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Hi All,

long time lover of the game, but dont get that many games in. Looking at going to Thruddball soon though.

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ARBBL might be your closest big league (in Andover). Not sure what's going on in the Portsmouth/Southampton area.

If you fancy a drive, you could come to Swindon :D

Try the league locator on thenaf.net.

And Fumbbl and Cyanide!

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Hi Thor, where abouts in Hampshire? There are a few of us based in Southampton that occasionally run a small league, and just over the border into Dorset are Exiles who I believe have a long running league. Anyway I shall be at Thrud myself, feel free to say Hi! I'll be the long haired guy with the orange goblins :D

There is also the Albion Coast Cup held in Southampton on August Bank Holiday weekend.

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Itchen Masack wrote: just over the border into Dorset are Exiles who I believe have a long running league.
Exiles League is on long term holiday due to lack of players (too many people moved away or had children and dont play games anymore). I actually play league games in ARBBL now ;)

There are many tournamentsin the area, so many we have a championship!

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Welcome!

If you fancy a trip to a tournament before Thrud - Gert Bowl is on in Bristol in a couple of weeks (25th/26thJuly). Most us don't bite and those that do we try to keep at the back away from the normal people.

Jokes aside if you fancy a trip to Bristol this is the Gert Bowl thread - Gert Bowl Link or drop me a PM if you want to ask any questions.

Hopefully see you over a board sometime :)

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Hi all,

i live in Portsmouth, but work at Laverstoke Park near Basingstoke.

Thrudd is going to be my first event, trying to get a dwarf team up and ready for it whilst painting a team for the charity auction too!

Any tips or advice for a newbie for dwarfs at an event?

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thor87 wrote:Any tips or advice for a newbie for dwarfs at an event?
Block a lot and revel in the Dwarf hate :-D

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thor87 wrote: Any tips or advice for a newbie for dwarfs at an event?
Dont play Dwarfs?

Normally I'd say spam Guard, but Thrud rules only allow for 3 skilled players on a Dwarf team, so no real spamming.
How saucy are you feeling?
An option:
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3 Rerolls and a bribe
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Welcome! Hope to see you at a tourney soon.

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thor87 wrote:Any tips or advice for a newbie for dwarfs at an event?
  • ~Don't Dodge, just hit them some more
    ~You probably don't need as many rerolls as you think
    ~Take it slow (they're Dwarves they don't do fast anyway)
    ~Don't listen to the haters :)

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rolo wrote:
thor87 wrote:Any tips or advice for a newbie for dwarfs at an event?
Block a lot and revel in the Dwarf hate :-D
Used to the dwarf hate, been played Dwarfs in fantasy since I was very young, and I am a former world no 1 dwarf player in wfb. At least people cant moan about warmachines and shooting in BB...

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thor87 wrote:Hi all,

i live in Portsmouth, but work at Laverstoke Park near Basingstoke.
Howdy,

As Sann mentioned above, the ARBBL club is in Andover, so could be a little diversion on your way home if you were interested. We've just started a long-term league with a couple of out-of-club visitors (Lunchmoney and Waddywoos). We are currently running one game round every 4 weeks, where 1 league game needs to be played, although a coach can play as many or as few non-scoring friendlies in that time, so you'd only need to commit to one week in four.

If you're interested, send me a PM and I can give you any more details you'd like; if not, hope to see you at a southern tournament before the years out.
thor87 wrote:At least people cant moan about warmachines and shooting in BB...
Ah, not taking the Deathroller or Bomber then? ;)

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Darkson wrote:
thor87 wrote:Hi all,

i live in Portsmouth, but work at Laverstoke Park near Basingstoke.
Howdy,

As Sann mentioned above, the ARBBL club is in Andover, so could be a little diversion on your way home if you were interested. We've just started a long-term league with a couple of out-of-club visitors (Lunchmoney and Waddywoos). We are currently running one game round every 4 weeks, where 1 league game needs to be played, although a coach can play as many or as few non-scoring friendlies in that time, so you'd only need to commit to one week in four.

If you're interested, send me a PM and I can give you any more details you'd like; if not, hope to see you at a southern tournament before the years out.
thor87 wrote:At least people cant moan about warmachines and shooting in BB...
Ah, not taking the Deathroller or Bomber then? ;)
Not planning on taking any secret weapons atm, still trying to get used to the game (played a lot on computer...)

Will see if I can make it over to Andover, its a hellova trek back though.

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Portsmouth.... solent wargammers

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