Rob Lane
24.12.03 | 15:29gmt
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Merry Christmas All!
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Merry Christmas to all and sundry from the Dragon Slayers!
Don't forget that next Tuesday is our all-day Christmas gaming session down at the Gas Club, with the usual Curry Night afterward, so make sure you can attend because it'll be a corker! I imagine most of us will be sorting out our Warhammer army for the
Winter Warhammer 2004 campaign (which starts in January) and the forthcoming
Sheffield Slaughter at the end of January, but I'm sure there'll be other games going on!
As well as that, take note that the Annual General Meeting for the Dragon Slayers will be held on the 6th of January at 7:00pm-ish, so please try to attend if you want to have a say in how the club is run.
Apart from that, have a good Christmas and get downloading that Rules Pack for the
Sheffield Slaughter!
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Rob Lane
21.12.03 | 18:50gmt
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Check out the finals results!
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Dave's the Winner!
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The Finals Day for the
Summer Blood Bowl 2003 league was held yesterday, and what a cracking day it was: only six of us actually made it in the end, but that didn't matter because we all got prizes and those who didn't turn up, er, didn't! Ha ha!
Anyway: over the course of the day, through the quarters, semis and finals, it was no surprise that the scorer of twelve touchdowns won the final and will have his name inscribed on the coveted Summer Blood Bowl Shield. Yep, well done to young
Dave Grant who showed us all how it was done, beating
Andrew Chesney in the final... well, he has been playing the game since 1988!
Mention must be made of the other finalists of course, who all deserve recognition for actually turning up in the face of so many festive distractions. Next year we'll hold the Finals a littler earlier, I promise!
Now the Blood Bowl's over it's time to concentrate on Warhammer: so don't forget that the
Winter Warhammer 2004 campaign starts in January and the utterly brilliant
Sheffield Slaughter is at the end of January - so get downloading that Rules Pack!
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Rob Lane
12.12.03 | 00:04gmt
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The new Warhammer campaign!
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Winter Warhammer
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It's that time of the year again lads - the decorations are up, the presents are bought, the cards are sent, the rellies are waiting to tell you they don't see you enough the rest of the year you've let yourself go a bit haven't you don't drink that much beer it's bad for you is that all you bought me? Ahem. But enough about my problems: suffice to say Christmas is here, and we're all suffering. So, just to ensure you've something else to look forward to over the festive period, I'm here to tell you all about what's on the horizon for us Dragon Slayers - namely, the utterly fantastic
Winter Warhammer 2004 campaign which is just about ready to captivate you like it did earlier on this year! Three months' worth of gaming with plenty of prizes on offer and a slightly different set of Rules should ensure we all enjoy ourselves playing Warhammer in the New Year, especially as we'll be using the new Scenario Generator the
Warhammer Players Society
are using with so much success. A chance to play something different, methinks - so put your name down!
Of course, the current Dragon Slayer campaign - the
Summer Blood Bowl 2003 league (check out the results from this Tuesday) - is winding up, with the Finals Day just around the corner and the last games being fought next week; and I think overall it's been a success. At first it was a little like getting blood from a stone, but eventually we've managed to get ten players going with over thirty matches played in the short space of four months. Not bad going for a first try - and I fully intend to hold another league next year, as well as continuing our campaign success with one around another specialist game, which is currently looking like Necromunda, if the poll on the forums is anything to go by.
Oh yes: and if Chrimbo is still getting you down, you can look forward to the
Sheffield Slaughter at the end of January - so get downloading that Rules Pack!
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Rob Lane
03.12.03 | 13:48gmt
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Download it!
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New Forums!
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I've been meaning to get around to this for a while, but you know what it's like: work, home, the pub, washing my hair... if a day lasted forty-eight hours I might be able to get everything done! Even so I've still managed to create some new Dragon Slayer Forums for youse lot, this time based on
PHP BB rather than
Ezboard - which basically means they're faster, they look better and the functionality is a lot easier to use. If you're still not convinced, they're just like the
Warhammer Players Society
forums (suitably altered to fit into the Dragon Slayer style), okay?
Enough technicalities: if you want to join in, please note the instructions in the Welcome! post within the Notice Board forum and post away, but if you think these forums will just be for Dragon Slayers and thus aren't worth bothering about, I'd politely ask you to think again: not only will you find all sorts of information about us lot and our events, there's also forums concerned with the various
Games Workshop
games, painting and modelling, classifieds and so on. In short, there's something for everyone - so get posting!
Last but not least: don't forget to download the Rules Pack for the
Sheffield Slaughter and check out the update for the
Summer Blood Bowl 2003, which saw two games played last night!
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Rob Lane
26.11.03 | 17:22gmt
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Fully Booked
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It's incredible, isn't it? There's still two months to go until the
Sheffield Slaughter and it's now fully booked up with seventy entrants - the most we've ever had! Fantastic! For those lucky few that have entered, I'd just like to say thank you for your support because it's greatly appreciated. Hopefully it'll be the best Dragon Slayer tournament yet!
Don't despair if you've left it too late though: with two months to go there may well be a few drop-outs before the tournament itself, so keep watching the site. If we have a glut of drop-outs, get your entry form in quick! For those of you that have already sent your entry form and you find you're not on the list of entrants, I will ensure you are on a reserves list in case somebody does indeed drop out. Don't swamp me with reserve entries though!
There are some other things happening in the Dragon Slayer universe, of course, and it would be remiss of me not to let you know what's going on. The
Summer Blood Bowl 2003 league is still going and last night there were five games, so check out the results from those; and if you're actually in the league, I'd better let you know about the Finals Day, on which we'll be holding the quarter-finals, the semi-finals and the final itself and distributing prizes accordingly. That'll be the 20th of December, a Saturday, at the Gas Club of course - and it'll be run in a plate / cup / shield system, so even if you lose you get to play for something else!
Apart from that, don't forget to download the Rules Pack!
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Rob Lane
24.11.03 | 20:47gmt
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Download it!
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Slaughter Rules!
