Welcome to War - A gaming event by Wargamers in Japan

Well yesterday marked the successful completion of the Wargamers in Japan first event "Welcome to War!".

The event gathered over thirty gamers from all over Japan to join in for a fun filled day of death and destruction controlled by the greatest power in the world... DICE. hahaha.

There was a 40k tournament that had 16 players in it, and a great game of Napoleonic Wars. There was demo games of Necromunda, Space Hulk, Relic, Dystopian Wars, and BattleTech.

 

As a special quest we managed to get Steve Parker. This is a picture of Steve and I. Steve is on the right.

 

 

 

 I was fortunate enough to learn that he was in Japan by listening to the Independent Characters episode 82. From there I had beg him for a month to attend until he finally gave in. :) j/k! Thank you Carl and Geoff for having him as a guest on your show, so I could learn that great piece of information.

If you for some reason don't know who Steve is, shame on you! He is great author from Black Library and his most recent works include the fantastic books Rynns-World and Deathwatch. You can read what Steve had to say about the event on His blog.

The day was a complete blast! For the 40k tournament all the players were ranked by their peers as to who the most fun to play against opponent and the top four ranked players received personalized signed copies of Steve Parker's books.

We also did some raffling for great miniatures and that chainsword from the picture before. Steve was also kind enough to bring a very nice copy of the 13th Black Crusade book that is now out of print and each person got one ticket for the raffle to get a chance to win it. Thank you Steve Parker for the great prize!

This is just the first of many events to come from the Wargamers in Japan group. We are working hard to build up the wargaming community in Japan and are always excited to get members.

If you live in Japan, visit from time to time, or about to move to Japan for any reason, or in for a one time vacation and want to meet someone here for a great game or two, you can find or group on Facebook here.

I'm hoping to hear from new players wanting to get in on all the action.

For all those that attended the event, Thank you! Your enthusiasm for the event was great, and I am looking forward to making the next event even better.