We know there’s a large number of folks that come in form out of the St. Cloud area to attend this event. Kudos and a huge thanks to you! We’re also aware that a number of you decide to “curb you enthusiasm” in the later hours because of a long (and responsible) drive back to the Twin Cities, Duluth, Fargo, and even further. We’re hoping to help some of you in making the funner choice this year.

We’ve managed to secure a block of rooms at the Quality Inn in St. Cloudfor $119 a night (normally $149/night). All you need to do to secure this rate is to mention you’re part of the Waaagh!Fest group when registering. This offer is good until May 11th.

So what does that really get you? Well, the Quality Inn is two miles from the Waaagh!Fest event itself so it’s a short (and cheap) cab ride to the hotel. Not only that, the festivities carry on at one of two places: Old Chicago or Boulder Tap House. Old Chicago is connected to the hotel, and Boulder Tap House is 150′ across the parking lot from Old Chicago. That means access to 80+ taps and 60+ bottles of different beers available AFTER we’re done having our way with the Moose Lodge.

We’ll add the Quality Inn location and contact information to the Location page so it’s there for easy reference.

And if you’re still not sure, ask the Lords of War group for references to  what the after event is like…. 😉

Cheers!

The Waaagh!Fest Staff

My name is Morx. My world is fire. And blood. I am addicted to Waaagh!, it has taken hold of me and I resent its absence. I exist in dis wasteland, an ork, bred to a single instinct: WAAAGH!!!!!!!!

Ride with us eternal on the space ways to Waaagh!halla! We face off against our enemies as we fight and die in da historic Fury Waaagh! We will all be carried throo da gates of Waaagh!halla, riding eternal, shiney and RED!

Registration is live, people already signing up to live, and die, and live anuvver day in one of the krazee-est Warhammer 40K tournaments you can find. As you can see, the theme has already been figured out, the missions are in play testing, everything is over but da cool artwork and da drinkin”!

So get yer shine over to the registration page and sign up before all the slots are taken (over half full already). You’s definitely gonna want to be a part of dis one 🙂

We are Waaagh!boyz! Kami-krazy waaagh!Boyz! Today we’z haulin’ Squig Brew!

Registration for the Granite City Waaagh!Fest 2016 is now open! This years event takes place on Sat, June 11th at the Moose Lodge 1400 in Waite Park, MN. There are 48 slots for this years tournament.

We will be using the ITC roolz for this tournament and will be updating the Rules page here very soon to reflect the changes made over the last year.

So, whad’ya waitin’ fer? Get on over and sign up!

Not like we don’t want to give you all time to plan and prepare 😉

Waaagh!Fest 2016 will take place on Saturday, June 11th at the Moose Lodge in Waite Park, MN.

Thanks to everyone who came from near and far to participate in this years Waaaagh!Fest! We had a record turnout and a really good time (some more than others, apparently 😉 ) Congratulations are in order for those who finished at the top and took home a custom 1 liter Waaagh!Fest mug and earned a kustom ork slugga to be delivered in the next week or so after Randy has a chance to finish them up.

Best Overall: Matt Root

Best General: Trent Northington

Best Sport: Chris Monahan

Best Paint: Nathan Sorenson

I also want to thank all the staff along with the countless hours they put in making this thing go about as smoothly as possible and for a lot of great ideas for the missions. We’ve already got some cool ideas floating around for next years bash.

Question, feedback, shoutouts, and cheers can be emailed to feedback@waaaghfest.com or posted to the Waaagh!Fest Facebook or the Facebook Event Page (don’t post here after July)  and look forward to hearing from all of you!

Here’s the final standings too as a gif 🙂

So, the imminent panic attack that comes with realizing there’s only two weeks left until the greenest party uv da year happens (yes, dis trumps St. Paddy’s Day, right?) and dere’s an orky tonne of werk to be done. Prizes, beer, and food are all lined up so da important stuff is taken care of, at least. 🙂

I know many of you went to BugEater this year so welcome back and congrats to those who placed! I expect there’s a bunch of ya tweakin’ yer lists for da other dig day, so we do need to get yer armylists – these are due by June 16th so we’ve got time to cross check everything. As you know, the game has gotten quite complicated so be kind and give us some time to make sure things are copacetic.