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That's not a statement of fact (although it could be) - it just means the
Sheffield Slaughter, which is already up to fifty-five entrants, now has a Rules Pack to download! Yep, after burning the early-evening-with-neighbours-in-the-background oil I've finally finished the rules, which are - if I say so myself - the best for a Dragon Slayer event yet!
So what's the crack? Well, along with all the usual gubbins you'll find that there's five games of Warhammer to look forward to, three of which are special scenarios that should test your tactical skills to the limit, as well as making the game a little more interesting than the same old pitched battle of course. Before each game you get to fight a Big Guy Bash for ten minutes - which should prove a good source of merriment - but the crowning turd on the waterpipe (to borrow a phrase) is the Treasure of the Dragon Slayers, which will hopefully make you laugh as much as it did me when I wrote it... I suppose I shouldn't really laugh at my own jokes, but who cares? It's Christmas! Er, nearly...
Anyroad: it should be realised that these rules could well change before the tournament itself, thanks to people playtesting the scenarios to death or pointing out various bits that could be written better. I may even add a few passages here and there. The long and short of it is that, if you want to print the rules pack out now then do so by all means, but bear in mind the best thing to do is to wait until the day before the tournament and then print it out! That way you'll be assured of having an up-to-date copy!
Don't worry though - if you've any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me at my usual e-mail address, roblane@dragon-slayers.org.uk, because for my sins in a past life I'm the organiser and have to answer them. Woe is me!
What are you still reading this for? Download that Rules Pack!
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Rob Lane
23.11.03 | 16:40 gmt
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Check out the images from 2003!
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Send it quick!
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Slaughters Past
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As I'm quite bored today and the
Sheffield Slaughter next year is at the forefront of my mind (don't worry - the rules will be done, dusted and uploaded by tomorrow night, I promise), I thought I'd finally get a few things done around the site, not the least of which are the Images from the
Sheffield Slaughter 2003! It's taken nearly a year, but better late than never, so go have a look-see!
As well as that, I've added all the various scenarios and duels we've used at Slaughters over the years to the site, which should give you a good insight as to what sort of stuff we get up to at our events. There's twelve scenarios and two sets of duels - the Arena of Death and the Wizard's Duel - in all, and you'll find them in the Events section, on the Rules page. We won't be using any of them for the
Sheffield Slaughter next year though, we'll have all new ones!
As for the
Sheffield Slaughter 2004... forty-nine entrants and counting, so get that Entry Form downloaded, filled in and sent off as quick as you can!
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Rob Lane
20.11.03 | 16:11 gmt
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Send it quick!
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Get your Entries In!
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Forty-one entries in for the
Sheffield Slaughter so far people, and not all the Dragon Slayers have confirmed their entry (so you can add another ten to fifteen on top of that), and as there's a limit of seventy for the tournament you'd best get your entries in quick if you want to attend! It looks like we'll be packed out this year... still, we're not complaining!
I'm working on the rules pack right now and it should be finished off this weekend, which means you lot will be able to download it from Monday. Hopefully. It's pretty similar to previous incarnations of course but there are some very interesting twists, including the Big Guy Bash and a hoard of Dragon Slayer Treasure to plunder from... and if that doesn't whet your appetite nothing will!
Owt else? Um... just the usual single game in the
Summer Blood Bowl 2003 campaign to report!
Oh, and get that Entry Form downloaded, filled in and sent off now!
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Rob Lane
13.11.03 | 21:35 gmt
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John's Dark Elves!
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Send that entry form!
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Daley's Druchii
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Yes, yet more stuff for
John Dale groupies: it's about time I uploaded another army for the Galleries section anyway, so whose better than one of the Man of the Moment's? Known around these parts as The Nan Kherith, not only are they featured in a battle report in the latest copy of White Dwarf (which I'm sure he'd autograph if you asked him nicely, and I'm saying that without a trace of sarcasm), they were also painted by his own fair hand... and there's not many of his armies you can say about that, nudge nudge wink wink!
But enough frivolity for one day. Incredibly enough, the
Summer Blood Bowl 2003 campaign is still going and last Tuesday night there were two games played, so hop on over and check out the Leaderboard... 'cos it's changed!
As well as that, we mustn't forget the
Sheffield Slaughter because there are now three more entrants... so get that Entry Form downloaded, filled in and sent off before it's sold out!
Byeeee!
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Rob Lane
13.11.03 | 21:35 gmt
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John's Dark Elves!
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Send that entry form!
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Daley's Druchii
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Yes, yet more stuff for
John Dale groupies: it's about time I uploaded another army for the Galleries section anyway, so whose better than one of the Man of the Moment's? Known around these parts as The Nan Kherith, not only are they featured in a battle report in the latest copy of White Dwarf (which I'm sure he'd autograph if you asked him nicely, and I'm saying that without a trace of sarcasm), they were also painted by his own fair hand... and there's not many of his armies you can say about that, nudge nudge wink wink!
But enough frivolity for one day. Incredibly enough, the
Summer Blood Bowl 2003 campaign is still going and last Tuesday night there were two games played, so hop on over and check out the Leaderboard... 'cos it's changed!
As well as that, we mustn't forget the
Sheffield Slaughter because there are now three more entrants... so get that Entry Form downloaded, filled in and sent off before it's sold out!
Byeeee!
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Rob Lane
10.11.03 | 14:01 gmt
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slayers update:
10.11.03
John Dale
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John did the do!
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Send that entry form!
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scrapbook update:
10.11.03
October
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Daley Dazzles 'Em!
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Crikey blimey O'Reilly! It took a red-faced pseudo Dragon Slayer GIMP - the somewhat ginger shape of
Andy Stevenson, who took the top spot - to beat off (oo-er) the Dragon Slayers at the
WPS GT last weekend!
John Dale just missed out in second place with his Dark Elves,
Rob Lane came in third and won the second place Players' Choice best army and
Dave Grant finished fourth - so you could say the top four were all Dragon Slayers!
All the various Slayers who attended have had their pages updated, so pop over to the Slayers section for a complete update. Mention must be made of
Chris Legg of course, who played his first tournament in Dragon Slayer colours, so a big up for him!
