Annual Swap meet on again!

Heads up! The Annual Kapiti Wargames Club Swap Meet is on again in October!

Diarise it now! The biggest swap meet this side of the Tararuas is on again! WH, 40K, LOTR, 15mm, 20mm, 28mm, SAGA, Warmachine, FoW, any scale, any mini!

Let the unwanted models flow! Buy, sell, swap, negotiate! Anything goes (well, almost anything)

Saturday 11th October 2014 from 10 am

Paraparaumu Community Centre

Ngahina Street, Paraparaumu

Walk, run, cycle, drive, train, beg a lift whatever: Just get there. Don't miss out!

Bring any unwanted models, bits, books, games, paints, miniatures and game related paraphenalia!

This year we'll also be swapping gaming cards for the first time. Magic: The Gathering and what other games system you'd want to bring. Open to all comers! Stay and game in the afternoon.

Your trash is someone's treasure!

be there!

Full on gaming night !

KWC had a great gaming day on Thursday a fortnight ago

Some pics:

Excellent turnout, with an amazing plethora of board and miniature games going down. Just Warmachine and FoW not present. Saga game (Normans vs Vikings) for the first time, X-Wing, Mordheim, WHFB, WH 40K, Memoirs '44, Carcassonne, Settlers of Catan, Role playing...Wow!

Warmachine Journeyman League

So Chris Otton is running A Warmahordes League next fortnight....

 

Kapiti Journeyman League

The Journeyman league is a slow grow league aimed at new players to Privateer Press’ Warmachine and Hordes games. Each week of the league you will grow your force from a small battlebox up to a full 35 point army, gaining league points for painting and playing games along the way. As your league point total grows, you’ll be awarded “rank” patches to be stuck on to your mini case to keep track of how you’re progressing. 

How: The club will buy the league patches and charge $5 for each participant to cover this. Please let me know by Sunday 20^th July if you are keen to join, we need a minimum of 8 players to make the league work :) Players who joined the last league are more than welcome to play again.

When:The league will start on Thursday 7^th August at 7:30 and will run every second week for 6 league sessions. At the end of the league, there will be a one day 35 point tournament organised for you to get your armies pitted against each other for real!

What: The points levels for each session are:

07/08/14 – Battlebox

21/08/14 – 15 points

04/09/14 – 25 points

18/09/2014 – 25 points (caster swap allowed)

02/10/2014 – 35 points (use either caster)

16/10/2014 – 35 points (no restrictions)

A ‘battlebox’ game uses only the models from a Warmachine or Hordes starter set (usually around $50-$60NZ each). There is a handy guide to building your lists linked to the kapiti club facebook page or drop me a line at pelarel@yahoo.co.uk if you need a copy. You will need to buy your own models for this!

Do you want to know more?

Models can be bought:

Locally: from The Hobby Stop in Kilbirnie www.thehobbystop.co.nz 04 891 0771

Online NZ: www.Slavetopainting.co.nz

Overseas: www.thewarstore.com , and many others!

For background info on the world and game: www.privateerpress.com

If you have any questions then drop me a line at pelarel@yahoo.co.uk

Cheers

Chris

SAGA Demonstration games this Thursday

SAGA Demos at KWC

3 SAGA players will be coming down to KWC fram 7.30 on Thursday 17 June 2014 for a demo of Gripping Beast's SAGA Games

Gripping Beast's Dark Ages miniatures skirmish. Each side has between 20 and 70 miniatures, organised into groups of 4-12 warriors. Miniatures are classed as Hearthguard, Warriors, or Levy, and an army comprises of 6 points of units (1 point = 4 Hearthguard, 8 Warriors, or 12 Levy).

Each faction - Anglo-Danish, Viking, Welsh, Norman - has its own battle board of command options, which are selected depending on the roll of your Saga Dice. Saga Dice have special icons and give your command choices for the turn.

Combat and movement are simple and based on six-sided dice rolls, the real challenge is to use the options from your battle board as effectively as possible. The core game comes with a battle board for the four main factions, with future battle board releases intended to cover other armies and periods.

