AK47 Day 2021 - News and Announcements

[Sean Clark]

Battlefield Hobbies, Daventry.

Saturday 9th October 2021.

Event Schedule
09.00-09.25 – Players arrive, welcome.
09:30-12.30 – Game One.
12.30-13:30 – Buffet lunch.
13.30-16.30 – Game Two

£10 for the day inclduing lunch. Payment direct to Battlefield Hobbies:

https://www.battlefieldhobbies.co.uk/our-events/

SPONSORS

Peter Pig

15% discount on preorders. Watch this space or the Peter Pig website for details. This link will take you to the relevant page: https://www.peterpig.co.uk/shows%20competitions%20and%20events.html

Geek  Villain

https://geekvillain.co.uk/

One lucky partipcant will walk away with a 6x4 mat from Geek Viilain, and soon there will be a 10% off discount code made available to those attending.

The Army Painter

https://shop.thearmypainter.com/products.php?ProductGroupId=17

Also as a raffle prize will be a 'Zombiecide' paint set with a Masterclass Brush! Although labelled as Zombiecide, it's actually a set of 6 paints which are regular colours, usable with things other than zombies 😁

Huge thanks to all 3 sponsors!

2 games of AK47 Reloaded.

My AK47 Reloaded blog to chart goings on and developments in uMbongo
https://ak47reloaded.blogspot.com/


Umpire/Organiser: Sean Clark

1. Simon P - Hereditary Benign Dictatorship
2. Miles M - Colonial Settlers
3. Martin Goddard - End of Days Government
4. Martin Buck - Exiled Army (15)
5. Martyn Simpson - Communist Intervention
6. Julian B  - Cult Leader
7. Derek Major - Religious
8. Jimmy James - White Colonialists
9. Dene Green - People's Popular Front
10. Michael Humphries - Mercenary
11. Chris Cunningham - Communist Intervention force
12. Sean - Warlord


Players will be split into two teams - Government/loyalist forces and Rebel/Seperatists. Over the course of the day, whichever side scores the most victory points will win power!

N. B.

We may be able to get more tables if there is enough players to fill them, so if you end up on the initial reserve list, you're probably fine to still come and play.

[Sean Clark]

Thinking about other possibles who typically show interest in these things...

Weymouth contingent: Chris C, Big Mike, Les BT

Burton: Simon C, Ray, Dene? Any Burton club members interested, I can come down on a Tuesday or Thursday to run a demo.

[Smoking gun]

Sean, can I suggest you put the date and location in the title or first post of this thread so potential participants aren't having to search for information.

You can change my status to definite, well as definite as anything is except death and taxes.

I found a Brixcon special figure the other day along with a participation piggie.

Best wishes,
Martin Buck

[Sean Clark]

Done Martin.

I have the Piggie figure. One of my favourites! I really enjoyed Brixcon, though I rarely troubled the scorers, as it were! My first ever game of AK47 was against Ken Natt using a Martian Army with giant Tripods. 

[Smoking gun]

Sean, I too languished at the bottom of the table. I remember Ken Natt from the Friday evening Hammerin' Iron games.

I found the small tables changed the game quite a bit, we used to play on our club 8x5 ft tables so we used more motorised units.

Best wishes,
Martin Buck

[Jimmy James]

Hello Sean, would you count me in? Sounds great and will get the painting done(!) to finish up and get a complete force on the table.

General Leeroy and the Campaign Alliance Levy look forward to doing battle...

All the best
Jim

[Smiley Miley 66]

I will use my British Desert Army. I ll tell what army they are ?
Somebody needs to bring these So called African Warlords to Justice, not sure if it's an oil/diamonds backed corporation or Government backed or a properly sanctioned UN type force yet ? I will look at the options and come back on that ? AC130 Helicopter Gunship is ready to fly ? ( got to mend it first, lack of maintenance ! I dropped it !!!)
Miles

[Smiley Miley 66]

Do we know roughly what year we are set in ? Or decade ?
My chaps seem to be caught in the first Iraq war still
Miles

[Sean Clark]

Modern day Miles, so anything goes!

[Sean Clark]

Jim

You're in and welcome! Let me know which army type you're intending to use. Nothing that can't be changed later, but we're looking for as wide a spread as possible across the 15 available.

[Smiley Miley 66]

Army number 3. Colonial Settlers Army. GOB. Grumpy Old Brits.
Might even get backed up by the British Government via some back door ?old British Surplice equipment ? SGT Garvey and Red Troop might make an appearance, along with an odd famous person or two ? ITV to the rescue ? As they happen to be on-an "exercise" just nearby ?
You never know in these troubled times ??
I do have a "local" tribe type army available if anyone is struggling ? With regulars and local militia...
Miles

[Colonel Kilgore]

Sean,

I will opt for army #10 - Hereditary Benign Dictatorship, please.

Simon

[Sean Clark]

All, please spread word about this event. I'd love to have a full 16 names down and a reserve list. Hammy at Battlefield indicated that there could be more tables available so the more sign ups the better.

Mention it to club mates, pub mates, at the school PTA meeting and the Chirch fete. Let's get the buzz going!

[martin goddard]

For equipment dates it is 1950 to 1990  with the average being 1970.
Plenty of Russian, French  and British equipment.
French and British due to colonial links.
Russian because they like to get in on any conflict (proxy Cuba etc).
No US equipment.


martin

[John Watson]

Hi Sean, I may be up for this, but at present I have a few obstacles in the way.
1. I don't have the rules.
2. I've never played AK47. I haven't even played AK46.
3. I'm not sure if I have an army as I don't have the rules, so I can't tell what figures would be suitable.
4. I'm on holiday and I don't have my diary/calendar with me, so I don't know if I am free.
On that basis you can probably count me in. I will order a set of rules from some shady bloke in Weymouth and see what turns up.
On the plus side, I do know where Daventry is.
Cheers
John