AUTUMN BIG GAME 2022 ("NEWQUAY RELOADED") - ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW

This year's Autumn Big Game 2022 ("Newquay Reloaded") will take place at the Burley Gate Village Hall, Herefordshire on Saturday 1st October 2022 from 10am - 5pm (doors open c. 9.30am).

"Newquay Reloaded", as the name suggests, is the eventual production of the Covid cancelled Spring Big Game 2020 ("Assault on Newquay"). Where have those two and a half years gone? Anyway, this post contains all you need to know about "Newquay Reloaded":

For the geographical background ("The Sleepy Port of Newquay"), SEE HERE

For the scenario and special rules, SEE HERE

For biographies of the "Officers Commanding" the Invasion Fleet, SEE HERE

For your "Platoon Generator", SEE HERE

For news of the 2022 Modelling Challenge, SEE HERE

For the "Shoddy Tanks" playable in "Newquay Reloaded" and the 2019 Modelling Challenge, SEE HERE

And now for some UPDATED practicalities:

"For those who have not previously attended a Hereford 1938 "Big Game", the Burley Gate Village Hall is located on the A465 between Burley Gate Roundabout and the village of Stoke Lacy. The Village Hall is adjacent to the Burley Gate Primary School. Full information and a helpful PDF may may be found here. 

For the Autumn Big Game 2022, the cost for the day is back to the old rate of £10, payable on the BIG DAY itself. We have been able to return to our traditional game rate by reason of the Hall halving their rental (a concession only applicable to the end of the year, unfortunately) as negotiated by Giles, to whom many thanks.

In addition to a crisp £10 note, please remember to bring:

(a). your lunch. We provide coffee, tea and biscuits. If you want something more substantial during the course of the day, pack it with your troops! (Usually, the adjacent Burley Gate Community Shop is open on a Saturday morning, so any emergency food needs can be met - note, however that the Community Shop is still a 'Covid mask zone' so bring one along just in case).

(b). your troops. Goes without saying, really. Your troops as per the VBCW Platoon Generator above. Note that we allocate experience ratings to sections on the morning of the BIG GAME as per the Platoon Generator rules, so it's helpful to have brought along a pencil and piece of paper to note down the results.

(c). your camera. If you intend taking pictures of the inevitable triumph of your troops, and the destruction of the enemy. The Umpires really like photographs of the action to illustrate the After Action Report.

(d). your paraphenalia. Dice, rules, measuring tapes, scatter terrain - all the "small stuff" that you usually use. The Umpires are always grateful for telephone poles, road signs, hedges, gates, bushes, sandbag emplacements etc. etc. - any small items of VBCW scenery that add to the overall effect."

And that's all there is to it ! Any questions to the Umpires via the Email Group, alternatively, in case that fails, via the LAF thread.