"Gauntlet 2010 Gaming Show 3rd-4th July near Chester (UK)" Topic

The Deeside Defenders are proud to announce our Annual Gauntlet Gaming show will be held on Saturday and Sunday the 3rd and 4th of July 2010, at The Wings Social, Club, Airbus Factory, Broughton near Chester.

Tournaments Planned:
WRG 6th Edition
Flames of War (FOW)
Warhammer Fantasy Battles (WHFB)
Warhammer Ancient Battles (WHAB)

Unlike the numerous trade events held in the UK, gauntlet is primarily a gaming event, with tournaments, participation games, free gaming tables to turn up and play upon.

A free bring and buy and a few traders to tempt your wallets from their pockets too.
It is designed to be a fun weekend for relaxed gaming with friends and new acquaintances.

It is held in the former Avro Lancaster engine production line, and Airbus Canteen Hall, situated upstairs above the fully licensed bar in the social club.

For the latest info on the tournaments and event details please visit the club website at; link

Photos and info on last years and previous Gauntlet events can be found here if you have not been before to give you a flavour;
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For a full range of photos from 2009 please have a look at our clubs Facebook gallery page here; link

Directions to the show and free car parking can be found here;
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The venue is only 30 minutes from the M6/M56 Junction. 55 minutes from Crewe J16 M6. And 50 minutes from Manchester.

I will try and periodically update this thread as I add new information to the event page on the club website.

Hope to see you there in July!

Update: 02 Jan 2010 – I have updated the events webpage with the latest info including the info on the game the SOTCW are running this year.

Richard Barber of SOTCW
"Once again this year a few of us from the SOTCW are putting on a participation game at the Gauntlet show in Broughton, Flintshire.

This time I have bitten the bullet and will run a Rif War game based on the Seige of Tifaruin Ausgust 1923 in 20mm using figures and stuff from my collection.

Gauntlet 2010 will be over the weekend on 3rd/4th July.

I`ll post more info and notes as the months go by."

Update: 11th Jan 2010 – Have updated the traders attending list, to include the Wargames Supply Dump. They have been to Gauntlet before many times and carry a great range of interesting and novel figures. As well as other bits and pieces. Will be good to see Roger and co, back again.

In addition I have also added a link to the SOTCW blog page for their Riff War Game, for anyone interested in following how the preperation and planning for their game.

Update: 1st Feb 2010 – Will be updating the website with new details this week. Still open trader places for any traders who might be interested.

Will be checking on the status of the competition entry numbers to date too this week. So keep an eye on the site if your undecided.

We of course, hope you will come along and have some fun.

Hi

Can you confirm the email address for requesting space for putting on a participation game. I have sent two e mails in the past month but they may not be getting through to the correct person or not getting through the spam filter
thank you

Hi Rob,
Your email, did not get forwarded for some reason to Len who is organising the event this year. I sent you a reply with Len's details init. Should have an email from (J Woolley), might be an idea to check your spam filter.

In the meantime. You can get Len on 07761753313. I am sure you will be most welcome to put on a demo game.

Cheers

John
PS if you cannot get him on that, let me know.

Rob, glad you got hold of len last night. If you can email me some details of the demo game you plan to run, will add them to the website if you wish. Cheers. John

<just adding the latest details below to the event page, curtesy of the SFSFw>

Club SFSFW
Title Sherlock Holmes and the Flying Steam ship
Scale 28mm
Table size 6x6
Sherlock Holmes and the Flying steam ship is a Victorian Science Fiction game set in the last years of the 19th centuryWhat if the Martians had invaded or the Victorians had invented Flying Steamships or Sherlock Holmes, Dr Watson and the League of Extraordinary Gentleman actually existed. In this game a hostile Continental power has sent a force of elite troops backed by fiendish machines to wipe out the Torchwood Institute thus putting Queen Victoria, GREAT Britain and the Empire at risk.

The game is Participation game with the umpire controlling the forces of evil and the players taking the role of one of the various extraordinary gentlemen and ladies who are fighting off the enemy. Please come and have a go

"Target … them clockwork soldiers … ten rounds independent … FIRE". On the CSM order, the marines opened fire but to no effect. The bullets bounced off the metal casing of the clockwork soldiers that kept approaching their position. Suddenly, Quartermain's elephant gun boomed and one of the clockwork soldiers staggered and fell in clouds of scalding steam. However, the others kept coming and as one, sent a volley of electricity and flame at the marines. The wall protected them from the worst effects but two marines were writhing and screaming on the floor. Dr Watson immediately dashed to the nearest and began to tend him.
Holmes yelled at the CSM, "Not the mechanical soldiers … the man with the box by the castle, he's controlling them" The CSM was the units best marksmen. One round felled the controller and two more shattered the box. Holmes leapt the wall and jabbed his stick between the legs of the nearest mechanical man that toppled to the ground and lay there face down with its legs still moving. "FIRST SECTION … the gentleman has shown you what to do… CHARGE!"
Whilst the first section dealt with the mechanical men Holmes rejoined Watson. He was gently closing the eyes of one of the fallen marines. The other also lay still and silent. A shake of the head to the CSM confirmed that the two marines were beyond help. There was a grim expression on Watsons face that was new to Holmes and his friend had taken one of the dead marines rifles. "Excuse me Holmes old chap. Could you go through these poor fellows pouches and bring me their ammunition clips. I have some unfinished business here with the cowardly swine who created these inhuman weapons" .