Now the big tournaments are over for the year, we can concentrate on the
Sheffield Slaughter. I must warn prospective entrants that places are filling up fast! We have twenty-two entrants so far, not including most of the Dragon Slayer membership, so you can basically add twenty to that number; and as the most we can fit in is seventy players (and that's a push) you'd better get your entries in fast if you don't want to be disappointed.
I can't overstate this enough: make sure you get that Entry Form downloaded, filled in and sent off as soon as you can!
Oh, and I'd better not forget to give you lot the latest slice of the Dragon Slayer Scrapbook pie, as October has just disappeared and we're well into November!
Seez you later peeps!
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Rob Lane
29.10.03 | 19:19 gmt
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slayers update:
29.10.03
Nathan Hoole
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Nathan did good!
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Get that entry form off!
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The Hooligan Hammers 'Em!
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We did good at the
GW UKGT Heat 2 last weekend guys! Whilst we didn't quite see off Johnny Foreigner and all his little (furry) wizards, most of us Dragon Slayers managed to qualify for the
GW UKGT Finals next February, with only
Rich Gedney and total newbie
Martin Quinn - at his first tournament, lest we forget - not quite getting there. Commiserations and good luck next time lads!
A couple of our members did really well though -
Nathan Hoole finished sixth,
John Dale sixteenth and
Rob Lane eighteenth - and those three will join
Martin Bunting,
Andrew Chesney,
Adrian McWalter and
Pete Scholey in the
GW UKGT Finals next February. Not forgetting
Jason Annett,
Paul Corcoran,
Dave Grant and
Andy Smith of course, who qualified at the
GW UKGT Heat 1 in July.
Next up is the
WPS GT in a couple of weeks, and there'll be plenty of us there I can tell you!
There's quite a lot of other things to tell you, too: there's a few more entrants for the
Sheffield Slaughter this week so make sure you get that Entry Form downloaded, filled in and sent off as soon as you can. Another game has been played in the
Summer Blood Bowl 2003 too, so have a gander at that.
That's not all though peeps: we've two new members in the (slightly large) shape of
Chris Legg and
Richard Paget, so a big warm welcome and get the first round in to them!
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Rob Lane
22.10.03 | 11:22 gmt
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Get that entry form off!
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Doing it for Blighty
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It's that time again guys; time for us Dragon Slayer types to do battle with Johnny Foreigner at the
GW UKGT Heat 2 this coming weekend. Can the Forces of Blighty prevail against the ne'er-do-wells that abound at such events? Only the Deadliest Wargamers In The Universe -
Martin Bunting,
Andrew Chesney,
John Dale,
Rich Gedney,
Nathan Hoole,
Rob Lane,
Adrian McWalter,
Martin Quinn (at his first event for us) and
Pete Scholey - can give us the answer, so bless 'em all and good luck chaps!
Elsewhere in Dragon Slayer Land, we've had plenty more entrants for the
Sheffield Slaughter this week so get that Entry Form downloaded, filled in and sent off - along with appropriate renumeration of course. Oh, and the usual single game in the
Summer Blood Bowl 2003 has occurred - no prizes for guessing who one of the coaches was...
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Rob Lane
15.10.03 | 22:14 gmt
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Get that entry form off!
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Updates
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A couple of them for yer: we've already had a few entrants for the
Sheffield Slaughter so it looks like you'll have to be quick people - places will no doubt fill up pretty fast! As well as seeing a list of confirmed entrants I've also stuck in a table of grudges, because there's been a couple of those too!
Download that Entry Form now!
Only one of us managed to make it to the
Macclesfield Manoeuvres this year -
Martin Bunting - and despite the lack of support from his team-mates he did rather well to finish fourth, so well done to him! We're assured of an excellent turnout at the
GW UKGT Heat 2 next week though, because eleven of us are attending (at the last count anyway). It should be a bit of a cracker, so we'll see you there!
That's not all, because the
Summer Blood Bowl 2003 is still ticking over. Have a look-see!
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Rob Lane
08.10.03 | 23:30 gmt
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Send off the Entry Form now!
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Bring Your Daughter!
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Well, you don't have to, but you might as well... because the world-renowned Dragon Slayer tournament known as the
Sheffield Slaughter is booked and ready for the masses in 2004! January 31st and February 1st are the dates, £20 is the damage and 2,000 points of fun-filled Warhammer is the object!
What are you waiting for? Have a gander at the Sheffield Slaughter 2004 Preview Page and once you've taken the time to decide whether to attend (like: one second), download that Entry Form now! You'll need the latest versions of WinZip and Acrobat to read, of course!
Whilst you're digesting that, take a look at a
Summer Blood Bowl 2003 update... you won't believe it, but there's been another game!
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Rob Lane
06.10.03 | 15:22 gmt
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Martin is the King!
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King of the Worlds
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It's incredible, isn't it? The Dragon Slayers just keep on winning tournaments - not that we're complaining of course! The latest suspect is in fact a usual suspect in the slightly orange shape of
Martin Bunting, who won the fantasy event at the
World Wargames last weekend, but a non-usual suspect is relative newbie
Singe Frost, who came in second!
As always, check out the Slayers pages for everybody else's results... and to find out your new averages of course!
Can we follow up our recent success at the
Macclesfield Manoeuvres this coming weekend? I wouldn't like to bet against it... after all, the future's red and white - and I don't mean Sheffield United!
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Visions of September
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Ah yes, Scrapbook update time once more folks: September is under the spotlight, and what a nice spotlight it is too. D-Day Museum piccies ahoy!
The Blood Bowl league's been very slow lately - only one game was played last night, the first for two weeks. Is everybody giving up on it already? Come on guys, get yourself back on track next week, ready for the play-offs near Chrimbo! As always, head over to the
Summer Blood Bowl 2003 page for a full update... if you can be bothered.
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Pompey is Pillaged
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Huzzah for us lot, yah boo sucks to everybody else: the Dragon Slayers stormed the
Portsmouth Pillage this weekend with five players in the top ten and a ton of awards! Mister consistent
Rob Lane took the top spot yet again, with so-called washed-up has-been
John Dale coming in third and cleaning up the Players' Choice painting award for his fantastic Beastmen.
