Happy St David's Day...
Hello Everyone...
The following new games are filling up.
Waiting List: When I get 25 nations into the game I will allocate you your
choice of nation from the list of nations that you have sent me - please
send multiple nation choices.
2 nation game: You can play one or two Aligned nations, or one Neutral
nation.
Bofa: [Game 3] 2wk turnaround game - Veteran or Beginners game - (Vet: ALL
1650 orders available): All available.
1650 [Game 133] 1wk: Waiting List, 2 nation game. 14 nations filled so
far.
Last Alliance [Game 145]: Send me a list of 5 nations. 2 nation game. Ask
for details. 19 nations so far. Waiting List.
1650 2wk [Game 17]: All available
2950 2wk [Game 232]: Email game. Waiting List. 12 nations taken.
1000 2wk [Game 143]: We need 4 DS and 1 Neutral position please (Limited
assassination game [LAS] )
Note please ask for variant games we can try to get you opposition for them
if you are interested - mostly Grudge teams though - if I get 10 players for
any single type of game then I will put it up for general availability below
and push it;
Grudge Games we need opposition for:
2950: None
1000: Mark Seward
1650: 1 World Championship team, Tommy (1wk), Mike B (1wk), Mike W (2wk),
Guy R (1wk)
WoTR: None Last Alliance: None
I have drop-outs available - don't forget you get a free turn for taking
these up...
E [Early] = 0-10 turn, M (Midgame]= 11-20, L [Late game] = 21+ [A= Aligned
if a Neutral, N= not aligned if a Neutral]
1000: 3 Nations
2950: None
1650: WK (l), Blind (l)
18/2 Game 227: As some of you (if not all) are no doubt aware I have been
investigating the situation of a challenge that occurred @2414 between
Celedhring (DS) and Helkama (FP), and the previous turn had done a 930 at
that location. As there was no way to get the information other than by
some duplicitous or cheating means I chatted to a number of players.
Matt Thompson (FP) and Steve Mason (DS) (an old Middle Earth player)
contacted me asking to play in the same game on opposing sides. After a lot
of thought I decided that, as they gave their word to play correctly, that
this would be okay. Steve set up an email account for Matt and then used
that account to contact the FP asking them to send the turn reports and
information to an email account owned by him. Matt says he did not allow
Steve to do this.
The FP then followed up this request, hence that turn reports were sent out
to Steve as well. The DS then used that information as above. Matt had
also missed two turns of the game, despite informing us and his team that he
would be getting turns in.
With that in mind I am giving Steve Mason a 6 month ban, and the same for
Matt. Matthew Pearce is getting a warning for his conduct as well. It's
rather shameful to have to do this - it's the first time in 8 years of GMing
that I have to ask a player to leave the game and I find the entire
situation distasteful.
With that in mind I have the following "easy" fix:
The Challenge @2414 does not occur and I move Celedhring to his capital hex,
along with any other DS that might be in that location. I will resurrect
Helkama and allow any encounter that might have occurred there to occur.
With the QA being asked to leave, the DS need to find a replacement player
there please. As not all the DS are guilty of improper action here I ask
that the Neutrals try to play appropriately - a 5 nil (or similar) change
against the DS is just going to make the situation worsen and will
eventually end the game unsatisfactorily for all concerned. I also ask that
the DS do not use any information that they might have gained from Steve's
illicit use of Matt's position. Can we then try to put this situation
behind us and get on with the game?
Please get in touch with me concerning your thoughts on this situation asap.
(Please note we have two Steve Masons playing in Middle Earth, there is the
above and also a Steve Mason from the USA. Please don't mix them up!) This
information will be put on the Front Sheet and the List.
30/1 Two Face to Face events planned: One in the UK one in the US.
UK Game: We're now planning a Cardiff game July26 (Fri) - 28th (Sun) So far
we have 18 (+4 possibles) players for that. For those that that can't make
the Friday it's fine to have turns run by someone else for the Friday.
(Start early Friday afternoon).
US Game: Venue to be arranged. One in Minneapolis (very likely) and one in
Washington DC/Las Vegas OR Chicago Date 14-16th June (Fri-Sun) and 8-10th
June (Sat-Mon) . Same format as below. 67 players interested
UK: A deposit of �15 is needed per position. Turns cost �2.90 for the 1st
position and �2.50 for the 2nd position per turn.
US costs: $4.10 or $3.50 for the 2nd position, with $50 for flight and $25
deposit. (I estimate around $125 for US players for the w/end plus whatever
expenses you have). With 18 turns run.
Thanks
Clint
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