Periphery Assault Peterborough 2026 results

Posted on November 9, 2026 by talesfromtheperiphery

A great day was had by all, I think.

Awards

Each won a £10 voucher (donated by Leisure Games) and a Mercenaries Salvage Box (donated by Tales from the Periphery).

Overall Winner: Colin G
Best General: Sam Q
Most Violent: Joshua P
Wooden Spoon: James B
Best Painted: Simon M

Also winning a salvage box for the TO’s Whimsy Awards.

Best List Lore: Joshua D
List that made the TO laugh: Sam Q

#	Player	Obj	Kill	Total
1	Colin G	175	122	297
2	Richard C	131	113	244
3	Sam Q	145	90	235
4	Joshua P	107	128	235
5	Bartosz D	125	95	220
6	Robin F	108	102	210
7	Joshua D	113	86	199
8	Daniel P	123	71	194
9	Toxicpixie	97	82	179
10	Rich T	124	53	177
11	Rich B	107	63	170
12	Jordan R	95	71	166
13	Gavin D	56	108	164
14	Simon M	93	57	150
15	Nathan A	61	87	148
16	Neill C	68	76	144
17	Sam H	52	85	137
18	Lewis F	55	72	127
19	Zoltan K	18	108	126
20	James B	63	54	117

Periphery Assault is THIS Saturday

Posted on November 3, 2026 by talesfromtheperiphery

It’s not too late to sign up if you want – list deadline is tonight, or as soon after you sign up as possible, if that’s later.

Huge thank you to the amazing Mike, James and the crew at Leisure Games of Finchley, who have once again donated prize support in the form of gift vouchers for the store (which I promise you DOES have lots of BattleTech stock!).

I am amused to recall that LG must have been my local gaming shop (at 91 Ballards Lane) when I worked for Demon Internet (just the other side of Finchley Central station) in the mid 90s.

Episode 23

In which Mike, Sam Hall and Richard Cook discuss the Crown Tourney, and how to run an event, and Mike runs through the just-started Lorescape Kickstarter.

Useful links:

Dice suppliers: em4miniatures, Counterattack Bases
The Lorescape Kickstarter
Crown Tourney: general info and how to go about running an event
The Tales From The Periphery Discord.

Phew. Just managed to get this edited before (I suspect) I get hit with Anne’s cold.

Periphery Assault Player and Scenario Packs

Posted on October 8, 2026 by talesfromtheperiphery

You can now download these here and here. (v1.3 of both, 22 Oct 2026)

A reminder that the force submission deadline is 3 November. Details in the player pack.

Event details are here, and the direct link to sign up is here.

For those considering staying over the night before, the nearest decent hotels are the Premier Inn Hampton, which is currently about £43 for a single for the Friday night, or the Premier Inn City Centre (about £51). The latter is on the number 5 bus route to the George Alcock.

Episode 22

In which Mike gets to chat with gaming engineer (I’m sure he won’t mind the term) James Simonds about Lorescape and the upcoming Kickstarter for BattleTech hex terrain.

The Kickstarter opens on October 15th – sign up for a reminder so you don’t forget.
James’ intro video from October 7th.
The KS intro video on its own is here.
my new(ish) mic and mixer (the latter seems to be out of stock at Amazon, but Andertons have it in).

Some shots of the Lorescape terrain:

Note the different grasslands textures on the block of tiles.

Capital Crown Tourney resuls

Posted on September 20, 2026 by talesfromtheperiphery

Photos and a writeup to follow.

#	Player	Obj	Kill	Total	Award
1	Silver (A Dave)	176	112	288	Overall Winner
2	Huntsig (Sam Qaisar)	153	120	273	Most Violent
3	Merlin1118 (Colin Golder)	158	65	223	Best General
4	electrohalo8 (Josh)	149	57	206
5	Kit Wickens	121	71	192
6	Calir (Edward Glen)	137	49	186
7	bulldash (Christopher Webster)	140	35	175
8	Skellig (James Kelly)	136	36	172
9	Shadoblade (Richard Cook)	87	76	163
10	Triggernator (Douglas Triggs)	136	21	157
11	NickNacho22 (Robert O’Malley)	77	79	156
12	DeltaIII (Hamzaan Bridle)	98	46	144
13	NeillC	93	50	143
14	Joshua D	72	69	141
15	Carter Kenny	104	36	140
16	Ryan H	103	37	140
17	StrategosLevel3 (Stuart Marsh)	79	61	140
18	Niddog (Craig Knox)	83	44	127
19	Alex Whitmill	86	33	119
20	Hwatwasthat (CJ Bury)	62	53	115
21	Trilit (Zoltan Kovacs)	59	42	101
22	AChunkyBobCat (Jake Snook)	37	64	101
23	Dukeshaft (Ben Duncan-Jones)	78	18	96
24	KatieAurora (Kathryn Upson-Smith)	44	47	91	Wooden Spoon

Episode 21

In which Mike gets to interview the very prolific Bryan Young again!

Note this was recorded shortly after the release of Ghosts of Timkovichi, so references to ‘couple of weeks ago’ etc refer to mid/late June.

Useful links:
– Bryan’s home page
– All of Bryan’s stuff on the Catalyst store.
– AdamMoleman’s UK BT Community site and events submission form.

Episode 20

In which Mike and Catalyst Demo Team XO James Topa talk about everything to do with being and becoming a demo agent.

Useful links:

the Demo Team site
the Demo Team application form (it’s linked off the site, but just for ease of finding it, it’s also right here!)
Contant Topa via email here
Contact me (as ever) by email here.

Periphery Assault 2026

Posted on June 9, 2026 by talesfromtheperiphery

A one-day Alpha Strike tournament jointly run by Tales From The Periphery and Peterborough Wargames Club on Saturday Nov 7th 2026.

The format will be 4 x 350pt games between 9:30am and 6pm (90 mins or 6 turns): forces will be Civil War era, chosen from the following factions:

Lyran Alliance
Federated Suns
Mercenary
Kell Hounds
Wolf Dragoons
Clan Wolf
Clan Wolf-in-Exile
Clan Nova Cat
Clan Ghost Bear
Clan Jade Falcon
Free Rasalhague Republic
Capellan Confederation
Free Worlds League
Draconis Combine
Word Of Blake
ComStar

The rules pack AND mission pack will go up around the end of September on Tales From The Periphery, along with nearby hotel details. There may be a mass exodus to an excellent curry house in town afterwards.

You can book tickets here for £15.

UK Games Expo Tournament Results

Posted on June 2, 2026 by talesfromtheperiphery

UK Crown Tourney – Friday

An absolute cliffhanger – Sam overcame a 27 point deficit at the end of round 2 to beat Colin by 2 points.

Overall Winner – Sam Qaisar
Best General – Colin Golder
Most Violent – Elliot Patterson

UK Open – Saturday

Also a close run thing, Sam just not managing to pip Scott in round 4.

Overall Winner – Scott Young
Second Place – Sam Qaisar
Third Place – Nathan Alsopp

Alpha Strike BTCC

Overall Winner – Colin Golder
Second Place – Andy Dickinson
Third Place – Joshua Dunnage