Results from a very sunny Cranfield now published for FoW, FoG AM, FoGN, FoGR, DBMM, DBM and Bolt Action 

All now on this website including round by round scores and opponents

WHFB and Epic to follow.... 

Our two Doubles & Pairs events this year will be both held in Abingdon, with the Ancients (DBMM & FoGAM) weekend taking place on 6-7 September and the FoW & FoGR weekend running slightly later on October 25-6th. 

These events are always very popular, and we are a little late with announcing the dates this year as it's been tricky to secure the venue in what is already a very busy part of the year for other competitions. 

Details of both are on the BHGS website, and bookings are now open.

After a staggering response we are now full to the rafters at Roll Call 2014, with almost 250 players registered across all of our list of periods.

With three weeks still to go the online booking system is now operating a waiting list, so you can put your name down for a place if any players drop out in the next couple of weeks (which is always possible..).  

The 25mm periods have been a real success too, with 30 players across DBMM, FoGAM and FoGR - and that's before we mention the 106 WHFB players this year! 

Bookings for Britcon are also going strongly, so make sure you book ahead to secure your place 

We are pleased to report that The BHGS  Challenge 2014 was a resounding success!

The results are now published on our site, but to give you a flavour there were some notable highlights too, with 50% more players than 2013 and a number of landmarks as well, including:

 
9 themes, including Bolt Action, DBM and Epic all new/returned after long absence (and Saga in its second year)


 Loads of entries - 128 players, including umpires, with increased numbers in all periods

Plenty of "buzz" in the main hall


David Fairhurst leading the FOW on Saturday night, despite playing an army picked up from scratch and not having played FOW for nearly 2 years


 Darrell Pearce going one better and winning the DBM overall despite not having played it at all for 2 years


 The help we had setting up the tables on Friday and taking them down/tidying up on Sunday night - would have been impossible for the Challenge team of David and Tim, but there were loads of guys there to help, in particular the members of Oxford and the Trunkies, Ian Mackay, Colin, Gary and Dave Redhead and Bob Medcraft and Ray Briggs


So, all in all a great weekend. 


We look forward to seeing you all again at Roll Call in June !

Cool terrain is a big part of the appeal of Flames of War and Bolt Action, and the BHGS have always been committed to providing high quality and interesting terrain layouts on all of our FoW tables at Britcon (and we are for BA too). 

Unfortunately the Sneaky Gitz Club are no longer playing FoW, so their terrain from a few years ago is no longer available however we recognise that many players will have invested a great deal of time and effort in developing their own terrain and even entire "model-railway-quality" battle-boards and would love the opportunity to share their handiwork with a wider audience. To accommodate this at Britcon 2013 we will be inviting players (and clubs) to provide one or more table's-worth of terrain to be used in the competition. 

If you are entering the Britcon FoW or Bolt Action Tournaments and are able to provide a "table of terrain" we would therefore love to accommodate you - and we are prepared to put our money where our mouths are as well: 

Players who are able to provide a table-full of terrain (or even better, a terrain table!) will be offered a special discounted entry rate in the form of a cash-equivalent voucher to spend with our Traders at the Britcon Trade Show. 

Clubs who have several members entering the competitions can also club together (see what we did there?) and submit a table-full of terrain to qualify for their own Trader Voucher. 

If you are the proud owner of a really, really cool pre-made table that you'd like to bring along and show off, but it's a bit difficult to fit in the back of your sisters Mini Metro please get in touch and we can discuss subsidising your petrol/travel costs as well 

We will also be running a "Best Terrain" competition across the Flames of War and Bolt Action Tournaments, in which all the players at Britcon will get the chance to vote on the Best Table in Show - and the winner will get a hefty prize, as well as the love and gratitude of all their fellow players !

Obviously we can only accept one table for every two players, so not everyone will be able to enter - if we have more entries than we have tables, entries will be accepted at the sole discretion of the BHGS. Please contact us with some pictures of your terrain or terrain board and we can look to pencil you in. 

Full details are on the Bolt Action and FoW Britcon pages

...a late entry for trading is Stafford Games who will be attending on the Sunday only. Roland from Stafford Games is happy to take pre-orders so give him a call if you want something specific!!

Cheers

Nobby

The Flames of War tournament information has now been updated with a list of the scenarios.

Go here to find out more.

Cheers

Nobby