Bristol Hordes of the Things tournament 2026

On 21 June we hosed our annual HotT tournament, Barn HotT, at Lincombe Barn, our regular gaming venue.

 

We had five rounds, and 10 players.

 

Hot pies were provided for lunch.

 Armies were 24 points, on 40mm frontage.

 

Davy Jones' Locker v Riders of Rohan

 Norse Myth army

 Davy Jones' Locker v Greek Myth army

 

Orcs v Norse Myth

I Corp, Anglo-Allied Army (de woelratten) v Purple Party Poopers

I Corp, Anglo-Allied Army (de woelratten) v The Good, The Bad & the Ugly 

 Orcs v The Clark Ashton Smith Tribute Band

According to Wikipedia Clark Ashton Smith was  an influential American writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction stories and poetry, and an artist, and contemporary of H P Lovecraft.

Riders of Rohan v  Spider Queen from Aracnis Major

The winner of the tornament was Keith, for the second year running.

 The event was sponsored by Alternative Armies who donated the prize.

https://www.alternative-armies.com/

 

The final results were as follows:
 

1. Keith.           The Clark Ashton Smith Tribute Band

2. Phil.             Greek Myth

3. Colin O.       Norse Myth

4. Mark.           Riders of Rohan

5. Colin M.      Orcs

6. John.           The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

7. Colin E.       Purple Party Poopers

8. Martin.        Spider Queen from Aracnis Major

9. Tim.             I Corp, Anglo-Allied Army

10. Owen.        Davy Jones' Locker

 

Thanks to all participants for another fun, friendly tournament, to Nick for organising it, Andy for the cooking and Alternative Armies for the prize. 

 

The competition will return in 2027, possibly a few weeks earlier in the year. 

 

Hordes of the Things tournament 2025

 On 15 June Lincombe Barn Wargames Society hosted our annual HotT competition.

We had 12 players of which 10 were from outside the club.

 

Prizes were donated by Alternative Armies. 

https://www.alternative-armies.com/

Hot pies were provided at lunchtime.

We had five rounds, with a total of 30 games played.

 

 

I debuted my Turkish Star Wars army, complete with furry monsters and mummies, based on one of the worst films ever made. You can find the whole movie on Youtube.

 

The winner was Keith, winning all five games,with his Asag and the Stone Allies army. 

The top prize was an army and there were smaller prizes for 2nd and 3rd place, all from Alternative Armies. There was also a chocolate dragon for last place.

Thanks to all those attending, Nick for running it and Andy for cooking.