COSPLAY Contest

This year we are very pleased to announce that there will be a COSPLAY contest at CONQUEST. 

The COSPLAY contest is free to enter but all entrants must have a ticket for CONQUEST. (When purchasing online please also select the free COSPLAY ticket so that we can get an idea of numbers.)

We are delighted to have a panel of judges for this event including Richard Gladman from Space Monsters Magazine and Gordon Vader from Geek Central.

There will be prizes for the best Male, best Female and best Child. 

Cosplay Contest Rules & Guidelines

• Contestants can only enter in one category, which will be Male, Female and Child. 
• No nudity. No costume is no costume. 
• No profanity allowed. That includes messages on signs or clothes. Anyone who violates this may be disqualified from the competition. 
• No political or religious statements. Anyone who violates this may be disqualified from the competition. 
• Do not use any sort of projectile at all! 
• All prop weapons must conform to the our Weapons Policy, which is as follows: All weapons must be non-working and peace bonded. No functioning projectile weapons – including water pistols, silly-string guns, and ping-pong pistols. Bladed weapons must be cased or sheathed at all times. No clowning around or showing off in the common areas. Any weapon used in an offensive manner will be confiscated. Anyone who violates this rule may be disqualified from the competition and may be asked to leave the convention area. We expect you to use good judgment; with your help, we can continue to allow peace-bonded weapons. 
• To be judged for accuracy a visual reference, preferably a front and back color photo on paper, can be turned in with your application. Electronic media (i.e. CDs) will not be accepted nor will bringing a laptop or video device (i.e. iPods) to pre-judging. This is not required. However, you may not be eligible for accuracy points if the judges are not familiar enough with your character. 
• Costumes must be self-contained. 
• Each contestant may only enter one costume into competition. 

Yu Gi Oh Tournament

We are very proud to announce that Riddlers Game will be with us again this year to run a Yu Gi Oh Tournament.

This year every person that enters will get an 'Astral Pack' regardless of how well they do. There will be additional prizes for the top four players. The prizes will depend on the number of players that enter but assuming it is full then the winner will get a box of boosters, second will get half a box.

The tournament will start at 2:30pm and will consist of 5 rounds of 40 minutes followed by a top 4 cut. The event will cost £6 to enter but players will also need to purchase an admission ticket to CONQUEST making it £11 in total. This event is for 24 players, so if you want to play then you will need to buy your ticket soon.

Riddlers Game will also be there all day selling a full range of card games and accessories. Doors open at 10am so you will have plenty of time for a bit of shopping before the main event.

The Magic of Conquest

In September it is CONQUEST and this year there is more Magic than ever before.

Firstly if you book online before the event your entry price will be just £5. That will get you in for a full day of gaming fun. Doors open at 10am and close at 10pm (that's 12 full hours) there will be various traders selling both singles and sealed product. With space to play casual games as well as some Commander which is being organised by our friends at Geek Central.

REMEMBER the first 50 people to pay for CONQUEST tickets will get a free Goodie Bag!

If however you want something more competitive we will be running a STANDARD event in the evening. This event is due to start at 6pm and will cost an additional £5. There will be booster prizes for the top player (amount depends on attendance) and a special CONQUEST playmat for the champion. All that and a chance to claim the title from last years champion Michael Pike. 

Of course you may have realized that CONQUEST is happening on prerelease weekend and we will be hosting a our very own event from 1pm. This will cost an additional £20 and gives players the chance to open and play with cards from 'Battle for Zendikar' a week before release!

This event currently has a maximum of 30 players and if you are one of the first 16 to buy a ticket for this event you will receive a 'buy a box' promo card.

Still want more magic? Then why not come to the FNM event on the Friday before CONQUEST? We have the main hall from 4pm and will be starting at 7pm as normal. In fact it is our normal FNM just somewhere else. The event will be MODERN and as normal will have booster prizes for the winners and of course the FNM promo card for September.

