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Age of Arthur Campaign Day
I am pleased to invite you to a one day WAB 2.0 Campaign day at the Polly Bowls Club in Sutton in Ashfield on Sunday 16th March 2014. The cost of the day is £12.00 and includes a buffet lunch and teas and coffees throughout the day. If you are there on time there will probably also be pastries and croissants for breakfast.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9T8mmZwBRU42fmlPsKYs0vpnvg3oR7hw6sq4feVJA_UoglLV2wlagb6siDtCjY9KO-kBA-himezIuirFazfuMKgxtGcFjYEP9bMpg9h6i_OLvh7p1ROhflW71RHgTlNtNi8uXtTg1Yzs/s320/SDC10101.jpg)
Arriving in the morning you will be split into (hopefully) equal sized factions and over the course of the day you will play three games of Warhammer Ancient Battles. Dependent on the results of the game you will either gain or lose territories and gold. The winners of the campaign will be the team of players who control the most territories, and the team that has amassed the most lucre.
If you are planning on staying over on the Saturday night, please let me know and we can arrange to go out for a curry.
Your Army
Players will pick a 1600 point list from the earlier lists (pre-600 CE) in the Age of Arthur supplement along with a 250 point set of reinforcements that you may or may not use in some of your games. Chosen troops from one of the following lists:- The Twilight of Britannia
- The Age of Vortigern
- Brittany
- The British Kingdoms
- The Welsh Kingdoms in the West
- The Welsh Kingdoms in the North
- Dumnonia and the Southwest
- The Sea Raiders
- Early Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms
- Early Merovingian Franks
- Early Southern Pictish Kingdoms
- The Picts of the North
- The Attecotti
- Scots-Irish Raiders and Settlers (no chariots!)
- Dalriada
- The Kingdoms of Ireland (no chariots!)
Army List Submission
Please submit your lists by Sunday 2nd March to smith.paul18@sky.com
Games
Starting at 09:30, during the day you will play in a mixture of singles and doubles games with different scenarios. If you would like to forge an alliance with any specific player or group of players for the event, please let me know and I’ll accommodate you. Else, you will be associated with an ally commensurate with your army and situation on the campaign map.Depending on your game result you will lose or gain up to two of your territories and gain or lose gold.
Special Rules for the Campaign Day
- With the release of WAB 2.0, units that are fleeing may not use the leadership of any character in the unit. Having spoken with James Morris, the author of the El Cid and Age of Arthur supplements, this is not intended and the leadership of any character in the unit may be used.
- Light infantry who start the game deployed in skirmish formation may elect not to field a standard bearer, replace the model with a normal trooper.
- As the campaign is set in mainland Britannia and the Irish only used chariots on 'home turf' you are not allowed the Chieftains Chariot upgrade.
Payment Details
Please may a PayPal payment to smith.paul18@sky.com your place will not be confirmed until Payment is received.
Cancellations after Sunday 2nd March 2014 will not be refunded.If you have any special needs please contact me before the event and I will try to make any reasonable adjustments.
Venue
The event will be held at the Polly Bowls Club, Sports Ground, 10 Unwin Road, Sutton in Ashfield, Notts, NG17 4HN.From the South exit junction 28 of the M1 and follow the A38 Mansfield signs. Stay with this dual carriageway through all sets of traffic lights (this is a long stretch, easily five of six miles) until you come to a set of lights with a pub called the King and Miller and a Macdonald’s on your left. Filter left and go past McDonalds, turn left at the next set of lights and you are on Unwin Road, the entrance to the sports grounds are on your left, if you get as far as the Unwin Social Club you have gone too far.
The venue can be quite difficult to find as it is behind some buildings off of Unwin Road, however if you look out for the Rugby Club banner, go down the right hand side of the green-panelled building and drive around the rugby pitch the car park and bowls club building are at the bottom.
Please try to arrive at 09:00 for an 09:30 start.
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This is the entrance you are looking for, drive down the right hand side of that green-panelled building and around the sports pitches |
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Local Accommodation
TRAVELODGE MANSFIELD
Travelodge have an excellent hotel with plenty of rooms within two minutes’ drive or 5 minutes walk of the venue. They've a lot of space and ample parking!Telephone: 0871 984 6140
Website: http://www.travelodge.co.uk
Address: Lakeside Point, Mansfield Road, Sutton in Ashfield,
Nottinghamshire. NG17 4NP
PINE LODGE HOTEL
A lovely hotel is the Pine Lodge, situated on the A60 Nottingham Road. It has twenty bedrooms and various prices. Telephone: (01623) 622 308Address: 281-283 Nottingham Road, Mansfield. NG18 4SE
Website: http://www.pinelodge-hotel.co.uk
PORTLAND HALL HOTEL
A lovely Georgian mansion of a hotel set in fifteen acres of parkland, the Portland Hall is relatively difficult to find but worth it if you're not bothered how much you spend. It's about fifteen minutes from the venue by car.Telephone: (0871) 716 1883
Address: Carr Bank Park, Windmill Lane, Mansfield. NG18 2AL
PARKHURST GUEST HOUSE
The Parkhurst Guest House, situated fifteen minutes from the venue by car, is really a bed-and-breakfast so it should suit those on a tight budget.Telephone: 01623 627 324
Address: 28 Woodhouse Road, Mansfield. NG18 2AF
MANSFIELD GUEST HOUSE
Next door to the Parkhurst is the Mansfield Guest House, and again if you prefer bed and breakfasts to hotels you can find none better in Mansfield.Telephone: 01623 629 352
Address: 27 Woodhouse Road, Mansfield. NG18 2AF
Confirmed Entrants:
- Peter Howarth
- Alex Barnes
- Bryan Bowdell
- Craig Green
- Jim Sweeny
- Tom Greenwood
- Pete Johnson
- John Carter
- Steve Marshall
- Keith Tait
- Neil Dee
- Philip Morgan
- Peter Plinston
- Stephen Haran
- Paul Scrivens-Smith
- Simon Pope
- Tom Webster-Deakin
- James Morris
Unconfirmed Entrants:
Reserves
- Paul Doyle
Paul:
ReplyDeleteThis looks like a very well-organized event, I'm sure it'll be a great day for WAB. Best, Dean
Would love to be there but a bit far to go. Looks like you are the man to go to for organising tournaments. Enjoyed your last tournament write up and looking forward to this one too.
ReplyDeleteThanks chaps.
ReplyDeleteTen places have gone already
I'll update the list when I return from my travels.