The date is set, registration is open and that means ya gits better get yer slot reserved today!

Last year was a tremendous success so I guess we're gonna do this all again! Thrity two slots, a fun bar that we basically take over for the day and a bunch of really great players converging to eat, drink, play and meet new  people and experience 40K the way it was meant to be. The location is McCann's Food and Brewpub as last year but we've got many more surprises in store this time.

One is a local terrain competition amongst the local players/builders. We'll be having a board desing/building contest between now and early June. Competitors will design and build a board of whatever choosing and theme they want. A public voting poll will determine the winner whose table will become the championship table table where the top two conteders will play against each other in the Octagon Cage! Details will be posted on St.Cloud Wargmaing.com soon.

Of course there will be prizes and I've got a really cool idea for the top trophies this year that will be hard to beat. As mentioned earlier, we had such a blast running last years show that we knew right away we'd be doing this again. Now we can't wait to spring all the fun stuff on you folks this time.

Remeber to take a swing through the Rules page and talke to your friends/enemies and set aside the time to come on down, up and over – you wont regret it!

ps: I'll start checking around soon on hotel accomodiations – I won't be able to get any really good deals unless I can confirm 10 plus rooms though, but we'll keep our eyes peeled.

The staff of Waaagh!Fest

We couldn’t have hoped for a better time. Great players, lotsa beer, burgers galore. Here’s the quick rundown for the people who are deserved of it…

Best Overall: Jason Moore – Tyranids
Best General: Mike Geppert – Dark Eldar
Best Sport: Duncan Campbell – Necrons
Best Paint: Chris MOnohan – Chaos Space Marines

I’ll be gathering media, writing stuff and gathering feedback during the week and hope to have full coverage and a ‘uge gallery by the end of next week.

Now we rest a little!

Waaagh!Fest Staff

Howdy folks! Here's the information for the place where the ranite City Waaagh!Fest will be taking place.

Address:

33rd Ave. and 3rd St. N.
St. Cloud

Directions from HWY 10: Get off HWY 10 at the HWY 23 exit to St. Cloud. This is Division Street. Follow Division St. West until you reach 33rd Ave. Take a right and go to 3rd St. N. McCann's will be on your left.

Directions from I94: Follow I94 to HWY 15. Take HWY15 North until you reach HWY23 (Division St.). Take a right onto Division (HWY23). Take a left at 33rd Ave. and go to 3rd St. N. McCann's will be on your left.

If anyone has a problem with getting to McCann's, give me a call at 1-320-420-0997. I'll cross my fingers about reception in the basement.

Here is a shot of the "front" of the building, facing north.

and here's a shot from the "back" facing south.

At this point I don't know which door(s) are going to be open to us this early. I suppose which ever side of the building that has cars parked at it! If you're coming from the "front" of the building, you'll need to head through the front door, throught the bar and to the left will be a set of stairs leading to the basement where the tournament will be held. If you're coming from the "back" parking lot, you won't be able to miss it as it'll be right around the left and down the stairs.

I'm hoping to have big enough signage so there's no mistaking you're in the right place. For those who are just visiting and not playing, you should be able to come on down and grab a seat (after ordering an appropriate beverage) and enjoy the games.

Can't wait to see all of you there!

Five days until the kick off of the inaugural Granite City Waaagh!Fest. A few reminders as we draw closer to the event…

Armylists were due June 4th. It's a pretty soft date but there are a few of you who haven't sent them in yet. You can email me pdfs, word docs or Army Builder .rst files to sukigod@bigshoota.com anytime before Saturday morning.

Make sure you have copies of your armylists to hand to your opponent before the game. This is very, very important and per the rules, you may be docked Sportsmanship points for not providing these. Speaking of rules, it won't hurt to make one more spin throught the Rules Page before Saturday.

I'll be posting pics of McCann's Food and Brew Pub this week so those who aren't from around here will know what to look for.

We can't wait to see all of you on Saturday morning!

Randy Tenvoorde and the staff of The Granite City Waaagh!Fest

Ok, since I do this for a living, it's a little ironic that we haven't been pushing this thing yet. I also understand it's pretty close to game time for it to do a lot of good but ya gotta start somewhere, right?

