Anyone been? Turns out I am likely to be visiting the area next February, is the convention worth a visit?
Quote from: Sandinista on 30 October 2013, 07:49:17 PM
Anyone been? Turns out I am likely to be visiting the area next February, is the convention worth a visit?
Given that you're there...why wouldn't you...git :P :) ;)
I am in UK sadly, will be visiting friends and family
Quote from: Sandinista on 30 October 2013, 10:07:10 PM
I am in UK sadly, will be visiting friends and family
My bad :-[
But even so...whilst you're over there, why not give it a go :-bd
Now THAT is something my wife would s punish. Wargaming on holidays. Admit it, you planned that trip coincidentially when the show is :D
worse, i searched for clubs in the areas we are heading to as well
Quote from: Sandinista on 31 October 2013, 08:40:53 PM
worse, i searched for clubs in the areas we are heading to as well
;D ;D ;D
Love it ;)
Depends where they're holding it. As a city, Aukland's pretty spread out. It's a fair old bus ride from the centre to the outskirts.
Battlecry is normally held in the upper part of town at the University in the Grafton area by the hospital. In NZ terms its one of the smaller events and usually caters for local crowd with a focus on a small EW FOW event, probably some 40k and WFB and maybe a smattering of other games all up if they get 40-50 people they will think they are doing well.
If your still in NZ at Easter our main Nationals is being held in Christchurch that along with Call to Arms in Wellington in August are our two main events with 150 or so people mostly of whom are competing.
Regards Rex
PS: If your in the deep south travelling in the Mt Cook/Waitaki Valley area drop me a line at rexhurley@paradise.net.nz as I can show you around potentially get you some good rates at our local motor camp (I'm assuming your travelling in a mobile camper) show you some sights and share some home cooked meals etc for a break from travel fare. Can also arrange some hunting, and trout/salmon fishing too dependent on season.
It will probably be very 15mm tank oriented.
Quote from: rexhurley on 04 November 2013, 08:57:53 AM
PS: If your in the deep south...
Anywhere south of the Bombay's is the Deep South :D
Dave the JAFA
My wife is a JAFA so we will be up north visiting in laws and friends
Have they changed the abbreviation do that it now stands for Just another feckin Antipodean?
From Fenton who is also married to one
JAFA - Just Another Fabulous Aucklander according to a friend ... from Auckland
Indeed it is Ithoriel. (Unless you're an NZer not frpm Auckland, in which case it's something slightly ruder....)
Sadly Rex we will not be heading south as the in-laws are up by Mangonui and friends are in Pukekohe and Palmerston North. So I will still not have visited the south island :(
Might be able to get a day on my own to go to the show, would be interesting to get an idea of the NZ gamers, as we may be relocating in 5 years or so.
Quote from: Sandinista on 04 November 2013, 06:44:47 PM
Sadly Rex we will not be heading south as the in-laws are up by Mangonui and friends are in Pukekohe and Palmerston North. So I will still not have visited the south island :(
Therefore you haven't seen New Zealand only tosspot Jaffa idiot's...most who cant speak English anymore.... =) =)........
And there is Jaffaland and the rest of New Zealand :P :P
As for Palmie enjoy the wind and the rain its not full of Jaffa's but is a sad cold wet miserable place :-* :-* but then being from the mother country you might feel right at home ;) ;) :P
Do emigrate if you get the chance mate you wont regret it just dont go to Jaffaland to live though :D :D
Hi, yes the convention is definitely worth a visit if you are coming to Auckland. All the local clubs will have players there and it would be a good way to meet some of the locals. It has over 300 competitors in over 20 different events and it's the 30th anniversary of BattleCry for the 2014 event. It's moved location from the University someone else mentioned about 8 years ago since it now gets so many players and a large number of spectators coming through to look at the event. It easily hit 600 people through the doors each year now. It's held at the ASB Stadium in Kohimarama, Auckland.
The 2014 wargaming line up so far includes Flames of War-Late War, Warhammer Fantasy, Warhammer 40K, Field of Glory-Napoleonics, Field of Glory- Ancients/Medieval, Moderns, Warmachine, Blood Bowl, Malifaux and X-Wing. There are a couple of other events we are in the process of confirming which will go up onto the website once we have event details and player packs confirmed like Kings of War. If you are into board gaming there will be a big area for that too including some of the GMT long time strategy games. They set and start the games on Friday night and try to have them finished by the end of Sunday. :)
Check out the website at www.battlecry.co.nz for more information.
