Warhammer 40k, Saturday & Sunday, 1750 points. This year Leprecon hopes its 40k tournament will be bigger and better than last years was. To this effect the prize for this year is a fully painted 1000 point Ork army, which we all know is bigger and better than last years Space Marines. This army will go to the finest player in attendance (or at least the one who beats everyone else) so please come and try your hand, it’ll be good fun either way. Entry into the tournament is 20 Euro and includes a weekend ticket.

Warmachine and Hordes, Sunday, 35 points. Our local Dublin Pressganger will be running a one day 35 point Warmachine and Hordes tournament using the latest Mark II rules. The tournament format will be the new 2010 Steamroller rules and use the January 29th PDF for Hordes Mark II. We’re hoping for a decent number of players and some good ol’ fashioned competition in its best form: Giant killing machines vs. giant killing monstrosities. Entry into the tournament is 20 Euro and includes a weekend ticket.

Warhammer Ancient Battles: We’ll have a demo table of Warhammer Ancient Battles running throughout the weekend so drop by the table and have a go at it. It should be good fun and offers a fine opportunity to prove to your friends nto only how awesome Carthage really was but how if you were in charge you would have taken Rome. This event is free to play.

Battletech: We will have a member of the Catalyst Demo Team with a Battletech demo for people to play on Saturday so if you’re at all interested in mech combat on any scale you should give it a try and even if you’re not you should still give it a try. This event will be free to play.

With the updated and finalised blurbs comes the timetable for roleplaying of all stripes at the convention. This should be the final version of the timetable, but there are always unforeseen circumstances at gaming conventions. We’ll keep everyone updated of any changes!

Friday Evening

LARP: The Demon-Zombie-Ghost Pirate Le Chuck is dead… – Aidan Marsh & Alex Tang

RPG: Sight Unseen – Tadeusz Cantwell (Dark Heresy)

Saturday Morning

RPG: Quest for the Blue Rose – Noirín Curran (GURPS: Disney)

RPG: WWS VI: Operation Olmec – Sean Geraghty (Savage Worlds)

LARP: Christmas in Valhalla – National Irish Games Writer 2009 Sandra Duggan

Saturday Afternoon

RPG: The Secret of Ronan Skerry – Michael Davis (Castles & Crusades)

RPG: The deadliest prey – Graham Turner (Savage Worlds / Penny Arcade)

LARP: The Kingdom – Camarilla Ireland

Sunday Morning

RPG: The Deep Dark – Graham Tormey (Mouse Guard)

RPG: The Winter of 1854 – Padraic Barrett (Call of Cthulhu)

LARP: JumpTech 6: Damocles – Nick Huggins

Sunday Afternoon

RPG: The Ebon Express – Ger Norton and Barry Sheppard (D&D Eberron 4^th Edition)

RPG: The Crimson Eagles and the Invaders from Tomorrow! – Paul Anthony Shortt (Spirit of the Century)

LARP: Where There’s A Will – Shane O’hUid, Brian McNally and Liam O’Tailliuir

The convention timetable is really coming together now, and we have a great line-up in wargames, boardgames and cardgames too. It should be a fantastic weekend, and be sure to pre-book ahead of time so you don’t miss out!

Cheers,

Siskey & Fatz

RPGs and LARPS

Leprecon 31

We’ll be holding two boardgame tournaments.

Saturday Afternoon: Race for the Galaxy Championship

Sunday Morning: Settlers of Catan Tournament

We’ll also be running a series of boardgames throughout the weekend open to everyone.

Saturday Morning: Power Grid

Saturday Early Afternoon: Battlestar Galactica

Saturday Late Afternoon: Ticket to Ride

Sunday Morning: Battlestar Galactica

Saturday Early Afternoon: Caylus

Saturday Late Afternoon: Carcassone

Finally all weekend we be holding a Chainsaw Warrior Challange. Can you save New York from the evil Darkness in 40 minutes? This boardgame has beaten the best of us, do you have what it takes?

Saturday:

Morning:  Magic Draft (Most recent set)

Afternoon:  Magic Grand Melee

Sunday:

Morning:  Unhinged Draft

Afternoon:  Magic Standard Constructed

Afternoon:  Yugioh Constructed

We’ll be holding drafts throughout the weekend if there is demand.
If you’ve any questions feel free to email ccgs@leprecon.info

The Irish Kotei is considered one of the best in the World, drawing multiple World Champions every year, and has great prize support including the “Memorial Quentin McSiskey Award for Last Place” in honour of a man who, though he still lives, has had all his skill pass away.

This year’s Kotei Season deals with The Plague War, the start of the new L5R Mega-game, and once again it won’t just be decided by the tournament but also by the Spirit side events. Our Spirit event is “Build-Your-Own-Banner”: we’ll provide all the materials needed, and just like kids in playschool you’ll get to represent your Clan with a mixture of paper, poster paint and toilet roll inserts.

