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GODENDAG 2009



15mm ANCIENT/MEDIEVAL DOUBLES COMPETITIONS

24th & 25th JANUARY 2009
Venue: Glen-yr-Afon Hotel, Usk, Monmouthshire, UK, NP15 1SY

Glen-yr-Afon Hotel

Rules:

There will be two FOG tournaments run concurrently.

1) Rise and Fall of Rome

Any army from “Rise of Rome” or “Legions Triumphant” (including those listed in Appendix 2)

Not to exceed 900 points

2) Byzantium and Islam

Any army from “Decline and Fall” (including those listed in Appendix 2)

Not to exceed 900 points

http://www.byzant.demon.co.uk/Godendag_FoG_Rules.htm

Cost: £45.00 per team of 2. (This includes lunch on both days – see example menu below).

CONTACT: Richard Bodley Scott, 28 Priory Gardens, Usk, Monmouthshire, NP5 1AJ (rbs@byzant.demon.co.uk)

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GODENDAG 2009
VENUE: Glen-yr-Afon Hotel, Pontypool Rd, Usk, Monmouthshire, NP15 1SY

TIME: 8.30 - 9.00 - Registration time on Saturday

Games will be:

Saturday: 9.30 - 1.00 and 2.00 - 5.30

Sunday: 9.00 - 12.30 and 1.30 - 5.00

ENTRANCE: £45.00 per team of 2. This includes Lunch on Saturday and Sunday.

SAMPLE BAR LUNCH MENU

Chicken curry ½ rice ½ chips
Lasagne and chips
Breaded plaice and chips
Filled baguettes: chicken tikka, BLT, ham and cranberry, beef and horseradish, cheese and tomato - all served with chips and coleslaw
Door-step sandwiches: ham and cranberry, ham salad, cheese salad, tuna mayonnaise, chicken, sweet corn and mayonnaise - all served with chips and coleslaw
Jacket potatoes: cheese and onion, baked beans, tuna and sweet corn, chicken curry, prawn mayonnaise - all served with side salad and coleslaw
Hot baps - bacon or sausage, bacon and egg, beef and onion - all serve with chips
Chilli and rice or ½ rice ½ chips
Scampi, chips and peas

CATERING & ACCOMMODATION:
The hotel will provide refreshments at competitive rates. No food or drink purchased elsewhere is to be brought into the hotel. Accommodation is available in the Glen-yr-Afon Hotel. Please make your own bookings with the hotel. If you intend to stay on Friday and Saturday nights, please book as soon as possible. Telephone 01291 672302/673202 (Fax 01291 672597).

LOCAL ATTRACTIONS:

If you are able to make a long weekend of it, there are numerous local historical attractions relevant to our period. These include the Roman Legionary Fortress and Museum at Caerleon and the Roman walled city of Caerwent. Among the many local castles, the best are Chepstow, Raglan, White Castle (at Llantilio Croesenny) and Caerphilly. Caerphilly castle has a permanent exhibition of full size working medieval siege engines including ballista, mangonel, trebuchet and perrier. The Welsh Folk Museum at St. Fagans is worth a visit. The Brecon Beacons National Park and the picturesque Wye Valley are also nearby.

CHEQUES: Payable to R. Bodley Scott

QUERIES: Richard Bodley Scott, 28, Priory Gardens, Usk, Gwent, NP5 1AJ. (rbs@byzant.demon.co.uk)

See also: http://www.byzant.demon.co.uk/godendag.htm

Just noticed 900 points

Byzantium & Islam seems to be calling "The Sons of the Desert" to ride from Aleppo ...

ah well...will be sorry to miss this for the first time in a few years but we only have western medieval armies and Indians!

Martin

WhiteKnight wrote:ah well...will be sorry to miss this for the first time in a few years but we only have western medieval armies and Indians!

Martin

I suspect that loan armies would be possible. I can do two or three from Rise of Rome and will probably be playing in the Byzantium period. I have enough Arabs to field at least two arab armies simultaneously. You would be welcome to borrow one of my armies.

Its nice to know that Nik and Hammy can already predict their army from Decline and Fall even though its not released yet.

If I was scared I'd worry. Neither happens.

philqw78 wrote:Its nice to know that Nik and Hammy can already predict their army from Decline and Fall even though its not released yet.

If I was scared I'd worry. Neither happens.

For me it is more that I played in Rise of Rome last year and am playing another Rise of Rome tournament next weekend so Byzantine should be a nice change. I have plenty of Arab troops and can field pretty much any of the Arabs with a box and a half of figures to spare.

philqw78 wrote:
Its nice to know that Nik and Hammy can already predict their army from Decline and Fall even though its not released yet.

Well I've already played with armies from it

Main reason is that it'd be the first competition chance to use the Sons of the Desert in FoG

/bump

Hi Richard, how are the numbers for this years comp?

list_lurker wrote:Hi Richard, how are the numbers for this years comp?

Hi Simon.

33 Teams for FoG, 12 for DBM so far.

We have some teams who are willing to bring 2 armies and play separately to avoid byes.

So I anticipate

20 armies for Rise and Fall of Rome
14 armies for Byzantium and Islam

Here is a list of runners (I will keep the riders secret):

Rise and Fall of Rome

Later Carthaginian
Later Carthaginian
Later Carthaginian
Later Macedonian
Later Macedonian
Later Seleucid
Later Seleucid
Late Republican Roman
Parthian
Parthian
Parthian
Kushan
Kushan
Principate Roman
Principate Roman
Palmyran
Palymran
Sassanid Persian
Foederate Roman
Pictish

Byzantium and Islam

Sassanid Persian
Maurikian Byzantine
Arab Conquest
Khurasanian
Hamdanid
Hamdanid
Lombard
Nikephorian Byzantine
Nikephorian Byzantine
Nikephorian Byzantine
Nikephorian Byzantine
Nikephorian Byzantine
Ghaznavid
Christian Nubian

A lot of Nikephorian Byzantines, but otherwise a decent spread in both themes.

You edited that just in time !

Well I'll own up to being one of the Hamdanids - predicatble really

Main reason is that it'd be the first competition chance to use the Sons of the Desert in FoG

Laurel and Hardy in FoG??

Which army are they in?

See above - do keep up Phil

They are obviously both un-named FC's in that army then. As I can't see the troop type.

My money's on the Nubians!

Pete

Is this open to spectators?

As it is not far from me I would like to pay a visit if I have time.

Spartacus wrote:Is this open to spectators?

As it is not far from me I would like to pay a visit if I have time.

Please do - you can see directions on the Glan-yr-afon web site:

http://www.glen-yr-afon.co.uk/

Thanks. Hope to see you there, I know the Venue. I do some business with Bunnings of USK.

Why don't you do a full ist of R&R since you've got the lists now Richard?