The first supplement for the game, entitled 'Northern Fury' was released in Spring 2012. It is 22 pages, and contains details and rules for four more factions (Anglo-Saxons, Bretons, Jomsvikings and Scots), one scenario and four separate faction boards; the next was "The Raven's Shadow" with 28 pages - Franks, Irish, Norse Gael & Strathclyde Welsh.

Come on down and check it out on Thursday

KWC 2014: Our 3rd Open Day

KWC's 3rd Open Day

Just got the photos's up, will update text soonest: 

Cheers Herman (Only my photo's so far, except last 2 which I nicked of Bala Menzies' FB page. Hope you don't mind Bala!)

Dave givin' 40K lessons

Warmachine and the popular painting table behind it, 

and Fern firmly in control of the equally popular refreshment stand!

Churchill AVREs landing in 20mm FoW

The 2nd KWC Golden Griffon Painting Competition:

Junior Winner - Small Figure 

Jack Clark

Roly and Paul with their great Ronin Samurai Game

Banzai!

Photo credit Bala Menzies

Photo credit Bala Menzies

3rd Annual Open Day at KWC

The 3rd Annual Kapiti Wargames Club Open Day

Saturday 10 May 2014

Paraparaumu Community Centre

Ngahina Street, Paraparaumu

10.00 to 16.00

Our open day features display and demo games of Warhammer Fantasy Battles, Warhammer 40 000, Warmachine, Flames of War and other genres played at our club. 

Open to the public and other gamers. 

Entrance Free

Operation Overlord: This year we are marking the 70th Anniversary with a large scale 20mm D-Day Landing game, depicting the British and Commonwealth Sword Beach in Normandy.

The purpose of the open day is to promote wargaming as a pastime and hobby as a whole, and introduce the public and officianados to different game styles and genres

2014 Golden Griffon Rules

On the 2014 Open day we will have our 2nd annual painting competition. I've attached the rules below which are the same as last year.

KWC(Kapiti Wargames Club) Golden Griffon Competition Rules and Regulations:

1.Entries must be the work of the painter. Any entry painted by anyone other than the entrant will be disqualified.

2. No more than 1 entry per painter per category.

3. You cannot enter winning models from other contests, conventions, or online competitions.

4. Disqualified winning entries forfeit all prizes, titles, awards, and the painter is barred from entry in future Golden Griffon painting competitions. If an entry is disqualified, awards are given to the next winning entry.

5. All entries must be finished, including bases, within size restrictions as noted separately.

6. Each category must have at least four entries or we will combine it with another category, per judges decision. Management determines final category placement of all entries and can change at any time before or during judging.

7. Entries will be photographed and entry registration indicates permission for Kapiti Wargames Club to show them in all public media, including online and print media.

8. KWC Judges cannot be held responsible for damaged or lost miniatures. We treat all miniatures with respect and will do our best to keep them safe.

9. KWC Judges are not eligible for entry.

10. All decisions of the judges and management are final.

11. Entries must be received by 2 pm on Sunday, May 10th, 2014.

12. Entries and Prizes must be picked up 3pm Sunday, May 10th, 2014.

13. Junior Is categorised as anyone 15 or under before May 11th, 2014.

Judging Criteria:
Judging Criteria are given in order of precedence for each category. When determining the
difference between close entries, they are considered in the given order of precedence.

Technical Quality
–
defined as the technical proficiency used in the painting and modeling of the entry. Obvious technical faults are mold lines, sloppy joins, rough primer, or sloppy paint.

Artistic Quality
–
defined as the artistic effects of the piece, including color choices, detail work, and the overall effectiveness of the artistic choices made


Category Details
Single Figure(Junior and Senior): Smaller figure or mounted figure that falls within the size restriction. This includes base, mount, and appendages. A competition judge will rule on any bits , such as a pole, extending beyond the size restriction, at time of entry.

Size restriction: 2" wide x 2" deep x 2" high


Large Figure (Junior and Senior):
Single figures that are larger than the Single Figure restrictions. Large monsters, dragons, warbeasts, warjacks, vehicles or any single miniature that does not fall into the Single figure category.

Size Restriction: 10" wide x 10" deep x 10" high