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Magic The Gathering Tournament

August 8, 2017 Mike 0

The Rift are organising two tournaments for us this year – the second is a Magic The Gathering event. As before, tickets are available here, from the sidebar or via the store itself. Entry is £1o, including show admission (and … [more]

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X-Wing Tournament

August 7, 2017 Mike 0

Local gaming store The Rift are hosting another X-Wing tournament for us this year. Entry (including show entrance) is £10, and you can sign up here or via the ticket links on the right (or in store at the Rift, of … [more]

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Hereward III – the search for Harald

March 4, 2017 Mike 0

It’s that time of the year again – the website gets updated, the forms get redone, we send off to Vistaprint for the first batch of flyers… So, if you’re clutching a flyer in your hand from Hammerhead, you’ll be … [more]

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Show Walkthrough

September 23, 2016 Mike 0

A huge thank you to Chris Malme from Posh Games, who some of you may have seen walking through the show during the morning with his Ricoh 360º camera on a stick. So, if you missed the show or would just … [more]

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Harald Found!

September 10, 2016 Mike 0

To our surprise, and slight bemusement, a UPS delivery man knocked on our chairman’s door on Wednesday and delivered a box of 250 of Gripping Beast‘s finest Harald Hardrada figures! Bemusement because they were supposed to be delivered to a … [more]

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Making the show better

September 10, 2016 Mike 0

We have a goal of making each show better than the last. To this end, we’d like your feedback on this year’s show, what you think we did well, what we can improve. If you would like to, please feel free … [more]

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More on Harald

September 6, 2016 Mike 0

The bad news – Gripping Beast have heard from UPS and to quote the latter “we’ve lost it”. It has been diplomatically suggested they find it again PDQ. The good. We’re heard from the man himself! No, seriously,. Our chairman … [more]

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Thank you

September 5, 2016 Mike 0

So that’s another show done. We’d like to say a big thank you to our headline sponsors Gripping Beast; tournament sponsors Gripping Beast (again), The Rift, Shire Post Mint, Banter Behind the Throne and Mantic Games; Wayne and Wargames Illustrated; Karen, Alison, David and Grant at the … [more]

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Harald Hardrada free figure

September 5, 2016 Mike 0

As you will be aware if you made it to the show, Harald… didn’t. The box(es) of miniatures made it onto a UPS truck in Northampton and Friday, and there the story ends. As soon as UPS can figure out what … [more]

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Found: HTC mobile

September 4, 2016 Mike 0

Handed in to our reception desk at the show around about lunchtime – silver and black slim HTC mobile in black wallet-style case. Currently with our chairman in Peterborough. Please drop us a note at the usual contact address, and … [more]