Tickets for the Kotei are €30, including admission to the convention for the weekend. You can buy tickets online at the Leprecon Shop

Links:

http://www.l5r.com/kotei-2010-the-plague-war/
http://www.alderac.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=280&t=80718
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=419273180216

The Leprecon shop is now open for business at http://leprecon.info/shop/

Currently entry tickets and wargames tickets can be purchased more items will go on sale once the timetable is finalized.

The tournament will run all day on Sunday and be run by our lovely local Pressgangers. Entry into the tournament will be 20 Euro, which will include entry into the con for the weekend.

The points cost for the tournament is preliminarily set at 35 points (which is roughly 500 points in the Mark I rules) and it is currently set to be run as Steamroller barring any big announcement by Privateer Press of a new Mark II format.

The process is slightly different this year.  In order to book this year, you must contact Jenny Farrell at Jacobs directly by emailing groups@isaacs.ie and say you’re looking to book as part of the Leprecon group.  They’ll tell you the price (prices are from about €25pppn for a 12-bed, other rooms may vary) and how to secure the booking by credit card or other payment as appropriate. Below is a sample email for you to copy/paste and edit as appropriate.  Please remember to edit the emails as I don’t want a bunch of bookings in the name of “insert name here!”

Dear Ms Farrell,

My name is [insert name here] and I wish to book one place in a 12-bed dorm room as part of the Leprecon group for the nights of the 12th and 13th of March, 2010.  Please send me the details of cost and payment methods.

Best Regards

[insert name here]

Please ensure you book early to avoid disappointment as there will be a Rugby match on that weekend in Dublin, and while it is a pretty big hostel, it could fill up fast!

If this does happen, do not despair: there are other hostels you could try:

Isaacs Hostel – http://www.isaacs.ie/isaacs_hostel/home.aspx
Kinlay House – http://www.kinlaydublin.ie/
Ashfield House – http://www.ashfieldhouse.ie/

If you fancy splashing out a little more on a hotel or guesthouse, there are several very close to the con indeed, including one directly across the road:

The Lombard (Formerly Mahaffey’s) – http://www.thesmithgroup.ie/thelombard/index.html
The O’Callaghan hotels (The Davenport, Mont Clare among others) http://www.ocallaghanhotels.com/dublinmain.aspx
Holiday Inn – http://www.holidayinndublin.ie/
And many more (googlemap search of the area around Goldsmith!)

The first place prize will be a fully painted army, specific army as yet to be determined but I’ll be sure to tell you when I know, and the second and third place prizes will be determined based on the number of players we’ve got. Basically, the more players that show up the nicer second adn third place prizes we’ll get.  So bring all your friends, beat them, and get an awesome prize for it!

That’s all the news for now on this front, but I’ll be sure to keep you informed of all the goings on, and as usual feel free to email me if you have any questions/requests.

Here are the blurbs for the anticipated games:

The Kingdom – Camarilla Ireland

“An object that struck the MacGillycuddy’s Reeks on Saturday, causing a mysterious illness among local residents, was a rare kind of meteorite, scientists announced today.

A team of Student researchers confirmed the origins of the object, which crashed near Kilorglin.

No statement about the illness which is affecting locals was given although a local GP has said it is probably just a coincidence.”

Something weird is going on in County Kerry.

Christmas in Valhalla – Sandra Duggan

Every year the gods from all walks of life from all around the world descend on Valhalla to enjoy the festivities. There’s music, dancing, wine, women and song just for starters.

But what happened to those lesser gods that don’t get invited? Those who aren’t welcome at the hippest party in these parts? What would aeons of bitterness and being the social outcast do to anyone? Want to find out?

The Demon-Zombie-Ghost Pirate Le Chuck is dead… – Aidan Marsh & Alex Tang

…Again.

With any luck though, this time he’ll stay down for good.

Unfortunately, this leaves the local in something of a predicament. Le Chuck was the most feared pirate around, and now that he’s gone there are rather a lot of pirates who wouldn’t mind the position. Swords will clash an insults will fly as the applicants gather in the Scumm Bar to determine who will hold the title of Most Dreaded Pirate of the Tri-Island Area.

Where There’s a Will – Shane O’hUid, Brian McNally and Liam O’Tailliuir

Old Granda Frank has passed away, rest him.  Sure it’s probably for the best that he’s up there with May again, forgive me for saying it but towards the end he had some notions in that head of his.  The funeral was grand, it’s a shame but it’s one of the few things that brings the family together, from all the various walks of life and corners of the world.  There was a bit of bother over who’s going to get the wine cellar and who’s getting the Jaguar, but sure we’ll find all that out this afternoon now, at the will reading.  I’m sure Granda Frank made the right decisions.

Cheers all,

Siskey & Fatz

RPGs & LARPs Team

Leprecon 31