Author: Group North

Group North has recently donated many of our excess library books to make room for an expansion of our terrain collection.

Gawler Community House sent us a thank you letter for our recent donation.

November 6th the Mars overlords are allowing another team a chance to earn a ticket off planet. See more details at Down Under Road Race.

Here’s an article from Scott Elaurant about how to get the best use out of your heavy tanks for Flames of War.

All of the games at the club were recorded last year (or as best as possible, some may have slipped through). A game was recorded as a single table with a group of players. If the players had another try that was the same game, if the players at the table changed that was a new game.

Over the year the following game records were made (top listed games from the total play list of 51 game types and 313 plays across them):

All details available from the ODS spreadsheet linked above.

The Crows Feast is preparing the fields for battle. Join us on August 28th for a day of Kings of War battles.

Event details are available at Crows Feast

Supporting Wildlife Recovery on Kangaroo Island.

Most people are aware of the devastating fires across south eastern Australia earlier this year. These fires not only caused fatalities and property loss but destroyed thousands of square kilometres of national parks and untouched wilderness areas. The losses in wildlife were catastrophic including many highly endangered species. Local volunteers have been working to locate, recover and heal the injured and to take steps to protect the tiny numbers of surviving animals. In South Australia the fires destroyed 99% of the Flinders Chase national park, and thousands of hectares of private bushland. Tens of thousands of Koalas perished as did millions of other smaller creatures. I recently visited the area and for as far as you could see was black stumps and bare ground where mature trees had grown. No life. Not even a fly or an ant in the worst areas.

So what can you do to help?

So our club, Group North, is calling on wargamers to help us save this tiny marsupial from extinction. All money raised will go the Kangaroo Island Land for Wildlife Inc. group to help in their critical work. We are being supported by a range of sponsors to provide incentives for your help. In late December everyone who has donated will have their name added for every $5 they donate and will be drawn at the club’s end of year function.

Our generous sponsors have provided:

• Cigar Box Battle – a battle mat of your choice and shipping
• Fighting Hedgehog – a hard cover rulebook of Clash of Spears plus shipping in US and Europe
• Barrage Miniatures – 2 x €50 vouchers
• Paint and Glue Miniatures – £60 voucher
• Empires at War – £40 voucher

How do I pay? If you are local payment can be in person at the club or via PayPal, for others use our dedicated PayPal account. Send payments to gnfund@outlook.com and provide your name (if not obvious in the payment) and country.

https://www.facebook.com/KILandforWildlife

For those who were wondering if the Open Day was on (traditionally this weekend) we have delayed it this year due to COVID-19 measures. We are planning on running our Open Day in the first half of next year.

If you want to have a reason to game at the club though the Warrior Kings competition is running on November 14th with the Kings of War 3rd edition rules.