bryanfromfoundry
Member
As Oldhammer Day approaches, I thought I should get in touch to see if we could have some information on your table requirements! The premises in Nottingham had tables permanently laid out, but here in East Stoke we have the tables stored around our buildings and in the barns of local farmers. Also, whereas we had one huge space in Nottingham, here we have a chain of connecting rooms: We are just knocking the last three together so we will have 10 spaces for you. Only some of the spaces will be able to take very large tables. We can probably also organize a big tent in the middle of the courtyard if we know that it is needed. It would be useful if he could let us have your best estimate of the number and size of tables that you might need, and also your best guess at the level of attendance. This would help us to roughly estimate possible food requirements.
Cheers Bryan
On a completely different subject now
Potential “Bring and Battle” at Oldhammer
When I was a young wargamer in the late 1960s, the wargaming hobby was just starting up and bring and battle events were popular.
The idea was that participants could turn up at any point during the day, bringing with them an agreed number of units. Typically this might be three units: perhaps of specific types and or points values. They would usually just plonk their units down and join in the battle, or perhaps they could roll to see if they came in on a flank [with pluses for cavalry units etc.]
This might work out well as an Oldhammer event for anyone who wanted a spot of casual gaming and the opportunity for anybody to join in whenever they liked irrespective of them being strangers to the group.
Cheers Bryan
On a completely different subject now
Potential “Bring and Battle” at Oldhammer
When I was a young wargamer in the late 1960s, the wargaming hobby was just starting up and bring and battle events were popular.
The idea was that participants could turn up at any point during the day, bringing with them an agreed number of units. Typically this might be three units: perhaps of specific types and or points values. They would usually just plonk their units down and join in the battle, or perhaps they could roll to see if they came in on a flank [with pluses for cavalry units etc.]
This might work out well as an Oldhammer event for anyone who wanted a spot of casual gaming and the opportunity for anybody to join in whenever they liked irrespective of them being strangers to the group.