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Gamesfest 4 News

The Fest is taking shape nicely, currently our line up is:

Companies Attending

Games Workshop

Forge World

Warhammer Historical

The Black Library

Mongoose Publishing

Esvedium Games

Battlefront : Flames of War

Triple Ace Games

Project Hydra

Warlord Games

Chaos City Comics

Calamity Comics

Murky Depths

Cardbreakers

Wargames Inc

Simple Miniature Games

Definitive games

Otherworld Miniatures

Monarch Books and Miniatures.

Authors Attending

Gav Thorpe

Richard Williams

Joely Black

Derek Gunn

Garry Charles

Dan Abnett

Peter Mark May

Frazer Lee

Raven Dane

Nick Kyme

Simon Scarrow

Robyn Young

Leah Moore

Conrad Williams

Steve Dean

David Devereux

Alessio Cavatore

Steven Savile

Steve Lyons

Bob fishcer

Artist Attending

Kev Walker

David Michael Wright

Tournaments / Demo Games already confirmed:

Wargames

Warmachine (Mitcham Marauders)

WH40K Demo/participation ( Watford Wargames Fed)

WH40K Doubles tournament

Flames of War Demo ( Wargames Inc)

Heldorado

RPGS

Swashbucklers of the 7 Skies

Call of Cthulhu

WH40K RPG

Deadlands

Savage Worlds

Plus much much more to be confirmed

Extra events

We are also running a miniature painting competition, so remember to bring your brush.

Tickets will be on sale soon at Home

I’m sure you’ll agree this is looking to be the biggest and best Fest ever!

Regards the Gamesfest crew.

GAMESFEST 4 : 24/10/2009

Gamesfest :

A one day convention to showcase the best of Role playing, Wargaming, Boardgaming & Science fiction/Fantasy literature. We want to pull all the strands of Fantasy/Science Fiction together and create a unique experience for the fan/enthusiast in one convention.

Ours is a unique vision and we want to focus on customer satisfaction and a totally enjoyable day dedicated to players and fans alike.

The aim is to:

Enable people to play games in an informal, friendly environment.

Let fans sample the best the gaming industry has to offer through Trade Stands / demo games.

Let fans meet the creators/designers of the games.

Give an opportunity to meet the writers/artists of your favorite Comics and Books

Gamesfest is a Hertfordshire based convention and has been running at the Victoria Hall in Tring for the past 3 years.

Companies that attend Gamesfest

Games Workshop

Pinnacle Entertainment

Leisure Games

Cubicle 7

Project Hydra

Cardbreakers

Bloody Books (publisher)

Hadesgate (publisher)

etc

We have outgrown our current venue and will be holding Gamesfest 4 at the Watford Colosseum

The new location: Watford Colosseum (Watford town centre)

Facilities include a fully licensed bar, two venue halls, dressing rooms, a large kitchen and ample parking facilities .There is also a large stage with full lighting system. The Colosseum has a seating capacity of 1188 in the main hall and 298 seating space in the gallery.

The main hall is 700 sq M and the smaller hall is 225sq M. This means we have capacity for over 50 exhibitors / traders. The capacity for attendees is over 1000.

The transport links are excellent via Road and rail (the main line station is 10 minutes walk away)

The future of Gamesfest.

We want to build on the success of last year with the right partners that share our vision. GW , Wizzkids , Mongoose publishing , Privateer Press , 2000AD , SFX , Forbidden Planet etc

At present we have two distinct elements to Gamesfest:

Gaming : Incorporating War games , role-playing , board gaming and CCGS.

Literature : Sci fi , Fantasy and Horror – last years guest included Dan Abnett and Stan Nicholls ( see Home for a full list)

This year we want to further include:

Comics and guest writers/artists : Leah Moore has already confirmed her attendance.

Collecting / memorabilia and guests: Forbidden Planet are hoping to attend after sponsoring the goody bags at GF3.

Film : Garry Charles will be screening his debut movie “Straw Man” and Frazer Lee will be showing a selection of short movies.

Computer/Console Games

Dear All ,

Here is the latest information on Gamesfest 3: 4th October 2008 at the Victoria Hall Tring Hertfordshire.

Hope to see you there !!!!

Tickets will be on sale soon at GAMESFEST 3

We are looking for GMs currently for C of C etc - let us know if you are willing and able !

