Happy birthday Oldhammer?

Last summer a bunch of us bloggers finally got together and decided to say yes we are a community. It would be daft to try to pinpoint the exact post that definitively said yes Oldhammer is born. But certainly last Summer this blog was my first step to get everyone talking and working in a more communal way. A good number of people signed up and then the BLOOD forum was born from the inadequacies of this medium for group discussions.

Loads of other things were happening at the same time but I think it would be fair to say August was the month when things started moving. I noticed that the first people signed up to the BLOOD forum on 2nd August 2012 so today is as good a day as any to celebrate what has happened for us.

Personally I feel there is a lot to celebrate. I've been collecting and gaming with my old 3rd edition since 3rd edition, never stopped  but over the years the opponents dried up now there is a growing community that wants to play the games we all enjoy. As of today there are now 180 people signed up to the BLOOD forum and I'm sure Orlygg can fill us in on the numbers for his FaceBook page.

We have had painting competitions.

                                                                                        With Fimm's very worthy first win.

We have merchandise.








 
We have had battle reports aplenty. 

We even have a whole two days set aside to meet up and play games under the ever watchful eye of the Mighty Dark Winged Avenging  Lord of Chaos.

So on a personal note, thank you all for a great year of Oldhammer and here is to many others.