Andrew Chesney somehow failed to get in the top three (finishing fourth) even though he hammered every opponent in sight; and both
Martin Bunting and
Pete Scholey did well at ninth and tenth respectively - and they only placed so low because they had to play their fellow Dragon Slayers! As well as that,
Adrian McWalter was Best Sportsman - not a bad weekend's work all round methinks, and there's plenty of silly pictures for the September Scrapbook too! Bonus!
Check out the Slayers pages for more individual results, and bring on the
GW UKGT Heat 2 in a month's time!
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Rob Lane
14.09.03 | 18:52 gmt
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Paul won again!
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Corky Clobbers 'Em!
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Yep, that future baldy
Paul Corcoran won again last weekend, taking the
Warhammer Open VI crown with his Skaven - followed up rather nicely by
Andy Smith in second place and
Andrew Chesney in third!
Rob Lane grabbed the Best Painted Army award again too! Check out the Slayers pages for updates on our other guys at the event!
Them Warhammer Opens really are ours for the taking these days... can we translate that success into the main events, the UKGT heats and final? Only time will tell peeps but it's going to be an interesting ride methinks!
As well as all that, have a look at the
Summer Blood Bowl 2003 as a few more games were played last week with one newbie to introduce,
Richard Paget!
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Rob Lane
05.09.03 | 17:14 gmt
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scrapbook update:
05.09.03
August
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August shenanigans
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That Time Again
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Yes, it's time for a Scrapbook update again - this time August gets the treatment!
The Blood Bowl league's been a bit slow these past couple of weeks - with only three games being played - but there should be a fair bit of activity next Tuesday. If you can't wait until then hop over to the
Summer Blood Bowl 2003 page for a full update and mayhap a laugh or two.
We're off to the
Warhammer Open VI on Saturday - perhaps we'll see you there. If not we'll definitely see you at the
Portsmouth Pillage at the end of the month!
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Rob Lane
22.08.03 | 09:41 gmt
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Week three!
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Blood Bowl Tastic
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Apologies for the terrible grammar but it's the only way to describe last Tuesday night: five games of Blood Bowl with lots of touchdowns, casualties and double skulls were had, which means the
Summer Blood Bowl 2003 league has finally forced itself through the average Dragon Slayer's Warhammer-saturated psyche and onto their gaming tables! Chief of the Chief Coaches is
Dave Grant right now, as he's played three won three with his dastardly Wood Elves. Can you lot stop him?
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Rob Lane
18.08.03 | 20:38 gmt
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Paul was a top ten dude!
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Double Delight
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Lots of success to report for us lot these past two weekends:
Paul Corcoran took first prize at the one-day
East Midlands Veterans tournament at GW HQ the weekend before last, and followed it up with a ninth place at the
GW UKGT Heat 1 this weekend just gone - and with the rest of the Dragon Slayers qualifying, we seem to have those Games Workshop events pretty much sorted!
As well as that,
Rob Lane grabbed the top spot in the fantasy event at
Britcon, with
Matt Otter falling to the curse of the leader's yellow jersey and finishing fourth! A stunning performance from the boys!
As always, check out the Slayers pages for updates!
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Britcon and Heat 1
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It's the middle of August and so a few of us are off to the
British Historical Gaming Society's annual wargaming festival at Loughborough known as
Britcon - well, three of us are anyway! In the past we've usually attended this one in force but only
Rob Lane,
Matt Otter and
Paul Scrivens-Smith are going... mainly because of the fact that the
GW UKGT Heat 1 is also on this weekend (as well as the cricket test match at Trent Bridge - some good planning there folks...)! That means there's a few of us at GW HQ Lenton of course, namely
Jason Annett,
Paul Corcoran,
Dave Grant and
Andy Smith! Good luck to them all!
There's also an update to the
Summer Blood Bowl 2003 league and although only one game was played (again), once the above two tournaments are out of the way I'm sure it'll really kick off... so if you haven't got a game in yet, go for it!
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Rob Lane
10.08.03 | 12:33 gmt
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scrapbook update:
10.08.03
July
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July provided much hilarity
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So That Was July
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August is here and July is gone, which generally means a Scrapbook update for July - go check it out!
As well as that, the Blood Bowl league began in earnest last week although only one game was played, between
Andrew Chesney and
Rob Lane (the score was 2-0). I blame the hot weather but I could equally put it down to everybody else playing Warhammer, but still... have a look at the
Summer Blood Bowl 2003 page for a full update!
Catch you next week guys!
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Rob Lane
03.08.03 | 18:33 gmt
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Check out the Summer Blood Bowl league!
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A Summer of Blood Bowl!
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Finally, it's here - the long-awaited Dragon Slayers Blood Bowl league for this year, called
Summer Blood Bowl 2003! The full rules are on the Summer Blood Bowl 2003 Rules page, but if you can't be bothered to have a look you ought to know that it'll be run between August and October, with the play-offs and the final following in November, and you'll see exactly how good our coaches are over the next few months! In other words, not very good... well, it is our first one!
Thanks must of course go to
Pete Delafield for helping to set up and run the league - he will be the Commissioner, so if you have any questions of a technical nature please direct them to him!
Let's hope we all enjoy it boys and if your name's not down, why isn't it? Get playing!
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Rob Lane
21.07.03 | 14:02 gmt
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Paul won the 40K!
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Smythe Smashes 'Em!
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Another excellent couple of weekends have just gone by -
Paul Scrivens-Smith won the 40K event at
Tanelorn MDPF with his Necrons and
Martin Bunting grabbed second place in the fantasy event, and whilst none of us won anything at
Toy Soldier II, it was well worth the visit thanks to
Andrew Chesney finishing eighth and
John Dale fifteenth with his new Dark Elves (which may well be featured in the Gallery pretty soon)! All in all, two more cracking events for the Slayers pages!