Regards Mark

Gamesfest 3

GAMESFEST 3

01442 822605 /07976 629378

Email : mark@gamesfest.co.uk

What is Gamesfest?

A convention to showcase the best of Role-playing, Wargaming , Boardgaming and Science Fiction/Fantasy literature into a one day convention.

We want to pull all the strands of Fantasy/Science Fiction together and create a unique experience for the fan/enthusiast in one convention.

Hopefully ours is a unique vision and we want to focus on customer satisfaction and a totally enjoyable day dedicated to players and fans alike.

The aim is to

1) Enable people to play games in an informal, friendly environment

2) Let fans sample the best the gaming industry has to offer through Trade Stands / demo games.

3) Let fans meet the creators/designers of the games

4) Give an opportunity to meet the writers/artists of your favourite Comics and Books.

5) Provide a unique shopping experience for the comic book/book fan.

GAMES

Wargames : WH40K , Warmachine , Memoir 44 , Battlelore , Wargods

RPGs : WH40K RPG , Warhammer role play , D&D , Call of Cthulhu , Deadlands , Savage Worlds

CCGS : Magic , World of Warcraft , UFS

Boardgames: Talisman , Memoir44/Battlelore and Crash Tackle

Plus much more

Companies booked so far Games Workshop, Pinnacle Entertainment, Esdevium Games, Wizards of the coast, Project Hydra . House Atredies Cards and Games Bazaar .

Also hopefully , Wizz kids and Upper Deck entertainment.

Celebrities

Stan Nicholls: has been a full-time writer since 1981. He is the author of many novels and short stories but is best known for the internationally acclaimed orcs first blood series. In 2007, he was awarded the Le'Fantastique Lifetime Achievement Award for Contributions to Literature at the Trolls & Legendes Festival in Belgium

Dan Abnett : is well known for his comic work, he has written everything from the Mr Men to the X-Men. His prolific work for the Games Workshops Black Library includes the popular strips Lone Wolves, Titan and Darkblade, the best-selling Gaunt’s Ghosts novels, and the acclaimed Inquisitor Eisenhorn trilogy.

Graham McNeil: noted Games Workshop games developer and author. Graham is the author of numerous novels set Warhammer 40K and Warhammer Fantasy universes, including Fulgrim, part of the best-selling Horus Heresy series

Mark Chadbourn: is a British fantasy, science fiction and horror author with eleven novels (and one non-fiction book) published around the world. Six of his novels have been shortlisted for the British Fantasy Society's August Derleth Award for Best Novel, and he has won the British Fantasy Award twice, for his novella The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke(2005), and for his short story Whisper Lane(2007).

David J Rodger: David’s first Novel “God Seed” is a Cyber thriller that follows the journey of a documentary film maker , Adam Kyle as he covers a group of Corporate Mercenaries . Kyle is propelled into a Web of lies , treachery and murder involving fascist extremists , Islamic Terrorists , corrupt government officials an a religion as old as Mankind. He has taken influences from writers such as William Gibson , Robert Ludlum and H.P Lovecraft . He has also created a role-playing game on his fictional world entitled Yellow Dawn

Juliet E. McKenna: is a professional writer of fantasy novels and short stories, with the occasional foray into science-fiction and dark fantasy. Her first novel, was published in 1999, first of The Tales of Einarinn. Her second series, The Aldabreshin Compass concluded with Eastern Tide in 2006 she is now working on a new trilogy charting the course of The Lescari Revolution. The first volume, Straws in the Wind (working title, so that may change.), will be published in the UK and the US by Solaris in the spring of 2009.

Deborah Miller (a.k.a. Miller Lau) has been writing fiction all her life, mainly fantasy but also some science fiction and horror. In 1993 she was short listed for the Ian St James award, reaching the top fifty from a record entry of 8,000 for her short story 'Dinosaur.' Since that date she has worked on novel length fiction although also working full-time as a Technical Editor. In 1999, after reaching agreement with Simon and Schuster's Earthlight for the sale of her first novel Talisker she decided to dedicate herself to her writing full-time.

When , Where etc

GAMESFEST 3 on SATURDAY 4th OCTOBER 2008 1000 - 1900 hrs at the same location VICTORIA HALL AKEMAN STREET TRING HERTFORDSHIRE.

The convention is spread out across 3 halls!

We have Hot/Cold food all day.

My name is Lupercal - hello to you all