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Post by Captain Zapp Brannigan on Jan 24, 2016 18:59:42 GMT -5
G'day guys, So I've just gotten off the plane from a lovely 47degree day in Oz to a less enjoyable... tepid 8degrees in London. Thanks for the welcome.  Seeing as I'm going to be around for the next two-three years I'm hoping someone might be able to share what's their favourite gaming club and Gee Dubs in this neck of the woods. -For the record I'm still working on the IG/Ordo Sepulturum Supplement project and hope to have it done by the end of the year! Progress was stalled as I prepared for the big move but once induction training is over I'm keen to get right back into it and will soon be getting back in touch with those people who said they'd want to jump in on it. Cheers, "When I'm in command, son, every mission is a suicide mission"Brannigan Out. |
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Post by cheminhaler on Jan 25, 2016 7:46:12 GMT -5
Hi, Zapp
You need to double up on the clothing if you can't stand the weather; it's the only way to survive.
Ministry of Pants regulations clearly state one pair of trousers for hot weather, 2 pairs for slightly nippy, 3 for cold/ freezing and 4 pairs for arctic conditions.
Where in London are you?
I go to the Tottenham Court Rd GW but there are better gaming venues out of town. There's one in Croydon, which is really far South. There is Dark Sphere in Waterloo as well, but last time I went there there were no gaming tables and everyone was playing Magic the Gathering, so I really don't know what to say about using them as a gaming venue.
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Post by treadiculous on Jan 25, 2016 11:45:18 GMT -5
" There's one in Croydon, which is really far South "
In London, the concept of anything close to the outside of London is heresy.
A long way South is the equivalent of 10,000 miles of perilous danger and fraught hysteria in London: Think Lord of the Rings Special Edition played continuously for a year.
In my neck of the woods its about a 10 minute drive.
... and yes, I have lived in London and do know that distance is relative, I also believe that gravity is stronger toward the centre of large masses such as city centres, given that London perseveres itself to be the centre of the known universe, that effect is multiplied.
what amazes me is the number of people who haven't left London, ever, like some Orwellian nightmare.
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Post by cheminhaler on Jan 25, 2016 11:48:16 GMT -5
Indeed. Croydon is heresy. Heresy involving 2-4 hours on the train - whereas I can be in Central London in 20 minutes, with the right wind.
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Post by treadiculous on Jan 25, 2016 14:37:25 GMT -5
ah yes, those sail powered trains, I forgot about those.
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Post by emptyhat on Jan 25, 2016 14:44:24 GMT -5
Indeed. Croydon is heresy. Heresy involving 2-4 hours on the train - whereas I can be in Central London in 20 minutes, with the right wind. And as long as empty doesn't insist on taking the underground during rush hour rather than the 15 minute walk  |
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Post by treadiculous on Jan 25, 2016 14:56:54 GMT -5
the underground is a method for confusing tourists; they probably walk further than if they had gone overland due to the extensive means of getting to the station, especially if you factor in a route that changes between underground lines.
buses give excellent navigation landmarks and keep running through the night.
bikes are the best fun; London becomes a tiny transversable landscape in which you are loathed by everyone, so much so you even gain praise from politicians.
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Post by RedsandRoyals on Jan 25, 2016 16:24:24 GMT -5
the underground is a method for confusing tourists; I thought it was just a place for everyone to hide and drink beer while Jerry was having a go at London. |
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Post by Rolling Thunder on Jan 25, 2016 17:03:08 GMT -5
1. Buy a train ticket to anywhere not London.
2. Profit.
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Post by Captain Zapp Brannigan on Jan 26, 2016 18:43:55 GMT -5
There's one in Croydon, which is really far South. Sorry for double tapping the Croydon quote mate but I find it hilarious because back home I used to drive 100km to work each day and thought it was perfectly normal haha I'm actually doing my induction training in Croydon until the 10th February before I get moved off to work in the Fulham/North Kensington/Chiswick area. Haha don't even get me started on the trains here! Why make it so complicated with the entwined routes/lines and the colour coding and the overland vs underground. Plus its also rapidly chewing up plastic crack warhammer money... :/ Much prefer the bus so far but will be buying a bike once training is over and we move into our permanent rental. |
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Post by emptyhat on Jan 26, 2016 19:10:03 GMT -5
1. Buy a train ticket to anywhere not London. 2. Profit. does that include the bits of the country that are currently under the sea?Haha don't even get me started on the trains here! Why make it so complicated with the entwined routes/lines and the colour coding and the overland vs underground. Plus its also rapidly chewing up plastic crack warhammer money... :/ I remember trying to work those out. Once you get used to how they are laid out it actually makes a lot of sense (maybe). |
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Post by treadiculous on Jan 27, 2016 5:18:03 GMT -5
there is so much construction under london it is possible to walk from one side of the city to the other underground without crossing either an in use rail track or in use station.
given the mess of tunnels they did a reasonable job of making a map. It has colour coding, names of places and the compass points at north.
however, I can make maps like that too - I won't mean anyone else will understand them!
As I said before - its main purpose is to confuse tourists and charge them loads of money for the privilege.
like many things with london, you'll get used to it.
apart from summer. that's just horrible.
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Post by cheminhaler on Jan 27, 2016 5:50:33 GMT -5
Sorry for double tapping the Croydon quote mate but I find it hilarious because back home I used to drive 100km to work each day and thought it was perfectly normal haha I'm actually doing my induction training in Croydon until the 10th February before I get moved off to work in the Fulham/North Kensington/Chiswick area. Haha don't even get me started on the trains here! Why make it so complicated with the entwined routes/lines and the colour coding and the overland vs underground. Plus its also rapidly chewing up plastic crack warhammer money... :/ Much prefer the bus so far but will be buying a bike once training is over and we move into our permanent rental. From memory the place in Croydon is called Warboar games and it actually looks good. I think Empty and 3ff3ct went there for a campaign and the pictures of the tables were just amazing. So, it's well worth going just for those tables. There is a Warhammer store in Chiswick as well but its a small one man store. The old manager was Australian but he's moved to Northamptonshire now, in another Warhammer store. Overland for the win; sometimes it's half the price of Underground unless you're going some messed up all around London route, like when I was visiting a mate in Brockley, on the other side of the Overground map. bikes are the best fun; London becomes a tiny transversable landscape in which you are loathed by everyone, so much so you even gain praise from politicians. Praise from politicians is just hot air really. They're only trying to work out how to take your chocolates. We don't hate cyclists more or less than anyone else (yeah we hate everyone), if we did hate them over and above there would be mashed up Boris bikes making Chaos symbols and skin banners and such. |
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Post by emptyhat on Jan 27, 2016 13:01:23 GMT -5
I think I remember reading that no Boris-bikes were looted or trashed during the London riots.
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Post by cheminhaler on Jan 27, 2016 17:06:47 GMT -5
They might have been making Boris symbols out of the old plastic chaos bikes instead.
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