It's about time we mentioned something about a few upcoming Dragon Slayer events, too: we're planning an internal tournament in Mansfield later on in the year, possibly December, for members and special guests only, which we'll use to playtest a few nice bits and pieces for the
Sheffield Slaughter next year. As well as that, we'll be getting a Blood Bowl league up and running as soon as I can be bothered to get the rules pack ready, which should be for August time - but you never know...
The next one's
Britcon boys - so get your entries in!
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Rob Lane
10.07.03 | 21:55 gmt
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Paul won the players' choice!
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Tidying Up
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A small collection of tidies for you this time: with the
WPS Warmaster GT just gone and two of our members,
Andrew Chesney and
Paul Scrivens-Smith (who won the Players' Choice for his Empire army) attending, their Slayers pages are updated; and thanks to Games Workshop getting their sums wrong I've also had to update the pages of various members who attended the
Conflict: Edinburgh back in April. Those changes actually push
Andrew Chesney into third place, which is a bonus!
Just time to wish good luck to all our members off to
Toy Soldier II this coming weekend -
Andrew Chesney,
John Dale,
Rob Lane and
Adrian McWalter! Sock it to 'em lads!
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Rob Lane
30.06.03 | 17:33 gmt
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scrapbook update:
30.06.03
June
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We did rather well in June!
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Past, Present and Future
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Past: I thought it was about time we paid homage to previous Dragon Slayers - after all, they've contributed to our success too - and to that end I've created a few pages to remember
Dave Batten,
Mick Charlesworth,
Stuart Dyke,
Matt Gedney,
John Hoyland and
Petar Kanuritch. A few have simply disappeared, but equally there's a couple that may well return to us in the years ahead. Who knows?
Present: it's time for a Scrapbook update, and June has provided some excellent subject matter, with two cracking events - the
Weymouth Waaagh! and the
Warhammer Open V - ensuring our efforts in May were duly forgotten. Have a gander!
Future: we have a new member in the shape of
Martin Quinn, a nice bloke from Sheffield, hand-picked by
Nathan Hoole from the ranks of the police. Yes, we have another policeman on our books - but he's nicer than the other ones, so don't worry!
See you next time blokes!
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A Winning Weymouth
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What a fantastic weekend that was! Sun, sea, sand and Warhammer at the
Weymouth Waaagh! as usual, but more success for the Dragon Slayers than you can shake a stick at:
Rob Lane nicked the top spot by one point from evergreen
Martin Bunting,
Dave Grant was fourth,
Matt Otter was eighth and
Michael Biggs twelfth! To cap it all off,
Rob Lane won the Judges' Choice award for the best army!
We even did well in the 40K event - kudos to
Paul Scrivens-Smith, coming in at 7th - apart from
Andrew Chesney, who came in last... commiserations to him, but you can be sure he'll get some practice in for next time!
The
Weymouth Waaagh!: proof that there's life in the old dogs yet!
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Rob Lane
15.06.03 | 14:20 gmt
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Martin was the top man!
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Six of the Best
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Well, we may not have done very well at the
Club Challenge, but the
Warhammer Open V is ours - not only did we win the Best Gaming Club award, us Dragon Slayers managed to take the top six placings and every award in the fantasy event! Starting from the top, pay homage to
Martin Bunting,
Rob Lane,
Nathan Hoole,
Andy Smith,
Singe Frost and
Matt Otter, heroes all!
Mention must also be made that
Martin Bunting was Best General,
Rob Lane won the Best Painted Army award and
Matt Ash was Best Sportsman! Not forgetting
Darren Dabell of course, who painted a Necron army in a week so he could play in his first ever Warhammer 40,000 event - finishing 12th! Well done to him and for more individual results, check out the Slayers section!
Next up for us lot is the
Weymouth Waaagh! next weekend... see you there!
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Rob Lane
06.06.03 | 17:45 gmt
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scrapbook update:
06.06.03
May
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We got some lovely new club shirts...
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Reflections of May
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Ah yes - time for a Scrapbook update. May this time of course, with reflections of two rather large tournaments, the
GW UKGT Finals and the
Club Challenge - both of which we were rather successful at individually!
But now we look to June for more Dragon Slayer success and at some cracking events, not least of which is the
Weymouth Waaagh!, always a corker of a tournament thanks to sun, sea and, er, fish and chips... there'll be plenty of us in attendance! This coming weekend of course is the
GW UKGT 40K Finals at which only one of our members is in attendance -
Dave Grant, so good luck to him - and the week after that is the one-day
Warhammer Open V. There'll be more in July too!
So don't fret guys - there's still plenty to look forward to this year!
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Rob Lane
26.05.03 | 11:05 gmt
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Smytheburger won the English Civil War event!
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'Twas Not to Be...
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Och, as they say - the
Club Challenge has been and gone, and us Dragon Slayers did not extend our previous success, finishing fourth in the overall club standings (which actually wasn't bad compared to our very poor start). Fortunately we had a smattering of individual success, greatest of which was old hand
Paul Scrivens-Smith, who won the Warhammer English Civil War event and
Andy Smith, who was joint best sportsman.
The rest of us can only cry into our beers, but
Andrew Chesney came out as top Slayer for the fantasy event, ending up in 6th place, with the aforementioned
Andy Smith next at twelfth. For more individual results, check out the Slayers section - although I must mention a certain wanderer named
Darren Dabell who, after an absence of nearly two years, has graced another tournament by his presence. Good to have you back Daz!
As well as that, check out our scores from the
Bugman's Dragonhelm WarCry mini-tournament held a week or so ago at Warhammer World. Our first one, and a good one!
Seez yer later!
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Matt Mashes 'Em!
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Yet more success to report for us Dragon Slayers, thanks to beardling
Matt Ash, who won the
Conflict: Manchester tournament last weekend! Check out the update to his page in the Slayers section!
Incredible though, isn't it? It seems our members just can't stop winning tournaments... let's hope one of us can do the business at the
Bugman's Dragonhelm WarCry mini-tournament on Sunday, held (funnily enough) at Bugman's Bar, Games Workshop HQ. A few of us will be attending, so if you fancy a gander at a cracking little game, get yourself down!
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Rob Lane
10.05.03 | 17:54 gmt
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We won the Club Challenge that year!
