Earlier this year we announced the rescheduling of both Roll Call (from April to October) and the BHGS Teams @ the London GT (to September).
Unfortunately the continued restrictions around mass gatherings in place across the UK now mean that it is not going to be possible to stage either of these events in 2020, and so both will return in 2021.
In the case of the BHGS Teams, current prohibitions against staging meetings and events have recently been confirmed as remaining in place until at least October 1st across the UK, and so the organisers of the LGT have been forced to announced the cancellation of the 2020 edition. All players who have booked for this event will be offered a refund by the LGT organisers, or the opportunity to roll forward their monies to 2021 when the event will again take place (this time over the May Day bank holiday weekend). We're all keen to see the BHGS continue to support this event, which puts historical gaming in the same (large) room as many other non-histporical formats and systems and will be working with the LGT organisers to discussing options for events in 2021.
For Roll Call, redrawing the venue table layout in a way which would allow us to comply with the newly-published social distancing guidelines for staging events would have meant a dramatic reduction in capacity. This would have put the financial viability of the event in question, and would mean that at-best perhaps only 6-8 places could be offered in each of the events we traditionally stage. The BHGS team would also be subject to legal requirements to implement a significant number of other restrictive measures, many of which would present serious challenges for players, the BHGS Roll Call team and not least for the school itself. As such, we have decided that the best approach is to skip 2020 entirely and start to plan for a return of Roll Call at some point in 2021, as part of a wider review of our existing calendar of events.
Unfortunately the continued restrictions around mass gatherings in place across the UK now mean that it is not going to be possible to stage either of these events in 2020, and so both will return in 2021.
In the case of the BHGS Teams, current prohibitions against staging meetings and events have recently been confirmed as remaining in place until at least October 1st across the UK, and so the organisers of the LGT have been forced to announced the cancellation of the 2020 edition. All players who have booked for this event will be offered a refund by the LGT organisers, or the opportunity to roll forward their monies to 2021 when the event will again take place (this time over the May Day bank holiday weekend). We're all keen to see the BHGS continue to support this event, which puts historical gaming in the same (large) room as many other non-histporical formats and systems and will be working with the LGT organisers to discussing options for events in 2021.
For Roll Call, redrawing the venue table layout in a way which would allow us to comply with the newly-published social distancing guidelines for staging events would have meant a dramatic reduction in capacity. This would have put the financial viability of the event in question, and would mean that at-best perhaps only 6-8 places could be offered in each of the events we traditionally stage. The BHGS team would also be subject to legal requirements to implement a significant number of other restrictive measures, many of which would present serious challenges for players, the BHGS Roll Call team and not least for the school itself. As such, we have decided that the best approach is to skip 2020 entirely and start to plan for a return of Roll Call at some point in 2021, as part of a wider review of our existing calendar of events.
The UK-wide adoption of "social distancing" in response to the Coronavirus outbreak has already led to many wargames events being postponed, including some of those hosted (or co-hosted) by the BHGS.
With all of the entries for Roll Call now refunded and with both the LGT and UKGE events resheduled we've been looking at how best to balance our desire to help you all get out and get gaming again as soon as possible against the challenges all of us currently face in terms of making any sort of forward committments while the current - and potentially lengthy - period of 'social distancing' is in effect across the UK.
It's a complex problem, but where we've ended up is with the following (hopefully) clear and simple plan;
The BHGS committment to you is to:
What does this mean for each individual event ?
BHGS Teams @ LGT
The full announcement from the LGT has been posted on the LGT Facebook page.
With all of the entries for Roll Call now refunded and with both the LGT and UKGE events resheduled we've been looking at how best to balance our desire to help you all get out and get gaming again as soon as possible against the challenges all of us currently face in terms of making any sort of forward committments while the current - and potentially lengthy - period of 'social distancing' is in effect across the UK.
It's a complex problem, but where we've ended up is with the following (hopefully) clear and simple plan;
The BHGS committment to you is to:
- offer as many gaming opportunities this year as we possibly can,
- hold open the posibility of running the events we organise for as long as is sensible…
- … but also commit to cancel them as early as possible should it become obvious at any stage that any of them are not going to be viable,
- continue to offer 100% refunds on any events we operate and then cancel,
- continue to offer 100% refunds on cancellations for any individual wishing to drop out for personal reasons, at any time prior to the event taking place.
What does this mean for each individual event ?
BHGS Teams @ LGT
- The LGT has been recheduled to September 26th-27th
- All existing bookings for the LGT have been rolled over to the new dates
- Anyone who has bought a ticket for events at the LGT should already have been sent an email by the LGT organising team detailing how these changes impact them and what to do if they can't make the new date.
- The BHGS will continue to support all of the historical rulesets on offer at the LGT currently under our banner (currently FoGAM, ADLG, MeG, DBMM and DBM)
- The BHGS doesn't have any input into the commercial side of the LGT event, so any decisions regarding the staging of this event remain the responsibility of the main organiser.
The full announcement from the LGT has been posted on the LGT Facebook page.
BHGS to again partner with London Grand Tournament in 2020
Lee Valley Indoor Athletics Centre, London N9 0AR
27th & 28th June
We're delighted to be able to announce that the BHGS will again be partnering with the organisers of the huge sci-fi and fantasy-themed gaming convention the London GT in 2020 to host a series of team and individual events under the BHGS banner at the 2020 LGT.
This year's event is moving to late June as a one-off due to construction work at the venue. It is expected to return to the autumn in 2021.
This year's event is moving to late June as a one-off due to construction work at the venue. It is expected to return to the autumn in 2021.
The London Grand Tournament, LGT Presents or simply The LGT is a tabletop wargaming convention that is centred around organised play. Originally conceived in a pub late one cold winter night, the LGT has grown from a Warhammer 40k GT to a multi-system wargamming convention, including additional events across all aspects of the wargamming hobby, including Grand Tournaments and Narrative Campaigns.
The BHGS are now 'piggy-backing' on the London GT to take advantage of this great venue and will be hosting a number of different competitions running over the weekend (see links below for Tournament Entry details), adding a southern 'London' leg to our current roster of competitions across the country including Manchester, Birmingham and Milton Keynes.
Events planned include:
All of the events are only bookable via the London GT website - which also has copies of the tournament packs as well.
You can get in touch with the BHGS team via the BHGS website or by email to info@bhgs.org.uk .
The BHGS are now 'piggy-backing' on the London GT to take advantage of this great venue and will be hosting a number of different competitions running over the weekend (see links below for Tournament Entry details), adding a southern 'London' leg to our current roster of competitions across the country including Manchester, Birmingham and Milton Keynes.
Events planned include:
- FoG A/M (team of 3)
- L'Art de La Guerre (team of 3)
- DBM (Singles)
- Saga (TBC)
- Mortem et Gloriam (Singles : The Skull Rollers Jamboree and MeG World Championship)
- DBMM (team of 3)
- To The Strongest! (singles, Sunday only)
All of the events are only bookable via the London GT website - which also has copies of the tournament packs as well.
You can get in touch with the BHGS team via the BHGS website or by email to info@bhgs.org.uk .
The London GT will also feature Warhammer 40k, Warmaster, Star Wars Legion, Blood Bowl, Middle Earth SBG, Age of Sigmar, Horus Heresy and many more.