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FoG Ancients/Medieval Periods

Period 1 15mm Chariots to Shield Walls 3000 BC to 1040 AD - 800 points; lists from any book (subject to date restriction)
Period 2 15mm Lance & Bow 1041 AD to 1500 AD - 800 points; lists from any book (subject to date restriction)
Period 3 25mm Total Warfare - 650 points; lists from any Book
Period 4 15mm The Exotics - 800 points; any list from "Blood and Gold" and "Empires of the Dragon" (plus Vietnamese from "Lost Scrolls"), no date restrictions.

Notes

1. In Periods 1 and 2 allies must also conform to the relevant date restrictions.

2. Please note that subject to the relevant date restrictions armies from "Blood and Gold" and "Empires of the Dragon" can also be used in Periods 1 and 2. Therefore please make it clear to the list checker which Period you are entering!"

3. In Period 4 allies from outside "Empires of the Dragon" book can be used but the additional armies on page 157 under Themed Tournaments cannot.


More info at http://www.bhgs.co.uk/Nationals/IntroPage.htm

3. In Period 3 allies from outside "Empires of the Dragon" book can be used but the additional armies on page 157 under Themed Tournaments cannot.

I think you mean period 4

Yup - edited

What a dilemma! Do I take my (hopefully by then completely finished) 28mm Arabs into period 3 or my wild men from the North American woods into period 4?

Caliph wrote:or my wild men.........

Did'nt know there was an english army in that book

What is the game schedule for Britcon? I.e. when are the rounds? I couldn't find it on the BHGS site. I'm trying to plan a family vacation around this, so I'm trying to figure when the gaming starts and stops.

Thx in advance.

Start about 7pm friday til midnight, game 1
re-start sat morning for 3 games going to about 10pm then pub quiz
sun morning early, 2 games and prizes, til about 6pm

This is from what I remember. But then I normally start drinking on wednesday and am hopefully sober by 6 on sunday.

Friday is a rolling start, anytime from 6:30 till 9:00. Games must be finished by midnight.
Saturday is a very early 8:15 or so start and games wind up at about 8:00 pm
The pub quiz starts at 10:00pm
Sunday starts a little later that Saturday and tings wind up at 5 ish

hammy wrote:Friday is a rolling start, anytime from 6:30 till 9:00. Games must be finished by midnight.
Saturday is a very early 8:15 or so start and games wind up at about 8:00 pm
The pub quiz starts at 10:00pm
Sunday starts a little later that Saturday and tings wind up at 5 ish

I don't know how UK players cope with Britcon, 3 game on a Saturday, ouch! You need some Italian organisation:

8.30 register. Any UK players present usually arrive around this time.
9.00 to about 10.00, everyone starts arriving, coffee, chat, relax
10.00-13.30 first game
13.30-15.00ish lunch
15.00-18.30 second game
20.00-24.00 social dinner, which is really what everyone came for anyway

9.00 pretend start time, as it's Sunday
9.30 real start time
etc

peterrjohnston wrote:

hammy wrote:Friday is a rolling start, anytime from 6:30 till 9:00. Games must be finished by midnight.
Saturday is a very early 8:15 or so start and games wind up at about 8:00 pm
The pub quiz starts at 10:00pm
Sunday starts a little later that Saturday and tings wind up at 5 ish

I don't know how UK players cope with Britcon, 3 game on a Saturday, ouch! You need some Italian organisation:

8.30 register. Any UK players present usually arrive around this time.
9.00 to about 10.00, everyone starts arriving, coffee, chat, relax
10.00-13.30 first game
13.30-15.00ish lunch
15.00-18.30 second game
20.00-24.00 social dinner, which is really what everyone came for anyway

9.00 pretend start time, as it's Sunday
9.30 real start time
etc

Social dinner & cofee break with friens .....what else ?

Thanks guys.

One other question. I heard something about games on Thursday. When do they run? Are there also games during the day on Friday?

iversonjm wrote:One other question. I heard something about games on Thursday. When do they run? Are there also games during the day on Friday?

Thursday is an informal thing though there are usually a few people there - just turn up wiht your army and you will be able to pick up a game. Friday the same with more people.

timurilenk wrote:

iversonjm wrote:One other question. I heard something about games on Thursday. When do they run? Are there also games during the day on Friday?

Thursday is an informal thing though there are usually a few people there - just turn up wiht your army and you will be able to pick up a game. Friday the same with more people.

All the tables are set up by Thursday morning. People start to arrive during the day. If you want practice games or to play that Arnehm campiagn you always wanted to but didn't have the 24' long table you needed to do it then this is your opportunity. It is normally best if you want ot play games on Thursday morning to try to arrange them on the forum beforehand. By mid afternoon there are plenty of people to play so it is less important to pre arrange. Friday day is another opportunity for practice but there is normally little need to arrange things up front.

peterrjohnston wrote:I don't know how UK players cope with Britcon, 3 game on a Saturday, ouch! You need some Italian organisation:

8.30 register. Any UK players present usually arrive around this time.

And as well as the psychological ploy of leaving you waiting in the arena, alone, they then stake you out in the baking sun for 2 days so that us Northern Europeans stand no chance. You do get a good tan though.

iversonjm wrote:What is the game schedule for Britcon? I.e. when are the rounds? I couldn't find it on the BHGS site.

http://www.bhgs.co.uk/Nationals/Delegat ... teInfo.htm

hammy wrote:Friday is a rolling start, anytime from 6:30 till 9:00.

6pm Friday start - well at least that is when the first of the rolling matchups start to go up.

peterrjohnston wrote:
I don't know how UK players cope with Britcon, 3 game on a Saturday,

Easy - beer!

nikgaukroger wrote:

peterrjohnston wrote:
I don't know how UK players cope with Britcon, 3 game on a Saturday,

Easy - beer!

There'#s no real need for it nowadays either. We used to have 6 rounds because the DBM competition was so large (it took that number to get a 'proper' winner).

Nik - might it be a good time to suggest some sort of poll at this year's event as to whether Saturday could be reduced to 2 games in future years? Some potential attendees have said they're put off by the long Saturday. Plus it would make the admin and fitting in shopping easier.

Graham

philqw78 wrote:]And as well as the psychological ploy of leaving you waiting in the arena, alone, they then stake you out in the baking sun for 2 days so that us Northern Europeans stand no chance. You do get a good tan though.

So the umpires don't hand out suncream at Britcon then?