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Memories of 2001
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It's not often you can say that your club is the best in the land and with this year's
Club Challenge only two weeks away, it seems only fitting that we remember the year we won it in the Scrapbook 2001! That's not all that happened that year, of course, but it was certainly our most successful "season" in terms of honours and trophies... and it was also the year we decided to merge properly and form the Dragon Slayers. It took us six months to do it, but we got there in the end - so have a look at what we got up to!
Just a word of encouragement to
Matt Ash too - he's off to the
Conflict: Manchester this weekend!
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Rob Lane
05.05.03 | 15:06 gmt
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Andy's second!
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Chesney Chins 'Em!
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Oh yes! At the
GW UKGT Finals this past weekend our very own
Andrew Chesney won glory for himself and the Dragon Slayers by finishing second overall! A wonderful achievement given the army he used amongst a field of such magnitude, whether you're talking about the quality of player or the nastiness of the armies! Well done to him and to
John Dale, who was eighth and was second placed for Best Army!
The rest of us only made up the numbers but we still had an excellent weekend; I'm sure there'll be plenty of pictures at some point! For now have a look at our updated pages in the Slayers section!
Let's make sure we have an even better weekend at the upcoming
Club Challenge - only three weeks to go, so if you've not entered, get yourself in before it's too late!
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Rob Lane
02.05.03 | 10:30 gmt
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scrapbook update:
02.05.03
April 2003
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Lots of pics in April!
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The UKGT Finals
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The
GW UKGT Finals are finally here and the Dragon Slayers will be there in force! Unfortunately the winner of the
GW UKGT Heat 1
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Adrian McWalter - isn't going (he has to catch some criminals at some point, after all), but
Jason Annett,
Matt Ash,
Michael Biggs,
Martin Bunting,
Andrew Chesney,
Paul Corcoran,
John Dale, new guy
Singe Frost,
Dave Grant,
Rich Gedney,
Rob Lane and
Andy Smith most definitely are! As well as that, our own Moustachioed Musketeer,
Pete Scholey, is an official Games Workshop Umpire - so we're assured of a large presence indeed!
Before you all jet off to play though, take a look at the past month's shenanigans in the April 2003 scrapbook... it makes interesting viewing, as does the page for the newest member of the Dragon Slayers,
Singe Frost, who joined last week!
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Rob Lane
30.04.03 | 17:49 gmt
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It's all finished!
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It's All Over!
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That's it guys - the
Winter Warhammer 2003 campaign is all over, and what a campaign it was! Whilst it's true there were a few problems half-way through, I think it's safe to say the campaign has achieved most of what it set out to do: to get people playing! With a grand total of 114 games in the bag over seventeen weeks, it's certainly ensured the club is packed every Tuesday!
Next Tuesday is when we hand out all the prizes, but for now, have a look at the results and see where you've ended up!
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Rob Lane
23.04.03 | 14:40 gmt
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The penultimate night!
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St George's Day
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It may have escaped the attention of a few people out there, but us Dragon Slayers (apart from pseudo Scotsman
Matt Otter, of course) never forget that April 23rd is St George's Day, a celebration of the patron saint of England and all things English! The observant among you should have realised that we take our name and our shield from his history, and it seems fitting that today of all days we quote one of the greatest Englishmen of all time:
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"There is a forgotten, nay almost forbidden word, which means more to me than any other.
That word is England."
- Winston Churchill
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Check out some of the links to the left for more information on St George and his history!
There is an update too, of course - the
Winter Warhammer 2003 campaign has had it's penultimate night, and a cracker it was!
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Rob Lane
22.04.03 | 18:00 gmt
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Michael wins, yay!
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All Salute the Biggs!
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What a weekend that was! No matter that we all had a fantastic laugh up in Merrie Scotland at
Conflict: Edinburgh over the Easter period, we also came away with a couple of trophies! First past the post was our own
Michael Biggs (who had to share his first place with North West Warriors' Adam Turner), Best Sportsman was
Andrew Chesney and the rest of us did well enough to prove we're still the best as far as Warhammer is concerned!
Check out the various updates to the Slayers pages and watch for an update on the
Winter Warhammer 2003 campaign in a few days' time! Only two weeks to go now!
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Rob Lane
17.04.03 | 15:45 gmt
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Two weeks left!
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Off to Merrie Scotland!
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Six of us Dragon Slayers -
Matt Ash,
Michael Biggs,
Greg Chambers,
Andrew Chesney,
Rob Lane and
Matt Otter - are off to Merrie Scotland this weekend to fight the good fight at Games Workshop's one-day
Conflict: Edinburgh tournament! Thanks to it being Easter we're taking the opportunity to have a mini-holiday too so we may see you around - we're certainly going to annoy people at Edinburgh Castle!
That's not all about tournaments: last weekend
John Dale and
Paul Scrivens-Smith had a pop at some geeks at the
WPS WH40K GT at Warhammer World in Nottingham, coming in ninth and fifth respectively! Not bad for part-timers!
As well as that, check out the usual
Winter Warhammer 2003 campaign update... with
Paul Corcoran taking over the top spot as I predicted. It's up to you lot to sort 'im out!
Get to it boys!
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Three Weeks Left!
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That's right - just three weeks left of the
Winter Warhammer 2003 campaign left to run, and it's really getting interesting!
Nathan Hoole's still top but any one of five or six could get in there... including young baldy
Paul Corcoran, who I guarantee will try to sneak in with his Vampire Counts at the last minute! It's up to you guys to make sure he doesn't make it!
As well as that, have a gander at the recently updated March 2003 Scrapbook, with loadsa pictures of the boys in Yankland... and believe me, they're some of the saner ones! I'm currently working on the scrapbook for 2001, which should prove very popular with the ladies -
Nathan Hoole gets his belly out!
Finally, just time to mention that our
Matt Otter managed to grab himself fifth place - his best ever result - at the
Conflict: Leeds tournament last weekend. Who says you can't teach young dogs old tricks?
See yer next week!
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Rob Lane
05.04.03 | 20:42 gmt
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Pete's Arabians!
