Warhammer 40,000
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What is Warhammer 40,000?
Warhammer 40,000 is a miniature wargame produced by Games Workshop. It is the most popular miniature wargame in the world, and is particularly popular in the United Kingdom.
As in other miniature wargames, players enact battles using miniature models of warriors and fighting vehicles. The playing area is a tabletop model of a battlefield, comprising models of buildings, hills, trees, and other terrain features. Each player takes turns moving their model warriors around the battlefield and fighting their opponent's warriors. These fights are resolved using dice and simple arithmetic.
What do you need?
There are many ways to start Warhammer 40,000! From our own monthly learn to play sessions, the array of different starter sets made by Games Workshop.
Any game will need some miniatures to represent your units, a copy of the rules, dice, tape measure and flat surface on which to put your battlefield.
What do we offer?
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Bespoke gaming tables to use for your games
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Discounted Games Workshop kits and accessories
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Learn to Play sessions for beginners
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Competitive and casual events
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A large and diverse community from which to find opponents and make new friends
When:
Tuesday
40k League Night!
Our 40k league is coming. Join in at any time for a chance to be store champion.
In the mean time join in on the discord or see our ad hoc opportunities to get gaming below!
Thursday
40k League Night
Just like Tuesdays but on Thursday night too!
Ad Hoc Gaming / Events
Casual gaming
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What: Casual games between two or more players in our gaming hall, where we have 11 tables with terrain available
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When: Every Day
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What do you need: An opponent, an army each, rules, dice
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How to book: https://www.darkfirecafe.com/tables
Learn to Play 40k
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What: A beginners session which will teach you the fundamentals of the Warhammer 40,000 (10th edition) rules.
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When: Once per month, tuesday evening
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What do you need: Your 40k models if you have some, if you don’t we’ll have some you can use
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How to book: https://www.darkfirecafe.com/booking-calendar/learn-to-play-warhammer-40-000?referral=service_list_widget
St Albans Slams
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What: All day tournament event, in which three games are played in a day. There is a competitive atmosphere and opponents will be of all ability levels. Scores will count towards the ITC, UKTC and RTL circuits
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When: First saturday of every month
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What do you need: A fully painted 2000pts army; a tray to move your army between games; all relevant official rules for your army and missions set out; dice, tape measure, and objective markers; a copy of your army list
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How to book: https://www.darkfirecafe.com/shop
Beginner Tournaments
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What: For those who want to get into competitive 40k but don’t feel ready for our Slam events. Armies are not required to be painted and scores are not submitted to any exterior bodies like the ITC, UKTC etc
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When:every three months
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What do you need: A 2000pts army, which does not need to be painted; a tray to move your army between games; all relevant official rules for your army and missions set out; dice, tape measure, and objective markers; a copy of your army list
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How to book: https://www.darkfirecafe.com/shop
Up and Coming Special Events
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Coming Soon!
However feel free to come play on whatever day suits you as we do not restrict players to just those days, and if you’re on our discord server (see below) you will be able to get in touch with our player base to organize some additional games in or outside of these days
