You can now download these here and here.
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.
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 |
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:
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.
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
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
Overall Winner – Colin Golder
Second Place – Andy Dickinson
Third Place – Joshua Dunnage
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.
(note, these will not be the same next time, so don’t think you can wheedle yourself into an award that way 😄 )
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.
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.
The player pack for the Peterborough Crown Tourney has been updated. See here.
Changes:
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.
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.
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 rules pack will be based on the excellent one for Southern Assault 2025, and will contain certain restrictions on choice. It will be up before (hopefully well before) the end of March.
The deadline for list submissions (and entries) will be Tuesday April 28th, to allow the organisers time to check and approve lists.
The event is in the TFTP diary here, and the direct link to sign up is here. Admission is £15. (Sadly, our venue put their prices up, so we have had to follow suit. There is, however, free tea and coffee, a staffed and well-stocked bar with soft drinks and beer (low-alcohol as well) and very reasonably priced breakfast and lunch.)
For those considering staying over the night before, the nearest decent hotels are the Premier Inn Hampton, which is currently about £63 for a single for the Friday night, or the Premier Inn City Centre (about £65). The latter is on the number 5 bus route to the George Alcock.
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.