Periphery Assault 2026

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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 300pt 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
  • Mercenaries
  • Kell Hounds
  • Wolf Dragoons
  • Clan Jade Falcon
  • Capellan Confederation
  • Free Worlds League
  • Draconis Combine
  • Word Of Blake

The rules pack AND mission pack will go up before the end of June 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

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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

UKGE and Tales From The Periphery logo dice

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Just a reminder – these are only ever available as a giveaway from me (or via someone I’ve given a set or two as prize support/entrant goodies for an event).

I will be at the UK Podcaster event at 11am on the Sunday of UKGE at booth 150 in Hall 3 – if I haven’t run out by then, you can get a pair if you can tell me who my favourite Mercenary company are (c’mon, it’s not hard if you listen regularly!).

Failing that, you can find me for most of the event at the tables in Hall 1 HA.

Warning: claims as to the luck these may or may not bring you range from “I use them all the time” to “they’re only good for floating crits”.

Dice are supplied by the excellent Charlie at eM4 Miniatures, who I can thoroughly recommend for your custom dice needs.

Episode 19

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In which Josh Derksen revisits Tales From The Periphery to tell Mike all about Adepticon and Snowblind (the next Aces set), as well as some teasers for the 3rd and 4th sets, and a few other odds and sods.

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And remember – it’s not too late to book for UKGE!

Episode 18

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In which Mike and Nat Hardacre talk.

A lot.

Nat may have broken the record for the longest and most indecisive quickfire round ever. More importantly, here’s your chance to find out everything that is planned for UK Games expo in the BattleTech (and Shadowrun and Leviathans) world.

Useful links:

  • UKGE BattleTech Events
  • UKGE Leviathans Events
  • UKGE Shadowrun Events
  • The new Tales… Discord. Currently largely being used to discuss the Crown Tourney ruleset.

Peterborough Crown Tourney Results

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  • Overall Winner: Colin Golder
  • Best General: Brandon Lovewell
  • Most Violent: Rich Baker (3 way tie broken on total score)
  • Wooden Spoon: Rich Turner
  • Best Painted: Colin Golder

TO’s whimsy awards:

(note, these will not be the same next time, so don’t think you can wheedle yourself into an award that way 😄 )

  • Best List Lore: Ian Porter
  • TO’s Pet (most helpful list submission): Hamzaan Bridle
  • List That Made Me Laugh Like A Drain: Robin Farndon (note, I’m predominantly an AS player, first sight of a Puma S will make ANYONE laugh)

Massive thanks to everyone who came along and made it an excellent time, to Leisure Games for prize support, Sam Qaisar and my wife for brownies, biscuits and sausage rolls, Dan Phillips for risking his wife’s wrath as the not-needed spare player, everyone who helped setup and tear down and the fabulous Lesley at the venue for feeding us.

Peterborough Crown Tourney Prizes

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I’d like to take a moment to thank Mike and the folks at Leisure Games of Finchley, who have very generously donated some gift vouchers as prizes for Saturday’s event.

They’ve always been great supporters of the community and BattleTech in general, and it’s a very kind gesture. Please do repay them by spending even more money with them, as they are usually very active in getting the latest stock.

Episode 17

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In which Mike gets to interview Jon Reid, honorary member of Peterborough Wargames Club, and we think the Middle East’s only Catalyst Demo Agent! The chat covers a range of stuff including how to draw new players in, as well as a look at the new Core rules for BattleTech.

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Peterborough Crown Tourney – Player Pack

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The Peterborough Crown Tourney is a listbuilder “Classic” BattleTech tournament using the BattleMech manual rules, at the George Alcock Centre in Stanground, Peterborough on Saturday, May 2nd 2026. The event is being jointly run by this podcast and Peterborough Wargames Club. Provisionally, you will play three games over the course of the day, and your force will be 8000BV, any faction, Civil War era. The player pack is based on the excellent one for Southern Assault 2025, and can be downloaded here.

About the Crown Tourney series

Hopefully, the Peterborough Crown Tourney will be the first of a series around the country – we’re trying to fine tune a set of listbuilder rules for BT for those who prefer that style of tournament. If you or your club are willing to put on a similar event, we’ll be more than happy to help, advise and/or listen to your input – just drop FleetfootMike a DM on the UK Discord.