I'm one of the organisers so let me know if there is anything I can help with from this end.
Quote from: Sandinista on 30 October 2013, 07:49:17 PM
Anyone been? Turns out I am likely to be visiting the area next February, is the convention worth a visit?
Quote from: rexhurley on 05 November 2013, 08:38:26 AM
Therefore you haven't seen New Zealand only tosspot Jaffa idiot's...most who cant speak English anymore.... =) =)........
Oi! I can still speak good England :p
Dave the (expat) JAFA
Welcome to the forum Miss M.
Cheers - Phil.
Welcome MissMenolly to the forum.
Are you a gamer? If so, what periods do you favour?
Hi, MissM. Welcome to the forum. It's always nice to get the gen straight from the organisers. :-bd
Thanks for the welcome folks. I'm a bit of a dabbler so don't really have a main period. I've got a team of Amazons for Blood Bowl, a warband of Sisters of Sigmar for Mordheim, a fleet for A Call to Arms when it's Babylon 5 :) I've been building a Warhammer Fantasy army based on snotlings for like forever, and recently got into X-Wing. I'm mostly one of those pesky roleplayers who buys the miniatures for gaming and painting. :D Plus I run BattleCry and help run a bunch of other events locally in Auckland, and know a lot of the groups and clubs. *waves hello*
Quote from: fsn on 24 November 2013, 04:03:33 PM
Welcome MissMenolly to the forum.
Are you a gamer? If so, what periods do you favour?
Hello
What on Earth is a "snotling"? Is is a 13 year old school boy?
I play a lot of small scale military games which border on RPGs. Many a hour of fun can be had with a few gunfighters in the old West (the absolute terror of having to roll to get your Le Mat revolver loaded before the twerp with a Bowie can reach you) Viking raids are another favourite (can Edgar rescue Mabel, his favourite pig from the greedy Norsemen?) and WWII offers a host of opportunities (Keep the RAF technician alive whilst he's dismantling the radar).
I think the chaps on this forum constitute a wide spectrum of taste and ability, who all congregate to kneel at the altar of Pendraken.
Quote from: fsn on 25 November 2013, 05:37:10 PM
What on Earth is a "snotling"? Is is a 13 year old school boy?
A snotling is the bottom end of the GW goblin/ orc continuum ... as any fule kno :)
Oh! Thanks.
I'm sorry, I eschewed fantasy after a particularly deep bout of Tunnels and Trolls in the '80s. I'm not free, but I can control myself, and haven't bought an elf for 29 years. I take it day by day, and as long as I stay away from Peter Jackson films I'm OK. But it's still there y'know, and I have small slips. I watched the Jason Momoa "Conan" film, and I know I've got some of the Conan books stashed away. That was hard. Had to watch some real hardcore films "Attack!" and "9 Men" and "A Hill in Korea", and look through gritty tank pictures until I felt better.
But it's there if I want it. Just a few clicks away from the Churchill Crocodile is the Deadly Pudding, it would be easy to slip from the Afrika Korps to the Sand Orcs. It's there all the time. As I'm painting a Centaur tank there's a little voice inside of me saying "wouldn't that be better with four legs and a bow?", and I'm scared that one day I'm just going to give in and buy myself some elves and orcs and cute little dwarves.
It's not easy. I just take one day at a time. One day at a time.
:) Yes, they are small and rather cute. I have a rather large collection of unique snotlings and I've been modifying a bunch so they can be in disguise. Eventually they will be photo worthy but not yet... :D
Quote from: Ithoriel on 25 November 2013, 05:41:49 PM
A snotling is the bottom end of the GW goblin/ orc continuum ... as any fule kno :)
Quote from: MissMenolly on 28 November 2013, 12:21:42 PM
:) Yes, they are small and rather cute. I have a rather large collection of unique snotlings and I've been modifying a bunch so they can be in disguise. Eventually they will be photo worthy but not yet... :D
What's a collection of snotlings - a sniff?
A Bogie possibly ?
And welcome aboard MissMenolly form the almost down under.
Lol... not sure but I can work with that term, "a sniff of snotlings" :D
Quote from: Hertsblue on 29 November 2013, 08:26:57 AM
What's a collection of snotlings - a sniff?