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Empire, Araby
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A quick update for keen Dragon Slayer followers: after a fair bit of badgering I managed to get hold of
Pete Scholey's Arabian Empire army, some time at the club, a pint of beer and a camera, all at the same time (which is a miracle in itself): thus, the new gallery known as the Knights of Araby is here for your viewing pleasure!
Next up are
Pete Scholey's Eldar and
Martin Bunting's Vampire Counts... so don't say I never do nowt for yerz!
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Rob Lane
03.04.03 | 15:09 gmt
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campaign update:
03.04.03
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Thirteen... the lucky number!
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Lucky for Some
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Now that's better! After last week's damp squib the
Winter Warhammer 2003 campaign has returned to some semblance of normality, with nine games played and a few changes on the Leaderboard - namely,
Nathan Hoole taking over first place! Personally I think the Horned Rat has been watching... especially as it's week thirteen!
Have a look at those results and plan how you can take the ratty one down, guys!
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Rob Lane
31.03.03 | 17:53 gmt
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slayers update:
31.03.03
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Martin wins again!
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Leicester Veterans, Us
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On Sunday a few of us Dragon Slayers had a bash at some Games Workshop dudes down at Warhammer World in the
Leicester Veterans tournament, and guess what? One of us won it! Old hand
Martin Bunting showed newbies
Michael Biggs (seventh) and
Matt Ash (eighteenth) how it's done with a three-nil win over his opponents, ending up in first place!
Rob Lane managed fourth place and a deserving Best Painted Army, too - although he was beaten by
Martin Bunting along the way!
You can check out all the updates in the Slayers section of course - and watch out for an update later in the week too!
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Rob Lane
27.03.03 | 16:06 gmt
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gallery entry:
27.03.03
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John's fantastic Beastmen!
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More Galleries!
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Another fantastic update for you all this week - and no, I'm not just talking about the usual
Winter Warhammer 2003 campaign update! The Galleries section has received a major update too, my hairy friends: not only have I finally got hold of
John Dale's fantastic Beastman army - The Kroo - I've also showcased another army of mine own, Alassar's Cavalry Patrol! Such flagrant abuse of power should not go unpunished of course, and my penance will be to try and get as many other Dragon Slayer armies photographed as soon as possible... next on the agenda is
Pete Scholey's stupendous Arabian Empire dudes!
What can I say? The future is with the Dragon Slayers!
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Rob Lane
20.03.03 | 22:58 gmt
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gallery entry:
20.03.03
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Dave's Chaos army!
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Gallery of Pleasure
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An excellent update for you this week! There's the usual
Winter Warhammer 2003 campaign update of course, which is very interesting in itself thanks to a number of shenanigans changing the Leaderboard around somewhat; but I thought it was about time the Galleries section was updated, too. After all, it's been nearly five months since the last army was showcased in there! To that end I managed to browbeat
Dave Grant into letting me photograph his excellent Chaos army Slaves to Pleasure, and I shouldn't wonder there'll be another army showcased sometime soon... perhaps
John Dale's Kroo? Who knows!
Enjoy the updates... and until next time, stay away from the goon juice, you know it's bad for you!
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Rob Lane
13.03.03 | 16:35 gmt
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campaign update:
13.03.03
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It's still going well!
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Ticking Over
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The
Winter Warhammer 2003 campaign is still going well, but with the boys across the pond it's only really been ticking over in the past couple of weeks - only seven games have been played in that time! That should change next week though, and maybe the attentions of the returning Big Guns can bring high-flying
Dave Grant back down to earth... he just keeps on winning!
Oh, and I've put previous weeks' results onto a separate page - funnily enough, called the Winter Warhammer 2003 Results Archive - to make it a little easier on the eye and on the download speed!
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Rob Lane
11.03.03 | 23:22 gmt
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slayers update:
11.03.03
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The Corkster done good!
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A Tale of Two Tournaments
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Over the weekend two tournaments took place on opposite sides of the Atlantic, involving most of our playing strength - the
Warhammer Open IV in Nottingham and the
Baltimore GT in Yankland - with the end result being a few more trophies in the bag for the Dragon Slayers! Best of the bunch were
Paul Corcoran, who came second at the
Warhammer Open IV, and
John Dale, who added another couple of painting awards for his quite fantastic Beastmen Kroo. Obviously the Americans were as impressed as the rest of us, and hopefully I can persuade him to let me take some pictures for the Galleries!
Apart from those two, mention must be made of
Pete Scholey's efforts in the USA; he won all his games and ran out with the top battle score, but thanks to the vagaries of the US scoring system only managed to finish sixth... and sadly, Team UK as a whole managed to lose the Warhammer Cup to Team USA; but that only means we'll be back next year to contest it again!
You can view everybody's placings on the Slayers pages - so go check 'em out!
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Rob Lane
06.03.03 | 23:22 gmt
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scrapbook:
06.03.03
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Check out the scrapbook for February!
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Another Month Gone
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They all seem to go too fast these days, don't they? Well, it might be March already, but here at the Dragon Slayers we like a bit of nostalgia - so check out the Scrapbook for February!
As well as that, have a look at the results from this week's
Winter Warhammer 2003 games - a certain Mr
Dave Grant has knocked
Pete Scholey off the top spot and is riding high on the Leaderboard! Can anyone do the same to him next week?
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Rob Lane
27.02.03 | 19:31 gmt
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campaign update:
27.02.03
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Anuvver update!
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Good Luck to the Lads!
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Yes, we say goodbye and Best of British to those Dragon Slayers who are off to Yankland on Saturday; off for a week's holiday in New York and Washington and eventually Baltimore for the Grand Tournament, where they'll be joining battle with Heathens and Colonials alike to bring home the Warhammer Cup (again). Of course, the UK Team aren't all Dragon Slayers, but without the likes of
Adrian McWalter,
John Dale,
Pete Scholey,
Nathan Hoole,
Andrew Chesney and
Michael Biggs, I feel said Heathens and Colonials might overturn our countrymen and women.
So, wish them good luck whilst the rest of us get on with the
Winter Warhammer 2003 campaign, which returned to normality on Tuesday - seven games played, seven results!