I have updated the event webpage with the latest info;
Alkemy Skirmish Participation and Demo Game and
Winter Hill Games who will be putting on the above as well as trading.

See here; link

I will be updating the website this weekend.
I believe the tournament places are already going nicely for some talking to a few people at Triples.

Hope I can pop by (family permitting!). I'm in N Wales on holiday then, so lets see what the wife and kids will let me get away with!

It is always a pleasure to see new people at the show. Hope you can make it.

The rules for the Warhammer Fantasy Battles Tournament have now been listed on the website. Just click on the link on the Gauntlet 2010 webpage to down load a ritch text file.

Also please note;

The WHFB entry deadline is the 30th of May 2010. It is not long, now, so please get your army lists in asap if you wish to take part.

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Just over two weeks left for those wishing to book for the Warhammer Fantasy Battles Tournament, be aware.

I am up for the WAB event, I also suggest posting details on the WAB forum which is a popular WAB site.

Is this the one you mean?; link

Yes thats the one. My suggestions are in for the WAB event, so its just a question of making a decision and people can start entering. The first WAB2 tourny in the UK?

I have pointed Colin, the WAB organiser, toward your queries on the forum. Hopefully he will answer them shortly, if not, prior to me posting this..lol

Hmm, I may have to pop along that weekend if only to represent the "other " gaming club in chester!

Mike your most welcome. Infact, please prod some of the RGMB members if you could and remind them we have both FOW, WAB and WHFB tournaments running this year. Last year we had an entrepid party all the way over from Bangor for the WHFB.

UPDATE:
The WHFB tournament is now Saturday and latest rules pdf can be downloaded from the website.

The WAB tournament is now Sunday and the latest rules pdf for that can now be downloaded off the website.

The Booking deadline for all competitions is now the 20 June. Which is only 17 days away.
So if you wish to be certain of a place, then please book and get your army lists in asap.

I have update the event website: link

No problem, think we had something about it on our website IIRC.

Ive got a bunch of WAB armies that are still untried due to lack of an opponent (rgmb seems to be split almost entirely between FOW, 40k and warmachine) but Ill mention it to the other FOW players too. If ancients is played much by the defnders I might have to get over one club night too.

Edit: wrong period for my WAB..but I might have a look at the FOW.

Only 12 days till booking deadline for the tournaments, be warned.
So get them in early, to avoid possible dissapointment please.

Only 4 days till booking deadline for tournaments.

Entry for tournament is now at the organisers discretion, so please contact them early if you missed the deadline.

Not long to go now! :)

Update, due to unforseen circumstances, the space hulk participation game I was due to run, has had to be changed to a game of 28mm WW2 using Rules of Engagement by Great Escape games.

I will try and get the details up for the game shortly and any other updates on the website. In the meantime, table etc are apparently ordered now and preperations in full swing.

Looking foward to seeing people there.

Only a week to go :-)

All my figures and kit is packed and the hand-outs and event-cards are being printed as I type this…….

Really looking forward to another great weekend.

I strongly urge anyone from the Midlands area or North Wales who are not venturing down to Dorset for Bovington to pop over and give the lads your support.

SOTCW members (and anyone else) are welcome to take the plunge into the wonderful world of the Rif War at out participation game.

Thanks Richard. Looking forward to seeing the Societies game.
Will has been scrounging the club members supplies of polystyrene in preperation.

I think the World Cup and proximity of other tournament date wise, has meant Colin has had to cancel the WHAB and WHFB tournaments alas.

Otherwise everything is full steam ahead. I have just updated the event webpage; link

Photos I took at Gauntlet 2010 have just been uploaded to our clubs facebook page.

link

The date for Gauntlet 2011 has been set for the 2nd and 3rd of July 2011. Hope to see you there.

Thanks Goose666,
The Colonial game and the Bocage battle both were really good looking.
Thanks mate!
Clif

Thanks Clif,
I ran the WW2 bocage game.. I will be putting a full write up over on the great escapes website forum, and on here once i get it done.

The SOTCW games was very nice and have to say, was very interesting. A full write up of that can be found here; link