An update on exciting developments within the club!

You may have noticed that before this weekend it had been a long time since anything was posted up on our website. Don’t worry we still exist and haven’t been sleeping all this time away. Quite the contrary we have been busier than ever.

Since moving into Percy St two years ago our attendance and games offered weekly have doubled. We are now regularly open 5 days a week with a 6th day open every fortnight!

It has never been a better time to run or play games with us. Especially considering we have now incorporated ourselves as Humberside Wargames C.I.C.

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Is becoming a business a bad thing?

The front room round table

Some people may be concerned about the idea of the club becoming a business.

“Does this mean that our money is no longer going to make the club better and instead is going to be taken by Investors?”

No it does not mean that in the slightest. We have become what is called a Community Interest Company Incorporated by Guarantee. This means we do not have investors that expect profits, instead we have Guarantors who ensure that the company has an amount of funds within it. These Guarantors have no right to profits made by the company.

In addition to the lack of money grubbing investors, as a CIC we are required to annually prove to the CIC Ombudsman we are acting for the benefit of the community. While putting together Humberside Wargames CIC we were required to provide the CIC Ombudsman with a list of activities we are committed to doing as a company. In short the club is still entirely there for the gaming communities of Hull and the surrounding area.

What are the aims of the CIC?

The aims of Humberside Wargames C.I.C. can be found publicly advertised on our Companies house page but we will also outline them below.

Activity 1

“The company will facilitate and support local communities by providing safe spaces and opportunities to participate in immersive storytelling, strategic puzzle and tactical games or activities.”

This is what we have already been doing since day one. The space is here for you to use and is and should always be safe for you to do so

We have many boardgames and roleplay books available for use
The front may have changed but we are still here for you
Activity 2

“The company aims to help bring together our local and diverse communities, promoting social inclusion, wellbeing and combating social isolation.”

We have always believed in the benefit that the games we play provide. Through advertising our services to the local area and welcoming new players to join our games we believe that we can bring the diverse people together in a fun and understanding manner.

How can I get involved and help?

Just by attending and playing in club, paying your fees you are helping to build the community into something more.

Should you wish to go further with assisting the running of the community this is the perfect time to do so. On the 22nd February 2025 we will be having our first annual meeting were we will elect the members of the first management committee.

Should you be interested in joining the management committee please check out the posters in club. Alternatively reach out to one of the current committee members to get more details

We look forward to seeing you in club sometime soon!

Roleplaying Opportunity – Numenera

We have a new Numenera game starting up in the club that is looking for players. The campaign makes use of the Cypher System and will be utilising both Numenera Discovery and Destiny rulesets. No prior knowledge is required of the game or system.

Sessions – Monday nights 6pm – 10pm. First session planned for 10th July which will include character creation and an introduction to the ruleset. Expected to run for approximately 13 weeks.

GM – David

Players – 5 Players total, 2 Player slots open and availible

Experience – No experience required, the campaign is designed to introduce new players to the system. Of the current group only the GM has past experience of the game system.

Character Creation – Character creation will be completed in the first session accompanied with an introduction to the rule set

The Ninth World

Image from Monte Cook games

The Ninth World is built on the bones of the previous eight, and in particular the last four. Reach into the dust, and you’ll find that each particle has been worked, manufactured, or grown, and then ground back into dirt—a fine, artificial soil—by the relentless power of time. Look to the horizon—is that a mountain, or part of an impossible monument to the forgotten emperor of a lost people? Numenera is a delve into techno-barbarism, taking inspiration from the Dune series, Saga comic book series and Cloud Atlas just to name a few.

This campaign is set in Navarene the most northern kingdom of the “civilized” Steadfast region. Navarene is the boundary between the civilized Steadfast and the “Beyond”. This boundary has become more important of late with the True Faith’s Amber Pope calling for a crusade against the Gaian lands to the north of the mysterious Cloudcrystal Skyfields that borders Navarene.

The Campaign

This game will offer the opportunity for players to assist with the development of a new settlement assisting its founders with issues both of where they have settled and where they came from. Through salvaging the surrounding area and developing the land the party might be able to convert a rabble of crude huts into a settlement that can stand the test of time.

How It begins

Enslaved by the Talo noble family under loose pretence of minor crimes committed. Nashina Talo promises you freedom should you assist the Talo guards in bringing some “brigands” and “criminals” to justice. Explosive slave bands strapped around your arms, this would be the quickest route to freedom spare losing use of your arms. Matters are not as simple as presented as you soon discover this “Criminal” group is made up of Nashina Talo’s escaped slaves.

About the system

Numenera uses the Cypher system with actions requiring d20 based tests with results sometimes dependant on a d6 or d10 role. All in game actions are rolled for by the players. As mentioned above no prior experience in the system is needed, characters will be created as a group during the first session.

See below a video by Geek & Sundry showing the basics of the cypher system as used in a different example game.

Should you be interested in the game please comment here or reach out through our discord.