Before I go I feel that, on behalf of all the Dragon Slayers, congratulations must go to our
Jason Annett, who is now a fully-grown Dad and therefore a future contributor to our booming youth programme! Nice one mate!
See ya next time!
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Rob Lane
20.02.03 | 15:36 gmt
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campaign update:
20.02.03
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Week Seven!
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Campaign Change
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Week Seven of the
Winter Warhammer 2003 campaign was a little understrength with only three games played, but that's probably down to the Baltimore Boys getting some practise in as well as a couple of visitors from the north-east popping down. Chief culprit is probably the rules change, though...
With the
Club Challenge only a couple of months away we've decided to get back to 2,000 point armies as soon as possible, and as 2,500 armies seem redundant - for the time being - it makes sense to switch now rather than later. Thus, any campaign games in the future should be played with 2,000 point armies. Naturally this will affect the scoring system, but players don't have to worry about that because you just hand in your victory points as normal. If you really want to have a look at the way it affects scoring, take a peek at the Dragon Slayer Scoring System page.
Because of the change, I've allowed players to keep their current score as long as they use the same army - if you decide to use a different army, you are entered onto the campaign again, starting from scratch. To ensure this doesn't impact on the campaign itself, I've also decided to extend it into April, thus allowing players to get more games in!
In short, despite the changes, it's still a cracking campaign and everybody should get their fingers out and play!
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Rob Lane
12.02.03 | 20:08 gmt
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campaign update:
05.02.03
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Week Six!
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It's Hotting Up!
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Last night's
Winter Warhammer 2003 was a cracking one with eleven more games and plenty of incident, with
Pete Scholey knocking
Rob Lane off the top spot on the Leaderboard... but it's not over yet, not by a long chalk! We're only just about half way through though the campaign, which means there's plenty more games to be fought from now until the end of March! Anything could happen!
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Rob Lane
05.02.03 | 22:34 gmt
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campaign update:
05.02.03
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Week Five!
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Campaign Update
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Week Five of the
Winter Warhammer 2003 has been and gone, with the most games in a night so far - eleven! The coffers are getting full and the campaign isn't even at the halfway stage, so there's still plenty of time to get to the top of that Leaderboard! Make sure you get down to't club next week!
Other than that, the first Scrapbook of 2003, January's, is ready for you to peruse!
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Rob Lane
01.02.03 | 15:55 gmt
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new slayers:
01.02.03
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Two new Slayers to view!
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Reports and Slayers
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Following on from the
Sheffield Slaughter last weekend, I've managed to press-gang various Dragon Slayers into providing a report or two. First to put his head on the block is
Paul Corcoran, who's written an account of exactly how he did the business in
Blood for the Blood God! Note: if you're of a nervous disposition and don't like to read about a Bloodthirster and a Dragon Ogre Drake in the same army, please don't read it...
Elsewhere, I've updated all the Slayers for your perusal and added two new boys -
Dave Grant and
Matt Ash - who really have let themselves in for something by joining us lot! I've also reworked the Slayers section a little, and in a few days I'm hoping to get some statistics up. Until then - have a good one!
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Rob Lane
29.01.03 | 23:15 gmt
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Check out the Slaughter results!
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Slaughtered!
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We certainly were! The
Sheffield Slaughter was held last weekend, and what a cracking event it was! In the end we managed to lure forty-four geeks from around the country (and, indeed, Europe) to join us and bash each other senseless Warhammer-style, with the end result that everybody enjoyed themselves... even the Troll Slayers! Congratulations and thanks must go to all the entrants for making the Slaughter as good, if not better, than previous ones - and, of course, well done to the various winners, notably Dragon Slayers
Paul Corcoran and new boy
Dave Grant, first and third respectively, and Jon Pegg of the Troll Slayers, who was second!
But, of course, you want to find out where you finished, don't you - so have a look at the Sheffield Slaughter 2003 Results page or download the Results Spreadsheet to find out!
Other than that, check out the usual
Winter Warhammer 2003 update from the fourth week of play - the Leaderboard is now up and running, but there's plenty of games to be played yet!
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Rob Lane
22.01.03 | 17:26 gmt
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Third week of the Campaign!
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See you there!
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The
Sheffield Slaughter is now upon us, and this weekend fifty-odd geeks will celebrate all things Dragon Slayer and Warhammer at the Davy Sports Club in Sheffield. There's still a few place left if anybody fancies it, and if you've already entered we'll see you there!
A note to members or prospective members - the Annual Subscriptions are now due guys, so please make sure you hand it in with your choice of payment to the Club Secretary,
Rob Lane. You can either download the Annual Subscriptions 2003 form or wait until you're given one when you turn up at the club. Please note that the closing date for entries is the end of January - we'd really like you to get them in by then!
Don't forget to check out the
Winter Warhammer 2003 results from the third week of play, too!
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Rob Lane
16.01.03 | 21:34 gmt
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Another week goes by...
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A week to go...
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Yep, there's just a week to go before the
Sheffield Slaughter but there's still plenty of places left. Where are you all - on your holidays? At the time of writing we only have around forty entrants, which means we need another ten or so to ensure we break even. To that end I've decided to extend the cut-off date for entries to the end of next week, so please make sure you get that entry form off in the next few days!
Check out the
Winter Warhammer 2003 results from this week's games, too...
Pete Scholey's going great guns so it's up to us lot to chop them Tomb Kings down!
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Rob Lane
08.01.03 | 22:50 gmt
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The campaign gets off to a great start!
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The Campaign Starts!
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The
Winter Warhammer 2003 Campaign started yesterday and what a start it was - seven games and plenty of incident, not to mention an incredibly busy club because of it! Even
Darren Dabell turned up! Click on the link to find out who won what where and why, and expect an update every Wednesday.
Next week it's our Annual General Meeting (don't forget guys), but in less than three weeks is the
Sheffield Slaughter and places are filling up rapidly. The cut-off date for entries is the 18th of January, so if you haven't already sent out your entry form, get down to it! Hopefully we'll see you there!
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