TribeMeet Scotland 2018 (Yakday)

Haha, my garage is still available with a lovely 6'x4' table in it if all else fails :LOL:

(Brew dog brewery ~1 mile away, hotels & B&Bs nearby... uhmm... some trees... an exciting opportunity to try and stop a 1yo from trying to eat your gangers...)
 
As we're less than a month away, I'd appreciate some details nailing down re: location so I can book a hotel etc. without it being expensive.
 
*the captain hands @Ardavion a get out of Scotland free card*

I’m sorry to report I just can’t find anywhere for less than I would be (or expect anyone else) willing to pay.
I’m still commited to coming up north if you are serious about hosting @Stoof or if another member has a venue ready to use at such short notice?

I’ll save my excuses but there is still time to pull something together!
We dont need it to be great, if only two of us meet for a game then we have a foothold for a much greater thing in years to come!

#northernyaksunite
 
If anyone is up for a little trip to Ellon (just a bit north of Aberdeen) then the offer of a table is still open. I can't put anyone up I'm afraid and it is only one table in the garage. So probably best if it's only three or four of us max or it might get mighty dull for those not playing. I could, possibly, requisition the kitchen table for another more compact game (it's about 3' wide) but that would be subject to the YakWife.

I did manage to book a dentist appointment on the Saturday morning without thinking it through so it would be sort of mid-afternoon kick off (with the possibility of a Stoof that speaks like he's chewed a bad batch of spook).

Local hotels are independant ones so there's not really a cheap-and-cheerful travelodge style option unless you were coming in from Aberdeen, and even that's not particularly cheap.

Food wise, we have no takeaways that deliver* but there is plenty of choice if we were to jump in the StoofTank and do a run. As with hotels, they are independant takeaways so don't expect a Dominos or a Subway meal deal.

TLDR: The offer is there, but it's not that great an offer :unsure:

(*I really like living here, but the one thing I truly miss about living in the centre of Aberdeen is being able to click a website and 20-30 minutes later a person arrives with a big bag of nommies)
 
It is great to me!
HAIL STOOF!!

I think it would be wrong not to come all the way to Ellon and not have a yakbap! (There is a Chinese there right?)
And the afternoon start makes it a nice leisurely drive on the morning!
As for the dentist.......I can barely understand you anyway so alls good!! :LOL::p:p:D

I’m over the moon!
It is ON!!
:)
 
Excellent, excellent...

A few more details which might be helpful:

Good stuff:
• I have a chemzone mat, shedloads old skool card terrain, and enough random tat to make a 4' by 4' table so densely covered in towers & junk that it's impossible to reach any of your miniatures in. Sadly not everything is painted beautifully, but it looks pretty good when set up. There is almost certainly enough to also cover a 3' by 3', so there is no requirement for either of you to bring bulky terrain stuff unless you really want to.

• I also have a full set of N17 tiles (including badzone) which would work better on the kitchen table (permission pending).

• I can provide rulers, tape-measures, note pads & pens, dice, snacks, tea bags, coffee and - free time on thurday/friday evening permitting - home bakes!

• We have at our disposal a chinese, indian, turkish, pizzaria and good ol' fish & chip shop in the town centre (1.5 miles from the house). The BrewDog brewery is about a mile away in the opposite direction.

• There is a heater in the garage (Scotland, after all) so you are unlikely to die of exposure.

• The garage is inhabited by many friendly and playful spiders that love to play classic games such as "slowly descend from the rafters then leap onto your face" and also "run really fast at you and try and climb up your trouser legs". Oh how you'll laugh at their jolly japes.

Bad stuff:
• I have no ash wastes/desert "outside" type terrain if we do the race stuff.

• I do not own a printer (for rosters etc).

• The wi-fi does not reach the garage at the moment - but there is a decent 4G signal, and somewhere I have a 15 metre network cable and wireless access point. Time will tell whether I'm able to find these and get something working.

• Not all of the spiders in the garage are friendly.

• I have to tidy the garage and evict as many spiders as possible.
 
@Stoof that's fine on all counts; I have some futuristic terrain but it's not boulders etc. for ash waste races. I can look at whatever terrain/mats I have, they'll likely fit in a decent sized (travelable) box with no problems, and I'll be looking for a larger carry case so I can transport my vehicles and minis when completed, but otherwise I'll be travelling very light.

I'll remind myself to print off as much stuff as I can leading up to the weekend.
 
And lo, as it was proclaimed in the Book of E110-N, by the High Magos Wirlessius Fidelious - "By His name let the field of Battle on those Glorious Days have, by means of Technomancy, Noospheric interface across the whole wide field, so that His holy Data be streamed forth to the Devices of his Benevolent Combatants".

...there's wifi in the garage now. Need to think of a better word than "garage". Dropship hangar? Transport dock? Surface vehicle maintenance bay?
 
Hey @Doghead13, you still up for this?

I’m just getting a couple of bits of info together and I’ll be giving the narrative for the event!
Need to think of a better word than "garage".
.......it would appear I missed the point :oops::LOL:
How about THE PIT!(stop) ...?
 
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