Happy Birthday to us!!

World’s End Radio is turning 2, and what better way to celebrate - than with a MASSIVE episode full of hobby goodness! This episode sees us catching up on all of the new rules releases for the Lord of The Rings Strategy Battle Game over the past year, and we review the new forces and add some informed commentary on which choices are worth inclusion in your forces. Matt “Shadowlord” also gives us a primer for running narrative campaigns in the Middle Earth setting, as well as a bunch of other tips that can help with setting up and running campaigns for the other game systems as well.

In addition, we also catch up with the Rankings HQ boys for all the latest on the 2010 European Team Championship, and find out how the home side fared against the best Warhammer generals from accross the globe!

For weeks, we have been hinting at something big brewing in the background for everyone later this year, and now we can reveal just what that is!

FEAT OF ARMS is a new gaming & hobby convention for the gaming community of WA, running for a massive 4 full days over 2 separate weekends. Enjoy your favourites or try out some new titles - the event will feature participation tables, demonstrations, side events and hobby action for LOADS of different Tabletop Wargames, Board Games, Card Games and more. In addition to this, you can check out the action of the 2 most prestigious tabletop wargaming tournaments in the state in the form of the WestGamer Ultimate Tournaments for Warhammer Fantasy Battle and Warhammer 40,000. It's going to be OVER 40 HOURS of gaming action!!

The basic format of FEAT OF ARMS is as follows:

SAVAGE KINGDOMS (Oct 30th & 31st) - is the fantasy and historical themed weekend of the event, also being the home of the Ultimate Warhammer tournament. You will find games & demos being run for loads of other fantasy & historical titles at different times over the entire 2 days.

DARK FUTURES (Nov 6th & 7th) - is the science fiction and modern combat themed weekend of the event, also being the home of the Ultimate Warhammer 40,000 tournament. Come along and enjoy games & demos being run for loads of other sci-fi, modern & future themed titles at different times over the entire 2 days.

This is a MASSIVE undertaking for not only WestGamer, but also the WA hobby community in general - with many other dedicated gamers, clubs and businesses lending their support to build an EPIC event for the gamers in our state. As the first year for this event as well - FEAT OF ARMS 2010 is only the beginning!

Keep your eyes peeled on the forums over the coming weeks for more information on the event as a whole, as well as specific games being played, times & scheduling, ticketing, and news about the awesome stuff we're going to have going on. We can't wait!

Ball & Chain on this weekend!
"Ball & Chain" is the biggest 1 day 40K event of the year in WA - and it's on this Sunday! With 52 players confirmed and some spectacular looking 750 point armies set to attend being seen on WestGamer over the past months (not to mention some fairly spiffy terrain!) this event looks set to be a corker. Check out the event thread to find out more. Keep an eye on the forums for more post-event information and reports, or come down to the event this Sunday at the Mount Hawthorn Community Centre (Main Hall, 197 Scarborough Beach Road) and see the action for yourself!



Ultimates Wildcard nominations deadline reminder
As a reminder to everyone, the nominations for the 2010 "WildCard" entries to the WestGamer Ultimate Tournaments will close by the end of August, so make sure you get in soon and put someone's name forward. There have been several really good nominations so far, but make sure you get in this week if you still want to see someone deserving get an invite! Check out the nominations thread to have your say.

It's coming!
As many astute WestGamer users are no doubt aware, we've been sitting on a pretty big secret to do with the WestGamer Ultimates this year, with lots of speculation as to just exactly what will be going on...

Well - the wait is almost over! If you want to be among the first to hear the news and learn what the big fuss is all about - then head on down to the Ball & Chain tournament this Sunday. The WestGamer staff will be on hand to spill the beans and make the big announcement - so come down and check the event out to learn more as the news breaks!

2010 Ultimate Tournaments are coming!
The biggest Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 tournament contest of the year is fast approaching! In just under 3 months, the final contenders for Warhammer Fantasy Battle will do battle at the Ultimates, with their 40K counterparts to duke it out the following weekend. It's time for the biggest showdown of the year once again!

With the final qualifying event results for 2009 approaching completion, we're now able to get a good preliminary look at who the likely contenders are for this year. All of the current placing contenders have been listed in the Warhammer and 40K contenders pages, so go check it out.

The nominations for the 2010 "WildCard" entries to the contest are also now open! Head on over to the nominations thread to have your say on who you think is especially deserving of getting one of these lucky last chance entry passes to the event. Nominations will close by the end of August, so make sure you get in soon and put someone's name forward.

The event threads for each respective tournament are now open for discussion, and preliminary details have just been revealed as to the points size and formats of either tournament. Find the threads here:

Ultimate Warhammer 2010
Ultimate Warhammer 40,000 2010

More information will be made available in stages over the coming weeks - so keep an eye out for it!

Last - but certainly not least - something BIG and yet to be announced will be happening at both Ultimates this year. We're really excited by this (and I'm sure everyone else will be too!), but you'll have to wait just a little bit longer before we spill the beans on that one! Watch out for a huge announcment before the end of the month!

We’re back with another helping of Warhammer 8th Edition goodness! In the second part of our new game review, Aaron “Aza” Thompson joins us as we take an in-depth look at army building under the new format, and mull over some of the best options and strategies amongst the 15 primary races in the Warhammer game.

Also - listen in as we announce the winner of JJ’s crazy Rockethammer contest!