Swimming Sports

"I can't wait for this race to be over so I can play Gubs..."

Due to the annual house swimming sports, there will be no LSCWC session on Friday.
Alack and alas.
There will, however, be the now traditional Gubs school on the bank at the swimming sports, along with impromptu Magic: The Gathering among those kids who are also members of Gippsland Gamers. Or who have MTG decks for their own devious purposes. Possibly also Pokemon.
Huzzah.

A Song of Blades and Students league: COMMENCE!

The A Song of Blades and Students League will kick off next Friday outside C05 at Lunchtime. This Friday (the 30th) there will be a 'learn the rules' session during which you will... learn the rules.
Entry is open to all staff and students. The more games you play, the more points you can get, and the better your chances of being crowned eternal champion.
Huzzah!

You can see the current league ladder here.
You can check out the available army lists here and sign up to lead one here.

Geekfest game sessions announced!

Details of some of the Geekfest game sessions have been released.
The Battle of Coal Creek:
A wargame using the Fanticide rule set, and fought over a scale replica of part of the Coal Creek park itself.
Murder on the Transvaal Express:
A Role Playing game held in a railway carriage - can you discover which of your fellow players in the murderer?

Further details forthcoming.

A SONG OF BLADES AND STUDENTS - LEAGUE -

            In 2015, we shall spend term one playing a Wargames League. Much like a sporting league, this will involve a number of teams (or in this case Warbands) under the leadership of inspiring coaches (in this case, Wargamers) vying for the coveted position of premiers.

            Each week, LSCWC members will play games of A Song of Blades and Heroes against one another. At the end of the session, victory points will be tallied, and used to determine the ladder. For the first week, opponents will be randomly selected. In subsequent weeks, opponents will be selected based on victory points – players higher up the ladder will play other high-ranked players, while those lower down will play against people with similarly low scores.

            Only those players who turn up for sessions will play games in a given week, those who do not come will obviously not be able to gain any VPs for that week.

            At the end of the term, the player with the highest total number of victory points will be crowned as the winner of the league, and showered with glorious prizes. There will also be runners up, and possibly other awards much like those given out in such frivolous pass times as football.

            Armies will be provided, and will include the following warbands:

• ·      Orc Boar riders
• ·      Teeming ratman multitudes
• ·      Egyptian undead
• ·      Goblins (with trolls and a dinosaur!)
• ·      Vikings and their rather large bear
• ·      Wood Elves
• ·      Dwarves
• ·      Samurai Bunnies
• ·      Frogmen
• ·      Beastmen
• ·      Chaos Warriors (in two flavours!)
• ·      Anything else Toppy can come up with in time…

A Song of Blades and Students

This end of year program, why not take part in a Wargames Tournament?
A Song of Blades and Students is a twelve-place event which will be run on Wednesday 10th using the award winning and stupidly easy to learn A Song of Blades and Heroes rules set. There will be a 'learn to play' game first, followed by four-five rounds of destructive one-on-one action. At the end of the event, victory points will be tallied and the winner announced!

Twelve separate warbands will be provided. So far these are:

• Frogfolk
• Beastmen
• Dwarves
• Ratmen
• Orcs
• Vikings
• Samurai Bunnies
• Wood Elves
• Goblins
• Chaos Warriors

Two further warbands will be announced closer to the day. Or possibly on it.

Master Painter 2014: Voting opens.

Voting is now open for the Master Painter 2014 competition! All six entries are on display in the cabinet in the general office, and photos will be posted online later today. To ensure a level playing field, names have been kept secret, and will be revealed when the winners are announced. Cast your vote in the poll at the top of the page by selecting the entry you consider to be the best painted. Remember, this is a contest of painting skill, so take a good, hard look at each figure and check out how real it looks before deciding.

 This year's prize is a choice of three large monsters from the Reaper Bones range; An Ogre, a Minotaur and a Swamp Troll. The winner will be announced on September 12th.

Also in the display cabinet, you will find our Steampunk Generators from earlier this term. They are currently basking in the spotlight of public adulation, but they will be used in a game very soon.

Gippsland Gamers Holiday Program - ANNOUNCE!

The GG September Holiday program has just been announced. You can go check it out in detail here.

As part of Coal Creek's Pirates Day program, there will be games of Pirate's Treassure run every hour from 11-3 on Sunday 28th September. $5 per session and the chance to win chocolate! Arr!

PegFlight: The Great War - build and lead a squadron of WW1 Biplanes to victory in the clear blue skies over the floor. $10 per player, Thursday 25th, 1-3.30pm. Huzzah!

The Great Battles of Napolarbear: Winterloo - take part in the last great battle of the Peninsular War, twixt the blue-coated legions of Napolarbear and his arch rival, the red coated soldiers of The Duke of Walrusington. $10 per session, October 2nd, 1-2pm and 2.30-3.30pm. Woot!