Pendraken 30th Birthday Bash!

[Orcs]

I would love to come, but its a 8 hour return journey. Looked at trains, but at £168 return it looked a tad pricey

[rupert]

Sounds very exciting  - Do I/we need to book in advance?

[Leon]

Sounds very exciting  - Do I/we need to book in advance?

No booking needed, just come along the day and enjoy!

[Norm]

Congratulations - wow, 30 years, I am instantly transported back to the early days of all of that at the Phalanx Wargame show. Dave had just bought in a 1066 line-up and there was a young Pete Berry from Baccus showing off a new motte and bailey type mound. Happy days!

[toxicpixie]

I would love to come, but its a 8 hour return journey. Looked at trains, but at £168 return it looked a tad pricey

Fly - it's probably quicker and cheaper. And local flights aren't likely to be as devastated as cross border ones atm...

[Leon]

Fly - it's probably quicker and cheaper. And local flights aren't likely to be as devastated as cross border ones atm...

There is an airport about 20 minutes away!  I'll happily come and collect anyone who wants to fly in!

[Orcs]

Fly - it's probably quicker and cheaper. And local flights aren't likely to be as devastated as cross border ones atm...

Good idea, but sadly not Flights are similar cost to train

[toxicpixie]

Good idea, but sadly not Flights are similar cost to train

Crikey! I'd hope that's because train travel has become cheaper, but sadly not :/

[Ithoriel]

I checked flights to Middleborough when the 30th Birthday Bash was announced. Round trip flights from Edinburgh were over £500. I could get a cheap weeks holiday on the continent for that. To be fair the cheapest option (set off at 06:00 arrive 17:55) involved a stopover in Holland! 

[pierre the shy]

I checked flights to Middleborough when the 30th Birthday Bash was announced. Round trip flights from Edinburgh were over £500. I could get a cheap weeks holiday on the continent for that. To be fair the cheapest option (set off at 06:00 arrive 17:55) involved a stopover in Holland! 

£500 to fly from Edinburgh to Newcastle/Middlesbourgh? That's insane, but the way airlines tend to price things sometimes seems to defy logic. Here in NZ it's sometimes cheaper to fly to Australia (a 3 hour flight across the Tasman) than it is to fly across Cook Strait from Wellington to Nelson (about 25 - 30 minutes) unless you book well in advance.

 

[toxicpixie]

I checked flights to Middleborough when the 30th Birthday Bash was announced. Round trip flights from Edinburgh were over £500. I could get a cheap weeks holiday on the continent for that. To be fair the cheapest option (set off at 06:00 arrive 17:55) involved a stopover in Holland! 

Insane... it only cost me £90 each way from B'ham to the Burgh!

That £180 now seems to be £250ish... unless I go top end for a grand plus :/

Booking ahead seems a little better but sheesh.

Train fare... same price or more, although theres a flashing ONLY LIMITED TICKETS LEFT that's £140...

[Antioch]

Wow, also shocked at those prices...500£ used to be able to get you from Vancouver to Montreal in first class. (Some 4550 km) currently $380-390 cdn (about 247£)

For "local" travel it might almost be cheaper to hop on a horse.

[Leon]

We've had most of the games confirmed now so we'll have a great mix on offer:

- Attack on Wimentun Village (Baron Wars 1215-17) in 28mm by the Prince Bishops Wargames Club
- Race to the Channel (France 1940) in 10mm by the Border Reivers/Under the Bed Painting Service
- Battle of Teplitz (Seven Years War) in 10mm by the Old Guard Wargames Club
- Gunfight at Pendraken Gulch! (Wild West) in 28mm by the Brompton Bankers
- Somewhere on the Aragon Front (Spanish Civil War) in 10mm by the Border Reivers / Northumbrian Painting Services
- Eastern Front (WWII) in 15mm by Neil McGurk
- Stargrave (Sci-Fi) in 28mm by Redcar Ironbeards

[tony of TTT]

Family have finally made up their minds about what and when they are doing so we are now able to come to the 'bash'.

Are there any plans for a meal/get together on the Saturday evening yet ? If so we would take two places.

Tony of TTT

[Leon]

Family have finally made up their minds about what and when they are doing so we are now able to come to the 'bash'.

Are there any plans for a meal/get together on the Saturday evening yet ? If so we would take two places.

That's great news, good to hear you'll be joining us!

We've not had anyone else mention staying over though, so I'm not sure if we'll have the numbers for it currently.

[Leon]

For anyone wanting to collect an order on the day, you can now place your pre-orders through the website by using the code BIRTHDAYBASH to knock 10% off your orders!

[Leon]

For anyone that can't make it to our 30th Birthday Bash, we've set up a Pendraken Discord server which can be found here: https://discord.gg/WTYqzCXU  We'll have game updates, photos and a live stream throughout the day, so head along and join in the fun!

[Antioch]

Leon,

Thanks for allowing those of us not in the neighborhood to keep track of the festivities.

Bob

[pbeccas]

Great stuff.  Discord is a great site for miniature gamers.

[sultanbev]

Great stuff.  Discord is a great site for miniature gamers.

I've no idea about Discord, how it works or whether it's any good or not - although I just signed up.