Please send your armylists to either Marv at sims133@yahoo.com or myself at sukigod@bigshoota.com.

What else can I say? If you want one, you’ve got until 9:00 pm tonight to put in your order! Go.

Now!

Get to da order form!

There’s been a few questions popping up as we close this last month before Waaagh!Fest! 5 so I thought I’d address the most common here because they mostly affect the list building component.

We chose to use the ITC format for most of our rules, especially when it comes to list building. Recently there has been a lot of talk swirling around the the surveys just completed and Reccuss’ online opinions of the results, which they use in making changes to the format. I’ll put this out there right away: THEY HAVE NOT MADE ANY CHANGES TO THE FAQ BASED ON THESE FINDINGS.

We’ve decided to not use any changes made 30 days prior to the event, just like the adoption of new codices released within that same time frame, and for all of the same reasons. Use the FAQ dated 2/2015.

That said, the new Imperial Knights codex raises the question of LoW, since ALL Knights are considered LoW now. We are choosing to allow the new codex as is but you are limited to a MAXIMUM of three Knights in ANY army list, no matter how you organize it. You shalt not use  four. Five is right out!

The other question that has arose is how to use the “allowed, non-Warhammer40K Approved/legal LoW” list provided by ITC and linked to in the Roolz section. Use the list on our Rooolz page to determine if the LoW you wich to use is legal, then use the ITC linked chart to see what source you should be using for that particular model.

As usual, any other questions, please contact me at sukigod@bigshoota.com.

Randy

Although Clayton is busily finishing the color work for the new poster/shirt/armor art, we’re putting the shirts up for sale once again. Collectible and washable, these limited edition 6+ saves are just the stylish wear one needs when spilling a bit of squig brew on yerself while throwing down some plastic toys and dice for the afternoon with old acquaintances and new strange(r) friends.

Printed on startling black in vibrant digital color with Clayton’s one-of-a-kind artwork, these shirts will help you stand out in a crowd and let everyone know “You were there!”

Ordering is open until JUNE 4th so get your chips in soon! Full details HERE.

So, after many long debates, we’ve finally settled on the format for Waaagh!Fest 2015. We have decided to follow the conventions and list building rules as set forth by the ITC (Independent Tournament Circuit) which published the rules of the popular LVO/BAO tournaments.

But you’re a small, friendly, non-competitive/compeitive, gaming over beer and chips kinda tournament – why would you adopt the trappings of a large, hyper-competitive, WAACa style tournament?

 

Well, my friend, it’s a different world out there in the world of 7th Edition. As gamers, we are spoiled with the amount of variety we have, an endless fountain of rules, units, models, superheavies, and fortifications. As a tournament organizer, it’s a hellish nightmare of a million options, and no possible combination that will make ALL players happy, much less keeping on top of Games Workshops recent production schedule. 7th Edition Warhammer 40K makes 2nd Edition look like Candy Land compared to Risk. And, to be honest, us TO’s for Waaagh!Fest have many other jobs that don’t include working for a gaming company or hobby store so we don’t have umpteen hours to invest in play-testing everything that comes out and finding broken situations.

For that, we’ve decided to leave it to the experts who DO this for a living. This lets us focus on the FUN part of this gig – picking themes, writing missions, and generally gathering folks together to throw dice over beers and food in a friendly environment. If you are the type to follow the LVO/BAO rules, assume that changes they make in their format will be reflected here. We will attempt to keep up with them and reflect the changes here.

So cruise on over to the Roolz page and check out what you can and can’t do for this years tournament. To be honest, there isn’t a lot of difference from last year besides HOW you choose your lists