What is different however is that if you have bought a ticket for CONQUEST the FNM event will be completely free! You can of course still come along just for the Friday and this will be the usual price of £3.

So if you want a truly great weekend of MTG you can come to FNM, attend CONQUEST, play in the Prerelease and try and become our touranament champion for just £30. 

Don't forget its Gambit Sunday on the 27th which will give you a chance to play in another Prerelease (details on this later on the KD Games blog) - so your weekend doesn't have to end there!

Tickets are available now ...

Cardfight Vanguard at CONQUEST

As last year we will be holding a Cardfight Vanguard tournament at CONQUEST in September. The event will be held in the evening on Saturday meaning that players will have the rest of the day to enjoy all that CONQUEST has to offer.

As you know it will cost £5 to enter the event (preorder price only) and for an extra £5 you will get a chance to win some boosters from the brand new Cardfight Vanguard set Soul Strike which is released the following weekend.

The tournament will start at 6pm and will be held in one of the gaming rooms (details, including site plan coming soon). The format will be CLAN FIGHT and will be the best of one game with a 20 minute per round time limit. The number of rounds will depend on the amount of players.

At the end of the event players will be award prize boosters based on their final standings. Every player will get at least one booster and a promo card. The exact prize pool will depend on the number of players and will be confirmed in the coming weeks but will be at least 48 boosters in total. There will be brand new playmats for the top two players as well as random playmat prizes throughout the event consisting of older mats.

Initially the maximum amount of players for this event has been set to 16. So if you want to play then you will need to pre-order your tickets soon.

For those players that want to get there hands on even more new boosters and increase there chances of winning on of the playmats we will also be running a sneak peak for this set on the Friday night at 7pm. Tickets for both events are on the website now...

Warmachine Tournament - Could you be our 2015 Champion?

Last year David Purkiss was our winner - could it be you this year?

Warmachine has become one of Gambit Games premier events and this year at CONQUEST we aim to have a bigger event than last year.

Entry to CONQUEST will be just £5 and the Warmachine tournament will cost you an extra £7 making it £12 in total. This price will go up on the day but given the interest in Warmachine it is very likely that the event will sell out before hand - so if you want a place please book it soon!

The format for the event will be as follows...

50 point Warmachine and Hordes Steamroller Tournament 

Venue will be open from 10am, List Submission by 10:15am, with the first game starting at 10:30.
Event will aim to finish no later than 7pm
Using 2015 SR rules pack
2 Lists
Divide and Conquer (each list must be used at least once)
Character Restricted
Deathclock!
Maximum of 16 players

X-Wing Tournament

Last year we held the X-Wing event in the evening - from feedback at last year event we have decided to change that this year and run it during the day.

Entry to CONQUEST will cost just £5 this year and entry to the Xwing event will cost £7 (this prices will go up on the day, so it is recommended that you book early) . 

The format will be 100pts Dogfight rules with 5 rounds swiss style pairings. Players are required to bring there own starter box, templates, etc

The time table for the event will be...

10:00-10:30 Player Registration
10:30-11:30 Round 1
11:45-12:45 Round 2
12:45-1:15 Lunch
1:15-2:15 Round 3
2:30-3:30 Round 4
3:45-4:45 Round 5
5:00 Prize giving

This event is limited to 16 players.

Can you take Mark Theakall title this year and become our 2015 CHAMPION?

CONQUEST - All systems are go!

With Conquest getting closer and closer I am sure that many of you are saying 'it all seems a bit quiet' and you would be right.

We have been a little concerned that the venue would not be ready and did not want to start the ticket sales until we had a new completion date following delays caused by wind damage to the new roof. The building currently looks like this ...

We now have a completion date in August so by the 26th September we should have ...

So its now time to start buying your tickets - remember that the tournaments are limited numbers - details of these will be on the website and on the blog in the coming days.

This year we are using EVENTBRITE to control the tickets so the process should be much smoother.