Stone Cold Lard, 29th April 2023

Not content with organising Steel Lard in November, I seem to have volunteered myself into another job!

Late last week we learned that the Sherwood OutLard event that was scheduled for Saturday 29th April had been cancelled due to the ill-health of the organiser. Richard Phillips and I wondered if we could put on an, albeit smaller and hastily organised, alternative event for the same weekend to take advantage of the fact that we already have the date saved in our diaries.

Richard runs a gaming venue, The Unit, on a farm at Stone in Staffordshire where we are proposing (at present) to put on three games accommodating (again at present) 12 players. The normal Lardy Day facilities of nearby cooking lager and chicken vindaloo aren’t available so you might want to treat this as a there-and-back-in-a-day event. At present the games planned for Stone Cold Lard are:

A Spy in the Suburbs - a narrative-focussed Sharp Practice game set in Riga during the summer of 1812 (presented by Richard Crawley and Richard Phillips)

Assault on the Sugar Refinery 1916 - a recreation of the Canadian assault on the sugar beet refinery at Courcellette during the battle of the Somme. The game uses the CoCing Up the Mud and the Blood rules published in the 2014 Lard Christmas Special (presented by Alex Sotheran)

The Battle of Fort Necessity - The Battle of Fort Necessity began the French and Indian War, which later spiraled into the global conflict known as the Seven Years’ War. Another Sharp Practice game (presented by Ken Welsh)

The cost for the event would be £15 per person. This includes a buffet lunch and teas and coffees throughout.

At the moment we’re just testing the water to see if there’s enough demand to justify going ahead with this idea. Given the short time period before the date, could you please let me know as soon as possible if you’d like to attend? Commenting here is one way or you could email me at crawleystorrs <at> gmail <dot> com.