the Khmer bringing nasty elephants to an honest cavalry fight be the most effective, we'll wait and see. I have spent ages building a Tatar army, finding the right figures that look disreputable enough and its just finished so can't wait to get on table for first outing. I should collect the figures at the Southampton competition on Sunday, which could make the Southampton competition even more painful as I sit their with all my irish foot whilst in reach are hordes of mounted

cheers

Alasdair

Crickey Dave - you havent arf upset Johnny Khmer there. Just as well you pair aint in the same group! As it is you'll have to get Martin to bloody 'is nose for 'im. Alisdair - why not get your Irish to fight cuddy back. Good luck all you fellahs!

spotteddog wrote:Crickey Dave - you havent arf upset Johnny Khmer there.

Hehe

In my defence Scotch was the common usage of lowlanders at the time.

spotteddog wrote:Good luck all you fellahs!

Fellah = short for fellahin, the peasantry of Arab countries.

That'll be Simon, Richard, Martin and Paul then.

Dave

Johnny Khmer is not annoyed at all but just enjoys a bit of good repartee before a tournament. If you look at the exchanges before Britcon between my club mate Hunter and myself you will get the idea.
My more pressing concern is having seen the army choices of my opponents I am beginning to think Khmer was not a very good choice. If only I could ship in a few more units of elephants.
John

Why not put that new billion pound nuclear sub to good use and ship a herd of the pachyderms into the frame John. Once the battles are over we can butcher 'em for the food banks springing up in our High Streets! Imagine calling Simon, Richard, martin and paul "peasants" ..... thats far too good for 'em!

Looks like the auld alliance has become an anti-imperialist front.

Right on Comrade Denis!

Dave