Granite City Waaagh!Fest now has a funcitoning Facebook page. Make sure you head over and Like them to get all of your Waaagh!Fest information, news and alerts delivered right to your Facebook wall (if your seetings allow for it), Stay tuned as we may be running special offers and contests through the Facebook page as well. Like us to find out more!

The Attendees list is now available through the standard nav bar up top. Click on through to see the cool people who've already signed up – or better yet, find out which of your friends haven't signed up yet and get their butts into gear!

Later!

Hello fellow 40K-ers! As we get closer to the big day we're all getting more and more excited about having a blast at McCann's and playing 40K. We're also busy as ammo grots getting all the prep work done. We've gotten the missions hammered out and are finishing up playtesting them. We've got some doozies in here, some nice twists the boyz down in Alabama showed us and I think they'll go over well here too.

Time was spent this weekend on cranking out enough terrain to make for exciting games on 16 boards. 30+ tree/area terrain bases are finished and we're currently adding another two giant shees of foam for hills to add along with 40+ more trees. Many of you are also chipping your own terrain to help make sure the boards don't look sparse. Thanks to all of you who are adding to the event.

I do need to take this time as well to remind everyone who's interested in official Granite City Waaagh!Fest apparel. T-shirt orders must be placed by this Friday, May 27th.  I'll be dropping off the orders this weekend so if you want want, make sure you head over to the T-Shirt Order page or email me if you have any questions or special considerations.

I can't tell ya how jazzed up we're getting. it verges on the edge of lunacy. Suffice to say, we think this is going to be something people will have a great time with, tell their friends and have to add tables for next years bash. Keep watching here for more news and updates as we get closer!

The Granite City Waaagh!Fest Staff

With only five weeks left until the big bash, we're all trying to balance getting everything done with finally getting outside for some sun and yardwork.

The Granite City Waaagh!Fest staff were inspired by everything we saw down in Hunstville, even if it wasn't what was originally planned. (click over too here for the pics…). It made us realize we've got some really big-hearted and friendly shoes to fill. It also reminded us we've got lots of work to do!

A number of us have started working on adding to the terrain we already have so we can liberally cover 16 tables with fine, quality terrain. More trees have been added to the tree box at Bakers, I'll be picking up two more 4'x'8 sheets of foam and paint/flock for a butt load of hills, and most of us are putting together a bunch of buildings to help add a lot of interest to the tables along with great places to hide and get cover saves.

I've also emailed all the registered participants and let them know that Granite City Waaagh!Fest T-shirt orders are due by May 27th (only three weeks) and army lists must be received by June 4th. I'll be sending out reminders a couple days before each.

For those who haven't registered, head on over and secure your spot today. For everyone who has already done so, get outside and enjoy the weather – you can't tell how long this will last!

I have finished going over the rules for Waaagh!Fest and posted them online. You can check them out here…

We're currently working on the missions and having a blast with coming up with some crazy ideas. I think everyone will have a great time with them. Some of us are also getting prepared to make the trek down to Huntsville at the end of April to attend The Kalm itself. We'll try to take a lot of pictures, remember everything we can and hopefully learn a few things about running a bar tournament.

The FAQ page should also be up with a few questions by the end of the week.

Any questions, email me at sukigod@bigshoota.com.

Thanks!

Hello all! Registration has been open about two weeks and there's 10 people registered – nice going so far! I think we're well on our way to filling all 32 slots before the closing. There have been a few questions and I'll try to answer some of them here. The tournament is 2,000 points. Painting isn't mandetory but it will keep you from winning the top prize if it's unpainted. Because of the nature of the game and number of participants, all army lists will need to be emailed to us by June 4th so we can validate all armies in attendance before the contest. There will be three rounds and each round will be themed, or at least have a "fun" twist to it to make things interesting.

I'll be posting the full rules by the end of next week which will answer these and many more questions in depth. Any other questions, please contact us and let us know!

ALSO! Don't forget we have limted edition Waaagh!Fest! T-Shirts for order online (and only online!). These need to be ordered by May 21st to get them in time for the contest. Don't be caught without one!

Randy