Our pet Dragon Murphy Mania 99

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After the fact We had about 360 paying visitors attending. There were also more than 100 people from Murphy's Heroes and other clubs who helped organise the event and who demonstrated lots of participation games.

Introduction

On Saturday september 25th Murphy's Heroes will organise Murphy Mania for the 8th time. This yearly convention will have something to offer to everybody in the hobby. During the first day we will have lots of demos to show different aspects of the hobby, but there will also be lots of participation games that you can try out yourself. The participation games will use simple rules so that every visitor can join in the fun. There will also be several traders who will be willing to exchange your money for board games, books, card games or pewter miniatures. On Sunday september 26th there will be a megagame with a 16th century Japanese Samurai theme. The title is "The enemy is in the Honno-ji!". On Sunday there will be no convention, only the megagame. To give you an idea of the size of the megagame, last year the fantasy megagame had about 50 participants.

During Murphy Mania Murphy's Heroes together with clubs from Holland and abroad will present a large number of demo and participation games. There will also be some live RPG and reenactment clubs who will do their bit to add to the usual atmosphere. We expect to have demo's and participation games in the following categories:

If you or your club wants to participate in Murphy Mania, for example by organising a wargame or leading a RPG, please contact the organisation. The addresses are below on this page.

General Info

Murphy Mania 99 will be held on september 25th 1999, in Trefcentrum Delftstede, Phoenixstraat 66, Delft. The convention will be open to the public from 10:00 till 18:00.
Admittance DFl 5,-,
(supervised children under 12 free).
Megagame on Sunday has a separate admittance of Dfl 10,-

Location

Delfstede can be easily reached, both by car as well as by public transport. It is just a 10 minute walk from Delft Central Station. Tramline 1 stops in front of the building (stop Schoolstraat). Paid parking space is available across the street.

Murphy's Heroes

Murphy's Heroes is a gaming club in Delft with about 90 members between the age of 15 and 50. Every Saturday, and every first Sunday of the month, we come together in Delfstede to play lots of games, most of which will be demonstrated at Murphy Mania. We also organise lots of special events like yearly championships, our anniversary and kilo- and megagames.

Contact info

For more information please contact Derk Groeneveld or Maarten Kaiser

Traders

The following traders will attend the show:
Dax Magic Elf Open Art
Speldorado Museum Miniatures Ellerburn Armies
Strategem Publications FAA Peter Pig
2nd Games Galore
But we are not yet sure of:
Mayhem Miniatures Two Dragons

Demos

Murphy's Heroes will present the following demos:
Star Wars, Attack on the Death Star NSTSB (Non Star Trek Space Battle)
AK47 (African wargame) Samurai (wargame)
Brother vs Brother (ACW wargame) Fred's Flying Circus (Manfred's Heroes)
Role Playing Games

The following clubs will also present demos and participation games:
Ilford Wargames Group Ragnarok Gentlemen Pensioners Society Breakfast on the Bastion
Pike & Shot Society ??? Ancients Society ???
WW2 Society Malaya Megagame Makers ???
Tin Soldiers of Antwerp Remember the Alamo
Painting competition 		Red Barons SF Biker Race
Schild & Vriend Darkest Africa Ducosim Several boardgames
Advanced Squad Leader
Duivelsei ??? Emphebion Live Role Playing
Farotil Necromunda
Several boardsgames 		La Grande Armee Napoleonic wargame
Medieval wargame
Malatië Live Role Playing Oneiros Live Role Playing
J.W. Boots DBM Tournament Sameo Warhammer Tournament
Jan Bruinen 7-year war - wargame Jan Willem Boots DBM Tournament
L. Dubbelaar Warhammer Siege demo

For a list of Dutch descriptions of the demos and stands and a map of the building click here.

Tournaments

Participating in a tournament costs DFl 5,- per person. The following tournaments will be held:

The Dutch open championship DBM Ancients
september 25th and 26th. Start 10:30
Armies of 400 points from books 1 and 2
4 battles campaign style. (max. 20 participants)
Registration through Jan Willem Boots
Tel.: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Email: XXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Warhammer Fantasy Battle Tournament
september 25th. Start 10:00
Armies of 2000 points
max. 16 participants
Registration: Maarten Kaiser

Middle Earth: The Wizards touirnament
Middle Earth: The Wizards (METW) is a collectible cardgame based on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien in which players assume the role of one of five magicians and their followers. By collecting the most legendary artifacts and attracting armies and allies the winner will be determined.
This tournament is a constructed-deck, wizard-only tournament using the Swiss Tournament rules.
Participation costs: unknown at this moment
Registration and info: Marco & Natasja Aarts
Email: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Painting competition
september 25th. Entries can be registered after 10:30
Costs: DFl 2,50 per entry.

Best Participation games

The best participation game will be awarded the yearly Trophy.

Accomodation

This year we have again made a deal with the four-star MuseumHotel, but the prices have changed compared to last year.
This hotel is at 2 minutes walking distance from Delftstede in the centre of Delft.

One-person room is Dfl 125,- per night.
Two-person room is Dfl 170,- per night.
Three-person room is Dfl 215,- per night.
Contact info: click here
(prices incl. breakfast)

Please make reservations with reference to 'Murphy Mania 99'.