Pendraken 30th Birthday Bash!

Started by Leon, 29 May 2022, 10:02:09 PM

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toxicpixie

Quote from: Ithoriel on 01 June 2022, 06:52:46 PMI 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...
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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
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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

Quote from: tony of TTT on 02 July 2022, 10:27:09 AMFamily 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.
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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!
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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!
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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

Quote from: pbeccas on 14 July 2022, 04:40:29 AMGreat 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.

Ithoriel

I use Discord for my regular Monday, Wednesday and  Friday online board gaming sessions on Board Game Arena and also for group chat for dungeon runs, and the like, in online RPG's. I find it both easy to use and very useful.
 
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Leon

I'm completely new to it as well, I've had to get my eldest to set it up for us and explain how it works.  There's an ageing experience, when your kids have to explain something to you for the first time...!

Jamie will be in charge of the Discord server during the day, adding pictures of all the games at regular intervals.  We'll also have a live-stream running through a tablet, so we'll move that around each game as well, probably every half hour or so. 
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Ithoriel


QuoteThere's an ageing experience, when your kids have to explain something to you for the first time...!
Wot!? A youngster like yourself not au fait with new technology ..... welcome to the club! :)

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Leon

Quote from: Ithoriel on 14 July 2022, 01:28:54 PMWot!? A youngster like yourself not au fait with new technology ..... welcome to the club! :)

I know!  The worst bit is that I had to give up after a while and just get him to do it.
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Lord Kermit of Birkenhead

How you makeing the paper tapes for it or have you advanced to punched cards ?
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