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Hammerhead – Newark
March 4, 2017 @ 10:00 am - 4:30 pm GMT
Hammerhead 2017 is Expanding – Two Great Spaces Full of Fantastic Games!
56 Manufacturers / Traders and 70 Participation Games!
New for 2017 – the Gamers Lounge, as well as the George Stephenson Exhibition Hall.
The Cedric Ford Pavilion – Gamers Lounge – offers a welcoming, warm and comfortable, carpeted environment in which you can play games, shop for wargame goodies from a selection of new traders to Hammerhead 2017. There is a fully licensed bar and seating area and it’s own catering facilities, which will be serving a variety of reasonably priced hot and cold food throughout the day – enjoy a meal and may me a drink from the bar and socialise with fellow gamers.
And The George Stephenson Exhibition Hall
The George Stephenson Exhibition Hall offers a welcoming environment with plenty of space with natural light in which you can play games, shop for wargame goodies from a selection of top traders positioned around the perimeter of the hall. The visitor participation games are all located in the central area of the exhibition hall. It has its own catering facilities, which will be serving a variety of reasonably priced hot and cold food throughout the day.
Car Parking Area
The car parking is plentiful and free and is located between the Gamers Lounge and the George Stephenson Exhibition Hall.
The Newark Showground is only a few minutes from the A1. Click here for directions to Hammerhead.
The Hammerhead Experience
Every game at Hammerhead is visitor participation, which means that you are very welcome ‘to have a go’ at a wide variety of different historical and fantasy based games run by intrepid gaming clubs, historical societies, wargame companies and enthusiastic groups of gamers. You will be able to play a full game or simply move a few miniatures, roll some dice, have a chat with the people running the game and then move onto the next. The show provides a great opportunity to try out new or familiar game systems and spend a day indulging yourself and friends in this absorbing and fascinating hobby. Whether you’re interested in Napoleonics,, WWI and WWII, Ancients, Medieval, Fantasy or Science Fiction, we are sure that you will find a selection of games you would like to play. A collection of images from Hammerhead 2016 can been viewed below – and a full show report can be read here.
Entry To Hammerhead 2017
The Gamers Lounge and the George Stephenson Exhibition Hall Hammerhead open to the public at 10:00am and close at 4:30pm.
Entry: £5 per adult, £3 for minors (16 and under), Children under 9 free
The Prize Draw 2017 – £150 worth of prizes!
To enter the Prize Draw – each game you participate in you will be given a Game Slip, write your name on the games slip and take this to the Prize Draw Box on the Information Desk in either the Gamers Lounge or the George Stephenson Exhibition Hall – the two boxes will be mixed together and winners drawn. Make sure you have entered all your Game slips for the Prize Draw by 3:00pm ready for the prizes to be drawn at 3:15pm. The winning numbers will be displayed in both venues on the Information desk.
Lucky winners will receive our unique Letters of Marque (LOM), each with a monetary value, First Prize £75, Second Prize £50 and Third Prize £25, only exchangeable with a trader at Hammerhead 2017 on the day. This is an extra purchase for yourself and an extra sale for our traders. The ticket holder or their named representative must be present for the draw at 3:15pm in order for them to claim their prize. If the owner of the drawn ticket is not present, another ticket will be drawn.
The Hammerhead Figure
The Hammerhead figure for 2017 is a 28mm Great War Austrian general. This pewter miniature will be available for the first time on the day of the show along with the British, German and French general figures from Hammerhead 2014, 2015 and 2016, for the token price of £1.
Check out the Hammerhead Show Facebook page and get all the up-to-date information. If you’re on Facebook give us a ‘Like’, share the posts and spread the word – Hammerhead 2017 is at the Newark Showground on Saturday 4th March.